Brian McLane

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Entries from February 28th, 2011

BYE BYE BENEFITS AND THE ROCK PROPHECIES. WHAT WILL YOU SELL OFF?

February 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Media, Social Commentary

Getting sick in our old age (never mind the possibility of having to wake up everyday to work at Walmart as a greeter) is probably the number one concern for people who are aware. Problem is that most people are distracted by sports, the Oscars, the nightly news and reality television to pay attention. As [...]

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COOL NEW GROUP THAT I FOUND THROUGH MEETUP.com

February 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Technology

Unlike LinkedIn, where you can have 500 contacts and ZERO relationships, Meetup.com seems to be doing something right. I co-hosted an event at New York Life for The New York Creative Group. Mostly Graphic Designers, some videographers and internet marketing people showed up to New York Life’s offices at 120 Broadway (they were kind enough [...]

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IL GIARDINO ARMONICO AT CARNEGIE HALL

February 24th, 2011 · 2 Comments · music

I’ve been having some incredible luck with Carnegie Hall this year! I was asked about assisting with a webcast from Carnegie Hall for Medici.tv – an IPTV station that specializes in Classical Music Concerts. It’s terrific that there are media outlets still around that care about such content. Some of you may know that I [...]

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STANDING UP TO FEAR AND TERROR IN THE MOSH PIT OF LIFE

February 22nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Social Commentary, theater

These days I’ve been noticing that whenever I get some time to myself and I look around, the view is kind of scary. Beyond my own household what I see out in society, on the streets of New York, in the newspapers or media and of course on the web, isn’t very pretty. It’s a [...]

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EUROPA THE MUSICAL’S FACEBOOK PAGE IS SET UP – NEWS DELIVERED BY MAIL CHIMP

February 19th, 2011 · No Comments · theater

I’ve tried to avoid third party email providers for the longest time. I figured if you and I were already in touch and corresponding, well it shouldn’t be hard to maintain that relationship. 1800 plus people later I’m finally throwing in the towel, or the banana. Luckily I heard about mailchimp.com Unlike other email marketing [...]

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