Music: MySpace - Meet the Band, Buy the Song

News/Social Networks/Music/Myspace/Yuki Noguchi
Found on: washingtonpost.com

Technology is taking the middleman out of the music business, giving artists a bigger array of tools to get their songs in the MP3 players of potential fans around the world.

That trend is hurting the classic record store chains, such as Tower Records, and thousands of independent stores, but it's also opening doors to digital music sales direct from the artist to the fan.

The latest development in that direction comes from MySpace, a social networking site that has brought new audiences to many bands. Now MySpace is adding a music-store feature that will allow artists, labels and the site itself to cash in on the popularity of those songs.




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