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As this forum as been created against myspace I should really write something new about myself, but it's Sunday, it's early, I'm hungover and I need coffee really bad so, by way of "ctrl c" and "ctrl v" here's me:

I'm a 6lb piece of 40 year old cow hide. Pins are stuck in the front of me, I've a silver Phoenix and rising sun on my back and my pockets are filled with assorted bits and bobs. I can often be found frequenting Old London Town showing my appreciation for the best music on offer. Due to my weight I'm not keen on the summer months so have arranged for a deputy. Younger and lighter "The Waistcoat" has already made a few excursions but, still being a work in progress, no pictures are available yet.

A muscian friend put me onto The Organ with your anti P2P blogs, she once had to print her own flyer to get discounted entry, and yes, she was playing!

Well good morning The Jacket, we didn't set this page up "against" My Space, I think My Space has been a great tool of communication and if used right still is in many ways - but we are seeing our pages being censored or removed in recent weeks and our mail "restriced", that's something we don't like...

This forum thing has been set up to run alongside the Organ website, organart.com and our My Space pages as another alternative - of course it all depends of how people use it, if people pick it up with their jackets, waistcoats and deviant hoodies and run with it

Did your musician friend try saying no, surely the gig couldn't go on without her?

We once had a band think they had to pay to get in to the gig they were playing for us, seems it had happened at their first gig so they thought that was the score so they offered to pay to get in to their second, the promoter took their money and so when they played their third gig for us they all tried to pay to get in again. Some of the stuff we've been saying on My Space has been to try and get new/young bands to wise up before they get suckered in to all kinds of Pay 2 Play type things, seems the morally bankrupt Pay 2 Play promoters have been complaining about our name and shame tactics...

agreed "alternative" rather than "against". I also agree that myspace is a great tool for communication when used properly and it's a shame that it so rarely is.

Regarding my friend; she did say no and has never indulged in P2P. She has been very blunt with promoters insisting on her bringing a set number of people to a gig. If they don't want to book her again, it's up to them.