Music commentator Bob Lefsetz stays on point –
Prince #1 with 185,000 units. Big box paradigm rules! (U2 still not platinum, 36,000 this week, hasn't even broken 800,000).
— Bob Lefsetz (@Lefsetz) April 7, 2009
As usual, music industry journalist Stuart Dredge beat most of us, signing on in 2007 –
Anyway, just signed up to Twitter, I think it counts as work. Trying to figure out what this is all about.
— Stuart Dredge (@stuartdredge) March 21, 2007
Former WMG top exec Lyor Cohen uncharacteristically didn't join the conversation until 2014 -
Very proud of @300 & our new partnership with @TwitterMusic
— Lyor Cohen (@lyorcohen) February 2, 2014
David Lowery focused on his music rather than skewer the music industry –
cracker songwriting session this week.
— davidclowery (@davidclowery) April 20, 2008
Pandora's Tim Westergren was his usual well behaved self but seemed to forged Twitter's 140 character limit –
Time to join the Twitter fun. I'm going to try to keep it interesting, relevant and useful. I welcome guidance as I get going…
— Tim Westergren (@timwestergren) April 20, 2009
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek kept it simple –
Watching Rome:
Watching Rome By eldsjal
8 minutes ago. http://tinyurl.com/2l8zrn
— Daniel Ek (@eldsjal) January 5, 2008
Orchard exec Scott Ambrose Reilly shared a SXSW meeting with Stephen King –
@stephenking shows up @SXMOutlaw and says @mojonixon "I'm a big, big fan". @johnmellencamp shows up King says "Meet my idol, Mojo".
— Scott Ambrose Reilly (@bulletheadnyc) June 7, 2013
Self describe "music tech nerd with a bad social media habit" J Herskowitz was looking for help –
— J Herskowitz (@jherskowitz) December 16, 2006
I was really, really unimaginative –
hello, world.
— hypebot (@hypebot) July 16, 2008
Britney Spears promised insider access –
Welcome to Britney Spears' Twitter! Follow the latest in Britney news and get updates straight from Britney and her entourage.
— Britney Spears (@britneyspears) October 10, 2008
Taylor Swift showed that, from the start, she understood what Twitter was good for –
apologizing to a very needy cat for being gone so long.
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) December 6, 2008
Yoko Ono stayed brief but got her point across –
dancing
— Yoko Ono (@yokoono) November 27, 2008
Nancy Sinatra echoed the concerns of her peers -
HELLO, EVERYBODY! I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE… I THINK!
🙂
— Nancy Sinatra (@NancySinatra) September 29, 2009
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