Twitter this and that

First, I'm on twitter. If you'd like to follow me, it is @Billy_Sea.
Didn't get on twitter soon enough to get BillySea but that's life :)

Here are some things I've learned about twitter over the past 6 months or so. There shouldn't be a lot of gems buried in here as most people on Twitter have a reason to be there already and already know how to use Twitter for their purposes.

I don't remember if it was @Drew, something @Drew retweeted, or just someone else who said it, but someone once posted that if someone tells you how to use twitter, then they just don't get twitter. I think that is true. I think if you don't have a "purpose" for twitter, you will start an account, and quickly let it just die off.

So, guess we should start with my purpose. My purpose is for music support. Many of my tweets deal with my music and more deal with the music of others that I know or come across. For the most part, very few of my "follower/friends" are people I know IRL but they are still part of my group. Any other tweets beyond music are just general chit-chat or the like. I like to tell jokes so one of my themes is comedy but I also have my causes. Two of my main causes currently are #BlameDrewsCancer (blamedrewscancer.com) and the situation in Iran.

So with the music part of the blog post out of the way, here are some general guidelines I use on twitter. I do not followback everyone. I really don't see the purpose of trying to keep up with what 1000's of people are saying. I suspect I will always keep the list of people I follow to around 300-500 people, more than that is just a fire hose and not a lot of fun. If you deal with music, I will likely follow you back, especially if you are on Reverbnation, FAWM.ORG or the 5090 songwriting forum. If you are a "real" person, family, or perhaps a fan, I will generally follow back as well. I will also follow if you have something important to say, or something I find amusing (most of these folks I follow first so there is no followback issue).

I really like supporting unsigned musicians (including myself) which is why I got on twitter in the first place. I would also like to think that I have a fan or two mixed in with my followers.

That's about it. Twitter is a lot of fun and I've met some very cool people there. I try not to abuse your friendship by filling up your screen with just me and I enjoy saying hi (just @Billy_Sea and I'll get back with you) :)

Laterz :)

~Billy Sea
www.billysea.com