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# Tw1tterband! 11 Strangers Create Music Via Twitter
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/tw1tterband/
- Published: 2011-03-04T08:34:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-03-04T08:34:00.000Z
- Description: Meet this band, and not just any band: Tw1tterband! They formed over Twitter. Have never met. And have recorded a cover or two. Devotee Richard Newman wanted to celebrate two. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/03/tw1tterband.html]
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Meet this band, and not just any band: **[Tw1tterband](http://tw1tterband.blogspot.com/?ref=hypebot.com)**!

They formed over Twitter. Have never met. And have recorded a cover or two. Devotee Richard Newman wanted to celebrate two years of being on Twitter and decided to leverage the social tool to start a group.

Unexpectedly, Newman lost his job. Then he found himself devoting all this time into Tw1tterband rather than dwelling on his misfortune and the job market.

Tw1tterband has since released a cover and raised £2,220 for Macmillan Cancer Support. As the Guardian succinctly [put it](http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/mar/02/tw1tterband-johnny-marr?ref=hypebot.com), the story behind the group is probably more interesting than their music, but the project serves as "a fine advert for Twitter's ability to forge a real sense of shared experience among strangers."

In total, Tw1tterband has 11 members.

**Here's their latest single**

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