If you’re a musician and don’t have your very own website hosted on a domain name you own, and hosted on a server you pay for, you risk losing everything.

Many artists still rely on MySpace as their only website, which is just asking for trouble. What’s the problem with that you ask? Most importantly, you don’t own it. MySpace could and quite possibly will shut down one of these days. You risk losing all of the connections you’ve made with your fans on that social network.

You need to brand yourself more professionally with your own website, which can open up many possibilities for deeper connections with your fans, enabling you to then monetize that relationship.

I’ve been warning artists MySpace for a couple of years now, and today the end to this popular social network drew even closer yet.  Look what just appeared in today’s news.

The article below is reprinted as originally published on Hypebot here.

“News Corp Gives MySpace Just Months To Improve”

Just as the new MySpace logo dropped the word “space,  MySpace execs saw their own space to improve the social network evaporate yesterday as News Corp executives put them on notice during an investors call.  MySpace was given less than a year to turn the newly redesigned ship around as Chase Carey, News Corp’s president, declared  MySpace “a problem”. “The current losses are not acceptable or sustainable. Our current management did not create these losses but they know we have to address them,” he stated. Quarterly losses at MySpace have jumped by $30 million  to $156 million.

If you don’t have a website for your music yet, there’s no better time than now. Drop us a line on our Get A Quote page and let’s put something cool together for you and your band, yeah?

–Brian Thompson

After running a freelance web and graphic design business on the side for almost two years, I finally decided to formalize my work with a name, a logo, and a new website.

And this is it, welcome to all the new Drop D Design!

What started as a side project to help friends, musicians and artists with affordable solutions for branding themselves online, has now morphed into a full-fledged business.

And for those wondering about my alter-ego, Thorny Bleeder Records, yes…that’s still up and running 1000%! A lot of the work I was doing for Thorny Bleeder was web-related in one way or another, so as more web design jobs started rolling in I realized it didn’t really make sense for a “record label & artist management” company to be doing this type of work, so Drop D Design was born.

This is only Day 1 of the humble beginnings of this new venture, but take a peak at the portfolio and keep us in mind if there’s any work you might have for us. From custom web designs and social media customizations, to gig posters, logos, and album designs, to video editing and title animation….we’re here to help make your life easier!

Brian Thompson / Founder & Director - Drop D Design