#Jazzlives — the Twitter campaign aimed at demonstrating that there is a big and enthusiastic audience for live jazz — is one year old. What has it wrought? First: What is #jazzlives and how does it work? To participate in the campaign, audience members at live jazz performances “tweet” – write a post on their […]
#jazzlives weekend update: 12-day count of tweeting fans
Buzz about who played live jazz where marked with the hashtage #jazzlives flew throughout cyberspace this weekend — catch it all here. The impromptu campaign produced anecdotal evidence that a young and vigorous audience for America’s modern vernacular creative music does indeed exist, spreading enthusiastic word via the social network Twitter of sets at Chicago, […]
#jazzlives: listeners tweet from across the U.S.
Audiences for live jazz from East Coast to West, North border to South, all points between and some beyond are using Twitter and the hashtag #jazzlives to buzz about bands and venues they like. A campaign begun to encourage “anecdotal evidence” that demonstrates a vibrant listenership for America’s indigenous music has resulted in hundreds of […]
Social networking does its #jazzlives stuff
Start a Twitter campaign, and see what happens! Do as many people hear live jazz in a week as attended Woodstock, say? Using the hashtag #jazzlives, a rough count is underway, supported by independent jazz activists, musicians, festivals, journalists but most of all the listeners themselves. It’s a lesson in how people participate in culture […]
You’ve heard live jazz ? Tweet using #jazzlives
Let’s prove jazz lives. Tweet about live performances using hashmark #jazzlives, detailing who and when in 140 characters. Jazz fests rage across America in the next couple of weeks starting Aug. 29-30 with NYC’s Charlie Parker fest, picking up Sept 4 through 6  – Tanglewood, Chicago, Detroit, the Angel City Jazz Fest, LA’s Sweet & Hot Music […]