Tech: Friends on Myspace

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Jim Lad
Date: 09 Jan 08 - 03:23 AM

Makes no odds, Gulliver.
No Genres in MySpace.
Do with it as you please.

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Gulliver
Date: 08 Jan 08 - 08:20 PM

Thanks for the info, I'll investigate this further. It looks like I'll open a new site for music. Most of the music we do is traditional, so I guess uploads of this kind of music should not be a problem (?).

Thanks, Don

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Surreysinger
Date: 08 Jan 08 - 04:51 PM

Gulliver - yes, quite a few of those have been caught like that. If you have what one of my MySpace friends called a "vanilla" page (ie non-artist) there is no means of changing it into an artist's Space. You just have to start the rigmarole of signing up friends and putting up your profile all over again. In fact MySpace have now got a set of FAQ's which covers that one somewhere (don't ask me where!)

Next time you go into your MySpace page have a look at the bar at the top - to the right somewhere you'll see a heading which is either artists or Music - sorry can't remember which. Click on that and you'll get an invitation to sign up (if I remember rightly) .... I'm sure you'll find someone on here who knows the details more intimately than I do, but at the moment without coming out of here, and going to have a look my memory is a bit hazy on it!!

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: SouthernCelt
Date: 08 Jan 08 - 01:55 PM

Replying to Gulliver:

Yes, you can open both a personal page and a music page, which I've done. With the music page you get the option of uploading a limited number of your music tracks (can't upload covers to which you don't have rights or upload other people's performances as though it's your own). You can put a song from any band on your personal page however. Also there are scripts for embedding standalone music players where you have more options of music to add to your playlist but if you do this you need to kill the one-song MySpace player or you'll get two songs playing at the same time. I don't have the standalone player so I don't know how you go about finding the script for it.

SC

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Gulliver
Date: 07 Jan 08 - 11:12 PM

I've just started a site and am populating it with friends and pictures, etc., thanks to the advice of the good folk here. But I think I've made the same booboo as mentioned above, ie, my account is probably not a music account (how can you tell?). If I could just upload a few tracks and/or videos I think I'd be happy to hang on to it. Otherwise it looks like I'll have to open a new account to be able to upload music--is that correct?

It's not a big hassle really, 'cos I could keep the present site for family/friends and pictures and stuff. It's at www.myspace.com/donconlan

Thanks to Jim and everyone else for the help!

Don

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Surreysinger
Date: 07 Jan 08 - 08:11 PM

Thanks for that Jim Lad - I'd completely forgotten the existence of it!!! (I remember looking it up when this was first mentioned, but never got round to doing anything)> Anahata - the posting was Jed's of 17 April 07 on this same thread.

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Jim Lad
Date: 07 Jan 08 - 01:58 PM

It does.

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: treewind
Date: 07 Jan 08 - 01:53 PM

Perhaps instead of Mudcat having a permathread about Myspace pages, or ineed in addition to that, The Mudcat Café should have it's OWN MySpace page and all the Mudcat-Myspacers can be friends with it!

Anahata

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Jim Lad
Date: 07 Jan 08 - 01:36 PM

refreshing

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Barbara Shaw
Date: 07 Jan 08 - 07:10 AM

Reviving this thread so all the people who have posted their link don't have to repeat themselves on the newer myspace page. Can someone cross-reference the threads?

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Dave Ruch
Date: 01 Jun 07 - 08:55 PM

Oops!! Let's try that again: http://www.myspace.com/acousticforum

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Dave Ruch
Date: 01 Jun 07 - 08:52 PM

Just opened one yesterday. Come visit!

www.myspace.com/acousticforum

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Jim Lad
Date: 01 Jun 07 - 05:29 PM

Surrey Singer: I took my own advice. Opened two sites and let one go, last night.
Like you, I lost some friends and don't want to bother them.
Invite me please at http://www.myspace.com/folksingerjim
Some pretty weird techno stuff happening on Mudcat, today. Copy your messages before sending them.

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Dave Earl
Date: 01 Jun 07 - 05:21 PM

Just signed into the group.

What happens next?

Dave

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: GUEST,Surreysinger
Date: 01 Jun 07 - 05:15 PM

Sorry - that last was me - I seem to have dropped my cookie somewhere (probably no bad thing as I'm supposed to be on a diet) - will go and find it again!!!

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Jun 07 - 05:08 PM

Reverting to my earlier posts in April (and thanks for your suggestions Jim Lad) I eventually got a reply from the powers that be at MySpace to confirm that it was impossible to transform an "ordinary" MySpace page into a Music one, and that it was necessary to start all over again ... so I've taken Jim's advice, left the old page open, and opened up the new one... and am now going through the time consuming business of inviting "old" Friends to become "new" Friends.... what a palaver!!! Thanks for the advice, though!

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: GUEST,FFF
Date: 01 Jun 07 - 01:21 PM

another superb folk duo from the UK now have a MySpace site - Scolds Bridle:

check it out (and their new CD)

http://www.myspace.com/scoldsbridleuk


FFF

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Barbara Shaw
Date: 24 Apr 07 - 03:03 PM

Jed, I just posted to the myspace forum that I can't figure out how to upload any pics on the group photo page. Maybe we're looking at different options than you, the group leader? Point me in the right direction and I've got a photo of Vixen and Reynaud sitting in with ShoreGrass.

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: GUEST,Dave (DriveForever)
Date: 24 Apr 07 - 02:21 PM

Thanks so much, Jed, for all of your help !
You opened up a whole new world for us !

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: JedMarum
Date: 24 Apr 07 - 01:02 PM

So - have we all connected? All the Mudcatters interested in having other Mudcatters as friends, and all interested in being part of the Mudcat group?

We gotta get some more pics up on the group page ... please don;t be shy!

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: JedMarum
Date: 24 Apr 07 - 12:59 PM

Chip - your Mypspace page s set to "Does not accept friend requests from bands" - so you will not be able to connect with your udcat friends, unless you go looking for them.

Dave - Myspace will set the pics sizes to the parameters you've applied when creating them. Myspace does compress the pics also. You can use photshop or other programs toadjust the size and resolution of your pics before loading them. Lots of the picture loaders for PCs give you soe control over this too.

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Chip2447
Date: 20 Apr 07 - 11:45 PM

Although, I haven't done any thing with it yet I can be found on MYSPACE http://www.myspace.com/cmartxv

Chip

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: GUEST,Scabby douglas
Date: 20 Apr 07 - 12:32 PM

Oh well, we can have a Myspace Mudgather.

StevenClarkSongs

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: GUEST,Dave
Date: 20 Apr 07 - 12:02 PM

All this info has been very helpful -
I'd like to be able to enlarge my Photos
on my Myspace page - I can hardly make out the image.

            - Thanks for any help!

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: MMario
Date: 18 Apr 07 - 09:09 AM

myspace and mudcat are compatible. Myspace allows you to post stuff that mudcat isn't setup to handle - such as music and video etc.; the forum and the DT are mudcat's strengths.

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 18 Apr 07 - 07:19 AM

If you need another email address to join myspace in whatever identity you need, go to www.sharpmail.com and create one. It's easy. I have a number of them.

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Rabbi-Sol
Date: 18 Apr 07 - 12:24 AM

Thanks to Jed the Mudcat logo and link has been added to my profile under, "My Music".
                                                SOL

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Jim Lad
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 08:29 PM

That's why we call them "Friends".

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Surreysinger
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 08:02 PM

Thanks for the advice Jim ... but presumably I'll still need to start re-asking friends to be friends all over again (if you see what I mean)?

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Jim Lad
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 07:22 PM

I got around things the second time by using one of my spare e-mail addresses to register. Don't take your old site down yet. Start a new one and see what works for you.

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Surreysinger
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 07:12 PM

I've got the same problem that Kitty has/had. When I signed up to MySpace over a year ago, I hadn't appreciated that there were two avenues of entry (they don't exactly signpost it clearly do they - or have I been particularly dense?). So I have built up more than a handful of friends (not that many, but enough to make it a pain to have to start all over again!!), and blog entries. Originally I didn't have any music available to put up - but do now. Tech help so far from MySpace help has been a bit lacking in coming forth (got an email today which was definitely not a reply to the query which I had sent them - a new one has just gone off into the ether). Does anyone out there know if it is at all possible to switch one account into another without all the hassle of cancelling/starting afresh??

For what it's worth, my current Space is to be found at My space

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 07:01 PM

bongledog is not on there

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Jim Lad
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 06:56 PM

Way over my head! wheeeeeeee!

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 06:49 PM

Now, what's the bet on Max selling out to Murdoch?

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 06:48 PM

Don't worry Jim, the Mudcat God is not a jealous one! Some incense and a couple of incantations will cover it.

Indeed the two environments are complimentary. On mySpace I can find out more about fellow Mudcatters and listen to their music, see their mugshots etc. On Mudcat I can chat with fellow mySpacers, solve the world's problems, share likes and dislikes, argue and nail the definition of what is "folk" (my little joke), and so on. The two together provide an ideal environment, sort of a myCat or Mudspace...

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Jim Lad
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 06:35 PM

Hey, I'm the new guy. I'm sure someone will step in if we're crossing the line so I'll take your word for it. Anyone who can play as many Highland Games as you do, can work with anybody, I'm sure.
Cheers.
Jim.

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: JedMarum
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 06:30 PM

Actually, I believe we're using Myspace to draw to and support Mudcat. There are lots of using Myspace ofr the business and networking stuff ... and many are longtime Mudcat fans and users ...

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Jim Lad
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 05:30 PM

"I think there should be some kind of myspace permanent thread".....

I tried to touch on this, gently, yesterday. This is excellent networking by a bunch of artists of like mind. However, we are all guests on Mudcat and I think we may be straining our hosts' sense of hospitality by using their network to endorse another.
Know what I'm saying?
Kind of like setting up a "Sears" stall in "Woolworth's"

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Barbara Shaw
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 05:19 PM

I think there should be some kind of myspace permanent thread or maybe links in the members info section or something. It's obviously popular and productive to have a myspace page for things music (and otherwise, apparently). It doesn't detract at all from mudcat, which remains for discussion and information and research (and catfights and the occasional pile of garbage) and is kept updated by the individuals themselves -- or not. And it's fun. OK, I'm still a kid at heart...

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: GUEST,reggie miles
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 04:56 PM

http://www.myspace.com/reggiemiles

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: GUEST,John Robinson
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 04:51 PM

Nice work Jed.

However, I had to smile at the inclusion of The Hipshakes. They are a punk/garage band who I worked with a while back, recording and mixing a single they had released in the US. Can't remember the context in which they came up but they are hardly typical mudcat material.

That said I'm not sure much of the material I've worked on is mudcat material, I'm only here 'cos I have friends in these parts ....

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Jim Lad
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 04:20 PM

frig'nfeedin'frenzy!

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 04:03 PM

PS - Jim Lad ditto!

Kitty

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 04:01 PM

OK, I've sent a request to cancel my account, because it wasn't a music account, and because the people I invited to be my friends didn't receive the invitation!

Kitty

PS JedMarum - this doesn't mean I'm cancelling you as a friend!

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 03:57 PM

The logo code works for me too, Jed. I was a little anxious since I had heard on another forum that Myspace had decided to shut out connections to Photobucket, but clearly not so far.
Cheers
Dave

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 03:10 PM

Thanks for the Mudcat logo HTML, Jed - it's up on my page too now.

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: JedMarum
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 03:06 PM

I've created a Mudcat Cafe group on Myspace. I wouldn't expect it to get become very big or very busy, but it can help us support Mudcat and vice versa. The group is called "Friends of Mudcat Cafe" - and the group URL is http://groups.myspace.com/mudcat

I've tried contacting all the Mudcatters who have Myspace pages - but it's hard as hell to do so using the Myspace "invite" feature (probably by design to keep the spammers and the robots from beating people to death with fake groups) - so, if you haven't had an invite to join the Mudcat Group on Myspace (and most of you haven't), please GO HERE and click the join group button ... also, once you jpoin, please feel free to invite others to join, especially other Mudcatters ... but new folks too.

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: mandotim
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 02:31 PM

My myspace page is here . Another one for the list!
Tim

added - link faery

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: GUEST,Sharon G
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 02:30 PM

Hey Jed, that idea to list everyone's myspace is really cool. Maybe it deserves its own thread?
Thanks for taking the time to put that together.
Sharon

Subject: RE: Tech: Friends on Myspace
From: JedMarum
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 02:06 PM

... anyone willing to double check my code and instructions? I've checked it myslef, but mayeb there's something I missed.