New Myspace Page

[Jason Sypher]

Hey there,

Hope all is well in TB-land. It's been a very busy year but I found some time to make a myspace page which has been great for hooking up with other players and checking out alot of great music.
I highly recommend it; I've even gotten a few gigs from it. I put on some new music, videos etc. Hope everyone is doing well.

Here is the link:
http://www.myspace.com/jasonsypher

[Damon Rondeau]

Great to hear from you Jason.

I just wanted to jump on Jason's Myspace recommendation. As the guy hosting the TB Sampler page, I'm going to say Jason's right! I'm not trying to shut down the page or anything, but as some of you know I haven't done much with it in many months. I'm so freaking busy trying to be productive that I just rarely can get it up for web programming -- besides, I'm using more of my storage and bandwidth for a long-distance recording collaboration project.

SO, I have noticed that Myspace seems tailor-made for musicians wanting to demo their stuff. There's a media player right on the page and stuff streams down pretty fast. Maybe we can work a conversion process where I link from the Sampler over to Myspace...

Can't wait to hear the new stuff, Jason.

[Joel Wanek]

Nice stuff, Jason.

[Jason Sypher]

Well first of all Damon, you have done an incredible job with the sampler page here at Talkbass. And it remains a premier source of music samples by bass players for other bass players, bar none. I can only imagine how much time and effort it must take to get a page of this scope up and running and I thank you. It has given me an opportunity to link potential listeners to my work and a chance to hear alot of fine music by fellow TBers. Myspace is another tool for musicians who dont have alot of money for their own websites to get their music and info out on the web. I think it would be a good idea to put a talkbass myspace page up so other bassist and non-bassists in the myspace community could find the incredibe talkbass website for themselves. I would be willing to put up a simple page if there was noone else who wanted to do it. Thoughts, opinions?

[Francois Blais]

Hi.
How do I upload MP3s on my MySpace page?

TIA!
François

[Jason Sypher]

I don't think it an upload kind of site. I believe you have to "sign up" just like youtube or googlevideo or whatever and then you have access to hear everyones music. I suppose some probably let you download their tunes....I never got that far.

Cheers

[jmceachern36]

Originally Posted by francois

Hi.
How do I upload MP3s on my MySpace page?

TIA!
François

I believe it's as simple as clicking on the download button next to the song. The thing about myspace is that the artist can choose to make his/her songs downloadable or not. It doesn't look like Jasons are... Great stuff by the way.

[Francois Blais]

Originally Posted by jmceachern36

I believe it's as simple as clicking on the download button next to the song. The thing about myspace is that the artist can choose to make his/her songs downloadable or not. It doesn't look like Jasons are... Great stuff by the way.

To make things clear:
I have a personal page on MySpace.
I'd like to upload (put, if you prefer) MP3s on it, not download someone else's songs.
I can put pics and videos but didn't find how I could put songs.
The best I found was to put links to songs I uploaded on a personal page somewhere else...
OK, my english is not very good, I know!

[Damon Rondeau]

Originally Posted by francois

OK, my english is not very good, I know!

Hey, it's not like "upload" is an english word that's been around very long. Comment dit tu "upload" en francais?

[jmceachern36]

Originally Posted by francois

To make things clear:
I have a personal page on MySpace.
I'd like to upload (put, if you prefer) MP3s on it, not download someone else's songs.
I can put pics and videos but didn't find how I could put songs.
The best I found was to put links to songs I uploaded on a personal page somewhere else...
OK, my english is not very good, I know!

It's not the english. It's me....In that case log into your account then click on "edit profile" which should be in the upper left part of the screen, then "manage songs". Then it's pretty easy from there. Another thing. You must have a music or artist page as opposed to a personal page. I made that mistake. On personal pages you can't really have music on them. I spent a whole day messing around with myspace. I found it confusing but helpfull as well. I've gotten a few gigs using it. Send me a link to your site

[Francois Blais]

Originally Posted by Damon Rondeau

Hey, it's not like "upload" is an english word that's been around very long. Comment dit tu "upload" en francais?

On voit souvent "télécharger" mais je n'aime pas vraiment ce terme!

[Francois Blais]

Originally Posted by jmceachern36

It's not the english. It's me....In that case log into your account then click on "edit profile" which should be in the upper left part of the screen, then "manage songs". Then it's pretty easy from there. Another thing. You must have a music or artist page as opposed to a personal page. I made that mistake. On personal pages you can't really have music on them. I spent a whole day messing around with myspace. I found it confusing but helpfull as well. I've gotten a few gigs using it. Send me a link to your site

Thanks!
My page is at http://myspace.com/fblais but beware, it's in french, my native language, and quite basic. (I created it about a week ago)
Do you if I can convert my personal page to a music or artist page?
(I suppose it's not free...)

Best,
François

[jmceachern36]

Originally Posted by francois

Do you if I can convert my personal page to a music or artist page?
(I suppose it's not free...)

Best,
François

As far as I know you can't convert it but is is free. You have to either cancel the account you have (click on "account settings" then "cancel account" then it asks you some stuff) or start one using a different e-mail address. Your e-mail address can only linked to 1 account. Here's a link to start a music one... http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fus...b-613b5cb60b98

On the right side of the page it says artist signup. That's what you want. You're an artist!

[Gornick]

You used to be able to convert, but I imagine it got too confusing for Tom, so he quit offering that function.

[Tony Oppenheim]

Originally Posted by Jason Sypher

Hey there,

Hope all is well in TB-land. It's been a very busy year but I found some time to make a myspace page which has been great for hooking up with other players and checking out alot of great music.
I highly recommend it; I've even gotten a few gigs from it. I put on some new music, videos etc. Hope everyone is doing well.

Here is the link:
http://www.myspace.com/jasonsypher

Jason,

I loved the music on your myspace page... It's all great, but

...but my favorite thing on the page was your Berkeley story.

Let me know if you ever digitize that "60 Minutes" tape.

It sounds like a moment out of a Seinfeld episode.

Back to the music... the blue grass video under the tent structure was really fun.

Thanks for sharing!

Tony

[jazzbass72]

Originally Posted by Jason Sypher

Hey there,

Hope all is well in TB-land. It's been a very busy year but I found some time to make a myspace page which has been great for hooking up with other players and checking out alot of great music.
I highly recommend it; I've even gotten a few gigs from it.

So did I... grrrrrreat networking tool indeed! I was able to reconnect with tons of my Berklee and MSM classmates through MySpace. It's unfortunate that the site is owned by Murdoch, but I guess I will have to live with it.

Originally Posted by Tony Oppenheim

Jason,

Thanks for sharing!

Tony

Tony, what a pleasure to have you here on board. I am one of the countless bassists who cut his teeth on Slap it! in the 80's...thank you so much for your tremendous contribution to the bass community.

-Marco

[Jason Sypher]

No doubt about it Tony. I've accepted the fact that my entire life is one long Seinfeld episode...

[Tony Oppenheim]

Originally Posted by Jason Sypher

No doubt about it Tony. I've accepted the fact that my entire life is one long Seinfeld episode...

Serenity Now!

Lol!

Tony

[Tony Oppenheim]

Originally Posted by jazzbass72

Tony, what a pleasure to have you here on board. I am one of the countless bassists who cut his teeth on Slap it! in the 80's...thank you so much for your tremendous contribution to the bass community.

-Marco

Marco,

Thanks for your kind words... they're appreciated.

Cheers!

Tony

[Pcocobass]

It's great to have you here Tony! Funny thing is I actually stumbled across my copy of Slap It! today looking for some music. What a great book!

Pete