MUSICIANS TWEET FOR HAITI

Normally, musicians use Twitter as a publicity machine to promote their projects or to post random thoughts so we remember they exist. However, in the last 24 hours artists like Fred Durst, Pink, Mark Ronson, and Plushgun have all used Twitter for a different reason. They have used the social networking powerhouse to ask people to donate via text to organizations that are helping Haiti in this time of tragedy.

Exactly how much influence these musicians have on the public is hard to say, but overall Wednesday was, "the biggest day in the history of mobile giving in the U.S." per Verizon Wireless spokesman Jeffery Nelson. It is estimated that over $1 million was donated directly from mobile phones to the Red Cross alone.

God bless the folks of Haiti and thank you to the artists that spread the word via Twitter and other social networking outlets.

-Tammy Good