Blog - Myspace

Myspace is an internet phenomenon where a user can create and personalise their own individual webpage on the internet. There are hundreds of things to do, from posting blogs, chatting to friends, uploading their favourite pictures and music and generally making their own page in their own self image, the myspace craze is far from over. It is ultimately a large forum where people can learn more about friends, have in depth online discussions or simply post a comment to a friend. Effectively it is an attempt to replace telephone conversations or other forms of communication between friends. Through the use of internet technology, people can fully communicate with other without leaving their homes.

Audience is all that myspace is. It is a website designed for the people. Absolutely everybody everywhere can use myspace. It isn’t just aimed at one or two social groups because once you have a myspace you can do whatever you want with it (other than upload porn – tom is strictly against porn). Because you can customise you own space however you want, you can completely personalise it to your styles. Through the search bar you can sift through other people’s myspace so find someone who has similar interests to you and you can then send them a friend request. By doing so you can then communicate with them whenever you want and with the use of internet technology they can be anywhere in the world.

Although it is mainly aimed at audiences, there is another key feature of myspace which is myspace music. This is where bands, unsigned or amateur, can create a myspace for themselves. They can then upload their own recorded tracks which other people can download when they please. This is a fantastic way to spread awareness because once you build up an armoury of friends the word of your music can spread. Artists such as Lilly Allen have made it in the big time purely based on myspace and the features it has. She recorded her own tracks and put them on myspace and within a year she was signed my a massive music record label. Other already established bands such as the strokes or RNB artists such as JME can publish their songs as well. With additional feature such as gig tours available it really is the all in one website. For bands that are clearly moving towards great success but aren’t there yet such as the maccabees, it’s a great way to get fans. Finally even if you’re a rubbish band you can still put up stuff for your friends to look at.