There were the MySpace days, remember those? Bands would have ‘friends’ and ‘thanks for the add’ was the catch phrase.It’s amusing now when you see someone on Facebook saying ‘thanks for the add’, it simply shows that they are out of touch and similar in old man hip speak as saying ‘outta site’.
Facebook ate MySpace and spit it back up and bands realizing that have really spruced up their pages adding loads of content and info. Recommend.ly an online research page has some interesting statistics. Musicians and bands seem to have the most ‘likes’ or ‘fans’ than any other Facebook page. Anyone can have a page- we even do its “Rock Never Sleeps”, come to think of it you should go ‘like’ that right now. It is there where we list a few choice posts of the day. Worth the click Anyway back to bands. Recommned.ly used 5.76 million Facebook Pages and observed behaviors of both the pages and the people who like them.
It found that musician page content tends to be photo-heavy and that musicians are more likely to upload video than other types of brands (including communities, politicians, companies and local businesses). Hmmm Rock Never Sleep has videos… These pages work well combining music players, tour dates and info in a concise easy to use format. There may even be participation- though it often seems one sided with bands throwing down a statement, getting response, yet never interacting their after. Myspace (even with the help of Justin Timberlake will never come back to life. Facebook is now king- but for how long?