Final Blog Post 12/3/2012

For my final presentation, my idea is to make a comment on a music blog or forum specific to my instrument. Since my instrument is my profession, I need to make sure that what I say is carefully planned out so people do not see my comments and think I do not know what I am talking about. Making hasty comments could possibly alienate me from colleagues because a lot of my colleagues read blogs and forums looking for  new products and music and things like that. If they saw a stupid comment from me they could easily avoid performing with me (I know this happens because my teachers tell me about times where they avoid certain people because of their online behavior). I am open to entering an online conversation about things I am familiar with, but if I do not know 100% what I am talking about, I almost always choose to step aside and let other people argue. Knowing who can access your comments is a big part of knowing how to comment on a post because anyone can Google a name and if my name is attached to something with profanity and hasty comments, I could potentially lose students, gigs, and even grad school possibilities. My comments will be carefully crafted in order to reduce confusion and protect my interests.