In all seriousness, Sal does make some points. MySpace (and to some extent Mudcat) has been an excellent way of;

a/ Making contact with people to arrange Gigs for Wendy (Arrowsmith-it helps that the product is good. Bias, me?)

and b/ Acts making contact with me for bookings at KFFC. I have booked some act (e.g. The Hut People) on the strength of what I've heard on MySpace.

In terms of getting gigs....most (but not all...you know who you are!) folk club organisers are pretty good at responding (even if to say no!). The same is true of multi act "acoustic night" organisers...and pubs who promote their own folk music gigs.

In my (admittedly limited) experience festival organisers are far, far worse at responding (even to say no!) however they are contacted...it's not unique to MySpace.

Paul