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JUNE 2001 MONTHLY UPDATE
Hello, and welcome to the June 2001 Geoff Wilbur's Renegade Newsletter Update. The purpose of this monthly e-mail is to keep you informed about the goings-on at Geoff Wilbur's Renegade Newsletter.
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SECTIONS:
1) PUBLISHER'S NOTE (including review policies)*
2) RECENT AND UPCOMING INTERVIEWS*
3) UPCOMING DEADLINES*
4) GWRN WRITER APPEARANCES
5) WEBSITE UPDATES
6) GWRN MP3 STATIONS* (one new station added)
7) GWRN CONTACT INFORMATION
8) GWRN WRITERS' E-MAIL ADDRESSES -- INVITE A WRITER TO A SHOW*
9) MISCELLANEOUS OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
2) RECENT AND UPCOMING INTERVIEWS*
3) UPCOMING DEADLINES*
4) GWRN WRITER APPEARANCES
5) WEBSITE UPDATES
6) GWRN MP3 STATIONS* (one new station added)
7) GWRN CONTACT INFORMATION
8) GWRN WRITERS' E-MAIL ADDRESSES -- INVITE A WRITER TO A SHOW*
9) MISCELLANEOUS OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
* sections with new information since the last monthly update
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1) PUBLISHER'S NOTE
Part A: Standard Every-Month Portion
If you're new to a yahoogroups mailing list, try checking out the GWRN area at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gwrn -- there, you can read past monthly updates. In the "Files" area, I've uploaded all the Advertising rate and deadline information. I've also put all the pertinent Renegade website links in the links area. And I have placed a few upcoming dates of interest on the calendar.
As always, thanks again for reading our monthly mailing. This monthly update ensures that, once a month, you'll always have the latest Geoff Wilbur's Renegade Newsletter information at your fingertips. And if your e-mailbox is as full as mine, you'll be glad we only send the update once a month rather than more often.
Part B: Special Text This Month -- How Reviews Happen/Time Frames
To those of you thinking about e-mailing me to ask "when will my review be running?", please don't. I have a day job and publish GWRN in the evenings and on weekends, and already spend far too much of the limited time I can devote to the publication answering such inquiries. I'd like to respond to everyone's e-mail, but if I responded to them all, I'd never have any time to actually publish the Renegade, so I often pass over the "when will the review run?" e-mails in favor of other, more substantive e-mails.
Here's the scoop: We always intend to review all CDs sent our way -- and do review almost all CDs with only a few exceptions (resulting from writer turnover, reviews deemed unfit for publication, and/or the occasional misplaced or lost-in-the-mail CD). Typically, reviews run 2-8 months after receipt of an album -- the range is a result of writing turnarounds and the fact that there's limited space (which can vary dramatically from issue to issue, depending on ad revenue) and, when a review gets bumped to the next issue, that "next" quarterly issue is 3 months away.
You might wonder, why can't I tell you just where your review is in the supply chain? For one thing, on our internal records the CDs are listed by writer, not by band, so I'd have to page through all my writers outstanding CDs to find yours. So why do I keep the records this way? Because it makes it easier for me to tell my writers what CD reviews I'm still expecting from them. It's more efficient for publishing the magazine, even if it makes it difficult-to-impossible to respond easily to inquiries from individual bands or publicists. Besides, even quick answers to several e-mails each week take time... time I need to spend publishing the magazine and talking to those of you who want to discuss advertising and promotional activities that'll keep us around to help get the word out within the music industry (or, if you're a signed band, to the public via the website) about your (and other bands') recordings for years to come.
So, while I'd love to answer everyone's e-mail about anything you want to know, I've tried it before, and the result is that it becomes impossible to find time to produce the magazine under those circumstances.
I've gotten a lot of inquiries about our publishing process, so I thought you might like that little bit of insight.
Anyway, thanks again for reading your monthly update.
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2) RECENT AND UPCOMING INTERVIEWS
Interviews with Peter Cor, Zak Rizvi, Brian Perry, The Fusionauts, Gerald Bair, and Davey Pattison appeared in the May Industry Edition.
An interview with 8 Mile Bend has been completed for the Summer Country Music Industry Edition.
Interviews with Spineshank and Ice Age have been completed for the Summer Online Edition. (Yes, I know, the Spring Edition isn't even up yet -- I'll let you know in an e-mail update when I've got it up; I JUST sent it off to our web people tonight!)
An interview with Hello Dave has been completed for the August Industry Edition.
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3) UPCOMING DEADLINES
Upcoming advertising deadlines are:
Summer 2001 Country Music Industry Edition -- June 15, 2001
August 2001 Industry Edition -- July 31, 2001
Fall 2001 Country Music Industry Edition -- September 8, 2001
August 2001 Industry Edition -- July 31, 2001
Fall 2001 Country Music Industry Edition -- September 8, 2001
Advertising rates are as low as $75 (1/4 page) for the Industry Edition and $60 (1/4 page) for the Country Music Industry Edition. Full advertising rate information is available at http://www.geoffwilbur.com -- click on Industry Edition or Country Music Industry Edition ad rates link, depending on your interest.
Send an e-mail to geoff@... with your e-mail and/or phone number if you want to be contacted with more information about advertising in any of these upcoming issues.
To check out upcoming ad rates and deadlines, you can also go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gwrn/files on the Yahoo! Groups website.
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4) RENEGADE WRITER APPEARANCES
Whenever a Renegade writer is firmly scheduled to attend at a local live show or other event and invites you to say hello (and/or personally deliver a press kit if you'd like), you'll read about it in this section.
Several Renegade writers are musicians. You may wish to attend a writer's gig and use it as an opportunity to network with that writer.
Check your local listings for upcoming shows by Renegade writers and their bands; they are Pamela West, Chain Reaction (Eric Harabadian), Divinesnapperkings (Kevin Hurrell), Saje (Steven Haidaichuk), SOS (MikeSOS), Jane Wallace (Vic Gemmingen), Mike Farley, Flint Michigan (Dennis Katsanis), Sin Embargo (Kyle Kipp), Fulbone (Ryan Langhurst), and Mingo (Domingo Guyton).
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5) WEBSITE UPDATES
The GWRN website at http://membrane.com/renegade contains articles from the Street Edition of Geoff Wilbur's Renegade Newsletter, plus additional reviews for which there was not enough space in the print edition.
The December 2000 Street Edition has been placed online as Winter 2000/2001. (As a special bonus, this online issue also includes articles from the November 2000 Industry Edition.) You can reach it by clicking on the GWRN home page at http://membrane.com/renegade, or you can go directly to the Winter issue at http://membrane.com/renegade/win2001/index.html.
Also, please feel free to use the extensive bookmarks (including many music and music industry ones) compiled by the GWRN publisher. You can find those online at http://www.blink.com/members/gwilbur. Maybe I've found some sites that could be helpful to you -- and I'm adding more folders of bookmarks all the time as I clean up my lists.
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6) GWRN MP3 STATIONS
Hopefully, some of you checked out our MP3 stations. As you know (if you read past updates), we are now putting together a radio station for each specific industry edition, featuring one song for each band covered in each issue, including advertisers. (Of course, this is limited to bands with songs available via MP3.com.) When that coverage is a review or a small news item, that text is included, too. But don't take my word for it -- see for yourself:
GWRN November 2000 Industry Edition: http://www.mp3.com/stations/gwrn1100
GWRN Winter 2000/01 Country Music Industry Edition:
http://www.mp3.com/stations/gwrnwinter01country
http://www.mp3.com/stations/gwrnwinter01country
GWRN February 2001 Industry Edition:
http://www.mp3.com/stations/gwrn0201
http://www.mp3.com/stations/gwrn0201
GWRN Spring 2001 Country Music Industry Edition:
http://www.mp3.com/stations/gwrnspring01country
http://www.mp3.com/stations/gwrnspring01country
* GWRN May 2001 Industry Edition:
http://www.mp3.com/stations/gwrn0501
http://www.mp3.com/stations/gwrn0501
GWRN Classical Station (favorites of the publisher): http://www.mp3.com/stations/gwrnclassical
GWRN Indie Rock Station (bands covered in past issues): http://www.mp3.com/stations/gwrnindierock
I hope you enjoy them -- as I noted before, I hope to make MP3 radio stations a regular feature for the industry editions, assuming MP3.com continues to allow its users to create stations.
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Also, thanks to those who've already checked out our stations, including those who've happened to notice our single-edition stations were online. Their highest charting positions (that I've noticed) so far have been:
Classical Station:
Print Media Chart -- #2 (12/16)
Music Publications Chart -- #19 (6/3)
Classical Chart -- #34 (6/3)
Print Media Chart -- #2 (12/16)
Music Publications Chart -- #19 (6/3)
Classical Chart -- #34 (6/3)
Indie Rock Station:
Print Media Chart -- #4 (12/24)
Music Publications Chart -- #59 (1/23)
Print Media Chart -- #4 (12/24)
Music Publications Chart -- #59 (1/23)
November 2000 Industry Edition:
Print Media Chart -- #8 (3/11)
Music Publications Chart -- #39 (3/11)
Music Reviews Chart -- #127 (3/11)
Print Media Chart -- #8 (3/11)
Music Publications Chart -- #39 (3/11)
Music Reviews Chart -- #127 (3/11)
Winter 2000/01 Country Music Industry Edition:
Print Media Chart -- #3 (1/30)
Music Publications Chart -- #41 (1/30)
Country Chart -- #62 (3/8)
Print Media Chart -- #3 (1/30)
Music Publications Chart -- #41 (1/30)
Country Chart -- #62 (3/8)
February 2001 Industry Edition:
Print Media Chart -- #7 (3/14)
Music Publications Chart -- #37 (3/14)
Music Reviews Chart -- #139 (5/23)
Print Media Chart -- #7 (3/14)
Music Publications Chart -- #37 (3/14)
Music Reviews Chart -- #139 (5/23)
Spring 2001 Country Music Industry Edition:
Print Media Chart -- #6 (5/21)
Music Publications Chart -- #27 (5/21)
Country Chart -- #59 (5/21)
Print Media Chart -- #6 (5/21)
Music Publications Chart -- #27 (5/21)
Country Chart -- #59 (5/21)
May 2001 Industry Edition:
Print Media Chart -- #7 (5/30)
Music Publications Chart -- #29 (6/3)
Music Reviews Chart -- #84 (6/3)
Print Media Chart -- #7 (5/30)
Music Publications Chart -- #29 (6/3)
Music Reviews Chart -- #84 (6/3)
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7) RENEGADE CONTACT INFORMATION
The current contact information for Geoff Wilbur's Renegade Newsletter is:
Geoff Wilbur's Renegade Newsletter
P.M.B. 449
580 Thames Street
Newport, RI 02840
P.M.B. 449
580 Thames Street
Newport, RI 02840
E-mail: geoff@...
FAX: (208) 247-2170
FAX: (208) 247-2170
We accept discs and tapes of all musical styles for review.
Website: http://membrane.com/renegade
Subscribe by check by printing out a Renegade Printable Subscription Form at:
http://membrane.com/renegade/win2001/printsub.html
http://membrane.com/renegade/win2001/printsub.html
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8) RENEGADE WRITERS' E-MAIL ADDRESSES -- INVITE A WRITER TO A SHOW
Following is a city-by-city list (alphabetized by state, then city) of Renegade writers with e-mail addresses. If your band (or a band you represent) is performing near one of our writers, please contact that writer directly to invite him/her out to the show. Each writer has the authority to decide to cover a show without receiving prior permission from the publisher. Please keep in mind that all of our writers have other jobs. Depending on their other commitments, some are more likely than others to be able to cover shows, though they'll all appreciate the opportunity. NOTE: a "*" following the e-mail address denotes that the address has changed since the last monthly update.
CITY WRITER (E-MAIL ADDRESS)
Los Angeles, CA Dan MacIntosh (ibdanmac@...)
Los Angeles, CA Dan MacIntosh (ibdanmac@...)
San Francisco/Oakland, CA Dan Killoran (DansTunes@...)
New Haven, CT Bobby Torres
(rtorres@...)
(rtorres@...)
Boston, MA Jordan Tishler (jt@...)
Worcester, MA Domingo Guyton (DMingoG@...)
Detroit, MI Amanda Hanlin (achanlin@...)*
Eric Harabadian (Harab1@...)
Kelly Shellhaas (punkteacher@...)
Eric Harabadian (Harab1@...)
Kelly Shellhaas (punkteacher@...)
Lansing, MI Shane Copher (LEADHEAD69@...)
Kevin Hurrell (hurrellk@...)
Patrick Ondrus (Ondruspat@...)
Kevin Hurrell (hurrellk@...)
Patrick Ondrus (Ondruspat@...)
Lapeer, MI Kyle Kipp (sinembargo@...)
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN Diane Anderson (Rockerlove@...)
St. Louis, MO Vic Gemmingen (vic@...)
Southern New Hampshire Steven Haidaichuk (saje@...)
New Jersey Dennis Katsanis (katbro@...)
Cleveland, OH Mike Farley (MFARL@...)
Columbus, OH Ryan Langhurst (ryan@...)***
*** NOTE: Ryan will be in the BOSTON/PROVIDENCE area June 7-17. If you would like to invite him to a show during his visit to the area, please e-mail him. ***
Central PA Al Slavicsky (alslavicsky@...)
Newport, RI Geoff Wilbur (geoff@...)
Hamilton, Ontario Joe Szilvagyi (zagatto@...)
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9) MISCELLANEOUS OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
We accept CDs and cassettes of all musical styles for review. Please send one or two copies to the address in Item 7 above.
We're always looking for more writers. Writing positions at GWRN are unpaid, though the perks are great. If you or a writer you know would like to cover your local music scene for Geoff Wilbur's Renegade Newsletter, please direct an inquiry to Geoff Wilbur at geoff@....
Thanks again for reading yet another monthly update. As the months pass, watch for improvements and additions. Feel free to make suggestions. And hey, go to http://membrane.com/renegade/win2001/printsub.html, print out the form, and sign up to get yourself a subscription to your favorite edition.
And hey, for those of you who are really curious, go ahead and check out the really-basic, so-far-quite-lame home page I've set up at http://www.geoffwilbur.com. There may be more useful information up there later (once the Renegade's back on schedule), but for now, I'm using that time for the newsletter rather than a personal home page.
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