social networking and music

My group in class has the topic of social networking and I found this really interesting article. I thought it was good to show in my blog because it ties in with my blog topic of music as well. Here is the article for everyone to read.. http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2005/05/67545

The article is titled "Bands Embrace Social Networking". Basically, it is about how bands are loving all of the social network websites out today such as Myspace because they are allowing people all over to listen to their music, become fans and help them one day to maybe become famous. I thought it was interesting to read that more than 240,000 artists all over are using MySpace to market themselves and become big. It said how My Chemical Romance was actually one of these bands who got popular through myspace.

I don't go on myspace as frequent as facebook or some other sites but whenever I sign in I always have random requests from different bands or artists who are trying to build up their fan base and get people to listen to their music. I think it is a great way to hear all different types of music and see what else is out there besides all the same stuff you hear on the radio a million times a day. Even big artists and bands have myspace pages. You can even link in their song to your profile so that whoever views your own myspace page can hear their music. Like the article said, I think it is a great way for people to keep up to date on which ever bands they are into about upcoming concerts, new albums or even just listen to their music on the page whenever they want. Band memebers even respond to their fans through comments which is how the whole social networking aspect comes in. I am sure the big big artists out there dont go on myspace to comment people who like their music but I know that a lotI of others do.

I couldnt believe when I read that their are more than 15 million people signed up on myspace. It really is a great way for bands to get recognized because so many people use the site.