Happy Monday to you all!

The very first things that happened after sending last newsletter
issue is that I found "News Notes" from the Music Museum of New
England in one e-mail account and a permission slip in another. Well,
whoever said this effort is perfectly timed?

The permission we received is for an item which would be best later,
as part of a regular newsletter issue. But the MM/ONE message, a
general mailing which likely will interest a great many of our
readers, is not likely to get any news-y-er by gathering dust in our
inbox.

So, read it if you would like, skip it if you must, but either way,
here it is:


Subject: News notes from MM/ONE
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 13:46:07 -0500

AP put out a story about MM/ONE on their wire service this week
entitled "Virtual Museum preserves New England's musical scene."
Looking in Google, I found the article picked up by the Globe, the
Herald, the Metro papers, many other newspapers in New England and
beyond, and even by the International Herald Tribune and the Taiwan
News! The piece talks about the origins of MM/ONE, the website, and
the importance of the New England music scene. Read it at
http://mass.live.advance.net/newsflash/mass/index.ssf?/base/news-27/117268315118\
0280.xml&storylist=massnews.
Incidentally, the Rob Rose quoted in the article but otherwise not
identified is a V.P. at Berklee, who shares our belief that the
influence of musicians from New England has been underappreciated.

As a result of the AP feed, I got an e-mail from Brian Dench in old
England, who runs a tribute site for Gene Pitney at
www.gene-pitney.me.uk. Brian noted a minor correction for our bio of
Gene, and will add a link to mmone.org (and we'll link to his site).
That's just one small example of how word about MM/ONE is spreading,
and as a result is helping us build a complete and accurate record of
our music scene. Brian added that he likes our site "even though some
of the artists are unknown over here in the U.K." That's music to my
ears, to know that we're helping people learn about some of our unsung
local musical heroes!

We're very pleased to announce that David Swartz has joined the
Advisory Council of MM/ONE. David is the leading collector and
archivist of Boston concert posters and memorabilia, and has made a
generous contribution to enable us to continue our work. As part of
our observance of the 40th anniversary year of The Boston Tea Party,
we're teaming up with David to develop and post on the site a complete
list of every gig at the Tea Party, including images of the posters
and/or handbills. He not only approaches the subject with the
thoroughness and dedication of an historian, but shares our passion
"to preserve, honor and showcase" our musical heritage.

BTW, if you still haven't seen the video of our Tea Party 40th
anniversary event then you gotta go to
www.mmone.org/content6a07.html?nav=teaparty. We taped the ceremony
unveiling the historical marker which The Bostonian Society is placing
on the original Tea Party building at 53 Berkeley Street, including
Don Law's wonderful remembrances of his days there. Plus we got some
great anecdotes about the Tea Party from Willie Alexander, The J.
Geils Band, Barry Goudreau and Sibby Hashian of Boston, Dinky Dawson,
James Montgomery, Tea Party emcee "The Master Blaster", journalists
Steve Morse and Dean Johnson, and many more. You can see it all in
streaming video.

And speaking of Dean, our website curator, he's heading up an effort
to add more artist bios and links to the site. We started with an
eclectic mix of about 50 bios reflecting the diversity of the New
England music scene, and Dean expects to add another 50 soon. We've
got a master list of about 400 artists, so it will take a while to get
all their bios done. We really appreciate the work of Dean, Ed Symkus
and Fran Berger for penning entries, and encourage other writers to
contribute as well. Contact Dean at dcjmmone@.... As MM/ONE
co-founder Harry Sandler is fond of saying, "It's not our museum, it's
your museum." So help us make it happen with your contributions, and
by spreading the word.

Steve Nelson
President & Co-Founder
Music Museum Of New England
www.mmone.org