MySpace is dying.
Which is sad, because Kim found me on MySpace but now we spend all of our time on Facebook and … well, Kim only found me on MySpace because I was smart enough to use my own name and she could have also found me through www.brandonmoeller.com but, I mean, well … man! I’m a geek.
Meanwhile, Facebook is gobbling up the audience of people who want to connect to their friends on a social network. It could easily be replaced by the next big thing that also can’t figure out how to make money, but that’s not Twitter because Twitter is useless.
Jeff, over at Broken Record, argues that MySpace should concentrate on what Facebook never figured out how to do: Music and performance art.
“I’ve thought for a while now that MySpace should consider focusing primarily on entertainment – movies, music, comedians, etc. There is a real opportunity to fill a void, particularly since they have the interface and the fan base already in place. It’s doubtful they’ll follow that advice, but a site with the size and resources of MySpace could dominate online music.”
I agree with Jeff (and I commented on his blog) … but one of the reasons I dread touching MySpace is because it allows its users to do some very uncouth (rhymes with Sonic Youth) things, like installing way too many bandwidth-clogging graphics and cringe-worthy design.
I guess we’ll just have to see if Murdoch’s MySpace can recover from its downhill trend in a Facebook world … and what it might mean for local indie artists like Chase Hamblin, who doesn’t really have his new album online and available anywhere but MySpace and a handful of brick and mortar shops in Houston. Sigh. And it’s too bad, I’d order his new one if I could, but don’t really wanna hear it thru MySpace at this moment. And, I won’t be able to make Friday’s CD release party at the Continental Club.
MySpace… it’s soooo three years ago. 🙂
They just cut their staff by 30 percent. Know any other place doing that?
Yeah, I thought you might. Heh.
I’m sentimental about it since that’s how I managed to find you.
Truly, though, I don’t really care too much about any social network.
Now, make me an ANTISOCIAL network, and we’re in business.
I wonder what luxurious hotel the MySpace bosses are schmoozing at tonight. Oh, wait – that’s another media outlet, closer to home. Ahem, 801 Texas.
MySpace is a helpful resource for bands, it is basically a free web site. It is not the only avenue to tread though. Personal update: my album “A Fine Time” is now available all over the internet on CDBaby.com, Amazon.com, iTunes and a number of other music providers.