It is well documented Russell has used the social media platform to share his love of his family (his children), his interests such as South Sydney Rabbitohs, love of travelling and music, maintain contact with and support his friend’s work, promote causes close to heart, defend himself when attacked by the traditional media, to deny their persistent rumours and to promote his work both in the movies and music. Many of his tweets have been sensationalised by the gossip and traditional news and a lot of it negative.
Many of the positive things Russell does on Twitter are overlooked by the traditional media as they are probably not considered ‘news worthy’. Twitter remains the way Russell prefers to connect with fans. Russell has created a fictional village which promotes love and kindness where many of the fans have connected and made friends on social media. Many of the fans have met in real life and become friends at Indoor Garden Party concerts and Alan Doyle and the Beautiful Gypsies' concerts around the world. Russell’s tweets over the years have made many fans very happy such as wishing them a happy birthday or all the best for some event important in their lives. Russell has also made others miserable as they have been ridiculed and blocked in front of millions of followers over some of their comments.
On many occasions Russell has provided fans with constructive feedback (both negative and positive) and encouragement on their creative endeavours. Over the years a young English fan Meg Doherty has attended concerts in London and contacted Russell and his friend and music partner Alan Doyle for music advice which they kindly provided with much encouragement. Recently Meg recorded some songs on an album called Northern Girl and again contacted them for advice.
Not only did both Russell and Alan provide constructive and encouraging advice they both lead the charge to buy Meg’s album which they promoted via Twitter. I just thought this was a really awesome gesture. As I have said before many of the positive things Russell does on Twitter are overlooked by the traditional media as they are probably not considered ‘news worthy’ so I wanted to put a copy here. I have provided a link to Meg Doherty’s Twitter feed and shared a video of a song on my Google + page. I would like to wish Meg all the best in her music career.
I've Done Nothing Today by Meg Doherty shared on my Google + (totally awesome)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INUdF5PEjXw
The posts are from the official Twitter accounts of Russell Crowe and Alan Doyle. No copyright infringement intended.
