COMPOSER SABRINA PENA YOUNG | MUSIC TECHNOLOGY | FILM | CLASSICAL | OPERA

Here are some tips and tricks on how to use social media (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) effectively as a musician or artist.

Is Alex Jones Dead? And other Google Autocomplete about Inforwars notorious "performance artist" and founder. Wanted to know what the zeitgeist was thinking about Mr. Jones by asking Google questions. This is a social experiment, a digital performance art piece, if you will. Official Website: https://sabrinapenayoung.wordpress.com/

If you’re like most self-promoting musicians, you’re a little overwhelmed and confused about how to use social media to attract fans, promote your events, and sell more music. Maybe Very Confused! If that’s the case, you’re not alone. Everyone feels the pressure. The good news is ... help is on the way! “Social Media Music Marketing Made Easy” Whether you’re just getting your feet wet with online marketing or you’re a seasoned digital pro, I know you’ll benefit from this. Here’s what you’ll get with this two-part teleclass series: Part 1) Finding Your Digital Music Sweet Spot On this call I give you some solid ways to deal with the overwhelm. But most important, I walk you through my four-step process to determine the best sites and strategy for you. Of all the gurus out there, I don’t know anyone teaching this specific technique to identify what your online priorities should be. When I teach this at live workshops, people always say, “Wow, I never thought of it th...

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Snopes.com dispels a recent fake controversial viral story about public bathrooms. In our world of social media obsession, everything and every thought being tweeted, vined, snapchatted, and instagrammed. Most individuals do not know how to communicate electronically. Relationships can get destroyed, false information is passed on as truth, and anger seems to be the most prevalent emotion, especially during this heated political season in the US.  So here are the Top 5 Shocking Mistakes That You Make on Social Media 1. You Post Every Thought without Thinking We've all seen it. A bad break-up, a fight with a loved one, a bad day at work...Some people just post and post and post and post and don't think about the permanence of online posts. Even if you "delete" the post, it is still there, somewhere. And the juiciest information may have already flown through cyberspace via other social media sites before you have a chance to retract your statements. If you a...

Today you have a choice. You can be bombarded by anger on Facebook and social media or you can choose to live your life without hate speech . How can you do this? We all have them on our Facebook, Twitter , and social media feeds. Friends, groups, and politicians posting angry memes and hate speech each day. But you don't have to listen to this anymore. All you have to do is UNFOLLOW. We don't want to lose our friends over differences. Then we'd just be lemmings, or clones. And who wants to be a lemming? Not me. But we can choose to UnfollowHate speech today. So next time a friend or politician or group posts up something that you know is hateful and untrue, go to their page and UNfollow them. This way you can save your friendship and stop the abuse. Because you have better things to do with your time than be a part of the hate. #UnFollowHate @dalatindiva http://sabrinapenayoung.blogspot.com/

Lee Scott's Interactive Web Opera "The Village" It used to be that if you wanted to write an opera , you would need access to a full production company, an orchestra, a hall, stagehands and theater personnel, costumes, and more. You would need a librettist and a composer and a stage director, divas and extras, maybe even a donkey. This would require resources well beyond most composers, often thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of dollars.  But today, if you want to write an opera you can take a few shortcuts that allow you to write an opera for close to free using digital technology and Internet collaboration. The truth of the matter is that you can access online any singer, librettist, instrumentalist, or actor that you need (well, maybe except for the donkey, who probably doesn't have the Internet). Some of the ways you can access these individuals includes: Posting on Message Boards Contacting University Music Departments Posting Virtual Audi...

Formidable Composer Eric Whitacre 1. You try to tell the time signature of your blinker as you drive 2. You wonder if Mozart would have Tweeted 3. You ruin movies by complaining about how John Williams steals from Wagner and Stravinsky 4. Your significant other has been relegated to long diatribes about the merits of classical music over pop music 5. Said significant other has also been dragged to numerous classical music concerts, including at least one that involved a laptop or singing robot 6. You can't resist saying "I'll be Bach" when you leave the party 7. You have an appreciation for Schoenberg and Cage that your music ed friends do not understand 8. You ever conducted the radio with a pencil in your car, while driving and drinking a cup of coffee 9. Your children grow up listening to Mozart...AND Stravinsky, Shostakovich, and Mendelssohn 10. You are used to the semi-surprised look of shock when you tell your friends that you are a composer 11. Y...

In this self-directed mini course you will be introduced to music technology and virtual music production. The course is meant to be completed at your own pace without direct instruction. Future courses in development will include one-on-one instruction and class interaction.  SIGN UP TODAY:  https://youngart.eduongo.com/v2/website/web/course_catalogue/4293#courseinfo=1b2b73275ac9607e380d985c7d1023c9 COURSE INCLUDES: Multimedia and Resources on Music Technology, Internet Collaboration, and Composition Links to Free and Low Cost Music Websites for Production and Collaboration Optional Self-Directed Assignments for Enrichment Downloadable Course Materials Original Essays on Music Technology Unit Study on virtual production of Libertaria: The Virtual Opera Basic Recording Tips Grant Writing Pointers This mini course was designed by award-winning composer  Sabrina Pena Young  as a free educational tool for educators, students, and arts professionals. ...