Thomas J. West Music

Here are a few new musically-related folks that I've had some great chats with on Twitter recently:

MeLikeGoodMusic @MeLikeGoodMusic has a really cool website where he features a song by a different underrated artist daily. He spans multiple genres and styles from hip hop to broadway. We've had some cool chats about show tunes in particular.

Gae Phillips @gphilli is a 6-12th grade band director from Columbus, Kansas. He is one of the growing number of music educators who are joining the cyber age. His band website is a great resource for his students and even instructs them on how to use Twitter to learn new things. We've been swapping band director war stories!

Alex Choral @AlexChoral is the official Twitter home of the Alexandria Choral Society of Alexandria, Virginia. They are a community adult choral organization and just had their auditions for the new season recently. I've had fun following their process and giving them some tips on how to get some sound clips on Twitter using TweetMic.

It was only a matter of time before I crossed paths with Andy Zweibl @Zweibz7 online somewhere. Andy is a Music Education major at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. In addition to his own website, Andy also blogs on MusicEdMajor.net and somehow manages to find time to manage the UM Band website, be president of his school's CMENC chapter, and meet all the requirements of a Music Ed major (which are hefty, folks). Andy is one of those aspiring music educators who has already embraced social media as a way to network, learn, and discuss music teaching with other music educators everywhere. I'm looking forward to following and sharing regularly.

More music tweeps next week. Thanks to these folks for chatting with me and sharing their experiences.

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