Is the MySpace music section the way of the future?
Posted by: jcs_smith on 22 January 2008
Has anyone used Myspace to find out about new music? I’ve not used to search for new stuff – picking a genre and trying to find something new seems too much like hard work to me, although I keep meaning to give it a go. It is useful though to listen to samples from people who you’ve not heard but have read about – I discovered Alborosie that way. It’s also good for checking out the side projects of people – for example Move D has several pages for his various projects which I hadn’t heard of otherwise. You can also pick up some good CD rarities off it – so far I’ve got some great CD’s by Soma and Sigillum S that are only available via MySpace - but I was directed towards them from Bill Laswell websites.
Maybe we should set up a register of pages that we would recommend. Bill Laswell’s sub-projects like Painkiller, Praxis and Scorn have good pages with decent samples.
Maybe we should set up a register of pages that we would recommend. Bill Laswell’s sub-projects like Painkiller, Praxis and Scorn have good pages with decent samples.
Yes, definitely.
I've discovered a few bands or artists through MySpace. Also what I find is I go to one page and then start clicking on some of their top friends and discover even more! Also it's a great way of finding out more about an artist in general as well and often you can even "talk" to them!
My favourite recent finds, although I have yet to find many people who share my enthusiasm for them!, are:
Emmy The Great
Cute lyrics (if you like songs about car crashes and vaginal discharge
)
and a rare intelligence, she just has a way with words that makes me laugh out loud, smile, cry and ponder and sometimes all in the same song. Also check out this on youtube :
The Black Cab Sessions
Next...
Slow Club
I love the videos to their singles as well. The first one was alledgedly made for £16!
Also, quite like these guys...
Black Kids
And, there's a good local Northampton band, who I have to confess I knew before visiting their MySpace page but I really like nonetheless
Invocal
Probably none of these will ever make the big time proper, but they've given me more enjoyment than U2 ever could.
Steeve
I've discovered a few bands or artists through MySpace. Also what I find is I go to one page and then start clicking on some of their top friends and discover even more! Also it's a great way of finding out more about an artist in general as well and often you can even "talk" to them!
My favourite recent finds, although I have yet to find many people who share my enthusiasm for them!, are:
Emmy The Great
Cute lyrics (if you like songs about car crashes and vaginal discharge
)and a rare intelligence, she just has a way with words that makes me laugh out loud, smile, cry and ponder and sometimes all in the same song. Also check out this on youtube :
The Black Cab Sessions
Next...
Slow Club
I love the videos to their singles as well. The first one was alledgedly made for £16!
Also, quite like these guys...
Black Kids
And, there's a good local Northampton band, who I have to confess I knew before visiting their MySpace page but I really like nonetheless
Invocal
Probably none of these will ever make the big time proper, but they've given me more enjoyment than U2 ever could.
Steeve
Never heard of it 
quote:Originally posted by Pigeon_Fancier:
My son tells me that it is THE way to discover new female vocalists...
I never realised that - I'll give it a try
Ah found a good one - please click here
Here is a picture of her
She is re-releasing her album with the extra track in two weeks. I hope she's working on a new album.
BTW what do you think of Jo Mango - MySpace click here?
BTW what do you think of Jo Mango - MySpace click here?