Rick Chung, your Alexis Mazurin Award winner and intern here. Here is my final project, a short radio documentary exploring the trend of social media use in music today for CBC Radio 3. Take a listen and tell me what you think.
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Social media is fast becoming a more and more important trend and topic in the music industry as it changes the way artists produce, distribute, and promote their craft. It is an interesting, complex issue in the larger frame of change in art through technology.
My 8-minute radio documentary features interviews with Graham Wright from Tokyo Police Club, Becky Black and Maya Miller from The Pack A.D., and BCIT Social Media Instructor Kemp Edmonds. They all gave interesting stories and thoughts about how to use social media for music.
Here is a list of musicians who I think are great on Twitter:
@stayfierce: Diamond Rings always has very witty tweets.
@saidthewhale: Said the Whale do a good job of interacting with the artistic community.
@danmanganmusic: Dan Mangan is prolific in updating his gigs and whereabouts.
@teganandsara: Tegan and Sara are great at being personable and playful online.
@deadmau5: Deadmau5 is absolutely prolific and ever present online with constant insights.
Photos by Ian Witlen and Jeremy Lim.
posted by
rickchung
on Nov 12, 2010