PRESS:
JANUARY 2000
London's
Sunday Times
01/09/00
DECEMBER 1999
Indiegrrl Fans
12/16/99
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INDIEGRRL - BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER
INDIEGRRL FANS - RIDING THE WAVES
INDEX
1) Letter from Rich "the editor".
2 Indiegrrl Shows
3) Indiegrrl CDs
4) Artist News
5) Fun stuff (Sure it's all fun, but this is anything not necessarily
music related)
6a) Print & 'zine watch
6b) Radio Playlists
6c) Web Sightings
7) Some changes
8) Indiegrrl Fans mast-head contest
9) Would you like a CD with that?
10) Your Turn
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1) Letter from Rich "the editor".
I want ... no I insist that you all enjoy the holidays, and if you're
stuck on gift ideas, don't forget that the Indiegrrl CD is a proven
crowd-pleaser.
I'm keeping this letter short, because I have a lot more to say
below.
Rich
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2) INDIEGRRL SHOWS
(note: Visit your favorite artists for their particular schedules)
Eve's Dawning
More than 12 women will take the stage as Calliope, Indiegrrl,
Persephone's Circle and The Tiger Show collaborate for the first
time Thursday, December 16th 1999 at The Sit and Spin in Seattle,
WA. The show (appropriately named "Eve's Dawning") will include
Lilith Fair performers Nikol Kollars and jr as well as Willow, Holly
Figueroa, Tiger Zane, Kym Tuvim, and many others.
The show will also include dancers, artists, readings, and more...
http://www.indiegrrl.com/eve.html
Karen Rush is helping to put together some entertainment at the
Bronx Veteran's Hospital in a charitable Holiday Season event. Her
grandfather lives there, but it's a simple set-up for a worthwhile
cause. Thursday, December 23rd at 1 pm. Contact her, for more
information. As she says, "The more, the merrier."
Krushah@xxx.xxx
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SUE LANGE REPORTS BACK FROM THE RELEASE ME PARTY
December 2nd, 1999, New York City. This was the place to be if
you're an Indiegrrl (i.e. artist or fan). The end of the year "Release
Me" party held at ACME Underground in the City was wildly
successful and to quote somebody, somewhere, "There was a lot
of love in the room."
The party was held to celebrate local Indiegrrl CDs that were
released in 1999. Five Indiegrrl bands played and several more
were spun in between the bands by Indie djs James and Abby
from the band Jabber.
First up was Crabby Lady, fronted by Sue Lange, organizer for the
event. Groove rock with high energy is their bag. As usual Ms.
Lange let the cat out.
Susan MacLean, who everybody thought was a sweet little thing,
surprised us with her no-nonsense band that managed to walk the
line between "sweet" and "rock the house." We couldn't help but
love her.
After Ms. MacLean, familiar to NYC Indiegrrls, was the talented
Elisa Peimer. With a perfectly designed set (as always), Ms.
Peimer took us through her pop-rock paces ending on a fabulous
bluesy/rock number containing that elusive familiar yet fresh quality
only hit songs are capable of delivering. Why is this child not on
tour with the big guys?
Slushpuppy tore the house down. And then built it back up. Dawn
Botti led her crew through the ecstasy and pain that only a solid
rock band can serve up. Viva la femme!
Why go on after slushpuppy? I wouldn't want to, but Marina Vittoria
did. Again a surprise. We all thought she was very sweet.
Complaining of having stage fright, she appeared to be prepared to
allow us to slink out after the exhaustion of Dawn Botti's
performance. Sorry friends, uh uh! Not on this girl's beat. Her band,
consisting of seasoned performers, was tight, right, and full of bite.
Doing a popular cover in her own truly cool way got us all singing,
just like an end of the night number is supposed to do. Well done,
my fine young Philly filly.
Jackie Sarno was there from discjockey.com doing interviews.
EZCD.com taped us for netcast. The show will be archived.
(http://www.ezcd.com/cybercasts/ but note that only a few of us
were able to get the program to work)
Dominique Giselle organized the merch table. She set up cute little
easels for all the CDs. There had to be at least 20 sitting up on the
table. It looked like Impressionist-fest or something. Abby and
James did great with the spinning, announcing band names in
between the sets and posting the name of the band under a "Now
Playing" sign. Stefanie fix was there. Karen Rush played emcee,
announcing the celebrities in attendance (Jon Sobel and
Halley DeVestern) and raffle ticket winners ... Allison Tartaglia and
Christine of Acts Magdalena were seen helping out at the merch
table and (helping themselves to the food table right next door).
At the food table, people started eating the cake before the candles
were lit. ... pretty good cake. Halley brought hummous, Susan
MacLean brought healthy food. (& presumably tasty too - ed.)
The banner was fab, it brought tears to our eyes and lots of good
comments. It is big and very handsome I must say. Having purple
and yellow as our colors makes for a very visible logo.
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3) NEW CD RELEASES FROM INDIVIDUAL INDIEGRRL ARTISTS
Vivian Slade will be releasing a live CD early next year (February?)
from a gig she did in Nashville with her band. bass, kit, percussion,
cello and Vivian on acoustic and electric. Despite recording it in
Nashville, her plan is to have a release party in Memphis.
Amber Gaia hopes to start recording her first CD in January.
Liana pulled off a successful CD release party, even though the
manufacturer was not co-operative. She did have a short run of her
new CD available however. Also, even though cash was stolen from
her cash box, she managed to feel very positive about the evening.
http://www.indiecanada.com/liana/
The Julia Set is finishing a sequel to its "The Irreplaceable Luxury
of Risk" EP. The band has nine songs "in the can" and plans to
record two or three more. They anticipate a late January/Early
february release of the album, tentatively titled "Toiling in
Anonymity". The Julia Set is also actively gigging, complete with a
showcase performance at the Philadelphia Music Conference on
January 21st, 2000.
http://listen.to/thejuliaset
Misty River's debut CD, "Misty River: Rising" will be released in
Spring 2000. Their music is self-described as Americana Music
and features guitars, fiddle, banjo, accordion, and bass as well as
the harmonic voices of these four ladies.
http://www.mistyriverband.com
Indiegrrl Compilation II is now in production. The Release date is
March 15, 2000 - including audio and MP3 tracks by some of the
best grrl talent around. All proceeds going toward MRPP (men
working together to prevent rape)
http://www.mrpp.org
Remember you can often find many of the artists listed here as
well as the Indiegrrl Compilation CD at
http://www.cdbaby.com/indiegrrl
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4) ARTIST NEWS
Indiegrrls Patti Witten and Mary Sue Twohey are both featured at
Taylor Guitar's website, on their "Artists Who Play - Discover The
Indies" pages. The artist's profiles are permanently archived at the
site, and several are added each month. Patti and Mary Sue, who
first met last year at the NE Regional Folk Alliance Conference,
were added to the site in November 1999.
Mary Sue just joined Indiegrrl in November, and Patti is a charter
member. Patti and Mary Sue attended NERFA again this year
(Nov. 12-14, 1999), along with more than a dozen other Indiegrrls.
http://www.taylorguitars.com/indies.html
Patti Witten also reports that 3 of her songs had been finalists in
the Great American Song Contest. If you go to
http://www.songpro.com/page33.html you will see her song
"Change of Heart Church Choir" right at the top of the page. It was
chosen as the Grand Prize Winner.
http://pattiwitten.com
Sue Willett's song "Night Time Company" was used on "Buffy the
Vampire Slayer" November 30th. Sue is also featured online at
Silicon Salley. Go to:
http://siliconsalley.com/issue4/news/index.html
and then click on "Content"
Kelly's Lot once again will have hosted the second monthly Video
Music Party at The Gig West in LA. Dec 15. This is a contest that
benefits Stop Cancer...The Next Generation. Indiegrrl's Simon
Stinger have a CD in the running. There will be another one in Jan
and Feb with finals in March. Besides the videos Kelly's Lot will be
playing live and Peter Tork of Monkees fame, who is also one of
the judges, will be joining Kelly's Lot on stage for a blues jam after
the contest.
Also listen for Simon Stinger's "Fringe Authority" the Miramax film
"Diamonds" starring Dan Ackroyd, Kirk Douglas, Lauran Bacall
and Jenny MacArthy.
The online formation of an organization to look out for the interests
of independent artists might not seem like news these days, but
when Indiegrrls Jon Sobel (The Halley DeVestern Band) and
Dominique Gizelle are the principals, you know something is
shaking. The Society of Independent Musical Artists (SIMA) was
formed to address concerns that the web is about to give away the
store, without compensation to the artists who are filling the store
shelves. A website will soon be up at indiegrrl.com with more
details.
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5) FUN STUFF... ('cause you "The FAN" just NEED to know)
A friend of Patti Witten reports that Joni Mitchell held Patti's CD in
her hands. He went to the opening of a show of her paintings at
LACE in Hollywood, walked right up to her, told Joni Mitchell how
much he admired her and handed her Patti's CD, fresh
out of the player in his car.
When DJ Aaron Childs (a fellow Indiegrrl) was interviewed by
Kenny Love about Indie Music and playing it on a commercial radio
station, he was asked what group he foresaw as becoming a 'big-
time' artist. Now he won't say until the article is released, but he
did say, "My answer might surprise you... And yes, it was an
Indiegrrl artist. How's that for a teaser?!? )". When we find that
article, we'll let you in on Aaron's big secret. BUT in the meantime
here's Aaron's list of favorites (You'll have to guess which amongst
them is his pick)
Aaron's Indie Best Of So Far
You've sent them, and now I get to tell ya what I've thought of them
so far...
100 Favorite Indie Songs (in alphabetical order) (only Indiegrrls are
listed here)
"Beauty" - Ani's Whisper (Beauty)
"Better" - Wishing Chair (Undisputed Country)
"Bitterfool" - Stepanie Gleit (Indiegrrl Compilation Vol. 1)
"Blight & Bonnie" - Susan Court (High Relief)
"Burning Building" - The Julia Set (The Irreplaceable Luxury Of
Risk)
"Chameleon" - Susan Court (High Relief)
"Endlessly" - Melanie Sparks (Mabel's Beauty Shop & Chainsaw
Repair)
"First Samuria" - Shanghai Lily Dublin (Shanghia Lily Dublin)
"Garden" - Carol Plunk (Plunk This!)
"Ghosts" - Virginia Wagner (Fallen Angel)
"Happy Girl" - Kelly's Lot (Test Drive)
"High Relief" - Susan Court (High Relief)
"Home To America" - Shann Lee Parker (Shann Lee Parker)
"If You Leave Now" - Lisa Johnson (Whenever The Moon Is Full)
"I'll Light Myself On Fire" - Halley DeVestern (Sugar Free)
"Loser" - Red Letter Day (single)
"Maybe" - Michelle Nagy (Art Museum)
"Montana" - Holly Figueroa Band (Three Chord Plea)
"Move" - Vivian Slade (Vivian Slade)
"Now With You" - Antigone Rising (Snapshot)
"Pandora's Box" - Red Letter Day (Four Bowls Of Colour)
"Parish Blue" - Susan Court (High Relief)
"Rain Down" - Leah Carla Gordone (Butterfly Child)
"Rici" - The Painted iD (The Painted iD)
"Ring Of Love" - Halley DeVestern (Sugar Free)
"Saline (Better)" - Floodlands (Conspiracy A Go-Go)
"Smoke" - Spring (SpRing)
"Soldier's Reel" - Wishing Chair (Undisputed Country)
"Subway Surfing" - Tagyerit (Heavy Construction)
"Three Chord Plea" - Holly Figueroa Band (Three Chord Plea)
"Tubeman" - Tagyerit (Tubeman)
Top 10 Indie CD's
1) Susan Court "High Relief"
10) Shann Lee Parker "Shann Lee Parker"
5 Best Shows:
2) Ani's Whisper (The Common Ground, East Lansing, Michigan,
1999)
5 Best Live CDs
4) Perfect - Sam Shaber
5) Live With Frank Marotta Jr. - Anne O' Meara Heaton
10 Best CD Cover Art
4) Shanghai Lily Dublin (Shanghai Lily Dublin)
8) Three Chord Plea (Holly Figueroa Band)
10) Undisputed Country (Wishing Chair)
5 Best CD Titles
1) Mabel's Beautyshop & Chainsaw Repair (Melanie Sparks)
3) The Perfect Malcontent (Ellen Rosner)
5 Best Cover Tunes
2) "Inbetween Days" Mariel
5) "Dancing Queen" Carol Plunk
5 Best Press/Promo Kits
1) Red Letter Day
2) SpRing
4) Antigone Rising
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6a) PRINT, and 'ZINE WATCH
Bari Koral here from NYC got a nice feature in Billboard the 3rd
week in November (pg 18). It talks about her "hard hustle"
as an indie artist and how her hard work is starting to pay off.
Indie-Music continues to support Indiegrrl artists with more rave
review. This one for Neon Venus
http://indie-music.com/neonvenus.shtml
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6b) Radio Playlists
(As always keep in mind some of the artists listed might not
currently be Indiegrrls and some I missed might be. If you know of
someone I've missed, please tell me.)
Persygrrl WSGR
11-17-99
Leah-Carla Gordone - Rain Down
Pam West - One of Those Days
Anna Mathea - Still
Marina Vittoria - High
Holly Figueroa - What I Miss
Elisa Peimer - Before You Say Goodbye
11-18-99
Brenda David - Scratch
Anne O'Meara Heaton - South Side Boys
Susan Court - Blight and Bonny
Acts Magdalena - Bullet
Vivian Slade - Move
12-1-99
SpRing - Downtown
Simon Stinger - Summertime Love
Neon Venus - Strange
Marci Geller - I'm so Angry
Black Market Medallions - Breathe
Acts Magdalena - The Only Thing
12-2-99
Carol Plunk - Midnightmare
Leslie Nuss - Ignore You
From the Desk of Sally - Girl U Want
Leslie Berry - I Can Try
Black Market Medallions - Breathe
Marina Vittoria - High
Dominique Gizelle - Good Time
Lisa Richards - First Kiss
Simon Stinger- Summertime Love
Halley DeVestern - I'll Light Myself on Fire
Holly Figueroa - What I Miss
12-8-99
Elisa Peimer - Before You Say Goodbye
Pam West - One of these Days
Che Zuro - a minor thing
From the Desk of Sally - Shooting Star
Black Market Medallions - Breathe
SpRing - Downtown
Leslie Berry - I Can Try
Vivian Slade - move
Holly Figueroa - What I Miss
Simon Stinger - Dead On
12-9-99
Leah-Carla Gordone - Rain Down
From the Desk of Sally - Girl U Want
Black Market Medallions - breathe
Neon Venus - Strange
Sue Willett - Heroin
The Painted iD - Complicated Goddess
TagYerit - Music Makers
Antje - Lovely Painted Dishes
Marina Vittoria - High
Che Zuro - A Minor Thing
Nancy Falkow - Invisble
Simon Stinger - Dead On
Susan Court - Blight and Bonny
12-13-99
Vivian Slade - Move
Pam West - Seed
The Julia Set - Burning Building
Kelly's Lot - Brand New Key
Jennifer Tefft Band - Never Look Down
Lisa Johnson - I Am Not Leaving
Aaron Childs - Hillsdale MI
WCSR Playlist 11/20/99
SpRing - "Smoke"
Marci Geller - "I'm So Angry"
Ani's Whisper - "Beauty"
Liz Queler - "Somewhere"
11/27/99
Carol Plunk phone interview
Carol Plunk - "Escape"
Susan Court - "Parish Blue"
Michelle Nagy - "My Dress"
Holly Figueroa Band - "Three Chord Plea"
Melanie Sparks - "Believer"
Carol Plunk - "Garden"
Darci Monet - "Peace"
Carol Plunk - "Dancing Queen"
Carol Plunk - "Tell Me Why"
Swing Sister - "Swing Sister"
12/4/99
Stephanie Gleit - "Bitterfool"
Wishing Chair - "Better"
Simon Apple - "Scenes Of December"
Susan Court - "Senses Out"
Ellen Rosner - "Crash Bang Boom"
The Womens Independent Music Show
every monday at 12 midnight, wednesday 10-12pm, sunday 2-4am
http://www.eyeqradio.com
11/22
The Painted Id - Rici
Vivian Slade - Shocking
Amanda Garrigues - Your Country
Deborah Levoy - Maria
Diane Ward - Awkward Girl
11/29
Featured artist Susan Court
Susan Court - Blight & Bonny
Che' Zuro - Every Little Raindrop
Lisa Johnson - Miss you so much
Susan Court - High Relief
Marina Vittoria - Within You or Without You
The Painted Id - Rici
Susan Court - Senses Out
Crabby Lady - I can't seem to remember
Patti Witten - Winners & Losers
12/ 8
Diane Ward - Everyday's Christmas
Amanda Garrigues - Truth
Anne O'Meara Heaton - Southside Boy
Susan Court - High Relief
Holly Figueroa - What I miss
12/13/99
Diane Ward - Everyday's Christmas
Sue Willet - What I do for You
Kathy McDonald - Hound Dog
Deborah Levoy - Maria
Left of Memphis - Three Angels and a Saint
WXJM Estrogen Nation
DJ - Anna Creech
November 19
Crabby Lady Buy It
Ani's Whisper I've Been Thinking
Sue Willett Milltown Girls
Holly Figueroa Band Montana
Robin Pearl Story
Lisa Johnson Trust
Valerie Promised Land
Sam Shaber Rooftop
Carol Plunk Woman
Margaret Lafferty New Horizons Pt. 1
Deb & Dave Cowan Moonshiner / Copper Kettle
Shelly Lynne Dream
12-10-99
Sam Shaber Frère Jacques
Leslie Berry I Can Try
Margaret Lafferty Ocean Ambience
The Painted iD I'm Flying
Erin McKeown Daisy & Prudence
Neon Venus Gasoline
Swing Sister Something Like That
Deb & Dave Cowan Wondrous Love / Cold Rain & Snow
Mutual Hate Society Return To Reality
Lauren Fincham Just Me
Edie Carey Margaret
Ché Zuro Tied Your Baby Down
Pamela Ruby Russell Almost Gave My Hear Away
Carol Plunk Garden
Erin McKeown You Don't Know
Pamela Means Maybe You Should (live)
Sue Willett Dancing Woman
Ani's Whisper Falling
Holly Figueroa Band I Don't Know You
DJ Anderson
120-Minute Power Hour
WRFW 88.7-FM
12/1/99
HALLEY DEVESTERN / Animal
LISA MCCORMICK / Are You Ready For Me?
KRCL 90.9FM, Salt Lake City
Thurs. Breakfast Jam
DJ: Susanne Millsaps
Lisa Johnson: Cry in the Dark
Vivian Slade: I Don't Do It
Rika's MUSIC-RAMBLE (Japan)
@ Musashino-FM 78.2 (Community FM)
12/04/99
Tommy Ain't Home - Vivian Slade
(Indiegrrl CD just arrived ... will play soon)
http://click.gaiax.com/home/ramblemusic
12/11/99
Subarashii Seakai - Rika Shinohara
What I Miss - Holly Figueroa
Maria - Deborah Levoy
I'll Light Myself On Fire - Halley Devestern
"Arthur Loves Plastic"/Klondyke 5 was spotted on CFRC-FM
CHARTS FOR THE WEEK OF November 8th to 14th, 1999
Playlist and commentary from Writer's Block, 11/17/99, WDVX,
89.9 fm, Clinton, TN - dedicated to the independent performing
songwriter, and hosted by "sweet-T Records" recording artist,
Karen E. Reynolds www.Spiritwall.com
Antje - Big Open Sky
Antje's Big open sky isn't very big...in fact, its refreshingly grass
roots. A truly acoustic feeling CD chock full of beautifully simple
melodies and some fine guitar work. I found myself drawn to cut #
13...Little Ways to Go....the only thing I didn't like about it, was
that its a relatively short song...and I found myself wanting to hear
more.
Jennifer Knapp - Kansas
http://www.JenniferKnapp.com
If you haven't heard this next artist....you've been missing out.
Jennifer Knapp is destined to become a household name, and is
well on her way to being just exactly that. Her immediate acclaim
came from the Contemporary Christian market, but, this young
lady's music is crossing borders all over the place. With strong
lyrics, powerful vocals, and moving arrangements, the only
category you can place her in is that of "GOOD MUSIC". I couldn't
decide on one cut...I love the entire CD....so, I decided to play
2...cut#1 Faithful prelude & cut#2, Whole Again.
Kym Tuvim - Kym Tuvim
http://www.CakeRecords.com
this record is as strong as the voice of the girl singing on it. Kym
Tuvim is a name to remember...fine songs, interesting
arrangements...all brought to you by way of her powerful voice.
cut# 10...Every Color
Mary Gauthier - Drag Queen's & Limousines
www.marygauthier.com
I knew that, when we first played Mary Gauthier a couple of weeks
ago, we would have requests for more....I was right. And that
renews my belief that good music always wins out over
commercialism. A writer's writer, Mary Gauthier is someone we're
going to hear a lot of. cut #10, Jackie's Train.
VR Radio's Top 24 Countdown!
29 Nov - First Playlist
1. Outlaw Radio Guy: TagYerit
12. Nobody sees the angel: Robin Pearl
17. High: Marina Vittoria
21. Luke: Dominique Gizelle
22. Aliens: Neon Venus
December 10
1. Outlaw Radio Guy: TagYerit
7. Nobody sees the angel: Robin Pearl
15. Luke: Dominique Gizelle
19. High: Marina Vittoria
Listen for the Top 24 Countdown every Friday on
http://www.vrradio.com
* CONTROVERSY? before checking out vrradio, see my
comments at the end of the newsletter
This is NOT a playlist, the following is what Persygrrl says that she
would have played, if her college hadn't been shut down on
Thanksgiving week ...
So here we go: Fake Playlist WSGR 91.3FM
Valerie - Parking Lot
Susan Court - Between the Quiet
Marina Vittoria - Within You or Without You
Anne Heaton - Hiding My Body
Antje - One Million Miles
Simon Stinger -Summertime
Brenda David - Walk Away
Angie Scarr - Danger Zone
Shelly Lynne - RSVP
Lisa Johnson - I Am Not Leaving
The Indiegrrl Compilation CD (#1) is now also in the hands of
78.2 Tokyo, Japan and WDVX, Clinton TN for airplay.
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6c) Web Sightings
PICTURES OF INDIEGRRLS ... I just got word on this before
sending out the newsletter, so unfortunately I have no way to tell
you who's who, but, Alan Rowoth has pictures from the Indiegrrl
showcase at the North East Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) site
http://alanr.lpl.org/album.nerfa99inform.html
Photos # 184-193 are the ones to look at.
Rockband.com has an article featuring SlushPuppy, Acts
Magdalena, Pawnshop, Calamine, From the Desk of Sally and our
cover girl, Karen Rush and written by Indiegrrl Cheryl Spelts
http://www.rockbandlounge.com
CDNow, a major Internet music retailer, has named
roots-rock soul songstress Halley DeVestern a Favorite Artist
on its new music download site, the Cosmic Music Network
http://cosmic.cdnow.com
Robin Pearl's "Nobody Sees the Angel" was in the top
10 on the UKSounds website the first week of Dec.
http://www.uksounds.com/surf.asp?songID=468
Serious Vanity artists Spy Matthews were featured at gURL.com
the first week of December.
http://www.gurl.com/music/
http://www.gurl.com/music/compilation/
Neon Venus was recently featured on http://www.onlinetv.com
They also have a clip of Neon Venus' CD release party at Spiral on
November 13th.
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7) Some Changes for the Indiegrrl Fans Newsletter.
Have you ever taken you 52-card deck and thrown them up in the
air? That's a bit like asking me to coordinate Indiegrrl Fans from the
humble email you are reading, to an actual website magazine. If
you've ever visited my band website you'll have a clue what I mean.
You see, when I started Indiegrrl Fans, I had no idea what an editor
does. Trial by fire. So hold on there are changes coming and
they're all good. But if you know any web wranglers who'd like to
help PLEASE send them to me.
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8) Indiegrrl Fans mast-head contest
The votes are in and the official mast-head is
INDIEGRRL - BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER
Indiegrrl Fans - riding the waves
With a grand total of 6 votes.
Indiegrrl Fans - dancing in the fallout - 5 votes
Indiegrrl Fans - catching the (sound) waves - 1 vote
Indiegrrl Fans - witnessing herstory - 1 vote
Indiegrrl Fans - sounding the alarm - 2 votes
Indiegrrl Fans - Always Tuned In - 1 vote (submitted after contest
was started)
Patty Keough was the winner, because she submitted the winning
entry. She should have received her copy of the compilation, by the
time you read this. Actually, the joke is that she submitted 4 out of
the 6 entries that were selected. I hadn't intended to make it so
one sided, but I ran the contest with what you all sent in.
It was fun reading some of the comments. I confess that my
original idea "Leaning towards the Light" is a little bit too Gloria
Estefan as one voter suggested. I guess that's why I knew
someone else could do better. (I wonder if she needs a new
songwriter?)
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9) WOULD YOU LIKE A CD WITH THIS NEWSLETTER?
This is a survey. We're toying with the idea of throwing together a
print newsletter complete with CD sampler. If we are to seriously
consider this, it would take at least 3 or 4 months to get a running
start, and I'd need at least 50 people who'd be willing to pay for it.
(As if I actually had the time to do this.) My idea, for now, is to
create a quarterly print zine - cleverly disguised as the CD booklet,
in broadside fashion.
Here's the real trick. I need to know how many readers would be
willing to pay for it, and how much you'd pay.
Would it be worth $10?, $9, $8?, $7?, $6?
Unlike the Indiegrrl compilation series, these would be an
extremely limited run collector series.
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10a) Contributors
Persy Grrrl compiled CD release information
Sue Lange wrote the Release Me Party wrap-up
10b) YOUR TURN
Here's the part where I tell you what you can do to help. First, a
reminder ... "FAN" is short for fanatic.
So you have my permission to tell everyone you know how great
the music is here. Let loose. Buy compilation CDs or CDs from
individual artists. Play them for friends. And also email me with
your ideas to spice up next month's issue.
That's it. Pretty simple, pretty cool, but guess what?
Derek over at CDBaby has set up a "friends" program so that you
can make $1 per CD sold, just by web-linking to the IndieGrrl
gallery! You will need to have a website to do this.
More info here...
http://cdbaby.com/friends and follow the "Affiliate Program" link.
CD Baby's Indiegrrl Gallery
http://cdbaby.com/indiegrrl
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FINAL COMMENTS - Re: Controversy and VRRadio
There's no question that the host of VR Radio, Michael Anthony, is
a shock jock. Because he publishes a list that includes Indiegrrl
artists, I have included his list here. It is not my intention of starting
a debate about exploitation or first amendment issues. There's a
good chance that I've heard most of the arguments at one time or
another. My mission as editor of Indiegrrl Fans is actually pretty
clear. If it serves to entertain fans, while also serving the goals of
Indiegrrl artists, then it is appropriate.
That's where my dilemma lies. I have no problem with the idea of
dropping mention of VR Radio from future issues. On the other
hand, while his site may well be offensive, is that enough for me to
ignore his show. I can think of a number of artists who have thrived
while being quite offensive. If this is an area that concerns you, visit
his site, and then tell me simply whether you'd like me to continue
showing his lists, or not.
Just to make myself clear ... I AM asking for your opinion about
whether VR Radio is appropriate for Indiegrrl Fans list. But, I'd just
like short responses. Just don't expect me to debate you on it.
Rich (the editor)
See you all on the flip side of Y2K
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