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MySpace.com is one of the great Internet success stories of our time. It is in the top five or ten most popular web sites on the planet, right up there with Google, Yahoo and Ebay.

With more than 190 million registered users and hundreds of thousands of musicacts setting up free profiles on the site, MySpace.com is a godsend for the independent artist.

MySpace is absolutely free and what struggling, or rather, up and coming artist does not love that?

This should go without saying, but...

If you aren't promoting your musicon MySpace yet, you need to start fast!

In order to do that, you will need to create an artist page on MySpace music. You make one by going to the musicsection in MySpace and signing up. You treat it like a normal MySpace, except you can download musicfrom your computer onto it. Now all you have to do is enter your information and genre and you are ready to go. You can upload photos, create a bio, customize your page and starting adding your music.

Just beware that you account could be terminated if the musicis not originally owned and created by you or your band.

If you already have a MySpace artist profile, you need to make the most use of it so you get the widest exposure possible. You will need to include a killer headline to grab peoples attention. Properly fill out every section including your artist influences and what your musicsounds like. Be honest yet original. Add as many photos of yourself (or your band) as possible. Photos are important - people are always curious to see what you or your band looks like!

Then start building a massive, yet relevant friends list. Start adding friends and people from your local area that have similar musical interests, hobbies and likes. Slowly build outside your immediate area and work throughout the country (or the world!) from there.

Post bulletins about upcoming events to grab your fans attention. Create a MySpace musicgroup and invite people to subscribe to your blog. Blog daily and entertain your fans. Build a community because people will keep coming back if they can connect with other like-minded people.

When promoting on the Internet, a personal approach is ideal. Although glitzy advertising may still work in the offline world, when people go online, they don't connect with flashy logos, theme songs or mission statements. They connect with people. And when lots of people know who you are and what you stand for, you are in an incredible position to better your life and profit from your efforts.

Keep your page updated or people will become bored and move on. Make sure you have links where fans can go and purchase your musiconline. Blogging can increase your page ranking and essentially draw more people into your site.

Finally, network with other bands by taking full advantage of MySpace for bands and musicians. Meeting new people and networking is one of the best ways to market yourself.The more people you meet, the more connections you have. This opens up opportunities to book gigs, sell more musicand maybe get signed!

Record labels are always looking for unique and marketable musicians and MySpace can often be the first port of call - for fans, label managers and A&R to check you out. So it makes very good sense for you, as an unsigned artist, to have a MySpace musicprofile.

Time spent promoting your musicon web sites like MySpace contributes to your overall exposure, and brings in that many more CD and musicsales. Obviously,there are other sites and ways to promote your musiconline but MySpace is an easy and inexpensive place to start to get yourself or your band massive exposure.

Sophie Curran is a singer and chief editor at The Sing Studio.com. For more free articles, singing exercises and advice on learning to sing, performing, recording and selling your musiconline visit http://thesingstudio.com

Lawrence lived a passion for art all of his life. He showed potential from an early age, but is not classed as a child prodigy, as he did not attend any formal master classes until he was sixteen years of age. He trained in Antwerp under landscape artists and excelled in his work. He did not win many prizes as a young man, but he simply pursued his passion until the results followed.

Below is a very short list of his works, listed in date order.

1869Confidences
1870The Vintage Festival
1874The Sculpture Gallery
1879Poetry
1879Prose
1883Antony and Cleopatra
1885Expectations
1887The Women of Amphissa
1888The Roses of Heliogabalus
1889A Dedication to Bacchus
1890Promise of Spring
1893Unconscious Rivals
1895A Coign of Vantage
1896A Difference of Opinion
1896Whispering Noon
1904The Finding of Moses
1906Ask me no more
1909A Favorite Custom

Although Lawrence was not decorated with awards as a young man, he found fame and fortune when he moved to London in 1870, at the age of 34 and changed his name. He would now be at the top of any alphabetical listing of artists. He must have had a great resolve, as he had lost his wife and son and was in the process of raising two small daughters. He met and married again. In 1899, he received a knighthood from Britain and in 1905 received the prestigious Order of Merit for his work in the arts.

His clients were a whose who in European society. They included the British Royal Family, the Russian Imperial Family, the British Prime Minister and the Polish Prime Minister. He is understood to have painted about 400 paintings and about 20% were commissioned portraits.

Lawrence Alma-Tademas works hang in most of the international galleries and some of them have been made into prints that are available at reasonable cost for everyone to enjoy.

The possibility of obtaining any of the great artworks by this artist is quite small, although from time to time they become available, but usually one needs to bid against international galleries for the artwork. Prints and cards have been produced by many suppliers of these works and other masters. For more information on the old masters and painters of the 18th century, go to http://uniquevintageprints.googlepages.com