For a while now people have been evacuating MySpace like rats from a sinking ship, and left the vessel to the musicians and independent artists. But as Myspace has become the "Detroit of Social Networking", musicians have been using ReverbNation and other sites to try to build the bridge over troubled water of online marketing and sharing of their voice.
Now there's a new kid on the block - www.almostfamous.com. Per the site, "With your AlmostFamous profile you can connect with a community of talented people, fans and industry professionals. You can share your media on already existing social networks and you can discover new talent!". The artist can also aggregate Twitter feeds, StumbledUpon, Linkedin, etc to your Almost Famous profile. More importantly for the artist, you can embed Vimeo and YouTube videos. AlmostFamous is not only for musicians, but artists, actors, models and anyone else in the entertainment industry.
This seems like the most innovative social media platform out there for artists and discovering new talent. As someone who never had a MySpace account, I never understood the appeal - but I have recently rediscovered my Ping account - so this could be a great new place to find good music. Users can sign up as talent, fans, or as a business. I tried to sign up as a fan, but the site seems to still be a little glitchy. There is enormous irony in this because the site says that record labels want artists with lots of fans. I hear a sad trombone somewhere.
I think I signed up as an artist -oops - I'm on my way to being a billionaire!
No musical puns were harmed in the making of this blog post, and were fed many "yuk yuk yuks" as payment for their services.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/309641
www.almostfamous.com
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