I've decided I should have a regular 'new additions to my MYSpace' feature on this here blog

And so here is the first.

I have a bit of a habit of letting my MySpace friend requests build up...
So today I decided to have a bit of trawl through and a clear out.

I like to consider this part of MySpace as my own little A&R department, of my record label that exists in my mind.
Who is worthy of my online friendship? Who isn't?
Who 'has the potential'? Who should give up and find a real job?

One thing I will say, as a matter of 'this is what I have learnt at college/uni' and also from a general 'I am an internet user and consumer of music' perspective, if you are a band, and have a MySpace page, PLEASE do not overload it with:

• Embedded videos,
• Silly backgrounds,
  
• Pictures that stretch the page
• Rubbish font which you can't read,
• Bios which are far too long, trust me, people DO NOT read them,
• Songs with ridiculously long intros, this is BORING.
  

• Also, add a nice little personal message, s'all about the brownie points schweetie ;)
  

Taking my not-exactly-expert-but-arrogant-nonetheless advice WILL mean people are more inclined to look at you page.

Ahem.
Rant over.

And now, for those who made it through my elimination process:

Boy Crisis - made me dance in my seat. There's some nices noises in these tracks. Their profile pic is GROTTY. The background did make me a bit dizzy though.

The Areola Treat - Spot the Yeah Yeah Yeahs influence... Still, who am I to argue with dirty, girl-fronted rock and roll?

All Leather - This is just pure noisey filth. Noisey filth which makes me quite happy.


There are still a few, trapped in friend request limbo which as of yet I'm unsure of as well.
Which probably means I'll get bored of them being there and delete them in a few days in a "well, they're not going to have magically become AMAZING in a matter of a few days" mentality...

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