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23 unusual facts about MySpace


Alex Murrel

Her new songs "Now" and "What's It To You" were only released on Alex's Myspace page.

Anthony Reynolds

From the off, Reynolds considered this his "final debut", stating on his Myspace blog that, since the majority of the musicians appearing on British Ballads were session musicians, it was financially impractical to consider recording a new album on the same scale.

Ava Rose

Ava and her sister Mia were approached to do porn by an agent through Myspace.

Bronwyn Turei

Turei released an album, Empty Room in 2006, available for preview on Myspace.

Carolina Wallin Pérez

Pérez became known through her music site on Myspace and was signed to Family Tree Music (a label distributed by Sony Music).

Faintheart

The film was a result of a collaborative effort from Myspace, Vertigo films and Film4.

Hand of Fate

Amanda Perez released two songs related to the album, "Radio" and "Don't Wanna Love You", on her personal Myspace page.

Kat Flint

Kat followed up with her first full-length album, Dirty Birds, the recording of which was funded by fan donations collected via Myspace.

Let Loose

As of December 2008 four new songs had been added to the official Let Loose Myspace page and a photo shoot has taken place.

Mascarita Sagrada

According to his Myspace page Mascara Sagrada is both married and has children, but because he's always worked under a mask and never given his real name nothing else is known about that part of his life.

Mocosos Pateticos

Some of this demos were then uploaded into their Myspace page and listened by Siltbreeze's, Tom Lax, who offered them to release those songs on a 12 inch vinyl.

Muzika Poludelih

In 2009, the band released their fourth studio album The Beast Is Back, featuring six songs only and available on both compact disc, released by New Age Family records, as well in mp3 format, available for digital download at the official Myspace page.

Noname Jane

In January 2009, Noname Jane announced on her Myspace blog that she would resume working with male talent.

Patrick S. Hunter

Born in Tampa Florida, Tango was discovered by VH1 producers through his Myspace page.

Peace of Mind Campaign

This message can then be posted to popular social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Myspace, Twitter and Bebo.

Punch Entertainment

Punch currently has over 100 employees worldwide, and has products on Facebook, Myspace and other online locations.

Sam Barlow High School

On November 23, 2009, two students discussed plans for a school shooting at Barlow High on Myspace.

Samsung GT-B7330

From this device's default home screen, the user can check the weather, play songs, update CNN headlines, view photos, configure device settings, and go to social-networking sites like Facebook, Myspace, and YouTube.

Take the Stage

Take The Stage is currently airing on YOBI.tv and on Myspace.

Tamurapan

She is the first Japanese singer-songwriter to make the move from Myspace to a major label company Columbia Music.

Their Hearts Caught Fire

The group became a visible presence on Myspace, with those involved actively posting bulletins and banners on their own pages to spread word of the project.

Tyler Wolverton

The band went on to write a handful of songs before it disbanded, but not before their only song “I Been In Love With The Same Woman For Thirty Years... Don't Tell My Wife” was released on their Myspace page.

Vanessa Vandy

Under the artist name Vivandy, she had already released her first album "Dead Leaves", which was available exclusively on Myspace.


Bass Down Low

In 2008, Dev recorded two songs using the software GarageBand on her MacBook that a friend posted onto her Myspace page.

Calloway's Nursery

Today, the company not only advertises in traditional mediums such as newspaper, radio, and television, but also distributes direct mail, places online ads, and participates in various media such as MySpace, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

Cassidey

In 2005 she began a one-year hiatus from the adult film industry, during which she worked with children as a counselor, then worked for Myspace founder Brad Greenspan.

Colin Digiaro

Colin Digiaro was one of the co-founders of Myspace and currently serves as COO of Social Gaming Network (SGN) alongside former MySpace founders Chris DeWolfe and Aber Whitcomb.

Dennis Baron

Baron also explores the new genres that the computer has launched: email, the instant message, the web page, the blog, social-networking pages like MySpace and Facebook, and communally generated texts like Wikipedia, Urban Dictionary, and YouTube.

Dusty Saxton

In 2005 Dusty responded to a MySpace ad for a guitarist spot in Dallas, Texas based rock band, Analogue, fronted by eventual Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights bassist, Nick Jay.

Electro Jugni/She's Mine

A live version recorded at the 2007 Wychwood Festival was released via Swami's MySpace page in mid-2007.

Helio Kickflip

The Kickflip, produced by VK Mobile, was one of Helio's two launch devices and was marketed heavily to MySpace users.

Iron Steel

The band recently added a new song titled "Saints of Sin" and a cover of the Judas Priest track Rapid Fire on their MySpace page.

La Vida de un Genio

On March 16, 2010 the MySpace profile for Kumbia All Starz was updated since November 11, 2008 confirming the new single will be "Hipnótika" featuring Voltio and Marciano Cantero from Los Enanitos Verdes which was released on April 13, 2010.

Marshall Herskovitz

In 2007 Herskovitz ventured into the world of broadband production with the original series Quarterlife, which debuted on MySpace and a dedicated social network also called "quarterlife".

Mínus

In September 2010 it was reported on the Official Minus Myspace page that they have finished their Fifth Full Length album 'KOL', the follow-up to 2007's The Great Northern Whalekill. However, there is no current release date set, now making it a long-delayed release and it is now unknown if and when the album will be released.

MySpace Road Tour

During MipCom in October 2008 MySpace announced plans for a second series and indicated that it was in talks with cable network Foxtel to distribute series 1 on television.

Newsarama

Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada's column "Joe Fridays" (renamed "New Joe Fridays" in 2006 as a joke regarding Marvel's penchant for relaunching titles with the prefix "new") appeared weekly until 2008, when the column moved to MySpace.

Oswaldo Romano Junior

Segurar.com has now Jose Augusto Correa (Crival/FGV) and Rodrigo Veloso (onedrinks.com) as co-founders, and Aber Whitcomb (MySpace), Ashwin Navin (BitTorrent,Flingo), Paul Bragiel (I/O Ventures), Tommy Mottola (Sony Music), Michael Farello and Scott Dahnke (Catterton Partners) on the advisory board.

Page 44

Three new songs, from the Mini-EP Crash Factory Sessions, were put up on the band's Myspace in late April 2008.

Princess of Gossip

Each character has their own online "life" complete with Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter accounts.

Real Sangria

Reál Sangria also has an ongoing social networking campaign on Twitter, Facebook and MySpace.

Reggie and the Full Effect

It was announced via Myspace that the band would be doing their final tour from August 20 until September 14, 2008, with Leathermouth.

Sarah Lacy

She is the author of 2 books: Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good, which also goes under the title The Stories of Facebook, Youtube and Myspace, and Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos.

Social classifieds

Some of the most popular social classified applications and sites include Orkut, Facebook Marketplace, 50List and Oodle which has a social classified application on MySpace.

Social Gaming Network

SGN was originally funded by Austin Ventures and led by a team of Internet pioneers, with the CEO being Chris DeWolfe and CTO being Aber Whitcomb, both co-founders of MySpace.

Steve Ekstrom

Initially, he started out reviewing comic books independently via MySpace.com under the pseudonym "The Masked Comic Dork", in an attempt to enter the American comic book industry.

Suburban Journals

Steve Pokin, a reporter and columnist for the St. Charles Journal, in November 2007 broke the story of Megan Meier, a Dardenne Prairie, Missouri, teen who committed suicide after being scorned by a fictitious friend on the social networking site MySpace.

T. Mills

At age 17, he began his solo career writing music in his bedroom using software such as Pro Tools, Logic and Reason to create backing tracks for his songs, and by 18, he was posting his music on MySpace.

Teeshirtsdirect.com

teeshirtsdirect.com makes significant use of social networking sites in their advertising, with facebook, Twitter and myspace playing extensive roles in this strategy.

The Conway Sisters

However, she does have an active MySpace profile and YouTube channel.

The Dykeenies

The band announced on 18 July 2011 via their Myspace and Facebook accounts that their new album 'Canyon of Echoes' will be released on 3 October 2011.

The Gersch

Their myspace profile states their music was "inspired by the poetic dialogue of "Conan The Barbarian" and the dissected human anatomy drawings of Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564)".

The Katie Melua Collection

The songs on the album include the main singles from Melua's three previous albums, "When You Taught Me How to Dance" from the film Miss Potter, "What a Wonderful World" performed with a recording of the late Eva Cassidy and three new songs recorded for the album - "Toy Collection" (written by Melua for the MySpace film Faintheart), "Two Bare Feet" and "Somewhere in the Same Hotel".

Total Music

Total Music was then conceived as a streaming service to be incorporated into social networking sites—particularly Facebook—in a model similar to what was already in place through agreements between the record companies and MySpace: in exchange for user data and advertising revenue, Total Music would grant the social network a license to use the participating labels' music.

Vulgar Pang

The band announced on their MySpace website in 2008 that all of its proceeds from "Games Without Frontiers" will be donated to Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund and Fisher House Foundation until further notice to support US troops and their families.

Without Regret

"Mess of You": The single was released on Caldwell's official website and MySpace page on December 17, 2009.