Punks against Myspace

Your're absolutely right, I have to agree completly and I think I will never make a profile there -
but myspace deserves to be undermined with a constant flood of articles like the one you graced us with - remember Dead Kennedy's MTV-Get-Off-The-Air? Kind of guerilla warfare...
I guess I'm lacking the time and I'm too lazy to contribute my part - but I think it's ok. for you to promote your band on myspace as long as you fight myspace - using the enemy, you know... That just my opinion, it's up to you to choose what you do.
But whatever you do - luck to the band - (what's the name? - promoting it on this site?)

 

You may be able to obtain the same amount of traffic by going to FACEBOOK and uploading your music there, I dunno how you do that but I know there have bands/artists on there.

and theres this link: http://mashable.com/2007/06/22/music-social-networks-2/

an article on music-oriented social networking sites.

Good Luck with your band and Vas. is right, you should upload and promote on here too

 

In this day and age, almost everything you do is supporting some corporation.
I cant stand it when people are like "im more anarchist than you because you have
a myspace." I actually get detailed and explain anarchism to people in my area.
Is that so wrong?

Edit: and i really dont support myspace, its just a good way to meet people in your area.
And to call out juggalos and scene kids, and especially kids that do the jerk.

 

Something a was it's topic about Myspace already. Personally, I do not know about you, but why not support Punkrocker.com as for alternative against Myspace? I have a year like I have my profiles in punkrockers.com and did not notice there is not some publicity.

 

Check out Bandcamp

 

Yea, if someone doesn't have a myspace, chances are they have a facebook, twitter account, dig account, last fm account, livejournal account etc. etc. Hell, if they even know you have a myspace, theres a pretty good chance that they are doing something as "unpunk" as having a myspace to find out about it. I say make one, and WHO FUCKING CARES.

I dont have to explain the whole "dont support corporations" bit because its below my intelligence level

 

Ungov, crazy idea, I don't know if it's possible in some way because I have no idea how websites work, but is there a way to make a section on this site strictly for band profiles, (kind of like myspace music?). Like make an option to create a band profile here with a music player? Then we could promote bands from this site. Probably get the site a lot more hits too if everyone tells other people to check out their band here.

 

Damn, that'd be pretty rad though. I need to learn web design. I'd be more than down to make a page made solely for DIY artists.

 

Pretty much this. Though like you said, owned mostly by capitalism, the internet is the greatest way of having you opinion and music being heard. The internet has given the opportunity for anyone to voice their opinion and be heard by others from around the world. Using myspace or not, you are going to be funding capitalism...

I like your idea about the alternative myspace though. Maybe have bands pay 5 dollars (just a place holder, I have no idea what the server costs are) for a bigger space to store songs on the server (free for default space). Just enough to cover server costs to be non-for-profit, I see no shame in that. Anyone that bitches about that option should make their own server with no income to support it, obviously they won't because of how unrealistic it is..

 

yeah....this website's kinda suck...its like to promote a "punk fashion" on ugly nude models..

 

Ooops ! That's about the fact, that I forgot. Sorry... I have noticed about the course models in this site, for me it was strange. But that's where a lot of girls with t-shirt Punkrocker.com on the pictures - it really looks like advertising. But at the expense of their forum, you're right. There really is full of idiots.

Hmm... yeah :/ . By the way, who everybody heard of a fact, that Riseup.net want to create a libertarian social networks? If they can make it wakes excellent alternative to Myspace, Facebook, etc.

 

riseup labs already has something called crabgrass http://crabgrass.riseup.net/ its meant for PACS and grassroot groups to better organize with one another.

 

no problem with using myspace. you don't pay for it, they get there money from advertising so they're not taking my money

 

This. Plus, even if you did have to pay for it, pretty much anywhere you spend money you're gonna be profiting some rich asshole. Fuck you capitalism! Also, myspace is good for bands to get "exposure" on the scene and whatnot.

 

It's good to take a stand against it and create an alternative network. I had to consider the arguments against it for a long time. We in Active Slaughter had one for a long time and our drummer urged us to fuck it off, we obliged him

http://www.activeslaughter.co.uk/index_proper.htm

http://www.dynamite.lautre.net/antimysp ... yspace.htm

Some of the excuses here about not personally giving them any money so it’s fine is a bit lame in my opinion, it’s not really trying to strive to create something different is it?

I should really look at updating our punkrockers.com profile, I think encouraging alternatives to myspace is a good thing; they are part of a vile corporation no matter how you dress it up. If it's OK to use myspace to promote anarcho music why not go all the way and play on MTV, sign to hellcat or EMI? These are just thoughts, I'm playing devil’s advocate though to be honest I am glad we fucked our myspace off, I don't miss it. We're not an active unit (pardon the pun) any more but I actually found it liberating not to be on myspace and my self as an individual outright refuse facebook. There were some advantages to being on myspace for sure, but surely all those ‘advantages’ can be achieved through creating alternatives?I think as a DIY punk community we should do more to strive to create alternatives than to leave our promotion in the domain of a Murdoch owned corporation!

Those are some of my thoughts anyway