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Here’s the Deal with MySpace

Here’s what I’ve discovered today.

You’ve heard me drone on and on about how much I like MySpace for discovering new music.  No sign-up, no account needed.  There’s no one tracking all my movements and selling my browsing data to third parties.  It’s simply the easiest way to sample new music.  Just Google “MySpace” and the name of whatever band you’re looking for and voila:  free access.

But welcome to RootMusic.  This is a free service which takes whatever a band does online and aggregates it all within Facebook—for free.  If you’re an artist and you’re looking to harness social networking—especially Facebook and its 500 million users—you should have a very close look at what you can do with RootMusic.

If I’m MySpace, I’m worried.

Here’s the Deal with The Warped Tour

The Vans Warped Tour rolls on through its 16th year.  Last month, we embedded Mike Sullivan in the tour has it started up in California.  Here he is talking with founder Kevin Lyman about all the different places the Warped Tour has played in Toronto. 

Here’s the Deal with the Festival d’été de Québec

The next place we’re going to embed Mike is in the Festival d’été de Québec—the Quebec Summer Festival—in Quebec City which runs from tomorrow until the 18th. 

The line-up features Iron Maiden, Bedouin Soundclash, Passion Pit, Billy Talent, Santana, Rush, K’Naan, Black Eyed Peas, Social Distortion, Apocalyptica, Rammstein and dozens and dozens more. 

Here’s Mike talking to Dominique Goulet, one of the organizers.

ExploreMusic Playlist: The songs featured on the radio show today were:

“Even” by Ribs
“Ready To Start” by Arcade Fire
“Farewell, Mona Lisa” by The Dillinger Escape Plan
“Gimme Your Love (Or Gimme Some Money)” by The Johnstones