Facebook is not like MySpace … you can’t set your profile on a Musician mode… However, you can make a a public profile on Facebook and then create a Page and a Group on Facebook but you have to sign up first..
Create a page :
To create a page click on this link, after you sign in to your Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php
Create a Group
To Create a group click on this link after you sign in:
http://www.new.facebook.com/groups/create.php
1) Create a Band / Artist Profile
Go Here: http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/create.php
2) click on the third button down, it will say: Artist, Band, or Public Figure
3) Select Band or Musician After you select it, a pull down menu will pop up. Select band it if you are a band, or musician if you play solo or want to create a solo-page (you can create as many as you want so you can create one for you and one for your band).
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Facebook Pages vs. User Profiles
Anyone using Facebook has an individual user profile to navigate the site and communicate with friends, family and colleagues. For your protection, your personal log-in information should never be shared. After logging in to your user profile, you can create and administer a Facebook Page for your business—and you can easily invite colleagues to manage it with you. The differences between user profiles and Facebook Pages help you protect your own privacy as a user while maximizing publicity for your business:
1) Facebook Pages are visible to everyone
Even people who aren’t logged in to Facebook can see Facebook Pages. A user profile, on the other hand, can only be seen by the user’s friends and others in her networks.
2) Facebook Pages can have an unlimited number of fans
Regular users can have up to 5,000 friends.
3) Users can automatically support your Facebook Page without confirmation
User profiles have to approve all incoming friend requests.
4) You can send Updates to all your fans
User profiles cannot message all their friends at once.
Although a person could never use a Facebook Page as the primary way to navigate Facebook (for instance, a Facebook Page can’t join Groups or attend events), Facebook Pages are the perfect solution for businesses, bands, films, sports teams, and other organizations seeking to reach Facebook’s more than 70 million active users.
Getting Started
If you don’t yet have one, the first step is to create a free user profile. Go to facebook.com and click “Sign Up.” You’ll fill out some basic information, receive a Facebook Pages The Insider’s Guide 7
confirmation email, and click the link in the e-mail—congratulations! You now have a Facebook user profile.
To create a Facebook Page, go to facebook.com/pages/create.php. Type the name of the Page exactly as you want it to appear and as you think users will search for it. You won’t be able to change the name later.
Select the category that’s best for your business. Selecting the correct Page type will make the features of the Page more relevant, so avoid using “Other” unless there’s truly no good alternative.
Now you just need to add content and publish your Page.
4) Enter Your Name Name your page and select create page. You are now off to the races!
The rest is pretty self-explanatory – you will upload your photo for your main user icon, your bio, band members and photos and details.
5) To Create a group click on this link after you sign in:
http://www.new.facebook.com/groups/create.php
