Tom, the creator of MySpace, has been a big part of independent musician's lives, rather they acknowledge that or not. MySpace is an Internet phenomenon connecting individuals all over the world. Profile owners search out people and now music bands, and add them as "friends" on their profile. Those friends can see pictures, information posted and if a music profile is created, MP3s can be uploaded and heard from anyone that has access to your MySpace, even anonymous people. If a MySpace owner likes a song, it can easily be placed as their "profile song." MySpace offers a service called SNOCAP that lets artists upload their tracks to a store, for a price they prefer, and sell their music. A MySpace profile isn't required to make a purchase, just a credit card and a few selected songs. Using MySpace, artists have a section to list what bands their music resembles or the influences that created their songs. Facebook is the next wave of social linking. Musicians also have an option of creating a music page. .
The Internet search engine is a wonderful thing. Anyone can find anything they want online. When music lovers go and research bands, it can be easy to stumble across an independent artist. Artists can get clever with how they"re found by writing songs similar in title to popular songs. .
Social networking isn't the only way the Internet is helping independent artists make a living. YouTube first started out as just a site for uploading videos. Record labels, news outlets and TV shows now make use of the powerful video hosting site. Writing blogs has now turned into video blogging on YouTube. Independent musicians can either make some kind of a video of their song, live or edited in the fashion of a video you"d see on VH1. Using a program such as Windows Movie Maker, an MP3 of a song can be combined with photos of the artist or band and then made into a video file. Again, the search engine is a wonderful thing.