An Appreciation of the Art and Music of Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett talks with Sony archivist Tom Tierney about his career, including the musicians who influenced him and with whom he recorded. These recordings are quite interesting and full of great information.
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After his segment on HuffPost Live, Mr. Bennett is now in a Twitter chat with iTunes.
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Yours truly was asked to join the kickoff event for Tony Bennett’s Digital Day on Huffington Post.
For those that missed it or want to view it again, here is the segment:
In conjunction with the release of Live at the Sahara: Las Vegas, 1964, the release date of October 8 is Tony Bennett Digital Day.
With this release, Tony’s entire catalog will be available on iTunes! (I am not going to bring up the three Verve/MGM albums). Tony will be online Tuesday to answer questions from his fans.
11:45 – 12:15 PM ET: HuffPost Live Chat. This will be a live, streaming interview with Tony conducted by Marc Lamont Hill. Click here to go the HuffPost Live page.
12:30 – 12:45 PM ET: Twitter Chat hosted by iTunes. Use the hashtag #asktony or #tonydigitalday to ask questions now.
1:00 – 2:00 PM ET: Mystery Event! (I love surprises!)
2:15 – 3:00 PM ET: Facebook Chat. Sorry, no connect information yet, but I’ll update as soon as I know anything. Click here to view Tony’s page on Facebook and add questions now for the chat.
There’s a special section set up on Tony Bennett’s website with information about Tony Bennett Digital Day at digital.tonybennett.com. You can find up-to-date information about Tuesday’s events and even submit questions for the Facebook and Twitter chats from this page. Use the hashtag #tonydigitalday
You can read more about the release of Live at the Sahara: Las Vegas 1964 and Tuesday’s special activities in this press release.
Your opinionated author will be working on Tuesday, but will post transcripts as soon as possible. Now to adjust my meeting schedule for next Tuesday from 11:45 – 3:00 ET. 🙂