I’ve heard from unsigned bands and songwriters all over the world, that they claim that myspace helps their music get heard, get success and become more popular. The thing I have to ask is, really? Does myspace really helps unsigned bands and artists get to the next level? The way I see it, myspace doesn’t do anything.

When I used have my myspace music account up, I used to think that myspace was going to help me get to the next level by hoping to get signed to some small indie label or some sort. Never happened.

I’ve been noticing that a lot of bands and artists would add as much people as they possible can, just so they can make themselves look popular.  They would add as much other bands as possible, they would add as much hot looking women to their pages as possible, etc. I used to do the same thing when I had my music account up. Does this really make you a popular musician? Bands also like to treat myspace friends like fans when in reality they only added you for their own networking. Many people could give a rats ass about you, or your music.

Yes, I know it’s possible to get actual fans of your music in myspace but the truth is, it don’t really happen much, I am noticing.

I know the truth hurts and it’s sometimes hard to face reality, but you have to realize that all myspace is just a big piece of fantasy land that musicians are all living in.

You’re not going to become a Dave Matthews Band or a Metallica, just by having a myspace account although a lot of bands and musicians like to look like famous people.

As I said in my previous blog, myspace isn’t helping you. You’re only helping the “myspace” site itself get more powerful.

I know myspace is just a promoting and marketing tool, but I wish people would stop obsessing with that site. That’s what myspace and News Corp wants, is you to obsess with it and feel addicted to it, they’re just doing whatever it takes to keep people there. People left myspace, going to facebook more now instead, I can see why.

Unsigned bands won’t delete their accounts and leave myspace ’cause they are all living under this delusion that they think myspace helps their music. Myspace is really useless to your music.

There are better ways of getting your music out there on the internet other than myspace. You just got to do some quick thinking and planning things over.

Kev