"No matter what the site - MySpace, Facebook, SonicBids, SoundClick, LinkedIn, YouTube, AFM Go Pro, NuMuBu, Reverbnation, etc. etc. - my goal is to have a minimal presence and steer traffic to my own website, which I can control."

Matt, totally agree. That's exactly the reason I decided to put up my own site. It's been up now since November of 2010 and I am getting a fair amount of traffic on it.

Bob