Anji Bee has been named the #16 Most Influential Music Journalist in Social Media by Sonifly. The Sonifly Buzz blog selected their recipients “from a wide pool of writers, ranging from Rolling Stone to Billboard to various freelance writers all across the industry,” whom they “feel has displayed exceptional work in [their] field while simultaneously maintaining a considerable online presence.” This online presence consists of Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, and Wikipedia – and took into account not only likes, follows, and posting activity, but “how much reciprocal interaction had taken place between the followers and the journalist [to] decide who had created and nurtured relationships with their fan base.”
The Sonifly piece does a fairly thorough job of reporting various highlights of Anji’s career in both the musical and podcasting spheres, though it should be pointed out that Anji’s career in radio began in the mid-90’s, not the 80’s, and what they couldn’t know is that The Chillcast has had apx. 6.5 thousand download requests and Chillcast Video apx 16.5 million download requests via the Mevio network, since those stats are not publicly available. As an added bonus, the piece includes Anji’s lyrics to the song, “Phantasma,” from a collaboration with Rom di Prisco (as part of his now-defunct musical collective, Bitstream Dream). This song has been revisted with a brand new recording under the title, “Sleight of Hand,” for Anji’s upcoming debut solo album, Love Me Leave Me. Stay tuned for more news on that soon!
