Hello, and welcome to the October/November 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 (PLEASE READ THIS SECTION THIS MONTH)*****

2) RECENT AND UPCOMING INTERVIEWS

3) UPCOMING DEADLINES

4) GWRN WRITER APPEARANCES

5) WEBSITE UPDATES

6) GWRN MP3 STATIONS

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

a) Standard Every-Month Section

(see http://www.geoffwilbur.com/publishers_note.html)

b) New Section

A FEW QUICK POINTS:

1) No, there wasn’t an October monthly update.  Like many Americans, I was a bit distracted for a few weeks.

2) I’m trying to streamline the monthly mailer.  I’m putting many of the more repetitive sections online and online showing the links in the mailed issue to minimize unnecessary information in the mailed version.  If you do, for some reason, miss the monthly mailer, you can find it online at http://www.geoffwilbur.com/monthly_update.html.

3) The Fall Country Music Industry Edition advertising deadlines fell in mid-September.  There had been no response to my first e-mail call to advertisers, so the next step was to call regular advertisers by telephone.  However, after the attacks against America, it felt as if the time was wrong to be calling to ask for music publication advertising dollars.  In addition, the priorities of the members of the all-volunteer Geoff Wilbur’s Renegade Newsletter staff, including its publisher, were elsewhere for at least a couple weeks.  As a result, there will be no Fall issue of the Country Music Industry Edition.  Our one pre-paid classified advertiser will have his ad extended by an additional issue, and our subscribers will have their expiration dates extended to reflect that there was no Fall issue.  I hope you all understand the reasons for this – during difficult times, some things simply take a back seat.  We will be back with a complete Winter 2001/02 Country Music Industry Edition.  Advertising deadline is December 8 – please contact me if you’re interested in an ad and make things a little easier.  Go to http://www.geoffwilbur.com/cmie_adrates.html for detailed Country Music Industry Edition advertising information.  Thanks!

4) The many recent distractions also made my residential move a little more difficult and time consuming.  (No, the contact info for Geoff Wilbur’s Renegade Newsletter has not changed.  We still use the same mailbox store, and it was a local move, so the phone number didn’t change.)  In fact, only in the last week have most of the boxes with the Renegade Newsletter items been unpacked.  So… the advertising deadline for the November-January Industry Edition (covering all styles other than country) has been bumped back to November 16, with an expected mailing date of early December.

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

An interview with Tina Lear has been completed for the November-January Industry Edition.

Interviews with Spineshank and Ice Age have been completed for the Fall Online Edition.

Interviews with Julie Dunlap and Steve Haggard have been completed for the Winter Country Music Industry Edition.

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3) UPCOMING DEADLINES

Upcoming advertising deadlines are:

November-January 2001/02 Industry Edition – November 16, 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.

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4) RENEGADE WRITER APPEARANCES

Nothing specific scheduled at monthly update deadline time.  For details, including our writers’ band names (so you can meet them at their local shows) or to see any late additions to this section, go to http://www.geoffwilbur.com/writer_appearances.html.

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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 last Street Edition was the March 2001 Street Edition (Spring 2001 Online Edition).  Beginning with the next online edition, it will be online-only.

You can reach our online editions by clicking on the GWRN home page at http://membrane.com/renegade, or you can go directly to the most recent (Spring) issue at http://membrane.com/renegade/spring01/index.html.

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6) GWRN MP3 STATIONS

Bands covered in Geoff Wilbur’s Renegade Newsletter are included on our MP3 stations, hosted by MP3.com.  (Of course, this is limited to bands with songs available via MP3.com.)  Be sure to check out our MP3 stations.  A list is included at http://www.geoffwilbur.com/mp3_station_list.html.

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7) GEOFF WILBUR'S RENEGADE NEWSLETTER CONTACT INFORMATION

Our contact information has not changed for quite some time – our e-mail address has not changed since summer 2000, and our mailing address has not changed since we moved to Newport, RI in fall 1998.  To see our current, correct contact information, go to http://www.geoffwilbur.com/contact_info.html.

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8) RENEGADE WRITERS' E-MAIL ADDRESSES -- INVITE A WRITER TO A SHOW

Geoff Wilbur’s Renegade Newsletter’s writers have the authority to decide to cover a show without receiving prior permission from the publisher.  If we have a writer in your area, invite him/her out to catch your gig.  A list of our writers and their e-mail addresses is at http://www.geoffwilbur.com/writers_email_addresses.html.

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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 at http://www.geoffwilbur.com/contact_info.html -- the shortcut listed in Section 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 more improvements and additions.  Feel free to make suggestions.  And hey, go to http://membrane.com/renegade/spring01/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 home page I've set up at http://www.geoffwilbur.com.  In addition to a few personal items, I've added a few GWRN items and may add a few more as time permits, though it will be limited mostly to things that need frequent maintenance, like back issue purchase forms and advertising deadlines... and links to the official GWRN home page, which is, has been, and (as far as I'm concerned) will always be http://membrane.com/renegade.  (They're great people over there at membrane.com who gave us early Internet guidance and have helped us out of more than one jam over the years, and we're proud to be part of their online community.)