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By: portorikan

portorikan — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:26:40 +0000

I think that before myspace and things like it were available, it was hard for artists and their fans to keep in touch. Blogging software and RSS feeds have made it so much easier.

I remember regularly visitng band sites to see if there was anything new, and unfortunately, a lot of times there wasn’t. Now, the idea of blogging probably hadn’t taken off by then, but neither had RSS feeds. Now, I don’t even have to visit a site to see what’s new. I just read the blog or check the RSS feed for changes. This makes it great for fans because you aren’t wasting time going through bookmarks to see what’s new on the site AND it’s probably great for artists because it’s an incentive to keep on posting so that your site doesn’t become old and stale. As RSS feeds and reading catches on with more people, artists will want to have more direct control over the content that they provide their fans and personally run blogs and sites will be the answer, in my opinion.

With blogging software you won’t need a tech crew, maybe just a good designer to create a blog design that you really like (or just do it on your own).

I’ve tweaked the look and feel of my blog that I host on my site, I’m sure there’s time on the bus to do the same for someone else.

By: brodyharper

brodyharper — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:36:13 +0000

For those of you that are still reading this Trina here seems to have a high opinion of myspace, but has neglected to tell us anything “useful and fulfilling” about it.

Oh yeah, and her clever email address, if anyone wants to send her a note, was left as screw@you.com. Feel free to drop in and say Hi to her.

By: Trina

Trina — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:07:07 +0000

I LOVE Myspace!! How dare you????? I mean really do you have to rag on something so useful and fulfilling?
Get real.

By: randy

randy — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:06:21 +0000

My space is a no brainer. just dont use it.

Ive been doing graphics and web for about 6 or 7 yrs, and in the last year I’ve really paid attention to blogging and what it does for the internet. (preaching to the choir here, but…) Just about everyone that I’ve done work for wants to be able to update themselves. it takes alot of time and energy to build a site that offers that. I dont think that the general public (even bloggers) realizes what goes on behind the browser window.

blogging technology is a huge step in the evolution of the internet. just think about that. im sure alot of you remember the C: prompt from the 80′s.

By: Raquel TWG

Raquel TWG — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:27:02 +0000

Myspace blogs bite. They’re horrible.
I have a Myspace, but I don’t use the blogs on there, and I didn’t really use them before I started WordPress anyways. Besides, more people [that I don't know] read my blog than my Myspace blog, available to all my friends. Shows how nice they are.

By: cool dad

cool dad — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:50:39 +0000

“It’s better to do one page really well, than have fifteen crappy sites, with out of date information, and too many adds.”

Amen. I’ve been loving Last.fm for a few months now. Maybe we’ll consolidate things there.

By: lukemundy

lukemundy — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:43:06 +0000

It’s also possible to link your “notes” in Facebook directly to your blog. That way you can concentrate on the blogging (which I prefer) but still have an updated Facebook.

I’m not sure if the same thing is possible on Myspace, but really… who cares?

By: Andria

Andria — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:04:27 +0000

I hear that! For the last two years I’ve been trying to update my facebook, myspace, blog, website, and now I have a virb and purevolume….it’s SO time consuming. Too time consuming. I had a friend who canceled their myspace because she said she felt it had begun to cut into her time with God (sifting through all the muck to communicate and find new music, etc.) Yeah, I definitely think that if you are going to attempt updating ALL of that regularly, it’ll really push into higher priorities’ time slots.

Recently I’ve been pointing all my sites to my personal blog because I find that it’s easiest to update and I feel more comfortable sharing there. I’d love to have a one stop site.