Greetings fellow musicians and music fans!



For those of you who may remember, last year I wrote an article for
Underground Beat Online on the impact of the Internet Independent music
movement and its effect on the music industry. As you may or may not
recall, I got a lot of mixed responses from those I interviewed. Here's the
article to refresh your memory (click on October 2003):



http://www.undergroundbeatonline.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi?cat=home
<http://www.undergroundbeatonline.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi?cat=home&page=editor
ials> &page=editorials



Anyway, I got my confirmation while reading the May 17 edition of Newsweek.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4933394 In an article titled "Rock's Big
Bounce" is the first written acknowledgement of the Independent music scene
and the Internet stands front and center as the source of it all. Musicans
have been able to garner a much larger audience using the internet. For
example, I have fans as far away as Japan and I have more fans in New York
and Pennsylvania than I do in my home here in Spokane, Washington!



The article, written by Newsweek staff writer Devin Gordon, says "After a
grim decade, the rock scene is producing music--lots of it--that's worth
getting on a plane to hear. And better still, people are buying it."



The article also states, "Now, thanks in part to file-sharing and
iPods...it's hard to get through the week without making a find."



According to this article, MTV has begun loading indie videos into their
playlist, so those of you who have videos--find a way to contact MTV!



The bottom line is we are starting to gain attention to what we do because
of what we do and there's no way this is gong to stop anytime soon. With
thousands of acts to choose from, I can't see attention being drawn away
from the Internet anytime soon like Seattle, Boston, or Manchester "scenes"
were. This is a fluid, ever-changing environment and you can't see it all in
one day. Ladies and gentelmen, we have arrived!



Have a great day--I know I will!



Chris Nelson

Guitarist, Fishkill

www.geocities.com/fishkillmusic





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