I was looking on the Myspace just a couple of weeks ago, it felt strange and half-forgotten. It was the English singer/songwriter Roy Harper, an american tribute album to him that has become clear to half and been out on Myspace for so long.
And indeed, there they were: six songs insjungna of names like Chris Robinson (The Black Crowes), Gary Louris (from The Jayhawks). Just click and listen.
in Addition to no playback put in the time and nothing was heard.
the news came. All the material on the entire site is gone. At least all that have been up there before 2016. A total of fifty-three millions of songs from fourteen million artists, according to an estimate, as well as the photos and videos in addition. (Most of the text material should have disappeared a few years earlier).
the Scope is so large that it boggles the mind, despite the fact that it is not really possible to imagine such amounts. It’s like astronomy or particle physics; we understand that it is inconceivable, it may be enough.
Still, it was mostly news stories in the news media, more an amused disinterest than a tremor of horror. So Myspace still exists, who would have thought?
It shows how fast everything is going nowadays. Thirteen years ago was Myspace, the most modern of which was, a magical place where unknown artists became megasuccéer over a night. Then came Youtube, Facebook, Spotify and a lot of other, even more modern forum. Myspace turned into a forgotten backyard, if than loved, and the use of the few remaining enthusiasts.
the shaky knee tuck, and are reminded of how a fugitive like everything in cyberspace is. As well as much of what ended up in there never can be erased, can be lost in an instant, because of a teknikhaveri, a takeover, a change in policy, mere coincidence…
Roy Harper records on Spotify, by the way is a chapter for itself, he belongs to those artists that are just there, partially and not always the last one checked. Right now is where ten albums, five of the first six matches is his right insignificant debut album, under five different titles. Of his essential discs are only three, perhaps they are more in the morning. Or fewer.
I have more than that on the vinyl at home in the shelf feels more predictable than the old-fashioned, actually.
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