Hello, and welcome to the December 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

7) GWRN CONTACT INFORMATION

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

9) MISCELLANEOUS OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

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1) PUBLISHER'S NOTE

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

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 Shaman’s Mask, Figure of Speech, Tina Lear, and Frank Marino appeared in the November-January Industry Edition.  This issue will be mailed at the beginning of next week, so if you’re a subscriber, watch your mailboxes… and if you aren’t a subscriber, quit being so cheap, and shell out the ten bucks a year – there’s a subscription form online at http://membrane.com/renegade/spring01/printsub.html.

Interviews with Spineshank, Ice Age, Megadeth, and Grade have been completed for the Fall/Winter Online Edition.  Also, a full-length version of the Figure of Speech interview will appear in the 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:

Winter 2001/02 Country Music Industry Edition -- December 22, 2001

February 2002 Industry Edition – January 31, 2002

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.)