How Myspace Has Revolutionized the Music Industry

When I originally signed up with Myspace, I didn't know what to expect. I knew it was a popular online community with a free membership and opportunity to keep up with your friends, both old and new. And just like the rest of the entire free world, I fell into a deep bout of obsession with Myspace and before long I was Googling for self-help groups. Myspace had turned out to be a valuable tool for me, not necessarily as an online community member but rather a fan of music. I believe that Myspace has been the greatest tool in my generation for the discovery of new talent. Here's why, from my all-knowing Associated Content journalistic opinion:

Myspace puts the fans and bands in the driver's seat. It allows every band an equal chance to be heard, whether you're a platinum recording artist or small emo-punk band from Spokane, Washington with no stage experience beyond that of the basement. Myspace offers the same tools and setup to every member and does not discriminate based on popularity and size. Every band can have their own page and place in the world's most popular online community. No longer are fans of music forced to devour whatever garbage the music corporations throw at us. We are in control and we choose to listen to what we like, instead of what corporations like Sony deem "marketable," resulting in a limitation to what's on the shelves at the local Virgin Records store. Perhaps the greatest thing about Myspace Music is that it is free for everyone. Bands that have no money to invest in marketing can now expose their homemade sound to a pretty big demographic, the entire world. Bands can customize their site and update it with new music, tour dates, pictures, friends, and blogs about different topics. From their perspective, it's a no brainer. Pay hundreds of dollars to have a website made for them, as well as pay for the search optimization involved with metatags and keywords or take fifteen minutes to sign up for a free site with the entire world at their finger tips? That's an easy one.