This morning I went through and caught up with all of the bands that had sent through their MySpace pages for me to look at in my capacity as a record-label hopeful. I really want to find bands that I love and promote their music, I am passionate about good pop music and I want to make that a massive part of my career as I get older.

It is upsetting to see how many people don't seem to grasp the basics though. Why make a band's MySpace page barely readable with some crappy layout? Why hide the bio information? Why is the gig listing empty without a little blog entry or note explaining what you're up to instead of playing live?

It's not rocket science. If anyone, whether they are a stranger that you handed a flyer to, or someone from a label - whoever they are - they wanna hear the music and find out about you as easily as possible. That's it. Only when they've done that, will they even consider taking part in the more interactive stuff you have to offer.

I am in the process of updating our website all the time to try and do those two things. Provide people with all the information they need within a click or two - and then, if they choose to, give them a whole website full of things to play around with and get involved in.

If you do play in a band and read this blog, please make sure you have your shit together before sending your details out to anyone. It only takes a few hours to get it all sorted, and it'll pay off in the end.

Rant over.

Max.