DISQUS

JpMaxMan · 7 months ago

When a musician is on stage he/she is broadcasting outward toward the crowd. Beyond being the guy in the front row w/ the loudest vocal chords, there is no discernible way for the musician in real-time to hear the audience individually. Twitter empowers this ability to "feedback in real time" and when the musician broadcasts some of that feedback it creates a connection w/ the crowd. Ahhh, I see JpMaxMan want to hear freebird! Well here you go, this one is for you! Even if this is just a few minutes between songs to recognize the fans twittering at you in the audience, that creates a bond. I've seen Ben Kweller do this on his twitter stream - asking for requests at his performance - and have thought how cool it would be to interact w/ the band like that. You could see a larger group put up a twitter stream on flat panels above the stage so as the band played the audience would see all the chatter.

joeblanda · 7 months ago

Hey Mark, looking forward to your Twitter class at Hilton Inn. I'm new to this, so just about anything you can say to help me along will be appreciated. Probably the hardest thing will be making time . . .

Mark Collier · 7 months ago

Thanks joe. I look forward to meeting you! Are you a musician or
manager of an Austin band?

Joe Blanda · 7 months ago

I'm a musician . . . looking for new ways to link up with friends, fans, and other musicians and artist . . . that casts a slightly wider net than MySpace and Facebook.

steveray · 7 months ago

I'll send you some data that I have. Sounds like a great talk!

Monica · 7 months ago

Hi Mark -
I've been avoiding Twitter until I saw the newsletter from AMF this week. Seems like I ought to give it a try. I just spent the last hour attempting to sign up on twitter and every time I try to log in they tell me they don't recognize me. I try to start over in signing up and my user name shows up as taken (wasn't before my first attempt). So I'll likely be showing up tonight -- still not quite a twitter-er. :) Look forward to hearing how it might help connect us to artists looking to record -- and build up publicity for our recording studio: www.hideoustudios.com

thanks monica

Mark Collier · 7 months ago

Thanks Monica. I'll do a lot of hands on demos so I can walk everyone
through the process from sign up to posting to finding like minded
souls to follow. Then the real fun will begin after the class as
everyone (I hope) will jump into the deep end. You can always follow
up after the class too (via Twitter, naturally).

Looking forward to meeting you and helping however I can!

Mark