April 02, 2007
University of the Arts visit
Yo peeps!
Haven’t posted anything in a while cuz I hadn’t had anything to say really. Been busy, you know.
Anyway, I had some excitement on Saturday, when I visited University of the Arts in Philly. They had an open house so I grabbed my friend Lindsey and we checked it out.
Let me tell you, I’m really glad I went. I loved it there. I wasn’t really sure where I wanted to go for the longest time. I knew I wanted to stay local, so it didn’t seem like there were a lot of choices. Temple was an option, but I’ve heard terrible things about the campus (very high crime area) and the music department (too big, you’re just a number there). UArts is in a GREAT location, right on the Avenue of the Arts:
We spoke to a few students in person, and there was a Q&A after the music department presentation, and ALL of the students said EXACTLY what I hoped they would: small classes, everyone knows everyone, and the teachers take a lot of interest in their students and they’re very accessible. And TONS of opportunities to perform every semester.
The only downside? It’s expensive. I’m going to have to get as many scholarships as possible and still need tons of financial aid and loans to get through it there. Sooooo, I’m going to stay at the community college I’m at now until I’m SURE I’ll be able to get in as a junior.
But I’m really excited. This makes it all seem real and gives me a lot of motivation!
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March 01, 2007
It's coming, I can feel it...
Across the street from my apartment building are several soccer and baseball fields. Last night when I came home the floodlights were on and there was a huge crowd of men gathered in a circle, it looked like a sinister meeting. But alas, when I came this evening, those same men were out there doing windsprints and ball handling drills with soccer balls.
Yay! Spring is coming!!!
I can’t wait to hear the crack of baseball bats. Life will emerge from the cold winter and green will come up, benign and healthy.
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February 26, 2007
Pandora continued...
I almost forgot! They also have started posting Podcasts on their blog: http://blog.pandora.com/podcast/
I’m not sure how interesting they are to non-musicians, but I just listened to the two Podcasts about Drumming, which were pretty interesting and will help me talk to my drummers and sound slightly less like a jackass when I’m trying to tell them what kind of beat I’m looking for.
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I LOVE Pandora!
If you haven’t heard of it out before, go to www.pandora.com and check it out. The idea behind Pandora is to kind of build your own (commercial free) radio station. When you start a new station, it asks you to identify “seed” artists or songs, and then Pandora’s search engine matches songs or artists that have similar characteristics.
But it doesn’t stop there. You can tell Pandora whether you like a song it chose for you or not so that it can continue to tailor your likes and dislikes for that station. You can also flag artists or songs, get more information about them (the Backstage feature), or create a new station based on that new song Pandora chose. I think you can create as many stations as you like. There are other features I haven’t even explored yet, but I LOVE it. I’ve discovered a ton of new music with Pandora.
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February 24, 2007
Yippeeeee!!!
I got my taxes done last night. ahhhhhhhhh. I hate having that hanging over my head. And I’m getting a pretty decent refund, which is coming at a REALLY good time. I’ll be able to get all my guitars set up, my amp tubes replaced, and get a pedal that works for my piano. Maybe I’ll even go out to dinner and see a show or something!! Don’t worry, at least half of my refund will be set aside for a rainy day (probably when my kaka truck explodes).
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Nice to know...
... that I can still go back to the internet industry if I REALLY wanted to. Which I don’t, but it’s nice to be wanted. I’m getting recruited by Microsoft to work for their search engine marketing division. It wasn’t even a mass email, it was complete with a gramatical error and my first name. Somehow they even found my phone number and left me a voicemail. Considering I’ve been out of the industry for over 2 years they must be desperate!
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February 15, 2007
Solicitation for guitar lessons
As most of you know, I give private guitar lessons. I do all my advertising on Craigslist and put my phone number up there (but not my name or any indication that I’m female, I don’t want any freaks showing up at my door). In the past 8 months that I’ve been posting my advertisement up there I haven’t had any problems or strange people showing up.
So Tuesday night I’m sound asleep. My phone rings. I always worry about middle of the night phone calls, always assuming it’s bad news or an emergency. I didn’t recognize the number but answered anyway. “Yeah I’m calling about guitar lessons.” .... long pause, my brain is trying to process this ridiculous information… “At 2 in the morning you’re calling about guitar lessons” I say in my tired, you’re a freaking moron voice. He sounds annoyed with me: “uhhh, yeah”. Like, why not be calling for guitar lessons at 2am?! “Could you call back tomorrow?” He sounds even more annoyed as he responds “yeah, I guess.” Needless to say he didn’t call back the next day but I’m VERY tempted to call him very early every morning as soon as I get up to ask if he’s sure he doesn’t want guitar lessons.
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