This article will address some of the many reasons why your band is missing out if they haven’t yet set up a MySpace profile.

One of the main reasons you should get your band onto MySpace is that its free of charge to promote your music and you can gain instant recognition for your music and build a substantial fan base which could lead to you being discovered by a major label or give you the ability to sell your debut album a lot faster.

Many Bands are already utilising MySpace so if you don’t already have a MySpace profile then the chances are that you will need to learn how to work the basic functions quickly so that you don’t waste any more time getting your band name out there and sharing your music will the millions of MySpace users that are just a click away.

One thing that many bands simply skip over is that you can embed other elements of promotion into your MySpace profile, for example many bands simply use the MySpace comment and bulletin system to announce things such as album launches and dates of their latest gigs.

Most bands don’t realise the power of embedded a newsletter opt-in form on their profile, this allows you to collect e-mail addresses of your closest fans, this will you allow you to e-mail them the latest news on your band and you can sell them something directly via e-mail.

I’m sure if you implement this you will be ahead of most of your competition that don’t make full use of MySpace as a promotional platform.