That Viola Kid: Drew Alexander Forde: On Crushing Instagram And Using Social Media To Grow An Audience And A Unique Music Career

What you’ll hear: Drew tells the KEY to great Instagramming Find out what it takes to grow to over 160,000 followers His opinion on current social media marketing for orchestras - and what’s missing on those teams and his ideas for how they could change What he thinks is the reason people go to concerts… hint: it’s not only for the music What he understands that makes him understand this platform so well Find Drew on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatviolakid/?hl=en For more about the Holland America/Lincoln Center partnership and to audition: https://www.rwsnyc.com/lincolncenterstage/  Mentioned on the show - Drew's favorites: Donald Glover: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2255973/ https://childishgambino.com/ Redbone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp7eSUU9oy8 I want to thank Ficks Music for sponsoring Crushing Classical. When you’re looking for high quality sheet music, look no further than  https://www.ficksmusic.com/discount/CRUSH Use the link above to get 10% off your order!   Check out the new revolutionary tuner app DRONE TUNER on iOS. Available NOW for iPhone and iPad. Tune to REAL recorded instrument tones instead of machine-like sounds to work on intonation, sound concept and blend. The visual component of this tuner is also incredible, with a super-fast reaction time, it allows you to tune while playing a musical passage or using vibrato. It even allows you to tune chords! Get yours today: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/drone-tuner/id1326016622?ls=1&mt=8