Comments on: Follow Friday: Musical Twitter Feeds You Read – and an Alternative Approach

By: det

det — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:45:58 +0000

great post, though i didn’t get what your twitter user is (CDM)….

mine is @elcarpo, but i mostly tweet in spanish

regards from buenos aires!

By: Dan Foley

Dan Foley — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:47:43 +0000

Good to hear that Music Thing lives on! There is great potential in Twitter for musicians, although I think it might take a while for it to settle in.

I had a plan to twitter the creation of a new RPM Challenge album this year, along similar lines to what Imogen and Abletontweets are doing. The idea was to document my learning process with Ableton Live – I usually use Pro Tools, but the creative flow with Ableton is quite different. Unfortunately, my video card had a meltdown last week, but I hope to get the feed running again now. If anyone is interested in my occasional Ableton tip/observation, you can find them @canabrism…

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:23:32 +0000

I only just started using Twitter a couple of weeks ago and I love it! I previously thought it was kind of pointless but it has given me whole new dimension to my blog, once I integrate my Tweets it will be a great enhancement to Guitar Noize because some bits of news just don’t warrant setting up an entire post.

By: Dri

Dri — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:08:22 +0000

I dont mind Twitter. I like things like @AbletonTweet that turn Twitter into a kind of “Tip of the Day”. Also i like some of my music production friends and colleagues (or guys and gals ive worked with) popping up with little words on what they are up to.

I use Twitter personally and for my band. The band side is nice, and I’ve even used it to ponder a question aloud during a session and gotten replies that helped with some chord progression issues :) We’re on as a band at: @seguesound

Twitter has its shortcomings, like people using it like a slow IM service or just as fabricated marketing, but it’s certainly not “evil”. Compare the simplicity of Twitter, which almost taunts you to define the simplicity of the service for itself, to the absolutely ugly coding and advertising on MySpace. No comparison.

By: Qbical

Qbical — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:30:33 +0000

I really like that ableton tips thingy, lot’s of short tips. Really cool!

Heard this track on soundcloud the other day, pretty funny : http://soundcloud.com/twestival/i-hate-mornings-youre-no-one-if-youre-not-on-twitter

By: DGillespie

DGillespie — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:13:06 +0000

Hey Peter, thanks for the big up. It’s my first venture into this sort of thing, but it seems since the entire world of publishing is speeding up and changing, we should think about what that means for publishing our music as well.

Exciting times, and always a big fan of CDM btw.

By: Catching The Waves

Catching The Waves — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:29:43 +0000

Twitter is both comfortable and unpredictable. Links and recommendations from complete strangers have helped me find websites that chime with my interests. It’s also a convenient way of announcing site updates, such as

*plug*

new reviews of free CC-licensed albums, so it’s another useful tool for net musicians.

Plus, it makes me feel vaguely trendy – quite the novelty!

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:47:27 +0000

I will say that its the first “social network” where I’ve actually networked with people I didn’t know. Even booked a gig through twitter.

By: wesen

wesen — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:28:59 +0000

thx for the mention peter :) Of all the web2.0 tools around, twitter has to be the one i really love. I could lose all the other accounts, but twitter is like a slow moving big chat-stream. I met a lot of really interesting people through, got quite a few amazing opportunities (to perform, to talk, to learn things), and it’s always a welcome way to distract myself :)

By: TLTL

TLTL — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:25:02 +0000

A bit behind on the times, but finally a reason to try out twitter! Where I live it is painfully unpopular. Seems to be very popular as an american thing.