Christopher Joel

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Heading off to my small group’s Thanksgiving party. Anna made pumpkin pie squares!!! #

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Two years ago, I heard the announcement that Apple was planning to release a phone.  Having been a Palm phone guy for years, this excited me.  I’m a totally Apple fanboy, I admit it.  I nearly crapped myself as I read the live bloggers posting pictures of the first iPhone and transcription of  Job’s announcements.  [...]

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Condesatiom of any kind = people drive like idiots #
Typos = dang it! #
Correction: Condensation of any kind = people drive like idiots. It’s hard to type on an iPhone in traffic #
is getting an iPhone…finally #
Starving! Time to figure out lunch #
is getting an iPhone…finally #
grrr. I hate when apps don’t [...]

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I finally made the jump to Twitter.  For those who are not familiar, Twitter is a micro-blogging service.  Basically, you post updates on what you’re doing throughout the day.  I thought it sounded inane when i first heard about it and didn’t want to detail my day for other people.  Then I read a few.  [...]

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A few weeks ago I noticed a posting on Craigslist: singer-songwriters wanted to open for experienced producer.  Normally, I would ignore such a thing, since it’s probably just some scam, but the gig was taking place at 12th & Porter, one of the prime rock venues here in Nashville.  I called and got put on [...]

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One of many blogs I read on a regular basis is by the writer of Guerilla Music Marketing, Bob Baker.  I read an article a while back about how software developers were using a simple strategy to get people interested in their software:

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I immediately thought this would relate to what we do as musicians, but [...]

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In the tradition of Stephen Colbert, I’m declaring the next week to Forehead Awareness Week!  More specifically, “Watch Out For Pens in Wall-Mounted Penholders, Especially When Bending Over Near Said Wall to Unplug A Computer Week”.  Without such awareness weeks, everyone would end up with my current fashion statement: the forehead Band-Aid.  Be careful out [...]

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So I finished tracking guitars at Vibe Dial Studios on Sunday.  We thought we had everything finished up when there’s that one little part that I just had to have in there.  The song just wouldn’t be right without it.  In the next few weeks I’ll start recording vocals and any odds and ends that [...]

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I just updated my bio.  Let me tell you, that’s one of the hardest things to write!  A good bio gets across alot of information, but in a way that helps you understand and connect to the artist at the same time.  It sets the tone for how people see you.  It’s a rather intimidating [...]

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