The other day, after checking in on the MXTabs.net MySpace Profile, I decided to take a few minutes and peruse the musician profiles of some of our MySpace friends.

I was hoping to read late breaking band news, find some tour dates, maybe listen to a few new tracks, watch a couple of videos… you know, the normal stuff that people visit MySpace for. What this exercise reinforced though (and this will come as no surprise to many of you) was that MySpace Musician Profiles are generally unattractive, cluttered places not conducive to quick, easy use.

As I continued searching, however, I began to notice that some Musician Profiles somehow bucked the tide and presented useful information in a clean, appealing manner. Here are some of my favorites that I came across:

• Theory of a Deadman
• Deftones
• Damien Rice
• Muse
• Funeral For a Friend
• Dimmu Borgir

In her MXTabs.net guest blog series, MySpace Diaries, Candy Bilyk walked you through why musicians should have a MySpace Music page, and how to go about starting one. I’d also suggest spending some time considering how you layout your MySpace Musician Profile. Take some cues from the profiles above and give your audience a clear, valuable resource to use.

Thoughts?