MusicianForest.com - Connect with Other Local Musicians

Musician Forest is an online music community that lets users meet other musicians in their area. With this network, members can share their music and style, join a band, search for new band members, find musicians to jam with, and stay in touch with local musicians. Users create their own profiles, specifying what instruments they play, whether they are an independent musician or in a band, and what genres they’re into. Photos and more detailed information can be added to the profiles to further enhance them. From there, users can search other users, add friends, and make their connections within this online music forum.

• “Our first step has been creating a social networking site for musicians and bands to use as a home-base for finding one another. Musician Forest is owned and operated by musicians in Portland, Oregon (aka Hippieville, USA). Since we're all musicians, we figured we'd have a basic understanding of musicians' needs, but we're always open to suggestions."

Musician Forest is based on a great concept of connecting local musicians in one central location. However, as of the now, the site is minimal. The graphics and general appearance are basic, and the functions of the site are simple. If the site were to be further developed and possibly linked with other networks, it could grow to be a very successful network.

What existing social networks can be linked with? What can be done to the site enhance the appearance? What other features can be developed to enhance the functionality of the site?