Andrew Hitz

Musician | Creator | Speaker - Host of @TEMCoaching + @pray4jens. Former tuba player for Boston Brass. Director at @mbirdfoundation. Founder of @PedalNoteMedia.

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So this happened yesterday! Conducting in front of that many people at the Kennedy Center was terrifying and awesome. Love me some Tuba Christmas!

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@mkerste @MattSpiegel670 @phish 🤣🤣🤣

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@CondensedScore I'm on https://t.co/eNtVnz3mAM but I'll search that instance. Thanks!

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Hey all it's been a minute since I tweeted here!

Is there a Mastodon instance for classical musicians that's not primarily about academia? I don't mean one excluding people in academia - just one where that's not the main thing talked about?

If so please enlighten me. Thanks!

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@robbyburns has already built it. I already find the ability to hang within a silo while also being able to fully follow a subset great. Don't have to keep up with the silo but can see everything from the who I'm following subset. I'm really impressed so far.

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@robbyburns So I'm not an expert yet since I'm only a few days in but it is possible to have columns for your instance, people you follow, hashtags and more. Because it is a completely open platform, if there's some functionality that you think would be good, chances are very high someone...

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@robbyburns I have signed up at https://t.co/SCc2b2Kwih which is all Phish/jam band fans and that makes the "Local" feed a small group of like-minded (or at least like-interested) people which is great.

And the beauty is that you can also follow anyone outside of that instance of course.

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@robbyburns Actually they can be both. There are quite a few specific community instances like https://t.co/SCc2b2Kwih or https://t.co/eNtVnz3mAM for example. Also some that are bigger and generic. But there are advantages to the community-specific ones for sure.

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@thejerbone Well said

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I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Larry Rachleff.

I only worked with him once (which happens to have been exactly 30 years today.) He profoundly changed me as a musician + a human in those two short weeks. Powerful stuff.

I wrote about it:

https://t.co/qWzHQJhmQ5

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@prof_kozak So not a real doctor?

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"If you're aware of what's coming out of the bell, you can do a lot."

—J. Samuel Pilafian

[Gritty is the Way @Gritty20202]

💯😂🤣

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What is this wizardy Part Two??

https://t.co/vhUfd1vRCv

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This clip from BBC Planet Earth II, shows a bobcat jumping over a river in super slow motion [source: https://t.co/81BQaO7hKo] https://t.co/Ahyhbi1uCA

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What is this wizardry??

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

Slow motion of 17-year-old Mondo Duplantis' record-breaking jump...

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💀

[Mega Ran @MegaRan]

YO I AM DEAD 💀

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@Wm_Russell LMAO

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Because there is something wrong with me I actually want one of these shirts

[Threatening Music Notation @ThreatNotation]

oh no

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@violanorth Hell yeah! I hit 12 years in December. I can't ever forget what it was like. Glad to be on this journey with you. Congratulations, Sam!

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@Hosmer_Tuba It is certainly keeping me busy!

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Just practicing for the blueberry bushes

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@velvetseawader I think some would argue it would be heaven minus the tuba practicing LMAO