Week 7- Pre-Task

I can't attend the class, so I am answering the questions now.

- How do you understand the term "social artist"?

A social artist is an artist that use different social networks to connect with their fans. In my opinion it can both be direct or indirect. Indirect means that the artist hire someone to connect with the fans. It is not as cool as being direc. When you are a direct social artist, you have to connect with the fans without any mediator.

Twitter is a great platform to be a social artist. Sharing information AND PHOTOS of your own personal life and opinion will satisfy the fans, because they want to know about the artist as much as they can. You can also be interactive like that. Organize A&Q-s so the fans can ask their questions. 


- How important do you think it is for an artist (musician, film maker, comic drawer, writer etc.) to know who their fans are and to communicate with them?

I think it is very important. Without audience there is no point of creating art. Audience is essential. And so is getting feedback. An artist can get feedback from experts but it's much more imprtant to get it from the audience. And the easiest way to get it is to communicate with them. But sometimes artist make the mistake that they try to serve their fans. It is, in my opinion, very wrong, because an artist isn't create things to serve the wishes of the audience but to create something that they like. 


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