Which social networking sites do you find most helpful in promoting music and why?

[kronch]

Which social networking sites do you find most helpful in promoting music and why?

[garageband]

Hey, Moose. Good topic, but start a new thread.

[Audio~Geek]

Topic moved to new thread.

[TonyB]

Originally Posted by Audio~Geek

Topic moved to new thread.

Awww, come on, AG, answer the question!!!

[TonyB]

For me as a studio engineer, I haven't found any social networking sites to be very helpful.

I do have a MySpace, but really hasn't gotten me any business. My website has been very effective in getting clients.

However, for artists and bands I see MySpace working for some. I've gone on and on in previous threads on the pros and cons for band promotion and marketing via MySpace. My sons are in an original band, and live and die via their MySpace hits, music plays, promotions, networking, etc. Most, if not all, of their gigs are booked through MySpace.

Facebook would be a great outlet for artists/musicians/bands. Once it catches up to MySpace (it's getting close), MySpace's fate of extinction will rapidly come closer to fruition.

[fortyseven]

Personally for me, none of them have been useful.

[Terence]

Im more of a You Tube boy, but you can link your tracks to Face Book and Twitter.

[Audio~Geek]

Originally Posted by fortyseven

Personally for me, none of them have been useful.

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[DT Chris]

Although there are many factors to consider as to why our music pages might fail to promote us;

1) We suck.
Frankly, no one wants to listen to a horrible musician or singer.

2) Our recordings suck and are intolerable to listen to.
A song can be a good one, and the performance just as good, but a bad recording will simply have people not returning.

3) Only other musicians frequent the site
I suspect this happens a lot.

This is pretty much like playing a nightclub gig and your audience that night is just other musicians or bands waiting for their turn on stage. In a word? Pointless.

4) Listeners consume, have short attention span and move on.
The life of a song is short-lived. Now we could debate why this is, anywhere from the listener having ADD and moving on, or a combination of points 1-3.

Hence;

Originally Posted by fortyseven

Personally for me, none of them have been useful.

I would have to agree with this.

I recently canceled a few music site pages I had online, one of them being Soundclick. The only plays I got on that site where the plays I had driven from here and other sites. The plays were there, but were minimal.

We could try 'online' performances, but then you are subjecting yourself to unnecessary hatemongers, jealous, and insincere types that simply doesn't happen in a 'real-life' setting.

It's funny, I can play a few original songs for a live audience, and they're nothing but pleased and offer positive comments... Go online, and apparently everything you do 'sucks' to the majority. This may or may not be true, again considering points 1-3. I do have a few 'online' fans that appreciate my work, but in general my experience with performing online is negative, so I've all but stopped most of it.

Live performance is where it is at, and I would think has more potential to promote your music more than any online tools. Sites on the internet only enhance your presence, and give your fans somewhere to go to see what you're up to, where you're playing next, and to listen to their favorite song until they get a chance to see you 'live' again.

[fortyseven]

Originally Posted by DT Chris

We could try 'online' performances, but then you are subjecting yourself to unnecessary hatemongers, jealous, and insincere types that simply doesn't happen in a 'real-life' setting.

It's funny, I can play a few original songs for a live audience, and they're nothing but pleased and offer positive comments... Go online, and apparently everything you do 'sucks' to the majority. This may or may not be true, again considering points 1-3. I do have a few 'online' fans that appreciate my work, but in general my experience with performing online is negative, so I've all but stopped most of it.

Well said. There's something about the anonimity of the internet that causes this behaviour.