gwrn : Message: August 2001 Monthly Update

AUGUST 2001 MONTHLY UPDATE (yes, there was no July update)

Hello, and welcome to the August 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
2) RECENT AND UPCOMING INTERVIEWS*
3) UPCOMING DEADLINES*
4) GWRN WRITER APPEARANCES
5) WEBSITE UPDATES*
6) GWRN MP3 STATIONS* (two new stations 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 (Standard Every-Month Note -- Nothing New)

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.

Anyway, thanks again for reading your monthly update.

Cheers!
Geoff Wilbur, publisher
Geoff Wilbur's Renegade Newsletter
geoff@...

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2) RECENT AND UPCOMING INTERVIEWS

Interviews with 8 Mile Bend and Blackwater appeared in the Summer Country Music Industry Edition.

Interviews with Hello Dave, Kat Parsons, Chelsea Genzno, and The Rosenbergs have been completed for the August Industry Edition.

Interviews with Spineshank and Ice Age have been completed for the Summer/Fall Online Edition. (Yes, I know, the Spring issue isn't even up yet, which is why I'm holding off on the next one 'til fall -- I'll let you know in an e-mail update when I've got it up; I sent the Spring issue off to our web people a couple months ago.)

An interview with Julie Dunlap has been completed for the Fall Country Music Industry Edition.

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3) UPCOMING DEADLINES

Upcoming advertising deadlines are:

Fall 2001 Country Music Industry Edition -- September 8, 2001
November 2001 Industry Edition -- October 31, 2001
Winter 2001/02 Country Music Industry Edition -- December 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.

*** No, the Spring 2001 Online Edition is not yet up. We hope it will be online soon. ***

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.

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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 Fall 2000 Country Music Industry Edition:
http://www.mp3.com/stations/gwrnfall00country

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

GWRN February 2001 Industry Edition:
http://www.mp3.com/stations/gwrn0201

GWRN Spring 2001 Country Music Industry Edition:
http://www.mp3.com/stations/gwrnspring01country

GWRN May 2001 Industry Edition:
http://www.mp3.com/stations/gwrn0501

* GWRN Summer 2001 Country Music Industry Edition:
http://www.mp3.com/stations/gwrnsummer01country

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.

***

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 (12/16/00)
Music Publications Chart -- #19 (6/3/01)
Classical Chart -- #34 (6/3/01)

Indie Rock Station:
Print Media Chart -- #4 (12/24/00)
Music Publications Chart -- #59 (1/23/01)

Fall 2000 Country Music Industry Edition:
Print Media Chart -- #9 (7/23/01)
Music Publications Chart -- #58 (7/23/01)
Country Chart -- #96 (7/23/01)

November 2000 Industry Edition:
Print Media Chart -- #8 (3/11/01)
Music Publications Chart -- #39 (3/11/01)
Music Reviews Chart -- #127 (3/11/01)

Winter 2000/01 Country Music Industry Edition:
Print Media Chart -- #3 (1/30/01)
Music Publications Chart -- #41 (1/30/01)
Country Chart -- #62 (3/8/01)

February 2001 Industry Edition:
Print Media Chart -- #7 (3/14/01)
Music Publications Chart -- #37 (3/14/01)
Music Reviews Chart -- #139 (5/23/01)

Spring 2001 Country Music Industry Edition:
Print Media Chart -- #4 (6/16/01)
Music Publications Chart -- #22 (6/4/01)
Country Chart -- #48 (6/4/01)

May 2001 Industry Edition:
Print Media Chart -- #3 (7/29/01)
Music Publications Chart -- #29 (6/3/01)
Music Reviews Chart -- #60 (6/11/01)

Summer 2001 Country Music Industry Edition:
Print Media Chart -- #5 (7/22 & 7/28/01)
Music Publications Chart -- #42 (7/22/01)
Country Chart -- #60 (7/22/01)

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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

E-mail: geoff@...
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

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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@...)

San Francisco/Oakland, CA Dan Killoran (DansTunes@...)

New Haven, CT Bobby Torres
(rtorres@...)

Boston, MA Jordan Tishler (jt@...)

Worcester, MA Domingo Guyton (DMingoG@...)

Detroit, MI               Amanda Hanlin (achanlin@...)
                          Eric Harabadian (Harab1@...)
                          Kelly Shellhaas (punkteacher@...)

Lansing, MI               Shane Copher (LEADHEAD69@...)
                          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@...)

New York, NY              MikeSOS (mikesos1@...)
                          Lauren Faccidomo
                          (the_reviewer@...)
                          Pam West (pimpamjam@...)

Cleveland, OH Mike Farley (MFARL@...)

Columbus, OH Ryan Langhurst (ryan@...)

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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