One of the few good things about MySpace is the promotion that it can give musicians. Independent artists and bands promote themselves via MySpace. It's time we produce an open source version. And OPML is here to do it. 
On the right hand side, I've got a Grazr box, which links through to the websites of a handful of (mostly) independent artists.
This could quite easily replicate the functionality that MySpace is providing for artists.
It requires Grazr to simply tweak the rendering process for OPML.
We need a method by which if one links to an MP3 in an outline, it'll bring up a flash player, as it does for podcasts.
That way, artists can produce a static set of songs in an OPML feed, with other material (including links to buy songs, links to RSS feeds for gigs and to their website).
This is a far less obnoxious way of implementing what MySpace has for bands. An OPML band for each musician with MP3s built in! Come on, we need this in Grazr!
Then we could use technology similar to Share Your OPML to aggregate music tastes. Perhaps share.opml.org/music...
The Internet is here to free us from the horrible taste of record executives. Let's not waste that freedom on the horrible design of MySpace.
