Tom Metzger
@tmetzger.bsky.social
Tech Entrepreneur and Choral Lover, currently helping more than 500 choirs and choruses run themselves better.
I've been using agents like Claude to write software, and they often explore options and switch paths like a human. A good architecture is crucial, and type-safe languages benefit AI as much as they do us. Using typescript and an ORM makes it way more effecctive. What a wild time to be alive!
August 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I've been using agents like Claude to write software, and they often explore options and switch paths like a human. A good architecture is crucial, and type-safe languages benefit AI as much as they do us. Using typescript and an ORM makes it way more effecctive. What a wild time to be alive!
Singing is known to reduce stress, and despite a hectic day with my support person on vacation and a dead car battery, I'm heading to rehearsal. I don't feel like going, but it always improves my mood—it's like a secret life hack. #vancityharmony
May 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Singing is known to reduce stress, and despite a hectic day with my support person on vacation and a dead car battery, I'm heading to rehearsal. I don't feel like going, but it always improves my mood—it's like a secret life hack. #vancityharmony
This morning, I made a configuration error that took down 400 Choir Genius sites. It took me two anxious hours to figure it out, but only two seconds to fix. No IT system is safe from human error. (Also, the generated image makes me look like a gorilla, showcasing the current state of technology.)
May 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This morning, I made a configuration error that took down 400 Choir Genius sites. It took me two anxious hours to figure it out, but only two seconds to fix. No IT system is safe from human error. (Also, the generated image makes me look like a gorilla, showcasing the current state of technology.)
A couple months ago, The Summertimers reached out to see if I would be interested in singing bass with them at the BHS contest in Denver, since their bass had resigned. I agreed to it! So basically three "retreat style" rehearsals and we hit the stage. We are sounding pretty darn good, too! #denver
May 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A couple months ago, The Summertimers reached out to see if I would be interested in singing bass with them at the BHS contest in Denver, since their bass had resigned. I agreed to it! So basically three "retreat style" rehearsals and we hit the stage. We are sounding pretty darn good, too! #denver
Great Groupanizer/Choir Genius meeting today with execs at Sweet Adelines International! What could we be cooking up?
May 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Great Groupanizer/Choir Genius meeting today with execs at Sweet Adelines International! What could we be cooking up?
My mixed chorus Vancity Harmony is putting on a very fun "Night At The Movies" show, June 7th. Get yourself a ticket before they are gone! anviltheatre.ca <-- TICKET LINK
I may or may not dress up as the emperor from Star Wars... #usetheforce
I may or may not dress up as the emperor from Star Wars... #usetheforce
May 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
My mixed chorus Vancity Harmony is putting on a very fun "Night At The Movies" show, June 7th. Get yourself a ticket before they are gone! anviltheatre.ca <-- TICKET LINK
I may or may not dress up as the emperor from Star Wars... #usetheforce
I may or may not dress up as the emperor from Star Wars... #usetheforce
I grew up as a Canadian, thinking of multiculturalism as a "good thing". This very short video gives an interesting take on it.
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May 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I grew up as a Canadian, thinking of multiculturalism as a "good thing". This very short video gives an interesting take on it.
youtu.be/CiaA87uZdQ0?...
youtu.be/CiaA87uZdQ0?...
I'm fulfilling my dream of singing with a great chorus and aiming for a barbershop chorus medal. This year, I'm flying to San Francisco to join the Fog City Singers and will perform with them in Denver. Will I win a medal? Who knows! #goforgold
May 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I'm fulfilling my dream of singing with a great chorus and aiming for a barbershop chorus medal. This year, I'm flying to San Francisco to join the Fog City Singers and will perform with them in Denver. Will I win a medal? Who knows! #goforgold
I sing with quite a few groups and I REALLY prefer learning my music with the Choir Genius app, so if they don't have CG I just create a site so I can connect to it and learn my music. I realize no one else can do this. #problemsolving
May 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I sing with quite a few groups and I REALLY prefer learning my music with the Choir Genius app, so if they don't have CG I just create a site so I can connect to it and learn my music. I realize no one else can do this. #problemsolving
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Breaking News: Mark Carney, a banker, will replace Justin Trudeau as Canada’s Liberal Party leader and the country’s prime minister. The party chose him to take on President Trump amid a generational crisis in Canada’s relationship with the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/w...
March 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Breaking News: Mark Carney, a banker, will replace Justin Trudeau as Canada’s Liberal Party leader and the country’s prime minister. The party chose him to take on President Trump amid a generational crisis in Canada’s relationship with the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/w...
As people on both sides of the border suffer from the dumbest trade war in history, please remember that the American people are not to blame for the poor decisions of their leadership, which few of them could have predicted. This strange period will be over soon enough.
March 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
As people on both sides of the border suffer from the dumbest trade war in history, please remember that the American people are not to blame for the poor decisions of their leadership, which few of them could have predicted. This strange period will be over soon enough.
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April in tariffs
This isn't awesome
Everyone suffering
Under these fees
April in tariffs
It's not appealing
You'll never find us
Down on our knees
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April in tariffs
This isn't awesome
Everyone suffering
Under these fees
April in tariffs
It's not appealing
You'll never find us
Down on our knees
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
March 4, 2025 at 2:43 AM
🎶
April in tariffs
This isn't awesome
Everyone suffering
Under these fees
April in tariffs
It's not appealing
You'll never find us
Down on our knees
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
April in tariffs
This isn't awesome
Everyone suffering
Under these fees
April in tariffs
It's not appealing
You'll never find us
Down on our knees
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I was down in SF for a few days to coach the amazing Fog City Singers and some of the chapter quartets. Had a blast! Thanks to The JRG for putting me up at his very impressive home. I had forgotten how much I enjoy coaching.
Also the afterglow Monday night was a banger. So many tags!
Also the afterglow Monday night was a banger. So many tags!
February 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I was down in SF for a few days to coach the amazing Fog City Singers and some of the chapter quartets. Had a blast! Thanks to The JRG for putting me up at his very impressive home. I had forgotten how much I enjoy coaching.
Also the afterglow Monday night was a banger. So many tags!
Also the afterglow Monday night was a banger. So many tags!
What am amazing weekend! Three shows on a bus tour with Vancity Harmony. It was a peak experience. You should absolutely take your chorus on a bus tour. Reflections in the video.
Vancity Harmony Island Tour reflections
Vancity Harmony, my wonderful mixed chorus, just finished a bus tour of three cities on Vancouver Island. We sang to sold out audiences in Sydney, Duncan and...
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February 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
What am amazing weekend! Three shows on a bus tour with Vancity Harmony. It was a peak experience. You should absolutely take your chorus on a bus tour. Reflections in the video.
I've been immersed in the choir business for over 16 years now, and it's clear that multi-choir organizations are the most efficient. Children's choirs figured this out ages ago, and they often have big budgets. But there are other ways to do it. Does your group have one ensemble, or more?
February 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I've been immersed in the choir business for over 16 years now, and it's clear that multi-choir organizations are the most efficient. Children's choirs figured this out ages ago, and they often have big budgets. But there are other ways to do it. Does your group have one ensemble, or more?
I’ve been reading Simon Sinek lately and thinking about choirs. I know my choir has a strong sense of purpose, but I’ll admit—I can’t quite recite it on the spot. Do you sing in a group too? If so, what’s your ‘why’? What’s the purpose that keeps you inspired? #ChoirLife #FindYourWhy
February 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I’ve been reading Simon Sinek lately and thinking about choirs. I know my choir has a strong sense of purpose, but I’ll admit—I can’t quite recite it on the spot. Do you sing in a group too? If so, what’s your ‘why’? What’s the purpose that keeps you inspired? #ChoirLife #FindYourWhy
It really does seem like the world has gone insane. However, I have chorus rehearsal tonight, and I'm definitely going to go. Even in normal times, when I feel tired and crappy, singing makes me feel enormously better. In crazy times, it's also that community and connection are my best way to fight.
February 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
It really does seem like the world has gone insane. However, I have chorus rehearsal tonight, and I'm definitely going to go. Even in normal times, when I feel tired and crappy, singing makes me feel enormously better. In crazy times, it's also that community and connection are my best way to fight.
Besides all the other things I'm doing, I'm learning guitar! Always wanted to. So I've watched a ton of YouTube videos, but this short one by Rick Beato was super useful! Enjoy. https://buff.ly/3WMp6Wg
5 Things Every Beginner Guitarist SHOULD Learn
In this episode I will show you 5 Things Every Beginner Guitarist SHOULD Learn. This is based on my 35 years of guitar teaching.BEATO EAR TRAINING → https://...
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February 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Besides all the other things I'm doing, I'm learning guitar! Always wanted to. So I've watched a ton of YouTube videos, but this short one by Rick Beato was super useful! Enjoy. https://buff.ly/3WMp6Wg
If you're in a chorus or choir, what do you think of as your "product"? Is it the music you put on stage? Or is it the experience your members get? Which is more important? Comment on your situation.
February 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
If you're in a chorus or choir, what do you think of as your "product"? Is it the music you put on stage? Or is it the experience your members get? Which is more important? Comment on your situation.
The Barbershop community excels with its exceptional judging program. Judges offer coaching to competing groups, a top service by the Barbershop Harmony Society. As a Musicality judge for years, I've cherished the role, but my path is shifting. It's time for aspiring talents to fill the spot!
February 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The Barbershop community excels with its exceptional judging program. Judges offer coaching to competing groups, a top service by the Barbershop Harmony Society. As a Musicality judge for years, I've cherished the role, but my path is shifting. It's time for aspiring talents to fill the spot!
I prefer to post about choir stuff or other fun topics, but today I'll break with tradition. A trade war between the USA and Canada will make everyone poorer on both sides. Reminder: tariffs are paid by the CONSUMER in the country imposing the tariff. They are always inflationary.
February 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I prefer to post about choir stuff or other fun topics, but today I'll break with tradition. A trade war between the USA and Canada will make everyone poorer on both sides. Reminder: tariffs are paid by the CONSUMER in the country imposing the tariff. They are always inflationary.
The only thing that can actually kill your choir is running out of money. The musical product is extremely important, like eating - without it, the group gets thin and eventually starves. Money is more like oxygen. Without it you're dead in 3 min. Are your choir finances healthy? #choirmanagement
February 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The only thing that can actually kill your choir is running out of money. The musical product is extremely important, like eating - without it, the group gets thin and eventually starves. Money is more like oxygen. Without it you're dead in 3 min. Are your choir finances healthy? #choirmanagement
One of the keys to great choir/chorus management is having the right leadership structure. Form must follow function, so create the roles your choir business model requires, no more, no less. Don't make the mistake of starting with the people you happen to have! Make the roles first. #e-myth
February 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
One of the keys to great choir/chorus management is having the right leadership structure. Form must follow function, so create the roles your choir business model requires, no more, no less. Don't make the mistake of starting with the people you happen to have! Make the roles first. #e-myth
Barbershop began in North America in 1939 so we aged first, and as we aged, the energy faded. Recently "Everyone In Harmony" i.e. allowing women as full members of the Barbershop Harmony Society has brought the energy back. This makes me happy.
January 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Barbershop began in North America in 1939 so we aged first, and as we aged, the energy faded. Recently "Everyone In Harmony" i.e. allowing women as full members of the Barbershop Harmony Society has brought the energy back. This makes me happy.
Since I only eat plants, I've been insulated from the worst of grocery inflation. The price of tofu has been quite stable! And I eat delicious meals often. Thumbnail courtesy of Derek Sarno, one of my favorite plant based chefs. Check out his youtube channel! https://buff.ly/4glsApQ
January 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Since I only eat plants, I've been insulated from the worst of grocery inflation. The price of tofu has been quite stable! And I eat delicious meals often. Thumbnail courtesy of Derek Sarno, one of my favorite plant based chefs. Check out his youtube channel! https://buff.ly/4glsApQ