Myspace is being wonky.
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Daniel
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MySpace revolutionized the underground or 'indie' scene. You can now hear probably just about every band from anywhere, local or not. I've known bands that have booked tours through myspace alone.
Not possible 5 or 6 years ago, at least not at prevalently. I personally think MySpace is the biggest revolution in years. If your band somehow gets a buzz going around on myspace, watch out. You're about to explode.
That's pretty amazing to me.
I blame the bugs and overall slowness on the sheer amount of people on the site at the SAME exact time at any GIVEN time. If you think about it, that shit's crazy!
God <3's MySpace.
Oh, and Andy's forum of course. A lot of opportunities here as well.
Not possible 5 or 6 years ago, at least not at prevalently. I personally think MySpace is the biggest revolution in years. If your band somehow gets a buzz going around on myspace, watch out. You're about to explode.
That's pretty amazing to me.
I blame the bugs and overall slowness on the sheer amount of people on the site at the SAME exact time at any GIVEN time. If you think about it, that shit's crazy!
God <3's MySpace.
Oh, and Andy's forum of course. A lot of opportunities here as well.
sorceron
ken
CJWall
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either that or catch mass amounts off shit for it...
lol. was going to mention that but figured i'd skip it and hope most people didnt know
Kazrog
Kazrog, Inc.
We have a lot of MySpace "friends" but when you factor in that most of them are:
1) Other bands, many that are signed, and even more that are falsely represented
2) Porno spammers
3) Ringtone/Software/Coupon spammers
4) Attention whores
5) Whore whores
6) And more whores...
The list of actual fans who support you begins to dwindle. I think that MySpace was a great idea with poor execution. New sites like Virb have the advantage of being able to learn from MySpace's mistakes and do better.
I am infinitely more excited about sites like Virb and Eventful than I am about MySpace. It seems that a lot of the true music fans are leaving MySpace for other, better places, myself included.
Being big online counts for a lot, and I'm stoked that we're doing well on sites like MySpace and GarageBand.com, but it hasn't really translated into CD sales or anything like that. If I saw another band with similar stats to us, say a year ago, I would think "wow they must be selling a ton of CDs" but it's really hard to monetize that these days...
1) Other bands, many that are signed, and even more that are falsely represented
2) Porno spammers
3) Ringtone/Software/Coupon spammers
4) Attention whores
5) Whore whores
6) And more whores...
The list of actual fans who support you begins to dwindle. I think that MySpace was a great idea with poor execution. New sites like Virb have the advantage of being able to learn from MySpace's mistakes and do better.
I am infinitely more excited about sites like Virb and Eventful than I am about MySpace. It seems that a lot of the true music fans are leaving MySpace for other, better places, myself included.
Being big online counts for a lot, and I'm stoked that we're doing well on sites like MySpace and GarageBand.com, but it hasn't really translated into CD sales or anything like that. If I saw another band with similar stats to us, say a year ago, I would think "wow they must be selling a ton of CDs" but it's really hard to monetize that these days...
miche
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Well, yeah. But a few years ago, I had people contacting me over my bands' websites. That was underground offers, but it happened. I got an album released that way, distro deals, MC releases, even tour offers (that I denied since I don't play live). Now nothing anymore. It's only on MySpace and to me, it's sad. I liked the idea of having something personal, built from scratch.
But I agree, being nostalgic or purist probably never helped anyone, in the end. So let's MySpace.
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