| Social networking and music go almost hand in | | | | the artist. Not really, but then this promotes the |
| hand and Myspace puts it together in the same | | | | artist and his/her album globally. This kind of a |
| package. Music is all about raging hormones and | | | | promotion will further lead to sales of cd's, dvd's |
| the famous rock stars of yesteryears will nod | | | | or cassettes.This is a major paradigm shift where |
| their head in agreement.In a community like the | | | | music marketing is concerned. This means that |
| one provided by Myspace, a music fan can have | | | | now the brick-and-mortar distribution can be |
| a whole new community experience. It is larger | | | | bypassed, and at the same time, severely curtail |
| than life experience where he/she can get to | | | | the illegal forms of "promotion" through radio. This |
| connect with more people than they can ever | | | | has been made possible owing to a variety of |
| think of. This type of social networking will change | | | | online communication through music forums, music |
| people's perceptions and the way music is | | | | websites, blogs (web logs), and many more. What |
| marketed and sold. It not just about US but this | | | | has really done is that they have all of it together |
| change will take place globally. It seems like | | | | under one umbrella. Myspace is one of the fastest |
| Internet community has finally come of age.The | | | | growing information destinations for bands, fans, |
| New Age of Internet CommunityNow that the | | | | filmmakers, writers, artists, and record industry |
| Internet community has come of age, let us take | | | | professionals.Myspace has been created by Chris |
| a peep into how it emerged. It is through a simple | | | | DeWolfe and Tom Anderson and has been a |
| process of communication. One fan, say of | | | | roaring success so far. It is climbing fast on the |
| Metallica will hear a song and if he/she likes it then | | | | popularity charts and has caught many industry |
| they will tell others about the song on chat or | | | | people by surprise. The main Myspace site is |
| email. There are fans who also talk about the | | | | dedicated to pure social networking, but a special |
| song on the message-board, so that everyone | | | | section called Myspace Music is a different world |
| gets to know about it. One fan passes to 10 | | | | altogether. It is probably one of the most |
| others, each one of them passes it forward to | | | | innovative ways to reach out to the web |
| ten more, and the cycle just goes on.This is the | | | | audience of two million users in the network. |
| fastest, free and the most reliable mode of | | | | Myspace Music is also a very useful tool and can |
| communication. You would probably ask now | | | | be used to launch unsigned and budding artists. |
| whether this process could get any revenue for | | | | |