Steve-O-San
Joined: Jun 15, 2007
Posts: 127
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Posted on Jul 31 2008 08:21 AM
I don't understand everyone's myspace-bashing.
We've gotten shows we never would have gotten otherwise.
...met bands/fans we never would have met otherwise
...made cd sales we never would have made otherwise
Of course, we were fine before myspace, but it's definitely helped our band...and the fact that it's FREE doesn't hurt as well.
Yes, there are people that abuse it...spammers, dopey kids, dopey adults...if you have a bit of computer savvy, you can avoid all of that.
So myspace rulez!!! OMG FTW WOOT WOOT!
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MadScientist
Joined: Jan 17, 2008
Posts: 2188
Atlanta, GA
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Posted on Jul 31 2008 10:23 PM
I finally got off my ass...
It's bare and the song is ROUGH, but it's a start.
http://www.myspace.com/themysterymenofsurf
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 11010
Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Jul 31 2008 10:49 PM
I like it! A great start - Cheers to the MysteryMen
— Danny Snyder
Latest project - Now That's What I Call SURF
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"With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo
I'm back playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta
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moondevil
Joined: Sep 10, 2006
Posts: 250
Lancaster, CA
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Posted on Jul 31 2008 11:52 PM
I like myspace. If I hadn't created a myspace page I wouldn't have friended Tiki Tena and discovered cool happenings like Tiki Invasion and Deke's Guitar Geek Festival and Los Straitjackets playing three sets at an unannounced fairground gig.
I met Big Tiki Dude, Markenstein and others through some of these events.
Myspace was created initially for bands to network and I guess it still works.
It's basically a flyer without the paper.
Thanks Myspace.
— Dean(aka Moondevil)
deanmatherly.com
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oestmann
Joined: Mar 06, 2008
Posts: 584
Adelaide
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Posted on Aug 01 2008 05:58 AM
MadScientist
I finally got off my ass...
It's bare and the song is ROUGH, but it's a start.
http://www.myspace.com/themysterymenofsurf
rough, good, enjoyed it!
— Tim O
oestmann guitar
tunes
clips
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MadScientist
Joined: Jan 17, 2008
Posts: 2188
Atlanta, GA
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Posted on Aug 02 2008 11:07 AM
<sniffle> thanks guys.... you're the best. 
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jaguar
Joined: Oct 15, 2007
Posts: 126
Sicily
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Posted on Aug 11 2008 03:36 AM
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ErnestHernandez
Joined: Jun 16, 2008
Posts: 592
The Alamo City, TX
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Posted on Aug 11 2008 09:46 AM
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PolloGuitar
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 5080
San Francisco
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Posted on Aug 17 2008 11:21 PM
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seafoamer
Joined: Aug 08, 2008
Posts: 89
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Posted on Aug 17 2008 11:50 PM
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surfneptune
Joined: Mar 16, 2006
Posts: 923
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Posted on Aug 18 2008 08:33 AM
Hopefully the third time is a charm!
I think Hip Hop fans of the other Neptunes hacked my last two attempts.
http://www.myspace.com/surfneptune
— THe NEpTuNeS
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Tikitena
Joined: Mar 21, 2006
Posts: 1540
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Posted on Sep 10 2008 06:59 PM
Steve-O-San
I don't understand everyone's myspace-bashing.
We've gotten shows we never would have gotten otherwise.
...met bands/fans we never would have met otherwise
...made cd sales we never would have made otherwise
EXACTLY!!!
When My Space was new, I had friends want me to join. I checked it out and thought it was stupid. It looked like a popularity contest to me. I denied many requests.
A few years ago, I found out that it was Satan's Pilgrims only "website" and quickly joined. I figured out that I could spread a lot of information very quickly about shows, new releases, etc. When I joined, there were only about 50 bands calling themselves surf, and not all of them really were surf. Now, there are many bands on My Space. I wouldn't have known about them otherwise. When I find bands that I've never heard of, I let them know about SG101 too. I think information gets around more now thanks to these sites.
— "Turn the knob to 10 and break it off!" -Baja Marty
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kickthetank
Joined: Sep 08, 2008
Posts: 187
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Posted on Sep 10 2008 07:18 PM
Tikitena
Steve-O-San
I don't understand everyone's myspace-bashing.
We've gotten shows we never would have gotten otherwise.
...met bands/fans we never would have met otherwise
...made cd sales we never would have made otherwise
EXACTLY!!!
When My Space was new, I had friends want me to join. I checked it out and thought it was stupid. It looked like a popularity contest to me. I denied many requests.
A few years ago, I found out that it was Satan's Pilgrims only "website" and quickly joined. I figured out that I could spread a lot of information very quickly about shows, new releases, etc. When I joined, there were only about 50 bands calling themselves surf, and not all of them really were surf. Now, there are many bands on My Space. I wouldn't have known about them otherwise. When I find bands that I've never heard of, I let them know about SG101 too. I think information gets around more now thanks to these sites.
preach it tiki tena!
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oestmann
Joined: Mar 06, 2008
Posts: 584
Adelaide
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Posted on Sep 10 2008 09:12 PM
kickthetank
Tikitena
Steve-O-San
I don't understand everyone's myspace-bashing.
We've gotten shows we never would have gotten otherwise.
...met bands/fans we never would have met otherwise
...made cd sales we never would have made otherwise
EXACTLY!!!
When My Space was new, I had friends want me to join. I checked it out and thought it was stupid. It looked like a popularity contest to me. I denied many requests.
A few years ago, I found out that it was Satan's Pilgrims only "website" and quickly joined. I figured out that I could spread a lot of information very quickly about shows, new releases, etc. When I joined, there were only about 50 bands calling themselves surf, and not all of them really were surf. Now, there are many bands on My Space. I wouldn't have known about them otherwise. When I find bands that I've never heard of, I let them know about SG101 too. I think information gets around more now thanks to these sites.
preach it tiki tena!
— Tim O
oestmann guitar
tunes
clips
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ElMonstroPorFavor
Joined: Sep 01, 2006
Posts: 2674
New Orleans, LA
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Posted on Sep 10 2008 11:14 PM
I've come to like Myspace as a concept but not as it's implemented. It's extremely spam friendly, the audio player is a mess and the site often just doesn't work. It does bug me that a lot of bands use myspace as their only website, but now it's a necessary evil and I've benefited from it. I got a lot more listens for my radio show once I started posting heads ups
And of course those doubled whenever Tena would link them. She's got that whole thing down
— Storm Surge of Reverb: Surf & Instro Radio
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25309
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Sep 11 2008 01:00 AM
I still wish that bands would have a e-mail contact listed on their myspace.
and a link to all merch available
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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BoardwalkerJeff
Joined: Jan 24, 2008
Posts: 376
Santa Monica, Ca.
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Posted on Sep 14 2008 12:24 PM
OK, I'll bite...
http://www.myspace.com/jefty735
— Jeff Utterback
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Tuck
Joined: Sep 02, 2006
Posts: 3166
Denver, CO
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Posted on Jan 26 2009 02:34 PM
Here's an interesting MySpace site called "Martin the Celtic Surfer":
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=408596335
Sort of an "in honor of surfing" "labor of love" site, music and other media included.
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ElMonstroPorFavor
Joined: Sep 01, 2006
Posts: 2674
New Orleans, LA
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Posted on May 18 2019 09:39 AM
I don't know how this thread got bumped but it's kind of funny to read it now.
— Storm Surge of Reverb: Surf & Instro Radio
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simoncoil
Joined: Sep 28, 2012
Posts: 897
Berlin, Germany
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Posted on May 18 2019 10:42 AM
There was a new post, but it had nothing to do with myspace and got deleted.
On a tangent: The Internet Archive has published a large collection of songs from MySpace recently, so if one is looking for tunes by bands, who are no longer around, it's possible you get lucky here:
https://archive.org/details/myspace_dragon_hoard_2010
— Los Apollos - cinematic surf music trio (Berlin)
"Postcards from the Scrapyard" Vol. 1, 2 & 3 NOW available on various platforms!
"Chaos at the Lobster Lounge" available as LP and download on Surf Cookie Records!
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