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An Oral History of MySpace Music

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  1. Melody Bot Mar 30, 2020
    Melody Bot

    Your friendly little forum bot. Staff Member

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    Stereogum released an oral history of MySpace Music.


    As a new decade begins, it seems worthwhile to look back at the website that defined not just the previous era, but the way we continue to consume and discuss music online, in order to contemplate both how we got to our present moment and what we have lost along the way. In Stereogum’s oral history of Myspace Music, twenty artists and former Myspace executives discuss their experience both using and working on the site, living through the bubble years, and why it couldn’t last forever.
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  2. Alex DiVincenzo Mar 30, 2020
    Alex DiVincenzo

    BrokeHorrorFan.com

    Featuring an Absolutepunk mention, albeit not the most flattering one.
     
  3. bradsonemanband Mar 30, 2020
    bradsonemanband

    a band called frick. Supporter

    oh the good ol' days... haha
     
  4. pbueddi Mar 30, 2020
    pbueddi

    Trusted

    Interesting read. Part of me misses those days though lol.
     
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  6. withchappedlips Mar 30, 2020
    withchappedlips

    #nothingiseasy

    MySpace was amazing for the warped tour music scene and it just makes me sad how the music landscape has changed since the downfall of the website. I always feel like an old man when I think about it.
     
  7. Orla Mar 30, 2020
    (Last edited: Mar 30, 2020)
    Orla

    little old lady Prestigious

    This was a fun read.

    From 2005-2008, Myspace wasn’t just far and away the best site for bands in my area to gain fans, but also to book gigs. Any time I’d asked/ been asked to emcee a battle of the bands during that time, it was done via Myspace, too.
     
  8. myawrld Mar 31, 2020
    myawrld

    Regular

    While I loved Myspace..... Purevolume > Myspace
     
  9. Longnights Mar 31, 2020
    Longnights

    Newbie

    MP3.com is what really set things off and aol chat rooms put together many bands in our scene.
     
  10. cherrywaves Mar 31, 2020
    cherrywaves

    Trusted

    Really brought me back to my first couple years of posting on AP. good read
     
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