When the powerhouse social media platform Twitter arrived in 2006, we saw some clear potential for music. 120-character text limitations aside, it seemed the service was destined to become a powerful engine for music discovery given the real-time, rapidfire exchange it facilitated.
Wow. We can barely believe that the Future of Music Policy Summit is a mere two days away! We can't wait to see all of our exciting presenters, speakers, moderators and attendees at Georgetown University in DC from Oct. 4-6. If you haven't looked at the lineup for this year's extravaganza, you gotta check it out. read more
Wow. No sooner do we report on an artist doing the DIY thing (see yesterday’s piece on Erin McKeown), then we stumble across a tale that will probably go in the digital DIY storybook (not sure who publishes that). read more
FMC staff will be all over
the map in the next couple
of weeks, talking about
music, tech and policy issues
as well as raising money
for New Orleans musicians.
Oh yeah, we’ve also
got the date nailed down
for our D.C. Policy Summit!
So you know, our summer
is definitely heating up.
Read on for details on all
this and more.
Save the Date: Future
of Music Policy Summit – Oct.
4-6, 2009
SanFranMusicTech
Summit: May 18! (podcast
w/Brian Zisk)
Artist Activism
Camp and “Musicians
Bringing Musicians Home
V” concert
With even members of Congress “tweeting,” it was probably inevitable that the ubiquitous status-updating service Twitter would start being used for things that were just a glimmer in some developer’s eye even a few short few months ago. Besides hipping your “followers” to what you had for breakfast, users are also playing DJ — building playlists on other digital services and “sharing” tunes with the greater Twitterverse. read more
