Miley Cyrus Doesn't Miss Twitter? Will This Be a Trend?

I think it's incredibly funny that Miley Cyrus is geting MTV coverage, among many other outlets, for her decision to leave Twitter. But, given all the publicity celebrities have gotten for joining Twitter, we're probably due for a wave of publicity as celebrities start to leave Twitter.

Of course, it's most likely to be the ones that are actually twittering rather than outsourcing that will start to leave. I don't mean this as an attack on Twitter but it's not the sort of thing people can do indefinitely.

I would expect more defections and a shift in media coverage that will start to treat Cyrus as a trendsetter.

Songkick: Social Concert Database Launches

Though intially appearing to be rockcentric, Songkick is a multigenre "social concert database":

The new site encourages the documentation of live music events by empowering users to create their own personal "gigographies" by flagging concerts they've attended and sharing their experiences with photos, videos, setlists and other concert ephemera...Launching with one million concerts and complete tour histories for thousands of artists, the database provides any artist, concert, venue, and festival, a dedicated homepage for the online community to annotate."

Over at Hip Hop Press:
Songkick Launches First Social Concert Database

Artist's Marketing Guide to thesixtyone

I've never checked out thesixtyone before but, in his guide to What artists should know about thesixtyone, Brian Hazard says it's a music discovery site much like a "massively multiplayer game, complete with reputation points, levels, quests, and achievements."

Check out his post at Music Think Tank in which he discusses why an artist might find it a great place to promote his or her music and a suggested game plan for so doing.

Three/21 Media Launches Channel Three/21

Three/21 Media recently launched Channel Three/21 which, oddly enough, redirects back to three21media.com/videos.

Nevertheless, best of luck with your new project!

Here's the official announcement with the big picture.

Rocawear: Roc4Life Social Network, Roc Pop Shop

Rocawear launches a social network called Roc4Life and nobody bothered to tell me, the King of Hip Hop Social Networks on Google, but that's not a surprise. They're worried that I may say something mean like, nobody cares!

But people do care. Currently around 4200 people plus the Blog Herald, for some reason.

Rocawear also didn't bother to tell me about the Roc Pop Shop, perhaps because I might point out that it's hard to care about generic clothing.

Following the sources back to Highbrid Nation and then to the.LIFE Files, I realize that there's no link to a schedule because, maybe, nobody really cares where it's going next?

You know, I bet if they'd dropped me some pics at hiphoppress(at)
netweed(dot)com I'd have just posted them and moved on. Here's what happens when you make me work! Tee hee!

Hip Hop Social Networks: Goldmic, Hip Hop Blips, Suggestions?

Since my previous posts on Hip Hop Social Networks are pretty dated, I wanted to get an update started with more hip hop social networks and social news websites.

Goldmic is now a "social network for the underground world of hip-hop."

Hip Hop Blips is a social news site that is part of the Daily Radar fam.

More to follow after I get back from a brief vacation/fact finding mission in Ashevegas.

Please check the Social Networks category and my now classic posts, Dismal Outlook for Many Hip Hop Social Networks and Hip Hop Social Networks: XXL, Indie HipHop Online, DaHoneyHouse.com?, RapHappy, Loud.com, Global Grind?, List of Priors for more.

Feel free to post relevant links to hip hop and closely related social networks in the comments.

If folks are interested, I can also create a regularly updated master list of live networks for future reference without my usual annoying commentary. Let me know.

OnFumes: Ralph McDaniels' Music Video Social Network

Uncle Ralph McDaniels has announced the [re]launch of OnFumes, a social network that builds on his Video Music Box assets and reputation to create a hip hop and RnB video community.

ONFUMES = Online Network For Urban Media Entertainment Services

Unfortunately "running on fumes" generally suggests the end of the line.  Let's hope that's not a bad omen for Uncle Ralph who was recently profiled in the Village Voice where I found out this was a relaunch rather than a totally new site.

There's nothing wrong with relaunches and I wish whoever feels like they need to cover that up in their marketing, and this is not unique to OnFumes, would recognize that acting like it's all new is going to look dishonest to folks that dig the least bit deeper. 

In related Ralph McDaniels news, Miss Info couldn't make the recent Video Music Box 25th Anniversary show at Central Park organized by McDaniels but she did post some videos.

DMC World: DMC & Worlds.com to Create 3D Virtual World

DMC and Worlds.com have teamed up to create DMC World, a 3D virtual world of the growing move towards launching social network versions of fan clubs.

This announcement focuses on the agreement with neither domain nor launch date provided.

Official Sites:
DMC
Worlds.com

CrackSpace Relaunches as iHipHop

CrackSpace has relaunched as iHipHop and they're claiming "almost 800,000 users"!

It looks like this number comes from the number of Total Registered Members, 789,430, currently found at the bottom of the View All Members page.

But if one checks Alexa and Compete for CrackSpace [crackspace.com] traffic, the number of people actually using the site appears radically different from the number of registered members.

The discrepancy is most likely due to members like $ DEEBO $, who joined back in 2007 and never logged in again, or to members who only occasionally login to the site.

Sounds like they have almost 800,000 registered members both active and inactive rather than that number of actual users.

Update:
My bad, as Rollo informed me in the comments, their main domain was actually hiphopcrack.com rather than crackspace.com.  Hiphopcrack.com does quite well at both Alexa and Compete. So, though there still is going to be a discrepancy between the registered members and the active users and there are some interesting traffic patterns, it's certainly not the exaggeration it at first appeared.

Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Dismal Outlook for Many Hip Hop Social Networks
"Urban" MySpace/YouTube-Inspired Sites: CrackSpace,
MinoritySpace, Earwax Video Network

Young Jeezy Launches USDA2DAY Social Network

Young Jeezy launches the USDA2DAY social network using Ning and it's looking like the folks behind these celebrity social networks understand why going hard at the blogging is key to a lot of things on the open web.

Looking at the site reminds me that the web has turned what are essentially fan clubs into full-fledged news and media outlets.

According to the press release, Young Jeezy's newest mixtape The Prime Minister will soon be available on the site.

Social Networks: ConcertAttack, SwaggerMonkey, eVIPlist.com

ConcertAttack describes itself as a "live music social network" and should be a particularly useful network for artist marketing.

SwaggerMonkey is a place "where social networking clashes with trend spotting".

I've been hearing about eVIPlist.com from GreasyGuide.com once or twice and from Black Web 2.0.

ThisIs50.com & the Kyte Video Platform

Michael Miraflor looks at ThisIs50.com's use of Kyte's video platform in building their social network.

Official Site:
Kyte

Dismal Outlook for Many Hip Hop Social Networks

After writing about Global Grind's performance, I decided to check in on some of the other hip hop social networks that have gotten a lot of press and found that Global Grind's looking better than some.

Compete Analytics:
globalgrind.com
streetcred.com
blocksavvy.com
loud.com
xxlblocktalk.com

By contrast thisis50.com seems to be doing well.

It's quite likely that celebrity sites will continue to do much better than celebrity endorsed sites since celebrity sites tend to be much more focused and draw folks together with interests that are more specific than a generic hip hop theme.

I think that ultimately goes beyond just being fans but focusing on one's actual fan base is a very solid way to start.

Additional Relevant Sites:
wemix.com
dancejam.com
crackspace.com

The Real Contenders:
rawkus.com
similar stats as thisis50.com.  (that's partly blog power!  note: thisis50.com is also fronted by a blog.)

Thanks for suggestions:
David ~ YSL ~ Ian

Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Hip Hop Social Networks: Goldmic, Hip Hop Blips, Suggestions?

Necole Bitchie Launches The Urban Blogger Network

Necole Bitchie recently launched The Urban Blogger as a social network and colearning center for urban bloggers.  Definitely worth checking out if you're trying to build your blog and want a supportive group.

Via Corporate Takeover.

MySpace Still > Facebook for Music Marketing

Couch Sessions points to some of the differences between MySpace and Facebook that suggest that MySpace will remain the leader in music marketing.

In a related perspective, Erick Schonfeld takes a negative view of a possible Facebook music service while considering widgets and Thisis50.com.