Posts Tagged ‘Twitter’

Those who have followed my career know the paths I have taken. I started as a poet and then dabbed into spoken word and theatre. Afterwards, I became a digital journalist focusing on culture, independent art and social media. I am also an art reviewer, and social media blogger and teacher. After more than seven [...]

My college marketing class has given me an assignment to describe the mission of my blog and its reason for existence, as well as making some cosmetic changes like including a search box for the site.  As the readers of my blog know, I DESPISE writing about myself and what I am doing however, this [...]

(www.grammy.com), the organization internationally known for the GRAMMY Awards®, will present its 2012 GRAMMYs on the Hill® Awards in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, April 25 at the Liaison Capitol Hill hotel. Often referred to as Washington’s most interesting mix of music and politics, the event will honor U.S. Representative Howard Berman (D-Calif.) and seven-timeGRAMMY®-winningsinger/songwriter/producer John [...]

Poll: Your questions about basic social media (via Creative Ramblings) As you know, I will teach several classes on social media this year. The first class will be a very basic introduction on the concept. While I will speak very briefly of social networks, I want the content to be non-technical. My goal is to help [...]

Social Media is all about a conversation. Gone are the days where companies have one-sided conversations with their audience. Gone are the days of “You like hip hop, buy this CD” and “If you have a family you need this van”. Now it’s “What’s your favorite song on the album?” and  “Tell us your favorite [...]

This is a guest post by Cendrine Marrouat, her bio is at the end of this article. In this day and age, independent artists rely almost exclusively on Facebook and Twitter to reach global audiences. However, in so doing, they overlook other major platforms. One of them is blogging. A blog is a great tool [...]

Official GRAMMY® Week Event Will Be Moderated by Topspin Media CEO Ian Rogers and Feature CEOs of GetGlue, Shazam, and Turntable.fm, and Spotify’s First Artist-in-Residence D.A. Wallach of Pop Duo Chester French In celebration of its continuing commitment to the intersection of music and social media, The Recording Academy® (www.grammy.com) will once again recognize the [...]

Picture this: one day, a company comes out of nowhere to introduce a service that renders Twitter obsolete. Overnight, all of those hours you spent cranking out tweets are useless. Or are they? Let’s face it: Twitter is not so much about our follower counts, retweets, or mentions. Those are just numbers. Here’s the real [...]

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Los Angeles, CA – For over a decade the yearning for New Jack Swing music to hit the airways again has been in demand by millions of appreciative fans worldwide and once social media prompted our resources for instant communication, the request became even more massively vocal. The new music era since took a swerve [...]