Posts Related to: Social Networks

From LRG: This is a condensed version of a post that first appeared in AllAboutJazz.com. Chuck Anderson interviewed Eric Hebert, CEO of Evolvor Media, about marketing music through – what else – the internet! Chuck hired Eric to re-design his website, and to add various social media tools that Chuck had not previously used. Take …

I have a job that didn’t exist five years ago. I’m a social media manager for independent musicians. In the old days, promoting a musician meant putting together a press kit with a CD, paper press release, photocopies of reviews and interviews from magazines, and any number of other promotional items that might interest the receiver. …

This week, the Music After 50 site turns five months old. It is still in its infancy, but, like any parent, I have great hopes for this baby!
 
I started the site because adult amateur musicians need a place to locate each other, encourage each other, and learn from each other.
 
Like all of you, I lead …

If you do a Google search of  “Twitter is for old people” it returns about 146,000 results. Facebook certainly has its share of “old people” (generally defined as the over-35 set), but Twitter leads the category.  There are nearly 300 million active users of Facebook and nearly 18 million active users of Twitter. More than 60% of  …

The music critic and blogger Terry Teachout wrote a curious article entitled “Can Jazz Be Saved” for the Wall Street Journal on August 9.
He says of jazz: “Nobody’s listening.”
“No, it’s not quite that bad — but it’s no longer possible for head-in-the-sand types to pretend that the great American art form is economically healthy or …

This site now has a forum to help you connect with other adult musicians locally or globally. My intro post tells a bit about the purpose of the forum and asks for your suggestions as we build it out.
 
The section I’m particularly excited about is:
 
Find Fellow Players for Practice/Performance 
In order to post, you will need …

My wonderful designer/developer, the Webscaper, is putting the finishing touches on a soon-to-be-activated Music After 50 Forum. This will be a great place to meet and talk to other adult learners and musicians.
Today I got an email from a drummer asking if this site would have a place to connect with other adult musicians who …

Yesterday, I barely knew what Twitter was. Today, I was following the tweets of Branford Marsalis, Chris Potter, and George Benson. It appears as if Marsalis and Potter write their own tweets; Benson’s people write his for him.
I was really disappointed that Joey Calderazzo, Brandford’s spectacular pianist, wasn’t on Twitter, which is somewhat ludicrous given the …