Archive for April, 2009
Second thoughts on Twitter
I finally think I “get it” when it comes to Twitter. I think my initial problem was that I was taking it far too seriously. And I was only following people who were using it for announcements and posting links. That gets old really fast. But once I started adding actual friends and people that I found interesting, the conversation opened up.
I think that’s what makes Twitter useful – the interactivity that it brings. It’s a way to have short conversations with not only your friends, but also celebrities, people you admire, bloggers you read, etc.
So I would like to remind you artists out there using Twitter: FOLLOW PEOPLE. I think this is probably the most important thing you can do. Also use the @reply feature. You don’t have to reply to everyone who addresses you, especially if you have a lot of followers yourself, but you do need to engage your fans in conversation. Bringing your fans into the conversation allows them to feel they are connected to you, and in the music industry of 2009, that is a MUST.
So that is my Twitter tip of the day.
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Curtis Peoples Street Team Launch
We are proud to announce the official launch of The Peeps: The Official Curtis Peoples Street Team. Be sure to check it out here.
Gavin DeGraw’s Uganda Trip
Check out these photos from Gavin’s trip to Uganda with Nothing But Nets and click HERE to read his blog. Also, April 25 is World Malaria Day, so be sure to visit Gavin’s Nothing But Nets page to learn more about the cause and what we can do.
Teens Like Legal Free Music
According to Bloomberg.com, more teens are turning to free music services, such as MySpace and Pandora, than downloading music from peer-to-peer sites.
I found this rather interesting myself – I tend to listen to Pandora (especially now that there’s a Pandora app for the Blackberry) more than I do the music that I’ve bought and downloaded from other sources.
Is free streaming music the future of the industry?