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Darlahood
Joined: 22 Nov 2006
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AND I deleted my Myspace page. Anyone else out there opting out?
Only thing I miss is being able to keep up with bands and events with the relative ease of it all being at one place on the interwebz.
Please do not try and evangelize me on why I should join FB! 
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| Wed Jan 12, 2011 5:14 pm |
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Lysander
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Deleted my Facebook account a few weeks ago. I never used it and it just annoyed me.
For events I just use Last FM and Songkick.
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| Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:23 pm |
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Bloodstalker
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never had anything like that and as things are right now,wont even need one in the near future.
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| Thu Jan 13, 2011 1:03 am |
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Darlahood
Joined: 22 Nov 2006
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Well, glad I'm not alone!
I just wish there were more mailing lists or active forums (hello out there!!) to help me keep track of my favorite bands or upcoming festivals without subscribing to social networking.
I never quite figured out how to use Last FM. Any tips?
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| Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:25 am |
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Lysander
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Well, glad I'm not alone!
I just wish there were more mailing lists or active forums (hello out there!!) to help me keep track of my favorite bands or upcoming festivals without subscribing to social networking.
I never quite figured out how to use Last FM. Any tips? |
You'd do well to! Set up an account
https://www.last.fm/join
and then just download the plugin and attach it to your mp3 player software on your computer:
http://www.last.fm/download
Then the tracks will automatically go to your profile whenever you play an mp3 or WAV. Or FLAC. As long as the tags are correct [i.e. artist name and track name on the file]
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| Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:31 pm |
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Herbstwerk
Joined: 29 Aug 2007
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I can't stand Facebook. I have an account that I don't maintain or check at all and recently I created a joke profile there to keep in touch with just a couple of real friends and follow some bands pages for news.
Didn't like FB since the very beginning I was introduced to it although not that popular at that time.
I'm not against social networking in general - I'll second Lysander's recommendation about last.fm, I'm using it too and like it. Nothing wrong to connect with people with common interests even be a kind of poser in your hobby or profession in case cites like behance.net for example.
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| Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:35 am |
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voidrone
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Didn't like FB since the very beginning I was introduced to it although not that popular at that time.
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100% exactly same situation here. 
Never be into, plus, over times I developed a very deep antipathy towards facebook and hate watching how every corner of Internet is adoring facebook by following its rules 
From the point of view of musick creator:
LastFM? interesting but not enough to wet my pants. (but good if you are listener, anyway not my cup of tea) I have an account there. But dislike seeing my tracks and albums mispelled or my artist's profile spammed with ridiculous tags. They need to make this easy to fix. Im less than from time-to-time user.
MySpace? a useful crap  Im there too, 5 accounts.
Soundcloud? nice and clean, hope they will keep it in that way. Im there too.
Bandcamp? ladies & gentlemen: here is the future for artists . After some meditation I decide to join the boat.
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Kanashibari
Joined: 01 Oct 2009
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Facebook.... meh, I only use it to connect with family members and old friends, which is about all it's good for, and I very rarely update or post anything.
Myspace was alright for band promotion and networking until they went ahead and fucked up the whole site. Nowadays I find it confusing even in English, let alone on a Japanese computer.
I'm also on a Japanese site called Mixi, which is generally good for keeping up with local events and concerts going on.
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The Kingdom's Fey
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Soundcloud? nice and clean, hope they will keep it in that way. Im there too.
Bandcamp? ladies & gentlemen: here is the future for artists . After some meditation I decide to join the boat. |
If soundcloud and bandcamp had an incorporated volume bar they'd be perfect.
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| Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:59 am |
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voidrone
Joined: 10 Jun 2008
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yes, hahaha, hey, Soundcloud's volume control is on right top corner. But I would like to have it on each player. 
Bandcamp simply lacks of one. And yes, this is (very) pretty weird for a site specially designed for spread sound.  
Thats why I have thinking before join bandcamp. I will be making some test until fully integrate it to my network.
Do you remember Virb.com? thats was something very, very good, it was a real alternative to myspace for both fans and artists, but they made it pay and ruined the whole thing -_-
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Lord Sébastyén
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| Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:27 pm |
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Lysander
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Does anyone here use Twitter? I - semiashamedly - do.
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| Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:24 am |
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voidrone
Joined: 10 Jun 2008
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I do!
I was looking for something to post short news on my revamped website so twitter was the choice.
Quick and easy. But im not really in the wave, in fact I dont understand how it really works. Mine, is just pure instrumental use. Hahaha.
BUT I still refuse to be on facebook, I dont found any reason to have an account there. No way.
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| Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:57 pm |
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Pesten
Joined: 23 Feb 2012
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Ha, I deleted my account recently as well.
Many people got on my case about it.
The thing is, call me George Orwell, but I don't think we should have artificial networking with people we know in real life. It makes sense for strangers to talk online, but when I look around and see kids sitting on their cell phones in restaurants Facebooking when they're out to dinner with their families, it's rather sad to me.
Besides, I've gotten so much done since I deleted it!
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