MySpace has failed to capture my interest, although I was an early adopter (and gradual dropper) of similar services, such as Friendster and LinkedIn. Friendster, which I believe originated this social networking phenomenon, seems to be purely for social interaction, which is fine, but not for everyone. (Plus, it makes me feel old.) LinkedIn, is all-business and not particularly well suited to artistic professions, but it’s improving with time.
Classical Lounge seems promising in that it’s very specific to folks in classical music, which means less noise and more potential for a being useful networking tool. It’s very clean and focused, and it’s easy to figure out. Setting up a profile is completely painless. Give it a try. The network is small now, but you can help it grow.
David has a good overview of how Classical Lounge is different from MySpace, and Hugh Sung has a good description of how it works.
Here’s my profile, so you can see what it looks like.
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