> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.hypebot.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Twitter Turns 10: A Look Back At The Music Industry’s First Tentative Tweets - URL: https://www.hypebot.com/twitter-turns-10-a-look-back-at-the-music-industrys-first-tentative-tweets/ - Published: 2016-03-22T12:24:42.000Z - Updated: 2016-03-22T12:24:42.000Z - Description: Twitter is turning 10 and to celebrate we used their time machine to share the first tweets of more than a dozen music industry luminaries from Bob Lefsetz and Yoko Ono. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/03/twitter-turns-10-a-look-back-at-the-music-industrys-first-tentative-twee - Author: Bruce Houghton - Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, Social Media, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:22 [![Twitter_logo_blue](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb08cc8cf3970d-150wi "Twitter_logo_blue")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb08cc8cf3970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)**Twitter** is turning 10 and to celebrate we used their time machine to share **the first tweets** of more than a dozen music industry luminaries from **Bob Lefsetz** and **Yoko Ono** and **Lyor Cohen** (remember him?) to **Nancy Sinatra**. **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](https://twitter.com/Lefsetz/status/1471909919?ref=hypebot.com) **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](https://twitter.com/stuartdredge/status/10593611?ref=hypebot.com) **Former WMG top exec Lyor Cohen uncharacteristically didn't join the conversation until 2014 -** > Very proud of [@300](https://twitter.com/300?ref=hypebot.com) & our new partnership with [@TwitterMusic](https://twitter.com/TwitterMusic?ref=hypebot.com) > > — Lyor Cohen (@lyorcohen) [February 2, 2014](https://twitter.com/lyorcohen/status/429994344678834178?ref=hypebot.com) **David Lowery focused on his music rather than skewer the music industry –** > cracker songwriting session this week. > > — davidclowery (@davidclowery) [April 20, 2008](https://twitter.com/davidclowery/status/792844830?ref=hypebot.com) **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](https://twitter.com/timwestergren/status/1566948097?ref=hypebot.com) **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](https://twitter.com/eldsjal/status/566642312?ref=hypebot.com) **Orchard exec Scott Ambrose Reilly shared a SXSW meeting with Stephen King –** > [@stephenking](https://twitter.com/StephenKing?ref=hypebot.com) shows up [@SXMOutlaw](https://twitter.com/SXMOutlaw?ref=hypebot.com) and says [@mojonixon](https://twitter.com/Mojonixon?ref=hypebot.com) "I'm a big, big fan". [@johnmellencamp](https://twitter.com/johnmellencamp?ref=hypebot.com) shows up King says "Meet my idol, Mojo". > > — Scott Ambrose Reilly (@bulletheadnyc) [June 7, 2013](https://twitter.com/bulletheadnyc/status/343113146447306753?ref=hypebot.com) **Self describe "music tech nerd with a bad social media habit" J Herskowitz was looking for help –** > — J Herskowitz (@jherskowitz) [December 16, 2006](https://twitter.com/jherskowitz/status/1227513?ref=hypebot.com) **I was really, really unimaginative –** > hello, world. > > — hypebot (@hypebot) [July 16, 2008](https://twitter.com/hypebot/status/859553490?ref=hypebot.com) **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](https://twitter.com/britneyspears/status/954563585?ref=hypebot.com) **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](https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/1041806998?ref=hypebot.com) **Yoko Ono stayed brief but got her point across –** > dancing > > — Yoko Ono (@yokoono) [November 27, 2008](https://twitter.com/yokoono/status/1026557469?ref=hypebot.com) **Nancy Sinatra echoed the concerns of her peers -** > HELLO, EVERYBODY! 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