The Music Of Communications

March 9th, 2011 | Narciso Tovar | 5 Comments

Music, beautiful music

Whenever I think of chamber music, I think of Haydn, Beethoven or Mozart – beautiful stuff, but something I *really* have to be in the mood for.

Don’t get me wrong – their compositions have everything I look for in music: passion, depth and that element of surprise.

But you’ll be hard-pressed to find me say something like, “Hey, the Dallas Symphony is going to have a chamber music series this year – we should check it out!”

It’s just not my vibe.

Image: classicalmusicperiod.wikispaces.com, CC 3.0

Nay Nay.

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Let Your Freak Flag Fly

October 6th, 2010 | Narciso Tovar | 8 Comments


This past week, I gave a presentation to the Dallas IREM group about the importance of giving social media a second look.

Before I set foot in the place, I knew that the crowd I was going to speak with would be

a bit more conservative

a bit more skittish about getting involved with social networking

a bit more unaware (than the “average bear”) on how this tool can potentially help them

a bit older than the average audience I’m used to speaking with.

But I also knew that they would be open to hearing me out and that they’d be taking notes… cautiously.

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Guest Blogging to Jump Start Your Career

September 22nd, 2010 | Shonali Burke | 13 Comments

If you’ve been following Waxing UnLyrical regularly, you’ll have noticed a slow but steady influx of guest bloggers.

These include Narciso Tovar, Bryce Keane and…

you’ll have to read on to see who else is coming on board (as well as the tips).

“Why guest bloggers?”

you might ask. And you’d be well within your rights to do so.

After all, isn’t Waxing UnLyrical supposed to be “personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communications, and everything in between”?

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