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Thanks to the many social networking sites that are now available, it is easy for musicians to communicate with their audience and vice versa. Before the likes of MySpace, Facebook and Bebo fans had no quick way of getting messages to their favourite artist. The only way was probably a letter or an email but the chances of them to respond were quite unlikely.

But this has all changed recently. Musicians all have their own websites, many have their own blogs and have profiles on most social networking sites. This gives the fans the opportunity to directly ask their favourite musician questions, find out where in the world they are and also gives the fans the chance to buy their latest song or album (or at least direct them to a site where they can). This also allows the musicians to keep their fans informed of what they are currently doing etc.

As an example of how musicians are using social media I shall take a look at which sites Lily Allen is using. Lily was one of the first artists to use MySpace and see success from the site. The tracks she posted attracted many listens so much so that The Observer Music Monthly took interest and wrote an article about her MySpace tracks. Over the next few years Lily became a success and went on to realise two albums Alright, Still and It’s not me, It’s you. Lily still has her famous MySpace page complete with her blog. You can follow Lily on Twitter, @lilyroseallen, you can become a fan on Bebo and Facebook, you can watch all her music videos on her YouTube channel and you can listen to her tracks and other artists like her on her LastFM account. Then on top of all this Lily has her own website you can visit.

Here is ‘The Fear’ taken from Lily’s latest album, this is not the radio edit so please be careful!