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2014-09-19 09:00:43
Just In Case You Forgot How Deep Of A Public Perception Hole We’re In
If anyone ever wondered whether or not the orchestra field has a history of projecting an elitist image where the self-ordained curators of “greatest art” are comprised of a bunch of pompous asses, might I direct your attention to an article by Mariella Moon in the 9/17/2014 edition of endgadget.com that examines a brand new social network called Netropolitan that is designed expressly for the one percent crowd. What makes this a genuine embarrassment for the entire field is the site was conceived and spearheaded by a conductor who wears his Maestro Mystique like a badge of honor. The Mr. Maestro in question is one James Touchi-Peters, a former conductor of the Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra, a nonprofit ensemble that somehow fails to appear in either the GuideStar.org or CharityNavigator.org databases. If your stomach isn’t turning yet, listen to how Touchi-Peters shills his restricted online community via an article […]
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2014-09-18 09:28:14
Maestro starts up Facebook-like network for the super-rich
It’s what you always wanted, right? Instead of having to talk to jobbing musicians who can barely afford an off-season family holiday in a caravan, you need a social network where you can communicate with people in your own income bracket. Yacht shall speak trivia to yacht, as it were. Good business model? A former conductor has just launched it. His name is James Touchi-Peters and he is described in his Wiki entry as principal conductor of the Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra (sic) from 1991 to 2001. His new site is called Netropolitan. It costs $9,000 to join and $3,000 a year to stay. Hang on, you call that rich? Touchi, dear, you won’t get a maestro to answer the phone for less than$50k. Read an interview with him here.
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