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02 Aug 10 - 02:30 PM (#2956848) Subject: BS: BS is Myspace Obsolete? From: Jack the Sailor Rather than copycat with a lame joke, I thought I might just take the concept seriously. I got to thinking about things that might actually be obsolete and Myspace came to mind immediately. I have a Myspace music page but no one visits anymore. For the past couple of years all I have seen is musicians promoting their music to other musicians who in turn promote their music. Many of them have switched to Karaoke. When the biggest thing on a former social media website is Karaoke, then I think it is probably obsolete. What you y'all think? |
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02 Aug 10 - 02:37 PM (#2956856) Subject: RE: BS: BS is Myspace Obsolete? From: gnu I 'leted it as soon as I saw how messed up it was. Lot of folks were too late. |
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02 Aug 10 - 07:23 PM (#2957021) Subject: RE: BS: BS is Myspace Obsolete? From: mousethief Is closing threads obsolete? |
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02 Aug 10 - 07:27 PM (#2957024) Subject: RE: BS: BS is Myspace Obsolete? From: Sandra in Sydney I run a folk club & find it useful. I can check out someone's music, something I can't do if they've only got a facebook account - I'm not on facebook & never will be. sandra |
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02 Aug 10 - 07:52 PM (#2957039) Subject: RE: BS: BS is Myspace Obsolete? From: olddude I shut mine down for security reasons. Much of what I see is the same as you in this regard. It is a good social site for listening to other musicians music and trading comments .. I also think it is far safer than facebook but that ain't saying much. |
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02 Aug 10 - 08:54 PM (#2957066) Subject: RE: BS: BS is Myspace Obsolete? From: ragdall Dang! I didn't know it was dead. I just asked two people to add me as a friend about an hour ago. rags is always a day late and a dollar short? |
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02 Aug 10 - 11:01 PM (#2957114) Subject: RE: BS: BS is Myspace Obsolete? From: katlaughing I always look for a myspace link when I want to hear a new-to-me musician's stuff. Helps me decide if I want to buy their CD or not. I've found some great stuff on there. |
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03 Aug 10 - 01:00 AM (#2957153) Subject: RE: BS: BS is Myspace Obsolete? From: open mike it is a good place to post audio and video and journal/blog info. I use my space to archive these but facebook is a better way to connect with others to chat. |
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03 Aug 10 - 10:31 PM (#2957723) Subject: RE: BS: BS is Myspace Obsolete? From: Barbara Shaw I still have a ShoreGrass page on myspace but don't use it anymore. When I realized that any songs I put up online can be copied by anyone who knows how to record from an audio stream, I took all our music off the site. It's not interactive enough for me, so I use Facebook for connections with other musicians and the world at large. There are ways to put music up on Facebook, but haven't much looked into it for the reasons I took our music off myspace. Our "official" ShoreGrass Website points people to CDBaby, where samples of all our recorded music is available. So yes, I think Myspace is obsolete, although it is making a valiant effort to reinvent itself and might just succeed with enough new ideas. |
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04 Aug 10 - 07:55 PM (#2958446) Subject: RE: BS: BS is Myspace Obsolete? From: Cap't Bob Personally I enjoy Myspace. We have a music festival and my wife is on the committee that lines up performers. She uses it often for preliminary screen. Often someone on Myspace will have a real good band backing them up and what you hear isn't always what you get. Youtube is a bit more helpful and when possible we try to go see performers in person. I have noticed the same thing with my own Myspace though and do not get many hits anymore unless I mention a new song to some of my friends usually on Facebook or via Email. How do I get to your Myspace "Jack the Sailor" would be glad to give it a listen. Cap't Bob |
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04 Aug 10 - 08:12 PM (#2958452) Subject: RE: BS: BS is Myspace Obsolete? From: Tug the Cox What's Myspace? Some sort of Astronomy magazine? |
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04 Aug 10 - 08:32 PM (#2958469) Subject: RE: BS: BS is Myspace Obsolete? From: Jack the Sailor It seems that the answer is for most people yes, but not for musicians. |