Interchanging Idioms

Have you been following the craze over TwtrSymphony? Have you heard the tweets and passed it off as another fad, another twitter flash and fade? If so, than you're missing what's happen underneath all the tweets and public displays. Social media is about public displays, but what of the non-public communications? --the things that happen in email, over the phone and in the coffee shops? You can't really tell what's happening in those places unless you're part of those hidden conversations. It's difficult to tell if something "viral" is really viral or just flash without participating in the background, underground, groundswell. The difference between momentary flashes and truly viral events are those 'hidden' conversations taking place. If you're not part of the underground movement, all you can do is sit on the surface of social media and watch. Well, something happened today. You may not have seen it. With Twitter, posts go up and...

TwtrSymphony, a collection of musicians who met via Twitter, is now one week old with Lots of Promise and a Bright Future There are way too many miles stones passed in just one week to list them all. But suffice it to say, it's growing faster with more promise than I ever expected. We now have musicians for every instrument in the orchestra. Some have a few too many for an orchestra, so we're holding auditions. The first few audition pieces have been written and sent out. We've started talking to the media and publicizing what we do (both here and in the UK). There are even a couple of corporate sponsors who are interested in getting on board. The audition pieces are serving a dual purpose. We need to find out who not only can actually play the music we're intending to perform, but limit the number in some sections. It will also give the musicians a chance to work with the process, and us a chance to work out the bugs. There have already been a few hick-ups in get...

Check out TwtrSymphony on Twitter - A new way to look at performing classical music I love Twitter. I have met some amazing people on Twitter, people who are thinking outside the box and willing to try new things. On Saturday I posted a piece of music on this blog, New Piano Concerto in search of a Pianist & Orchestra , not because I expected to actually find an orchestra to play it, but because I want to get the word out why kind of music I am capable of writing. It has garnered a fair amount of attention and even some inquiries, which is great. Some of my friends on Twitter chatting about the article on Saturday night. Eventually the came to the idea "We should just make our own. YouTube has a symphony. Why not Twitter?" When I woke Sunday morning I found I'd been copied into the conversation with all sorts of ideas as to how it would work. So, I took their suggestions and creating the Twitter profile, TwtrSymphony . After a few tweets to those who...