You can learn a lot about a month simply by looking at the Twitter posts (“tweets”) that got made throughout the course of it. Take our April 2010 Pro Sound News tweets: The first few were links to goofy fake April Fool’s Day articles covering everything from Lectrosonics to Kanye West. Next up were a rash of links to Pro Audio apps for Apple’s iPad, which was introduced the first weekend of the month. By the time we mentioned FOH engineer Robert Scovill’s blog about Tom Petty tour rehearsals, you knew it was getting towards shed season. And in between, there was ephemera ranging from NAMM and AES trade show announcements, to the ‘I can’t look away’ violent destruction of an aged DDA Q-Series monitor desk.
All of which means you should follow us on Twitter at @ProSoundNews — clearly our Twitter feed ain’t just headlines. To wit, here’s most of our April tweets, minus the links to daily news stories on prosoundnews.com:
• • •
SFXmachine.com releases April Fool’s software: Turd Polisher Pro for OS X and Windows http://bit.ly/bghzHf #ProAudio
April Fool’s Story: Lectrosonics Debuts Aspen Update with Jargon Lift Feature http://bit.ly/bzEXzk#ProAudio -Clive
Taylor Swift Collaborates with Kanye, Apologizes to Beyonce http://bit.ly/cpgYx5 Heh, heh -Clive
iPad music/recording apps debut: Saitara Software DAW control surface software (looks cool) http://bit.ly/auCRXU#ProAudio -Clive
iPad music/recording apps debut: Groovemaker multi-touch groove and beat remix app: http://bit.ly/IX3Bc#ProAudio -Clive
iPad music/recording apps debut: SonomaWireworks’ Studiotrack-multi-track recording: http://bit.ly/bLhwgt#ProAudio -Clive
PSN’s iPad Pro Audio App round-up: http://bit.ly/9OT4DW There’s some really cool stuff out there. #ProAudio -Clive
Any #ProAudio types out there got an iPad (besides @sillywhite that is)? What do you think of it? Tried any audio apps yet? -Clive
iPad to Support USB Audio Interfaces via Camera Connection Kit? – Mac Rumorshttp://bit.ly/9SxN9O#ProAudio -Clive
Viral video-style advertising comes to #ProAudio; dig this bonkers console ad from Behringer: http://bit.ly/apPwe0 -Clive
From the PSN Blog: Studio Break-in Leaves Artist Undeterred: /blog/28046#ProAudio -Clive
Not audio, just cool: 360º video of Texas Stadium getting demolished, shot inside–WOW http://bit.ly/djMvPU -Clive
RT @TVTechnology#NABShow attendance: 88,044 (2009: 82,650); Int’l: 23,900; Countries rep’d:156; Media:1,153 #ProAudio -Clive
FOH/Avid Venue king Robert Scovill (Tom Petty, Def Leppard, Rush, etc) has a cool new blog http://bit.ly/dsKOUX#ProAudio -Clive
Any live sound/tour folks out there affected by the Iceland volcano? What’s going on for you? #ProAudio –Clive
Requiem for a Console: Watch an old DDA Q-Series monitor desk meet its violent end. http://bit.ly/aPlb7E#ProAudio -Clive
Picked up some cool ltd ed @RecordStoreDay stuff today–a Weezer CD EP and 45s by Elvis Costello and the Stones. You get anything? -Clive
RT @ableton: Live 8.1.3 is now available: http://ow.ly/1APkj#ProAudio -CY
Gang Starr/Jazz Hip Hop pioneer Guru (Jazzmatazz 1-4) has died. Dig his joyful classic, “No Time To Play” http://bit.ly/9TXTMP –Clive
I’m at #140Conf today; not sure how much will be applicable for pro audio -Clive
Cobra Starship dude on 1st music panel at #140Conf. tells story of how joke tweet led to kids bringing sponges to gig to ‘soak up sound’ -Clive
All Points West festival in NY will probably get the ax – http://bit.ly/bGKxE3 -Clive
@NAMM Summer NAMM trade show will admit public on last day http://bit.ly/bdndSr#ProAudio -Clive
Intriguing piece by Rhapsody.com pundit/ex-Too Much Joy singer Tim Quirk on ramifications of the Walkman http://bit.ly/94GaOh -Clive
From PSN’s sister mag, TVB: Wireless Group Asks FCC to Relax White Space Rules http://bit.ly/c5OiFC Would affect wireless mics #ProAudio
Finally weighed in on the #140Conf Twitter event: #ProAudio Connects in the Social Media Age http://bit.ly/cudIPM -Clive
Checked out Abbey Road Studios’ cool t-shirts at http://bit.ly/aITdfI I want one, but at $38, that’s kinda steep –Clive
Tired of the stereotype that live sound guys are stupid slobs; this time it’s an American Idol/eyeglasses ad http://bit.ly/bBAkn7
A big hello to @newvisionav, The A/V Ministry of New Vision Baptist Church, in Murfreesboro, TN – PSN’s 1,400th follower! -Clive
Cool Spectrasonics Vids of George Duke and Greg Phillinganes jamming a samba on Trilian software insts: http://bit.ly/cyijvt -Clive
Sonic freebie: New, free SoundHound music-ID app for iPhone, iPad – CNET Reviewshttp://bit.ly/dcmQJE
RT @NAMM 26th Annual TEC Awards to Be Held at the 2011 NAMM Show http://bit.ly/avKRuf
RT @shureinc Just posted five new videos on our YouTube channel about how to set up and use all of our wireless mic systems: http://ow.ly/1BTMM Enjoy.
WOW–Way to stay ‘on message’ RT @BeatlesTweets All The Beatles “Loves” in the songs! (550!) http://bit.ly/dvCqPv -Clive
Global music sales fell 7 percent in 2009 http://bit.ly/bjUt2c
Indaba updates online-recording app http://bit.ly/aQaFqQ#ProAudio -Clive
RT @AESorg Read about the upcoming #AESLondon show: http://aes.org/press/?ID=74#ProAudio#AES
