Facebook Presence as a Professional Solo Musician

I'm a professional musician and currently have the following social media setup:

Facebook Profile: My Name (@myname)
Facebook Page: My Name Music (@mynamemusic)
Instagram: My Name (@myname)

Over the years, I've gradually stopped sharing personal content on my Facebook Profile and now pretty much exclusively post music-related content on my Facebook Page.

However, as my music career continues to grow, I'd really like to simplify things and have just one Facebook presence, much like I do with Instagram. Ideally, I'd also like to have consistent usernames across both platforms.

In an ideal world, Meta would allow you to merge a Profile and a Page into one entity, but unfortunately that's not currently an option.

So I'm wondering whether I should:

Option 1: Keep things as they are, with a personal Profile and a separate music Page.

Option 2: Switch my personal Profile to Professional Mode, use that as my main music presence, and eventually close the Music Page.

The main thing holding me back from Option 2 is that I'd lose years of content from my Music Page, including photos, videos and posts that I'd really like to preserve. I also don't want to lose the audience I've built there.

Has anyone made this switch? Is Professional Mode a genuinely good alternative to running a Facebook Page as a professional musician?

I'd particularly appreciate hearing from anyone who's consolidated their Facebook presence in this way, and whether they've regretted it or found it a better way of managing their social media.

What would you do in my position?

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farman68•about 6 hours ago•1

I'd keep the Page. It holds your archive and the people who chose to follow your music, and closing it loses both. To make it feel like one presence, link Instagram to the Page in Accounts Center. Turn on auto sharing so each post lands in both places. Then set the personal profile to friends only and pin a post there pointing to the Page.

avacollins0207•about 8 hours ago•1

If you try Professional Mode, keep the Page available as an archive first. Leave a clear notice about where new music updates will appear, then publish in one place. That separates simplifying your posting from deciding whether to close years of history.

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