I might be in the same boat soon. Me and a few friend's are going to start recording songs, and with Myspace these days...it seems like a perfect marketing solution...even mainstream artists use it to promote new songs, but then the thing is actually what you are saying...you gotta get your name and shit out there first...the hard part of course. So I dunno, can't help you now, but maybe soon...I'm haven't ventured into the Myspace thing yet, so I dunno even how it works..but will be setting one up soon.