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Explore artist and friend recommendations: Tap Ping (tap More first, if Ping isn’t visible) to find out what’s new from your favorite artists or see what music your friends are excited about. For information, see the following section, “Connecting with Artists and Friends.”

Following Artists and Friends

Use iTunes Ping to connect with the world’s most passionate music fans. Follow favorite artists to learn about new releases and upcoming concerts and tours, get an insider’s perspective through their photos and videos, and learn about their musical influences. Read friends’ comments about the music they’re listening to, and see what they’re buying and which concerts they plan to attend. Finally, express your musical likes and post comments for your own followers.

To create and explore musical connections, you need to create a profile.

Create your iTunes Ping profile: Open the iTunes application on your Mac or PC, click Ping, and follow the onscreen instructions.

Explore iTunes Ping on your iPod touch: Open the iTunes app, tap Ping (tap More first, if Ping isn’t visible), then:

ÂÂ Tap Activity to see the latest from and about the people you follow. Updates include purchases, reviews, likes, comments, and posts.

ÂÂ Tap People to see who you’re following and who is following you.

ÂÂ Tap My Profile to review your profile information.

Follow an artist: On any album page, tap Artist Profile. On the artist’s profile page, tap Follow.

Follow a friend: Choose your starting group of friends when you set up your profile using iTunes on your Mac or PC. After that, you can follow friends of friends using Ping on iPod touch. Go to your profile page, tap People I Follow, then tap a name. When their profile appears, you can tap to see who they’re following or who is following them. If you find someone interesting, tap Follow on their profile page.

When you follow someone, they don’t automatically follow you. In your profile you can choose to approve or decline follow requests as they arrive, or simply accept all new followers without review (the default).

Share your thoughts: As you browse albums and songs, tap Post to comment on a piece of music or tap Like just to say you like it. Your friends will see your thoughts in their iTunes Ping Activity feed.

Share concert plans: Tap Concerts on your profile page to see upcoming performances by the artists you follow, and see which of your friends are going to a show. Tap Tickets to buy your own ticket, or tap I’m Going to let others know you’ll be there too.

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