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Tons of bands put songs on MySpace, primarily to help spread the word about the music they're bringing to the world. You're not going to want to spend more than a few seconds around some of it, but other artists might capture your attention. Or you may run across the perfect song for your mood that day, and you want to share.
Planning your set list
First, you have to find the song you want to use. Most of your favorite bands already have MySpace pages with music on them, so it's just a matter of finding the right address. The band's MySpace address may be posted on their main Web site, or you can search for the name of the band by using the MySpace search engine or another search engine, such as Yahoo! Search.
You can also start exploring your friends and the friends of those friends (their MySpace sites, anyway) for bands that just sound right. Part of using a social network such as MySpace is finding new and different people and groups, and this is a great example. By exploring different profiles, you can find a song or band you've never heard on the radio — that turns out to be the best thing you've heard all year. Take a risk!
Putting on the hits
When you find the perfect musical accompaniment to your profile page, look for the Add link next to that song on the site's jukebox.
 | You do have to be logged in to your MySpace account at this point to add or change your song. |
When you click the Add link and confirm your entry, the song is added to your profile page just like that — and that song plays every time someone views your page. No mess, no muss, no fuss. And you're not stuck with the song forever, either. If you run across another song you want to put on your profile, just click the Add link next to it. You can have only one song linked to your profile, but you can change it as many times as you want. The song appears as a small player just below your profile picture. The one button on the player allows you to pause or continue playback of the song.
 | The Internet is changing all the time (but you knew that). MySpace is no exception. So check the song occasionally to make sure the link is still active. When a band removes a song from their page, your link dies — and you're left with an empty player. When that happens, its time to go looking for some new tunes. |
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