MAY 2000 MONTHLY UPDATE

Hello, and welcome to the May 2000 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
1A) SPECIAL: HOW GEOFF WILBUR'S RENEGADE NEWSLETTER IS PRODUCED (or WHY
DON'T YOU KNOW WHEN MY REVIEW WILL RUN?)*
2) RECENT AND UPCOMING INTERVIEWS *
3) UPCOMING DEADLINES *
4) GWRN WRITER APPEARANCES
5) WEBSITE UPDATES
6) GWRN CONTACT INFORMATION
7) GWRN WRITERS' E-MAIL ADDRESSES -- INVITE A WRITER TO A SHOW *
8) MISCELLANEOUS OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

* sections with new information since the last monthly update

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1) PUBLISHER'S NOTE

If you're new to an egroups mailing list, try checking out the main
website at http://www.egroups.com. If you click on Geoff Wilbur's
Renegade Newsletter, it will take you to the GWRN area. 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. (You may also be able
to go directly to the GWRN area by clicking on
http://www.eGroups.com/group/gwrn/info.html.)

Thanks again for subscribing to this mailing list. This monthly update
ensures that, once a month, you'll always have the latest Renegade
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.

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

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1A) SPECIAL: HOW GEOFF WILBUR'S RENEGADE NEWSLETTER IS PRODUCED (or WHY
DON'T YOU KNOW WHEN MY REVIEW WILL RUN?)

I thought I'd give everyone a little insight into the publishing process
here at the Renegade. Essentially, it all starts with the receipt of
CDs from bands and record labels. These CDs are sorted according to
writers' musical tastes and writing workloads. Every few weeks,
Renegade writers are sent packages containing CDs for them to review.
They are required to review all the CDs they receive. As the reviews
are written, they are sent back to the Renegade offices and laid out
into the appropriate editions -- Industry, Country Music Industry, or
Street.

Now, here's the question you all like to ask -- when will my review
run? Well, about 75% of our writers' articles and 90% of all
advertising arrive at the Renegade office within the last 2 weeks before
deadline. Though early arrivals get preferential treatment, that has
had only a small effect on this phenomenon. The importance of this is
that, with all the advertising arriving late, we never know exactly how
many pages we will be able to print. Therefore, we need to prepare
enough articles for the largest possible issue. If the advertising
doesn't arrive, reviews and interviews are cut to fit the space. The
articles that are cut are typically given preferential treatment in the
following quarterly issue (or, if the amount of material arriving each
quarter would result in an increasing backlog, they run online but not
in print).

Needless to say, the final two weeks before deadline are hectic, and we
aren't able to take stock of which reviews haven't arrived (and bug the
respective writers to get them in) until after the dust settles. So if
a review doesn't arrive from a writer in time or isn't Renegade quality,
it may not appear in the edition we expect. (These are volunteer
writers with other day jobs and families, so things do come up in their
lives that keep them from completing their articles by the deadline
sometimes -- not often, but sometimes.) Also, with the flurry of
editing at the deadline, the final cuts are made so the text will fit
the exact space available, so the final editing always includes the
elimination of reviews that we would have expected to run.

Writers rarely leave the staff without completing their review
assignments, but that happens sometimes, and it is the cause of most
reviews that don't run. Because of our website, we are able to ensure
that all articles turned in by our staff will run... at least online, if
not in print.

Anyway, that's the life cycle of an issue of the Renegade, including the
hectic last couple of weeks. And that's why we never know, until the
issue heads off to the printer, which articles will appear in each
issue. I'm sure those of you who have worked on publications over the
years understand exactly what I'm talking about. And hopefully this is
a little insight into the life of a publisher for those of you without
direct experience as a publisher.

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2) RECENT AND UPCOMING INTERVIEWS

The May 2000 Industry Edition, which hits the streets this month,
includes interviews with Purrr, That One Guy, The Limit, 13 O'Clock, abd
Sandra Phillips.

An interview with Mak Wolven has been completed for the June 2000 Street
Edition.

Interviews with the Krinkles and 3LOW have also been completed. They
will run in an upcoming, yet-to-be-determined Street, Industry, or
Online Edition. (If the May Industry Edition had been 12 pages instead
of 8, you would've seen both of these interviews in that issue.)

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3) UPCOMING DEADLINES

Upcoming advertising deadlines are:

June 2000 Street Edition -- May 18, 2000
Summer 2000 Country Music Industry Edition -- June 8, 2000
August 2000 Industry Edition -- July 31, 2000

Advertising rates are as low as $50 (1/9 page) for the Industry Edition,
$75 (1/4 page) for the Street Edition, and $60 (1/4 page) for the
Country Music Industry Edition.

Send an e-mail renegade@... 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 go to
http://www.eGroups.com/files/gwrn/ on the eGroups 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) and Mike Farley.

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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 September 1999 and December 1999 Street Editions have been placed
online as Fall/Winter 1999/2000. You can either follow the link from
the main home page or go directly to
http://membrane.com/renegade/win2000/

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6) 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: renegade@...
FAX: (208) 247-2170

We accept discs and tapes of all musical styles for review.

Website: http://membrane.com/renegade

Subscribe by credit card online at:
http://www.cdbaby.com/order/renegade.htm

Subscribe by check by printing out a Renegade Printable Subscription
Form at:
http://membrane.com/renegade/win2000/printsub.html

If you'd like to subscribe, now would be a good time to do it.
Subscription rates are officially increasing from $5 per edition per
year to $6 per edition per year in the U.S. (Rates for Mexico/Canada
will increase from $7 to $8; overseas will remain $10.) These new rates
have been updated on our printable subscription form, but the old
subscription rates are still currently available when subscribing by
credit card online, at least for the next few days.

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7) 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@...)

Connecticut/Western Mass. Michael Vibberts (RetRecords@...)

Detroit, MI Eric Harabadian (Harab1@...)
Pam West (pimpamjam@...)
Kelly Shellhaas (Awfulgirrl@...)

Grand Rapids, MI Amy McClees (mcschin@...)

Lansing, MI Shane Copher (LEADHEAD69@...)
Amanda Hanlin (ahanlin@...)
Kevin Hurrell (hurrellk@...)
Patrick Ondrus (moralchaos@...)

Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN Diane Anderson (Rockerlove@...)

St. Louis, MO Vic Gemmingen (vic@...)

Southern New Hampshire Steven Haidaichuk (saje@...)

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

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

Central PA Al Slavicsky (alslavicsky@...)

Newport, RI Geoff Wilbur (renegade@...)

Madison, WI Jason Dinkelmann
(jdinkelmann@...)

London, Ontario, Canada Joe Szilvagyi (zagatto@...)*

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8) 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 6 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
renegade@....

Thanks again for reading yet another monthly update. As the months
pass, watch for improvements and additions. Feel free to make
suggestions.