Nick's Myspace page - the latest [Archive]

scotpaulabear

05-02-2008, 01:38 AM

Hullo guys, I've done some tidying, uploading and song swapping on the page tonight, let me know what you think or if you have any suggestions for songs etc... :biggrin:

http://www.myspace.com/harperspace

wessexy witch

05-02-2008, 11:10 AM

<Popping over to have a nosy>
:lurk5:

Craig_Powers

05-02-2008, 12:03 PM

Thanks for drawing my attention to the MySpace page.

There are a few songs I don't have on CD and just listening them now.

I sense more CD purchases @ St. Helens.

scotpaulabear

05-02-2008, 12:10 PM

Happy to enable, Craig! :biggrin:

Craig_Powers

05-02-2008, 02:44 PM

Marcie

05-02-2008, 02:53 PM

I loved the changes to the myspace site, Paula. I love that profile pic, especially!

I'd be interested in hearing the studio version of "The Verse Time Forgot", just for curiosity's sake.

Craig_Powers

05-02-2008, 03:00 PM

Paul,

My only comment is that is darned difficult to find because there are quite a few Nick Hapers.

I tried a search on Music Interest "Harperspace" and even that didn't find Nick's page.

I used your MySpace page, Paula, to link through to his.

Is it possible to improve the prominance of Nicks page to searches?

Craig

*******

Of course the reason I cannot find Nick is because I'm a MySpace moron.....

because I wasn't using MySpace "Music" tab....

....it's this new fangled computer technlogy thing....I'll get there in the end.

Craig <--- holds head down in shame

HarperPR

05-02-2008, 03:07 PM

*******

Of course the reason I cannot find Nick is because I'm a MySpace moron.....

because I wasn't using MySpace "Music" tab....

....it's this new fangled computer technlogy thing....I'll get there in the end.

Craig <--- holds head down in shame

Craig, didn't you read the post with the link????

You only had to click and go to get there!:biggrin:

http://www.myspace.com/harperspace

Craig_Powers

05-02-2008, 03:13 PM

Yes I saw the link...

...but totally to MySpace etc so thought I'd work how to find someone without being spoon fed with a link...

....and that's were my trouble began because was in the general MySpace area searching for Nick Harper in the Joe-Public section, not the Music part....

...all part of the learning curve.

C

Craig_Powers

05-02-2008, 03:13 PM

...totally new to Myspace....

critch

05-02-2008, 03:22 PM

Don't worry craig! You gave mspr an opportunity to be a smartarse about computers which doesn't happen very often! :biggrin:

SteveT

05-02-2008, 07:40 PM

Nick seems to have disappeared from my page (some time ago I think). It may have been a slapped wrist after I was phished or pished, whichever was the case. Now that I'm a reformed character, am I allowed back in?

scotpaulabear

05-02-2008, 09:29 PM

Hi Steve, no idea what happened there! I'm not in the habit of removing people unless they send tons of hacks or they post people wot are nakies on the comments page haha... resend the request, and I'll be happy to welcome you back in with open arms! :biggrin:

HarperPR

03-03-2008, 01:37 PM

Are my eyes going peculiar or has Nick suddenly garnered a whole new lot - and a strange lot:biggrin: - of friends on MySpace?:confused: I recognise the last one, but I think the page may have been hacked - unless Paula has intentionally given him a bunch of new pals!

scotpaulabear

03-03-2008, 01:53 PM

BLOODY HELL! :w00t:
right, off to change that password!

EDIT: there is a new randomisation feature, d'ya think myspace would be stupid enough to set that as the default?? grrrrr....

HarperPR

03-03-2008, 05:12 PM

I thought it might have been those naughty Viz people, as they were one of the last to leave a comment AND were noticeably placed in the Top Friends...? How would it get changed like that?

scotpaulabear

03-03-2008, 05:19 PM

I thought it might have been those naughty Viz people, as they were one of the last to leave a comment AND were noticeably placed in the Top Friends...? How would it get changed like that?

God, if I knew I'd tell you. But funnily enough Akiko was there too! Well I'll sort it fully later. With the password safely changed!

HarperPR

28-03-2008, 01:59 PM

Nick is currently in the Top 100 in the Indie section on MySpace.:)

Hope he gets lots of new friends!

dim

29-04-2008, 06:43 PM

scotpaulabear

29-04-2008, 06:47 PM

Which one do you mean, good sir Dim? I didn't notice a particularly huge pic... but I've got a big monitor (ooh err etc)

HarperPR

30-04-2008, 11:26 AM

can you remove the picture that some dipstick has posted in there comments that is miles wide cos its dragging the whole page out of place when i view it....

dunno why people insist on posting huge pictures in comments...

Were you by any chance looking at this via the phone Opera Mini browser? Only that happens just the same with me - but on the computer, it's fine.:confused1:

Try this for a test. Go here:

http://groups.myspace.com/magnificentg7

Have a look at the last bulletin from Shaun about Nick at Runcorn as an example...

Looking at this via Opera - and all other things on both this group and Roy's - it comes out repeated over and over, whilst on the computer, there's no problem.

dim

01-05-2008, 10:57 PM

nope.. was on opera on pc.. happens sometimes with FF to...

its because when someone puts a big picture in a comment, myspace inserts a tag that tells ie to make it smaller/control the size of the frames... but opera only recognises proper coding not this half baked rubbish that IE works on, so things like that can happen...

what people think they are doing putting 800x400 images on peoples comments anyway, i dont know...

(and that last thing looks fine on opera on pc... duno about phone,... too late to fanny around with the phone... :D)

madness

02-05-2008, 12:30 AM

I am so bored with Shaun

Ho hum diddle liegh do

Please don't insult other members. Strike 2.

dim

02-05-2008, 05:51 PM

tghe bloody great guitar posted by pat nicholson on 18th april...

on some browsers its a little guitar... on some its a bloody great huge guitar... properties of picture 1214x785

bloody huge :D

scotpaulabear

03-05-2008, 11:42 AM

tghe bloody great guitar posted by pat nicholson on 18th april...

on some browsers its a little guitar... on some its a bloody great huge guitar... properties of picture 1214x785

bloody huge :D

I'd hate to squash people's freedom of expression :D

madness

08-05-2008, 11:27 PM

Bongaloo i wonder why
Has Harper turned
Into the Fly?

What is a Bongaloo Daddy a Bongaloo said I ?
I'ts a tall bag of cheese
Plus the chinesmans knees
On the legs of a nanny goats

And Spike said unto me that i could be free and happy
:m9:

HarperPR

23-05-2008, 08:39 PM

The latest is...he's changed his Top Friends again!:biggrin: All of 'em!

scotpaulabear

23-05-2008, 11:09 PM

Thanks for pointing that out.

I am getting feckin' sick of this :cursing:

No one who shouldn't be logging in is logging in (as far as I can tell), the top friends option isn't set to random... I don't have any idea who most of these people are, even!

FECKFECKFECK. And FECKIN' MYSPACE!

(off to change this, and the password, now, and swear some more)

ps - if anyone sees this happen again - wholesale across the board changes like that which don't seem to make sense - pretty please PM me first so I can try to fix this without it being an even bigger deal, thanks!

HarperPR

26-07-2008, 03:22 PM

LATEST:

MySpace Alert, Paula. Nick's got a whole new bunch of Top Friends again! Must have changed today.:angry:

scotpaulabear

26-07-2008, 04:24 PM

Thanks, fixed it already. No idea what happened - when I pressed 'save' it went back to the old configuration. AARGH.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, anyone pm or email me if you see this so I can fix it ASAP...

telemonster

26-07-2008, 04:54 PM

hi,

there's a far superior alternative to myspaz if you're bothered. same sort of thing but works better-probably cos it's less 'popular'.

here's the link:http://virb.com/

like i say-if you're bothered....:thumbup1:

scotpaulabear

26-07-2008, 05:03 PM

Thanks, I'll have a look :biggrin:

telemonster

26-07-2008, 05:06 PM

hi,

can you not set it so that people can only put text in the comments, rather that big adverts for their upcoming gigs or whatever? disable html or something...?

agree it can get ridiculous with all the crap some people put in there. it says 'comments' after all!

telemonster

26-07-2008, 05:09 PM

you're very welcome!

so it's you that does the myspace page thing, then...?

scotpaulabear

26-07-2008, 08:07 PM

It's helpful to have images in the comments sometimes - people have posted cool pics and flyers for gigs, so we just monitor that. Personally I don't think it's too bad to let people have a chance to talk up a gig... just in case Nick wanted to do the same some day!

And it's Nick's page but I help out... :biggrin:

HarperPR

27-07-2008, 11:40 PM

hi,

there's a far superior alternative to myspaz if you're bothered. same sort of thing but works better-probably cos it's less 'popular'.

here's the link:http://virb.com/

Not ANOTHER one! They seem to be springing up every few months. I still think MySpace is about the best and most accessible. Even then I resisted it for a long time. Now I'd find it hard to give up as a good 70% at least of my work and contact links come via that. But it DOES take up an awful amount of time.

telemonster

28-07-2008, 10:05 AM

Linda

28-07-2008, 06:56 PM

fair enough. i can understand not wanting to start up from nothing with another site, especially when you've built up a big network and all that....

but virb IS better!

and let's not even start on bloomin facebook:cursing:

I'd be interested to know your opinion of why virb is better please Telemonster.
Always looking for new things. Like Pauls recommendation of FireFox - brilliant - much faster and more reliable than IE.
:)

telemonster

29-07-2008, 06:58 AM

I'd be interested to know your opinion of why virb is better please Telemonster.
Always looking for new things. Like Pauls recommendation of FireFox - brilliant - much faster and more reliable than IE.
:)

hi linda,

even i spend more time on myspace than virb, mainly for the keeping up with 'friends' stuff. but if i'm looking for music, new bands-then it's virb. also, the music player seems to play better than the myspace one. and i like the way it looks. it 'feels' a bit more 'grown up'...

but if everyone you know is on myspace, then i guess there's a case for myspace... i just find it a bit slow...:nopity:

SHAUN I

30-07-2008, 04:45 AM

Sometimes it is annoying when bands etc. send unwanted posters concerning upcoming gigs, but there is an option to disable HTML and also to approve comments, I for one spend a lot of time on Myspace and have made some good friends on there that I exchange rare music and DVD's with and also visit, it's great to share a likeminded interest in specialised music not everyone appreciates (i.e for me Harper/Zappa etc.)
I don't seem to have encountered any problems with the speed on Myspace.

Shaun.

P.S. will check it out though,

Marcie

30-07-2008, 12:54 PM

I met Paul, my music (and now life) partner through MySpace, and it will always have a special place in my heart because of that. In addition, there is so much amazing music that I would not have discovered had it not been for MySpace.

I agree, MySpace can be a bit slow at times, but I find that happens from time to time with other sites I belong to (such as Facebook and Tribe.net). I'm sure all of these platforms are good, but it's just a question of what we want to achieve through using them.

HarperPR

30-07-2008, 12:57 PM

Sometimes it is annoying when bands etc. send unwanted posters

Yeah, especially when they're Zappa ones and sent to a Zappa hater!:biggrin::smash::smash: Only joking, Shaun!:wink: I did bar the big comments/posters etc, but then found that some of the promoters and festival organisers I am working with, and from whom I DID want a poster, couldn't put them up, so.....had to change. But if I get any rubbish I just delete them.

HarperPR

30-07-2008, 01:01 PM

I met Paul, my music (and now life) partner through MySpace, and it will always have a special place in my heart because of that. In addition, there is so much amazing music that I would not have discovered had it not been for MySpace.

That's true. I usually refer to MySpace friends as my faux friends because they're not really friends in that same sense, and most just want PR help, in my case! But that said, yes, I have got to know a whole huge bunch of fantastic people I would never have come into contact with otherwise through it. Even had a proposal and an offer to move to Nashville - bloody 'ell, there of all places, ha! And, what's worrying, I think he's serious.:blushing::closedeyes:

aspwatterson

30-07-2008, 01:04 PM

That's true. I usually refer to MySpace friends as my faux friends because they're not really friends in that same sense, and most just want PR help, in my case! But that said, yes, I have got to know a whole huge bunch of fantastic people I would never have come into contact with otherwise through it. Even had a proposal and an offer to move to Nashville - bloody 'ell, there of all places, ha! And, what's worrying, I think he's serious.:blushing::closedeyes:

I'll look after you in this maze of roundabouts and concrete. Much better than Nashville...

Yours seriously
andi [proposal in the post with flowers]

30-07-2008, 01:05 PM

Even had a proposal and an offer to move to Nashville - bloody 'ell, there of all places, ha! And, what's worrying, I think he's serious.:blushing::closedeyes:
You know, I have the strangest feeling I may even know who this is...

I've found it a useful tool for the podcast promotion but I wouldn't bother with it for personal stuff. I used to like facebook (or faceache as Paula calls it) but I'm very tired of that too.

HarperPR

30-07-2008, 01:14 PM

You know, I have the strangest feeling I may even know who this is...

A King of Leon?:wink: I wish!:D

telemonster

30-07-2008, 03:51 PM

scotpaulabear

31-07-2008, 08:51 AM

Wow, chill out okay? We don't all have to love the same things, nobody's saying you have to even like Myspace. I would have thought sharing differing opinions is a good thing...

critch

31-07-2008, 09:03 AM

Wow, chill out okay? We don't all have to love the same things, nobody's saying you have to even like Myspace. I would have thought sharing differing opinions is a good thing...

Agreed. It's not about which site works best, or quickest or has the most or least spam, it's about communicating with people. Everyone who is a fan knows the sites. Great. Anyone who isn't but see's him and looks him up will almost certainly try myspace. And then, it's done its job. As long as it looks loved and tidy, no probs. And paula, you do a great job of that. *hugs*

telemonster

31-07-2008, 10:29 AM

i keep forgetting you people don't know me and are likely to mis-interpret some of what i say...!
people who know me know that sometimes i 'just say stuff'!

HarperPR

06-08-2008, 07:59 PM

I'll look after you in this maze of roundabouts and concrete. Much better than Nashville...

Yours seriously
andi [proposal in the post with flowers]

Aw, thank you my chivalrous knight of the roundabouts.:blushing:

I have been to Basingstoke - only passing through though.

PS flowers haven't arrived yet.:D

HarperPR

06-08-2008, 08:05 PM

Nick's friends have changed again on MySpace, btw.:confused1:

Maybe it's a more common phenomenon than we realise? I know it seems to happen a lot to Dreadzone too. Greg sent a funny note the other week about his new bunch of 'strange random friends' that had appeared.:biggrin:

HarperPR

13-08-2008, 04:29 PM

Paula, you may want to check Nick's page...! Changed within last few hours. Duffy is his No 1 friend now! I don't know if 'Tom' knows about this gremlin in the Spaceworks, but Dreadzone's went again too the other day, so must be a semi-regular happening to people.

HarperPR

08-11-2008, 01:43 PM

Same as above - as of early evening yesterday!:(

Travellerman

08-11-2008, 05:08 PM

Are the settings set to 'randomize' the friends every time the page refreshes? This is one of the options available, unless it's turned it off.

Just a thought....:biggrin:

scotpaulabear

08-11-2008, 07:51 PM

No, it's just ****e. It actually corrects itself if you go in and save it again. Discovered that the last bloody time.

And thanks for emailing me like I asked previously, rather than posting *sigh*

Travellerman

08-11-2008, 08:17 PM

No, it's just ****e. It actually corrects itself if you go in and save it again. Discovered that the last bloody time.

And thanks for emailing me like I asked previously, rather than posting *sigh*

Well, if I'd worked my way through 7 pages I might have seen that post, but as I came in on page 7.... *sigh* try and lend a hand and what do you get...

HarperPR

08-11-2008, 08:32 PM

Well, if I'd worked my way through 7 pages I might have seen that post, but as I came in on page 7.... *sigh* try and lend a hand and what do you get...

I agree, Trav, but I think it was *sigh* rathermore directed at me *sigh*. :wink:

dim

03-02-2009, 12:08 PM

has that myspace discussion nick place died a death.. nothing happened there since last summer...

makes it look like he has no fans.. :(