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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Fidjit Date: 07 Jan 08 - 09:55 AM Just updated my MYSpace with topical song from my up and coming CD. More Scratches on the Surface Chas |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Les in Chorlton Date: 07 Jan 08 - 10:05 AM I think it's great the way MySpace has helped us put names to faces on Mudcat. Maybe I will have to be more polite in future? |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Kara Date: 07 Jan 08 - 10:20 AM and him |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: HipflaskAndy Date: 07 Jan 08 - 10:49 AM HipflaskAndy (a nom de plume seemed the order of the day when I signed on here originally) has a 'band' myspace at... The Duncan McFarlane Band ...which has giglists (solo & band), photos, free downloads and links to a myriad of fine folk artistes ...and also has a 'solo' myspace at... Duncan McFarlane ...which, whilst it serves merely as a point of re-direction to the 'other' site (to aid those 'searching') - is also useful to park six more tracks on! (solo, not band). |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Saro Date: 07 Jan 08 - 03:04 PM And CMR can be found at http://www.myspace.com/craigmorganrobson . Not a lot of information on there, but you can listen to a couple of songs! Saro |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Barbara Shaw Date: 07 Jan 08 - 03:37 PM Here's the ShoreGrass myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/shoregrass And the link to the other myspace thread on mudcat: thread.cfm?threadid=100763&messages=142 And the link to the Friends of Mudcat group on myspace: http://groups.myspace.com/mudcat |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Kim C Date: 07 Jan 08 - 03:40 PM Here's our page. |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Giant Folk Eyeball (inactive) Date: 07 Jan 08 - 04:07 PM Not a musician or anything that interesting - an my page desperately needs modernising... but here I am and you can even read a couple of chapters of my unpublished (and possibly unpublishable!) novel: Nigel's Myspace Cheers Nigel |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: smurf Date: 07 Jan 08 - 04:49 PM As the wonderful Mr McNeice said earlier If ya cant beat 'em ,,, join 'em (or get a bigger stick) |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: harpmolly Date: 08 Jan 08 - 01:52 AM I didn't get a Myspace Music page, as I have no mp3s to post yet, but I did manage to embed a few harp vids on my regular page. :) Molly |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: the lemonade lady Date: 08 Jan 08 - 04:16 AM Hey, Mole Catcher, Mr. K is busy it's true, and as he's been around before the age of Myspace he doesn't feel the need for one I suppose, but Benji has one and I dare say his other kids do too if we look; Face Book (hawk spit) as well I think. My question is...Are we all part of a big Myspace family? Aren't we performers looking for places to strut our stuff? Can we not help each other find places to do just that? What are we actually here for? We keep advertising on each other's pages but does it get us anywhere? According to the comments on my page, for instance, I'm not half bad but when I ask festival Myspace members to consider me, I get no response at all apart from an automated message which shows they didn't actually look at my page but just clicked "approve" when asked to be a friend. The folk clubs have been helpful tho, cos I think they are run by like minded, thinking people. So my question is... Does Myspace work for the performer? Could we have a Myspace UK gathering like www.mudcat.org when we meet up at fests? I'm told that there is a Myspace concert at Fylde Fest. Sal |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: stallion Date: 08 Jan 08 - 09:59 AM Weeeell, I look at them all I don't approve them all but I am not so good with it so haven't really got the hang of sending messages. I totally agree with sal on the gig business but I do understand that bums on seats what's counts and someone without a track record is not guaranteed to do that so there is no alternative other than to build it unless your surname is Copper or Waterson and then you do get a leg up but then pedigree will out and they do not disappoint, haven't heard of a son of milk cart horse running in the Derby but some pop star had a £3000 horse run in the guineas, might even have won it. The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary but it would be nice to be invited to some different places, go on, go on, go on, take a risk, go on, go on. Peter |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Banjiman Date: 08 Jan 08 - 10:20 AM Pete, You've already reached the pinnacle........you're on at Kirkby Fleetham Folk Club! See you soon. Paul |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Fidjit Date: 08 Jan 08 - 10:41 AM Nah Sal and Peter. Get your handbags out. you have to solicit. Chas |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Les in Chorlton Date: 08 Jan 08 - 10:41 AM I think it is a brilliant way to discover music and find out where I can hear it live. Cheers Les |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: stallion Date: 08 Jan 08 - 10:53 AM Ah Paulo of the pig skin and strings, you are of course right about KFC (it's finger pickin good) really lookin forward to it but you already knew us ( not in the biblical sense, for all the people who might wonder!) maybe myspace might open it up, having said that our cd took just over three hours to record and about eight hours to clean up and is, to all intents and purposes, a live recording in a studio warts and all so what you hear is what you get, more or less. Some people take weeks to edit and chew them about, I think there are some excellent pieces of work about but ours was only intended as a snapshot of what we were doing at the time. So how reliable can the recordings on myspace be as an indicator of a live performance, I actually think we come over better live but then it is because I enjoy it more. See ya soon cheers Pete |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Banjiman Date: 08 Jan 08 - 11:08 AM 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 |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Fidjit Date: 08 Jan 08 - 11:31 AM I agreee Paul. Of the seven festivals I contacted in the late Autumn. Only three responded. One definative no. The other an Ok, but the dates that i'll be over didn't suit. The third. Was a wait and see. I'm still waiting. (I know it's early days yet) Although I see that their list is alomost complete. Of the other six festivals I contacted in December. I've not heard anything. I think December is too late. Of the return envelopes I sent with the Cd etc. None have been returned. I wasn't really expecting any respons either. 'cos I know that you have to be in the right place at the right time to get anything. Early days yet. Only been at it 40 years. Chas |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Jim Lad Date: 08 Jan 08 - 12:32 PM "We keep advertising on each other's pages but does it get us anywhere?" Nope! I do get the occasional private message from folks in the industry but other than that, it's a general friendship that I find and happen to enjoy. It has become my entertainment though. I'd rather scan through my friends and listen to them than turn on the radio. Wait a coll darn minute... by golly.... I guess it does work then! Cheers! Jim |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: GUEST,Bob Ryszkiewicz Date: 08 Jan 08 - 01:25 PM Hi Kids: From my viewpoint, myspace teaches us, or rather inspires us, to break free of limitations. With 7,000,000 bands and counting, 218,310,249 people in the network and counting, there is little point in waiting for something to happen. It's D.I.Y. "do it yourself"... What if , for example, there were a university in Texas, willing to have authentic music from the U.K. as part of the curriculum? And say, 4 or 5 acts could present a "Mini Folk Festival?" Would you go? Would you be willing to do the organizational work necessary to contact that university, or group of high schools in Texas and tell them you will do the most authentic U.K. music show they will ever see? Just by being yourselves. Do you have what it takes to INITIATE that action? Are you a DOER? I see little point in clamouring for gigs in the same locale and doing what is comfortable and familiar. The whole POINT of myspace is to broaden your horizons. And it is Y.O.U. that must do the WORK to put it together, as staring at a computer screen waiting for something to happen won't do it. What if there is a film being shot, by an unknown, highly creative filmmaker that could really use the songs you sing? How do you find each other? The answer lies in being pro-active, by having faith that what you do is worthwhile, and by REACHING OUT. And I don't mean a cursory mouseclick to approve a friend req. from someone you don't even know, Or, whose genre of music you might not even LIKE. Your success as artists is limited only by your imagination. Not only in the music you perform, but in new creative ways to get it to new audiences. And isn't that just about the same as the folksingers of old did with what they had? What would they have done, having the luxury of the internet? They would not have sat on their hands and wait for somebody to gimme. The potential of myspace is unlimited, and yet it is but one tool. But WHAT a tool! The same process is in effect when you couldn't find employment. What to do? Start your own business! And they don't call it show BUSINESS for nothing... This is why, after sending in excess of 30,000 emails, having 19,711 profile views, 15,743 plays, and 8931 friends(God Bless 'em, each and every one. Thanks) I am currently working on producing my own film. You will see my album, "The Ghost of Elvis"(Happy Birthday Elvis, Jan. 8) on Amazon.com, iTunes, Rhapsody, eMusic, Sony Connect, Napster, GroupieTunes and Virgin Digital. With a new one in the works... Friends, the music industry is changing right under your feet. The time is now. What will you do? Be your own festival. Be your own folk club. Be your own best friend and promote yourselves in new, creative ways.. Bless... bob |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Fidjit Date: 08 Jan 08 - 01:39 PM Right Bob its a tool use it. I find it great to send around to everyone. Not just folk clubs and festivals. Better than a demo cd. And certainly cheaper. If they want to get in touch they will. We are at least out there. Chas |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: SouthernCelt Date: 08 Jan 08 - 01:48 PM Well, looks like a lot of Mudcatters are also MySpacers...and I'm no exception. MySpace's main drawback is that it's addictive and will consume your whole day if you let it. Some great folks on there though. My pages: My personal page -- SouthernCelt (Visit this one to check out all my lovely Celtic female friends -- considering my age vs. theirs I guess I'm a father figure ;-| .) My music-oriented page -- SouthernCelt: the Music SC |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Jim Lad Date: 08 Jan 08 - 02:16 PM Actually, I joined you because you're sexy. "Shure Stand" would make a fine crossover motto. No? |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: GUEST,Bob Ryszkiewicz Date: 08 Jan 08 - 02:41 PM Hi Kids: F.Y.I. / Tom Anderson, Founder of Myspace - The Interview on YouTube... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yWpnto-hqQ bob |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Les in Chorlton Date: 08 Jan 08 - 02:54 PM Ok, I think it's time some people just settled down and did some scales! |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: GUEST,Bob Ryszkiewicz Date: 08 Jan 08 - 02:55 PM Les: Doing scales with the other hand... bob |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Les in Chorlton Date: 08 Jan 08 - 03:13 PM OK, I believe you just this once |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Surreysinger Date: 08 Jan 08 - 04:40 PM Doing scales with both hands on the concertina while reading this thread through .... well, sort of.... [grins] |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: GUEST,Bob Ryszkiewicz Date: 08 Jan 08 - 08:08 PM Hi Kids: Sorry Les. I've never been one of those "settled down" kind of people... DRAFT: University of North Texas Kelley Reese Director of University Relations and Communications ATTN: Faculty of Music email: kreese@unt.ed phone: (940) 565-3993 Dear Ms Reese: We are a group of Folk musicians based primarily in the U.K. and are members of a thread-generating forum called The Mudcat Cafe. Our backgrounds are as diverse as our music. We are making this exploratory contact with you to see if there is interest at The University of North Texas to have members of our group come to the U.S. to play in a festival-like atmosphere for the students. This will provide a once in a lifetime experience of authentic traditional music from the U.K. The students will be able to meet & greet the musicians as well as sing along. This will provide a wonderful opportunity for your music faculty to explore this historically rich music genre. Many of us have just begun to create profiles on myspace, and with your permission, we can email you some profiles for your consideration. If you are willing to begin a dialogue with our organization, we would be pleased to discuss funding and logistics. Thank You for taking the time to read this and we look forward to your response. Best Wishes, The Mudcat Organizing Committee... http://www.unt.edu/ Well Mudcatters, here we are at the crossroads, the place where fortune might favour the bold. Or you could choose the more comfortable path of familiarity, and return to the Pubs and Folk Clubs. And of course, continue focusing on what can't be done. For I guarantee you that if you do so, "that it can't be done" will be the outcome. Will you get turned down? Maybe. Or perhaps the lengendary British spirit of Richard the Lionhearted, Sir Lancelot, "Her Majesty's Secret Service", The Royal Navy, and all that is good that comes from Buckingham Palace will rise up within you, and you'll "give it a go..." This is about as much as I can do as I must continue with my projects. The rest is up for discussion between yourselves. It might take many tries. But. It is DO-able... Good Luck... bob Written in the spirit of love and respect, and hope that the world will get to hear your music...And I know it's none of my business, and I apologize for that... |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: GUEST,reggie miles Date: 09 Jan 08 - 03:35 PM Hey bob, that was a great pep talk a few posts ago. You're certainly correct about the potential. It's unlimited. It also requires a great deal of work and know how. To even just begin to explore this single site (MySpace) it can easily take an enormous amount of time and energy out of a person's daily schedule and that's not even considering the many other sites there are out there to explore or how many more that may arise while you're looking around. The web is getting thick with them and each has the same potential to be a great stepping stone to establish yourself and your particular pursuit(s). I admire your very proactive approach. It takes vision and persistence in every field of endeavor in order to succeed in reaching the personal goals we each set for ourselves. All the best to you |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: GUEST,reggie miles Date: 09 Jan 08 - 03:40 PM I can't recall if I've already contributed my site's link to any of the threads on this subject. Here you go http://www.myspace.com/reggiemiles |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: GUEST,Bob Ryszkiewicz Date: 09 Jan 08 - 06:20 PM Thanks for the kind words reggie. It's just that I've checked out a lot of these musicians and it would be a shame not to even try. And yes, it does take a lot of organization, work and tenacity. But did anything that was ever great come easy? If it did, everybody would be doing it. This is why the great ones are on the world stage, and the others are in the audience... bob |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Jim Lad Date: 09 Jan 08 - 07:36 PM Yes |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Jim Lad Date: 12 Jan 08 - 12:11 PM Walkaboutsverse |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: bankley Date: 12 Jan 08 - 12:27 PM yeah , but you know that things are bleak when most of your friends on Myspace are dead..... just a joke in a minor key.... go get 'em Bob ! |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Sttaw Legend Date: 13 Jan 08 - 06:57 AM Here is our myspace for you to have a listen harriWattsband Cheers |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: GUEST Date: 13 Jan 08 - 12:23 PM Surreysinger told me about this thread and I thought it was probably about time I made a posting so here we are http://www.myspace.com/davidsteptoe |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: the lemonade lady Date: 13 Jan 08 - 12:26 PM Fidjit: "Of the other six festivals I contacted in December. I've not heard anything. I think December is too late." Surely if December is too late for 2008 isn't it nice and early for 2009?? What do you think of this idea? Sal |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Vic Smith Date: 13 Jan 08 - 12:32 PM Three of mine:- The Sussex Pistols Jali Sherrifo Konteh from The Gambia Folk at the Royal Oak, Lewes, East Sussex |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Banjiman Date: 13 Jan 08 - 12:35 PM Sal, I like the idea a lot...if nothing is happening for you...make it happen. KFFC started on the same basis. I'm off to invite Leominster virtual club to be my friend now! Paul |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Gene Burton Date: 13 Jan 08 - 02:04 PM Just like to say lyrics as well as tracks are now up on mine, in case anyone's interested...Oh, go on...you won't live to regret it (snicker) |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Fidjit Date: 13 Jan 08 - 02:51 PM I'm with you Sal Chas |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: GUEST,Sue Date: 13 Jan 08 - 04:49 PM ohhh bejaysus....may as well put it on this thread too!! :) ...me 'n' my band... http://www.myspace.com/pinkfroot Sue |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Fidjit Date: 14 Jan 08 - 11:38 AM Just updated my MYSpace site with some of myWaterclours and Ceramics for your perusal. Positve criticsm welcomed. Chas |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Surreysinger Date: 14 Jan 08 - 07:35 PM The Wigmore FC sounds a good idea - but I wonder why she says there are no folk clubs in Herefordshire - the last I heard there was one in Much Marcle ,and certainly one in Ledbury - don't know about the rest of the county though!! |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Brendy Date: 15 Jan 08 - 04:01 PM I've been looking around a few of the MySpace sites, above, and I notice that it is possible to make a site for Folk Clubs, and Festivals, etc. I have tried to sign up for a Folk Club/Festival site at MySpace, but only seem to get the option to sign up as a 'musician' or 'person' Since a Festival doesn't have a gender, etc, can anyone point me to how I can register as a Club? I've read through the online Help, but unless I'm totally missing something obvious, I can't find how one does this. B. |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Banjiman Date: 15 Jan 08 - 04:15 PM Brendy, Just register as a musician, that way you can upload MP3s from your performers.......that is what most of us have done. Drop me a PM if you get stuck at all. Cheers Paul |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: Brendy Date: 15 Jan 08 - 04:26 PM Ok, I'll give it a try. Thanks Paul.. B. |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: RTim Date: 15 Jan 08 - 04:37 PM Hi All, I am trying to set up a site so I can list a few of my songs, etc. I have successfully set up the text info, but am having trouble adding my music. When I try and sign-up as a musician (having already set up a page without music) it asks me to input an e-mail adddres, then when I put mine in - it says its already used!! Do I have to scrap it all and start again - As a musician? Help! Tim Radford |
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Subject: RE: MySpace From: The Sandman Date: 15 Jan 08 - 04:40 PM 1oo. |
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