Photo Challenge: Day 13 – A photo of your favorite band or artist.

Photo Challenge: Day 13 – A photo of your favorite band or artist.

A photo of your favorite band or artist.

Hmm…this is tough. I don’t really have a favorite. I love music. Music that makes me feel like I’m at the beach, soaring, dancing, driving fast, music that takes me away.

My favorite genres are Trance, Ambient Trance, Pop, Hip-hop (East Coast), House (East Coast), World, Indie, and anything else that makes me feel, or not feel at all.

As long as it fits my mood, it’s good. :)

Here are some of the bands, artists, composers I enjoy:

With Natacha Atlas, I only really like Kidda, Ashwa, Andeel, and her mixes with other bands (Art of Trance, and Transglobal Underground). There are MANY more I haven’t added, this is just a wee sampler.

@MTV Why NYC for Your @MTVTJ (Twitter Jockey)? Why not SoCal?

I received this tweet on my Palm Pre from @twitter, and got a little excited, til I read the article.

twitter: Forget the VJ: @MTV is looking for a Twitter Jockey http://bit.ly/9IbBRW

Great idea, but the fact that they want this person to reside in NYC, and work in-house, shows me this company is not quite ready for change. At least, not the “Online” Social Media kind of change.

I’d much rather work from my fantastic location in SoCal. I could just as easily report/tweet from sunny SoCal. From our fantastic beaches – Newport, Laguna, Huntington, Santa Monica, Venice, Malibu…should I go on?

I’m only a mile and a half from one of these beaches. Why would I want to pack it all up for a six figure income in NYC?? Especially with the 2010 U.S. Open of Surfing WPS All-Star Event happening in Huntington Beach in a month?? Hello! I could be the on-site MTV-TJ and tweet away, while snapping photos and uploading them with my Pre. I could do this for just about every local event.

Don’t get me wrong, NYC is gorgeous. But I moved out of the east coast (after 20+ years there), and back to SoCal for the weather, something NYC can’t beat.

If MTV is still stuck on having their TJ reside in NYC, maybe they’d be willing to hire two (full or part-time) – one East Coast, one West Coast?

Employer Benefits – Cost Savings:

  • higher productivity
  • reduced physical plant costs (parking, office space)
  • eliminate travel expenses to the west coast (I’m already here)
  • reducing carbon footprint (read article below)

Just a thought.

~ OC ~
(Your MTVTJ)

Nominate me @ocbchgal here: MTV TJ Search on Facebook

Let me know if you nominated me in the Comments section below. Thanks!!

Related articles on Cost Savings from Telecommuting: