{"id":586,"date":"2022-07-08T13:55:29","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T13:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianstack.com\/?p=586"},"modified":"2023-08-04T06:45:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T06:45:09","slug":"twitter-for-musicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianstack.com\/twitter-for-musicians\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Guide To Twitter (X) For Musicians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Musicians are social artists. The handful of musicians who make it big and achieve fame do so through a delicate balance of musical mastery and crafty social interaction. It is especially true during live performances, but what if you only have ten people attending those performances at the moment? How to get more ‘social’? How to generate a following without posting endless images on other social media profiles. One answer is Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s see exactly how Twitter (or it’s new name: X) can be an effective social tool for musicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twitter is a top social network for people looking for news, information, and entertainment. According to the company, many of the most-followed Twitter accounts belong to musicians. You too can use Twitter to build your music career, but you should know how to use this social network properly. It can just as easily ruin you if you\u2019re not careful.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twitter provides an ideal platform to get an audience and build that audience. The Twitter head office places so much emphasis on music and musicians that they even appointed a Head of Music<\/a>. But the critical question is, how can you use this tool to build your music career? Let\u2019s delve deeper into Twitter\u2019s relationship with musicians and see how you can do just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is Twitter Good For Musicians?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re unsure if you or your brand \/ band should have a Twitter account, let\u2019s examine some clear, concrete facts about Twitter when it comes to music artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music-related topics<\/a>, like band names, music genres, or song titles, make some of the highest trending hashtags on Twitter. You can check trending hashtags<\/a> for any period and probably see at least five or seven music-related hashtags trending in the top 50. People on Twitter like discovering new music and love sharing their musical discoveries with their followers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps more importantly, several of the most-followed Twitter accounts are musicians. According to statistics from November 2021, nine out of the top 20 Twitter accounts<\/a> belong to musicians. The Twitter account with the 2nd<\/sup> most followers is Justin Bieber, with 114 million people, and he\u2019s second only after Barack Obama, who has a little over 130 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just a few followers after Bieber are the likes of Katy Perry, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, and Lady Gaga, all in the top 10. In terms of follows, many musicians outperform highly popular Twitter accounts like Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Cristiano Ronaldo, and even Twitter itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twitter knows that music is one of its most popular types of content and even launched the dedicated Twitter #Music app a few years ago. The idea was sound, allowing people to follow musicians, listen to music, discover new music, and share it. But people preferred using plain Twitter for that, so they <\/a>scrapped the #Music app a year later<\/a>. Still, it shows Twitter\u2019s commitment to helping improve marketing for musicians on the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wouldn\u2019t be fair to only list reasons why Twitter would be suitable for your music career without balancing it out with some of the potential downsides. Twitter is a space to share your opinions and thoughts, which is excellent, but if you do it wrong, you could be in for a world of hurt and ruin any hopes you had for a successful music career. Here are a few examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n