Ralph, You are entitled to your opinion, and I respect that, but I am also entitled to mine as well and therefore, I would ask *you* to respect that.
To be honest,I'm fair fed up with you telling me what to do and to dampen my enthusiasm etc.etc. I would rather die than give up an ounce of my enthusiasm or love for this music that I have found! So....I'd suggest we agree to differ. You enthuse your way and I'll enthuse mine! And PLEASE stop being so patronising as to suggest that I've not heard of Bonnie or Billy!
Sheesh!!!!
Lizzie. Apologies for the Bonnie and Billy bit. Glad to know that you listen. With great respect, I am not talking about enthusiasts here.(Like yourself, and nothing wrong with enthusiasm) There are a lot of fine musicians on this board (and others) who are trying very hard to make a living by playing music.
We are a suspicious lot. I know of many people who have had their fingers burned by getting "into bed" with unscrupulous agents, Record companies, etc, etc.
Personally, I wouldn't even answer the phone to Mr Murdoch. And the thought of giving up my rights (all of them) to such a place as My Space. ....! Well, I might as well respond to the Nigerian Scam...
"Yes, I'd love to look after your 50 Million Nigerian dollars, here is my bank details and my PIN number"
Sorry Lizzie. You are a fan of music...Good, Enjoy... But don't start telling struggling artists how to run their lives.
(Quote from Lizzie)
"It strikes me that nearly all the criticism that comes on these threads is from people who don't have a Myspace page in the first place, and who are therefore totally unaware of the power that this site has to promote music and support musicians, in a way that's never happened before."
And the reason why the critics of My Space don't have a page on My Space......???? Go Figure