So you have a decorated profile and a few friends, but not enough – what’s next? Start by browsing your friends’ friends – look for people you’ve met, people with musical interests that describe your style, and anybody who just looks like someone you’d like to know. Accompany your invite with a short introduction or write a longer one by sending a separate message. Mention why you’re interested in them and the friend you have in common so you look like an interesting... [Continue Reading]
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My Space Diaries Part Four: Networking and Updates
Posted on March 2nd, 2009 by Monica
Tags: guest blogger, myspace, promoting, social media
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MySpace Diaries: Part Three CSS and Strangers!
Posted on February 26th, 2009 by Monica
In the MySpace Diaries Part Two, I attempted to customize my profile to no avail and added friends from my email contacts list. After sending my inquiry to MySpace about customizing a musician’s profile, I continued to dig through the site for an answer and found two things – first of all, there is an FAQ regarding MySpace Music profiles specifically, found in the left sidebar at http://www.myspace.com/aplaceformusic. While the FAQ here did not answer my question, it does have helpful answers... [Continue Reading]
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MySpace Diaries Part Two: How to Create a Profile
Posted on February 18th, 2009 by Monica
Last time I wrote about the importance of MySpace, but now it’s time to make a profile! Go to http://myspace.com, and click on “Sign Up” in the right sidebar. Look at the right sidebar again and click on “If you’re a musician, sign up here.” This is important – if you don’t get a musician’s profile, you won’t be able to upload your music. You can’t convert one profile type to another, and you can’t create multiple profiles with... [Continue Reading]
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MySpace Diaries Part One: Why You Should Care About MySpace
Posted on February 13th, 2009 by Monica
“making a myspace music page. Gross.” After posting these words on Twitter, I was invited to write the blog post you’re currently reading. Lesson number one: social media clearly brings opportunities that wouldn’t exist otherwise. So in addition to a MySpace page, go get yourself a Twitter account! You can follow me there if you like: @candybilyk. (Note: you can follow MXTabs on Twitter, too! @mxtabs) In all seriousness, if you are in a band or make music of any kind that... [Continue Reading]
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