Chamillioniare Leads 'Social Media Rock Star' Discussion

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Rapper Chamillionaire joined forces with the Grammy Foundation to speak on the popularity of technological networking in music, during the Social Media Rock Star Summit at the Conga Room in Los Angeles Friday (Feb. 11).

The Grammy-week event, which was open to the public and streamed live on the Grammy website, included input from a panel of music and technology insiders including singer Adam Lambert, Foursquare co-founder Naveen Selvadurai and Pandora founder Tim Westergre. Music journalist and former MTV personality John Norris acted as moderator while the group explored how the industry engages fans and consumers in sharing new music and what impact it has had on the business.

Chamillioniare explained how he has used outlets like Twitter, Facebook and MySpace to his advantage. "I think you should make [social media] your friend," he told The BoomBox. "Anybody out that there that's thinking that you don't have to use it, you still have to have a physical presence wherever you're at. There's so much information out there. You can get on Google and find anything! I think people should take more advantage of that because information is power. What separates the independents [labels] from the majors [labels] is that the majors have more resources and more information. When you get that then you'll be able to get to the resources and the money."

Source: http://www.theboombox.com/2011/02/13/chamillioniare-leads-social-media-rock-star-discussion/

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