As much as I hate to say it Mysapce, the social network for creepy perverts has pretty nice "music pages". Actually, it is revolutionary and gives young inspired artists a chance to be heard. Although I don't think people like Justin Bieber should be allowed to hold a microphone up to their mouth ever, I do think that Myspace is a great way for people to get recognized.
Mac Miller - Knock Knock
Mac Miller | Myspace Video
The music pages on Myspace allow the user to post mp3's of their music and allows friends of that user to listen to the music. Then hopefully, a record company will hear about all of the excitement and become friends with you and listen to your music. This is a great way to eliminate several levels of middlemen in between you and the record companies. Myspace is new new media because it's a way that technology allows us to efficiently acquire a relationship between musician and record company without going through agents, club performances and auditions.
I mean don't get me wrong, I am not a fan of Myspace mostly because of it's privacy settings which hurt many people. However, I can respect the music pages that are on Myspace. Not even Facebook allows its user to post mp3's of music of their own. Myspace has revolutionized the music industry in a small way however it opens the door for many more unrecognized new artists.
Mac Miller - Knock Knock
Mac Miller | Myspace Video
Yes, music was the first emphasis for MySpace, and it did serve that function very well, and generally for the arts as well.
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