Re: MySpace headaches... - experience?

[Jean-Paul De Roover <j.de.roover@gmail.com>]

I enjoy myspace because of the fact that you can customize things and essentially turn it into a webpage.  I'm not very good with coding, but I can make my way through html, which has gotten me this:
www.myspace.com/jeanpaulderoover

Although, I have been signing up for all sorts of other online streaming sites etc, and Virb was definitely hassle free (virb.com/jeanpaulderoover).  One of the biggest pains I found was Last.fm.  Honestly, I cannot stand that site, it has given me nothing but problems, every time I log in.

On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Jeff Duke <jeff_d@embarqmail.com> wrote:

Hey Matt,
I quickly signed up for virb and it went very well. Simple and easy. As a test I put up a picture and a couple of brief snips fresh from some new things i have been recording, very short for now. So far I like it. Not so gaudy. hehe. I did have to sign up for Twitter, at least i think I had to..anyway. One more thing to distract me. Shout out to all the loopers on Facebook! lol. check it out!

Jeff
http://virb.com/jeffduke

----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Davignon" <mattdavignon@gmail.com>

To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>

Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: MySpace headaches... - experience?

I get a sense myspace is drifting towards the same oblivion that
claimed Tribe.net and friendster.com. The site is dominated more and
more by ads each time I log in. There are too many faux friends who
don't know you, but just want to befriend you so they can put their
gig spams on your page. (This is a pet peeve of mine - it's like
urinating on your fellow artists to mark territory.) The last time I
logged in, they made me fill out a "captcha" to make sure I wasn't a
robot setting up scam accounts.

It's a shame too, since I generally think myspace pages serve a great
dual purpose as an online demo cd and promotional site for bands that
don't have their own webspace.

I've heard good things about a site called virb.com, which is kind of
like myspace, but specifically for musicians. I haven't had the time
to fully check it out yet.

Matt Davignon
www.ribosomemusic.com

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Jean-Paul De Roover
www.jeanpaulderoover.com