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Re: [microsound] I want myspace MTV



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On 7/11/06, Kim Cascone <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> OK...I too have grown a little weary with all the 'me-too'
> announcements of myspace addys...I'd rather debate the phenomenon of
> myspace, which I would find personally interesting, but just sticking
> your nose into the list to announce your myspace account addy without
> having said peep for months is kinda contradictory to the noble
> stance of 'myspace is about community!' innit?
>   - and please note the amount of microsound projects that have
> materialized by someone other than myself? I feel this is a stronger
> indication of (or lack thereof) 'community' than having a myspace
> account.
>
> yes, everyone and their grandmother now has a myspace account and no
> doubt having one makes you unique in the electronic music world --
> just as it does for the other 10 million bedroom artists with a shiny
> myspace plastered with their mp3's...
>
> the allure to be a part of the myspace community is great but
> ultimately most of the mp3's on myspace are not any better than the
> stuff I used to hear on mp3.com -- remember that? I bet most of you
> don't...pretty much same crap, different package...
>
> the noise to signal on myspace is also deafening...but that being
> said I feel that a page should be created somewhere with all the
> microsound members myspace accounts listed...maybe a script that
> would take an email, parse the myspace addy and add it as a link to a
> page somewhere?
>
> final: most of us have had enough of the one liner updates containing
> the myspace account info...yes, you're cool for having a myspace
> account - now let's talk about something more interesting? suggestions:
>
> - what is the cultural/aesthetic intersection of 'places' like
> myspace with 'spaces' like microsound?
> - and is the 'enabling' power of social networks real or is it simply
> another sort of commodity sold to us through viral advertising?
>
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