A Review of the New MySpace
The Justin Timberlake era of MySpace took off for real this past week as JT (an investor) used his star power to draw attention to the redesign with the release of his first new music in six years. I honestly haven’t had much of a time to look through the new MySpace, but Mashable has.
Now MySpace is back, and it’s no exaggeration to say it’s better than ever. The service opened in limited form last fall, and now it’s available to anyone who wants to join. From the first minute you spend on the site, it’s clear that the new MySpace has learned a lot from successful social networks, especially those that emphasize visual media, such as Pinterest.
Whoa. Looks like we should spend some time poking around this weekend, doesn’t it? Read more of the review here.
Edited reposting of my original comments from the referenced Mashable article…
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"Music discovery works well, too — in fact, it's the primary reason to use MySpace instead of, say, Spotify or Grooveshark."
–> As long as you live in the U.S.
The catalogue of music is downright laughable to anyone accessing the site from a non-U.S. Internet connection.
Here's a sample of what a user from the U.S. has access to… versus a Canadian ISP:
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RADIOHEAD:
via a U.S. ISP:
# of songs: 257
# of albums (i.e. full-length/ EP/ single/ compilation): 36
via a CANADIAN ISP:
# of songs: 7
# of albums: 3
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE:
U.S. ISP:
# of songs: 73
# of albums: 21
CAN. ISP:
# of songs: 6
# of albums: 2
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE:
U.S. ISP:
# of songs: 89
# of albums: 12
CAN. ISP:
# of songs: 4
# of albums: 1
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…a broken social scene, indeed.
Then again, granting any access outside of the U.S. (specifically, Canada) is a step in the right direction.
Looking at you, Spotify.
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[Originally posted within comment section 01.17.2013 of above Mashable post: http://on.mash.to/UABxOC]