This 20-something is getting old....

I realized today that when I graduated from college, the music industry was so very different. The crazy thing is, it hasn't really been that long. Looking at Berklee's Music Biz Newsletter I can see new courses being offered in the fall on how to run a technology based music business (thank you imeem, myspace, facebook, etc) which was never even thought of while I was attending.

The cool classes I took while in college were Concert and Tour Management and Website Design. The fact that students are now being taught how to not only incorporate social networking, but design, own and operate a social network is insane.

Next thing I'm going to hear is that a turntable is a real instrument with actual notation...

Facebook Launches Music Platform

Check out the low down on Bruce Houghton's Hypebot Blog.


Time will tell if Facebook can be as cool or as popular amung bands as MySpace, ReverbNation, PureVolume, and GarageBand.com. Most bands already have their own Facebook groups or Apps of their own created soley for the band. Way to miss the train Facebook.