I've always loved the comradery that you can grow have with other musicians on FB, when you don't have to fit into the box of staying (somewhat) serious here on the forum.
Feel free to join me, if you'd like, at my FB page. Feel free to post your own profile link here as well!
Go to your fb profile page. Copy the url from the navigation bar thing. It will be something beginning with https://www.facebook.com/. Paste it in the comment box. Then highlight it here and click the link tab:
Here's me; though I warn you that I'm not very interresting. I have an ignorant phone, so I can't post pictures and things like that from daily life, though I'd like to ... sometimes ...
I hope everyone knows that there's already an organization page for CMAA. I recommend that everybody go there and "Like" it. It's another way to connect.
I suppose this probably isn't the best thread to post in about the evils of Facebook, is it?
I'll see you one and raise you an anecdote: Someone (apparently) erected a Facebook account for me - in my name would be fairer -- but I don't use Facebook on principle.
I have a facebook page with nothing on it. I worked as a teacher in a school that didn't allow them, so I never got around to putting anything on it. I entered a contest for an ipad giveaway once, which explains the existence of the page.
Two of my more creative students made a fan page for me some years ago, but posted clearly that I had nothing to do with it. LOL.
I do use FB as I assist in maintaining the Tournemire page. Many very wonderful Tournemire scholars are present at the page and offer great commentary.
I tried to post a link and something went wrong :(
Since I somewhat trust people here more than other places on the internet, my real name is Karen Considine, yes there are others just look for the profile pic with the baroque fiddle. Grr why wont my link work!
Bumping this old thread up for the convenience of all.
Looking back, this is how I ended up beginning to network with a lot of CMAA folks, and hopefully it helps someone else, and new people can continue to add!
I don't do much with Facebook for several reasons. Before I retired from teaching, the school forbade teachers from having Facebook accounts. I also have a rather nosy relative who scours family member's accounts to see what she can find out. All of us avoid her which may be why she does that. I figure the less posted, the less anyone can use against me. I do use Facebook privately to monitor practice tapes and sessions from music students at a distance that I mentor and advise. Other than that, you will find nothing really, on my account.
I was one of the first, before most even heard of it, to join Facebook. It was a nice idea at the time but quickly got taken over by business interests against my liking. I quit a few years ago, but even so I have never managed to delete the account, and it take considerable effort to do so. In any case, Facebook is invasive by monitoring your "commercial" habits that look for key words to send you advertisements to make money off you, you have little control over how it works or who is allowed to get your info, and you no longer even own your own content, the one that you post (read the fine print).
I am now with Diaspora. It is a community effort and YOU have entire control over content and connections not business interests. Best of all it is decentralised. Give it try. Maybe MusicaSacra could have its social page there:
I remember having to have a university email account in order to join Facebook. Now there are 10yos, animals, and who knows what else. I think it would be nice to go back to just people with university email addresses and/or proof of having gone. That wouldn't serve "special interest" groups, though.
I'm in a similar place to where I was the last time I posted on this topic. I can't imagine ever having a Facebook account. (The "similar" part is this: now I can't imagine why anyone else wants one.)
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