Several months ago I wrote an article on my 6 favorite Facebook apps. Since then Facebook has relaunched with a new produce and now as a musician you can create a band / musician page.
Here is an updated version that account for how to set up a page from scratch and my favorite apps for you!
Facebook App
Getting Started & Ariel's Top 6 Facebook Apps For Musicians
Facebook is here to stay. I know a lot of artists who are already overwhelmed with MySpace tend to feel daunted by the whole opinion of introducing yet an additional one communal network into their lives. On September 4, 2008 Facebook launched "new" Facebook and the new interface is easier to use than before.
You won't believe how many citizen who you never saw around MySpace are on Facebook. All of a sudden you will be back in touch with your babysitter from grade school, a ton of old friends, and even the drummer from your first band. And, if you have been resisting because you think Facebook is just for kids in college, you are mistaken. The largest demographic on Facebook is over 25. It's the 4th most-trafficked website in the world and it's the number one photo sharing application. Read the full stats.
With over 110 million active users it's here to stay so my guidance is Dive in (if you haven't already).
Here is a quick rundown for newbies on how to create a page as a band / musician and my favorite apps for Musicians when pimping out your Facebook profile!
Facebook For Newbies - How To Set Up A Profile
Step One: create a Band / Artist Profile
Step Two: click on the third button down, it will say: Artist, Band, or communal Figure
Step Three: make your mind up Band or Musician After you make your mind up it, a pull down menu will pop up. make your mind up band it if you are a band, or musician if you play solo or want to create a solo-page (you can create as many as you want so you can create one for you and one for your band).
Step Four: Enter Your Name Name your page and make your mind up create page. You are now off to the races!
The rest is pretty self-explanatory - you will upload your photo for your main user icon, your bio, band members and photos and details.
Step Five: Click create Page Now you are live and ready to add Apps! What is an App? It's short for application and it is naturally a cool supplementary tool that you can add to your page so that you can display features such as music, photos, and videos.
Facebook has a great page that explains how to help you with apps.
And the whole list of available apps is here: http://www.facebook.com/apps
Here are my top picks for musicians and links to where you can download the apps for your own profile.
1. Music By Reverb Nation
Play Your Tunes
Musicians and bands can post unlimited songs for streaming or download, add bios and band photos, sell your music and have your friends add your music and share with their friends (viral marketing for you!). This app also includes links to your homepage and you can add up to 30 of your songs (full-length) to your Facebook Musician Page. And the best part: great stats track song-play activity.
2. Vod:Pod
Display Your Videos
I am a big advocate in creating small casual videos to share with your fans. Videos are an perfect viral marketing tool. This app is the easiest way to show your videos and your favorite videos. This is a good place to display backstage moments, live shows and of procedure your music videos
3. ZuPort
Show your Flickr photos
If you are a Flickr user zuPort automatically imports your communal Flickr photostream so you can show off even more photos to your friends. ZuPort: Flickr keeps your sets, collections, tags, comments and all else associated so you only have to modernize only once.
4. Twitter
Tweet Away and Have It Synched!
This app allows you to modernize your status on Facebook straight from your movable phone. So you can be on the road but your Facebook page can be updated from your van! Pretty cool eh?
5. Facebook movable
Bring Facebook on the go
This app allows you to use Facebook on the go. With it, you can speedily to upload photos and notes from your camera phone straight to Facebook. You can also receive and reply to Facebook messages, pokes and Wall posts using text messages, or use your phone's movable browser.
6. Icast By iLike
Tell your fans your news
Send bulletins to fans with iCast, the best bulletins theory on Facebook. You can send multimedia or movable bulletins, or just plain blogs. Your bulletins will show not only to Facebook fans, but also via iLike over 10 different networks. They are the go to app for communicating your music to your fans.
7. Ilike this Artist
Show off to your fans
Musicians, you can show off your fans on iLike on your artist page. This will add an "iLike this artist" button on your page, and will show your (larger) fan count over the whole iLike network.
The New Facebook - A Musicians Guide
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