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Doyle Weigold
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CColumbia City, IN, USA
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Posted 28 Dec 2009 6:15 pm |
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| I was talked into this facebook thing, being told I could promote where the band is working etc. I'm running into people that I don't even know, that has nothing to do with music. About to bow out of the whole thing. What is your experience, or opinion? |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 28 Dec 2009 7:03 pm
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Facebook is good for keeping track of old friends. For self promotion its not so good. Maybe a facebook band/fan page would work ok. That way you won't have read about what 500 people you don't particularly know had for lunch or my personal favorite, those rich ladies with to much time on there hands offering deep spiritual insights.
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Clyde Mattocks
From:
Kinston, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 28 Dec 2009 7:40 pm
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What gets me about it is I have a mailbox full of people wanting to be my "friend". I might want to, except in their picture, they're wearing big sunglasses and a big hat, with names like John Smith and I don't know if I know this person or not.
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scott murray
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 28 Dec 2009 8:26 pm
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you can always ask "do i know you?" before making someone your friend.
it's a great way to promote events i think, because it's basically just an ongoing bulletin board. If you do a lot of local gigs, it's good to have a lot of local facebook friends. you can create a whole page for your gig, which takes a minute or so, then send out invitations to all your friends with one click.
or just post events on your "wall"
as for posting songs and videos, myspace might be a better route. except that way more people are on facebook these days...
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Ken Lang
From:
Simi Valley, Ca
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Posted 28 Dec 2009 9:26 pm
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Facebook is OK if you limit it to extended family and friends you deal with socially. They talk about whta they are doing and so on. Things you care about.
Outside of that, friends can get so large you're reading about people you don't care about and never will.
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 28 Dec 2009 10:25 pm
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I use Facebook to keep up with family and friends. I've found a lot of my steel guitar friends on there, and almost all my friends are musicians.I'm also friends with a host on my favorite TV station, CMT, named Katie Cook. I've talked to country singer Anita Cochran, who had a number one hit song in 1997 called "What If I Said", which is a duet with Steve Wariner.I told her that I'm a steel player, and when I told her that, she was amazed! She told me about how her steel player had played on the song, but she thought the steel didn't have a clear sound, so she recorded the song again with Paul Franklin on steel and the steel was clearer when he played.
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Henry Nagle
From:
Santa Rosa, California
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Posted 28 Dec 2009 11:19 pm
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| I find it's great for letting people know when I'm playing locally. Especially if it's a last minute gig. I've definitely noticed increased attendance since I started posting my activities there. Much more effective than myspace. |
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Doyle Weigold
From:
CColumbia City, IN, USA
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Posted 29 Dec 2009 12:08 pm facebook
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| For the most part I think we pretty much feel the same. Like Ken said if you accept 4 freinds that you know, pretty soon there is freinds of freinds of freinds that you don't know. Glad to hear it's workin' for you Brett. I'll leave it ride for now and see what happens. Thanks for your feelings. Doyle |
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