The Ins and Outs of MySpace Music: Need-to-Know Info for Aspiring Artists

I have recently begun to post my music on MySpace, and I've done so reluctantly and with plenty of fear. Before I go on, though, let me address all the "Oh my God, Jetlag Democracy is also a recording artist" questions. FACT: I am a fairly successful avant-garde musician. In so much as any avant-garde pop artist can be "successful". Please, if you get a chance, take a look and listen to my great music here: myspace.com/calypsojohnsonmusic. There is a new song up every single weekday and I hope you like it.

Anyway, I'm not here to pimp out my site and promote my music. I do enough of that on a street-by-street level (whatever that means). No, what I'm here to do today is offer my help. I want to help you, Average Joe in the Average White (or multi-racial) Band. So you say you're in a band and you've heard about this thing called MySpace. What's this all about, you ask. There's a ton of fine print and a bunch of warnings, but you don't have the time to look at it all (heck, maybe you just smoke too much pot to care; it's understandable-after all, you are in a band). No worries, Papa Jetlag is here to help.

There are only a few need-to-know points when it comes to MySpace music. Other than the logistical, "how-to" stuff, which is fairly self-explanatory, there are really only two things that I feel the need to make clear…