Thomas J. West Music

So now that I am back to school, time is limited. I thought I'd put together a quick list on Follow Friday of people I've met on Twitter. The criteria I used for who I'm highlighting here are simple.

1. They are people who have engaged me in actual real discussion on Twitter rather than just spamming links or twittering incessantly about their business opportunity.
2. They are people who tend to tweet about music-related topics, but are not necessarily professional musicians or music teachers.
3. They also make the cut if they have something to offer about Twitter or Internet Marketing, as most businesses are moving to this model.

So here's this week's list. More to come in the future:

Bernie Brice @trumpette1 is, according to her bio, "A trumpet-playing single mother!". She lives in Kent, UK and according to her website is part of a trumpet-playing duo that plays all kinds of events. We've had some nice chats about music, our kids, and daily "life stuff". Now that I've looked at her website, I guess I'm going to have to start following @trumpette2 now too!

Mike @woodwindtech is a middle school band director from New Jersey who, in addition to his own blog, writes reviews of new apps for the Iphone for AppVee. Mike and I have chatted about band director stuff and have enjoyed retweeting eachother's messages as well.

Lewis Partridge @NinjaDrummist is a skilled set player from Lutton, UK who plays professionally and teaches professionally as well. His website has lots of great free drumset lesson videos and more. He really digs the info on my website and I have agreed to make his drumset videos available on my video page. Look for them soon.

Laura Lowe @lylowe is an "Independent piano teacher. Freelance organist and pianist. Golf widow. Ballet mom." from Evans, Georgia who shares a lot of great experiences on her blog. She and I have chatted about the use/uselessness of practice logs, individual student techniques, and more.

Josee Deschenes @dimeaglass is a manager/singer/songwriter/guitar player/violap player based in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition to managing bands at Dime-a-glass Entertainment, she plays in the band Trevor Finlay. We've swapped some stories, and last Follow Friday, she listed me as someone who's tweets are "fun and interesting," so she gets the props this week!

It's All About Relationships

Marketing online is all about building relationships with people. I've enjoyed chatting with these and other folks in recent weeks. Please pay them a visit, and if you have interesting music-related tweets of your own, be sure to follow me and say hi.

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