Re: Tara Publications on Jewish music magazine

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We have at least half a dozen  journalists/writers that I know of on this list 
alone that are all  highly qualified:

Gideon Aronoff
Seth Rogovoy
Ingemar Johansson
Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky
Henry Sapoznik
George Robinson

I know there may be others, buI can not speak for their work personally.

This proposed magazine is a terrific idea whose time has come!


Wolf Krakowski



Mayer Pasternak wrote:

> Tara would definitely be interested in supporting such a venture. We have 
> discussed this over the last 6 years. The biggest problem/issue that exists 
> is the lack of quality material being written on Jewish music that is 
> appropriate for the general public. Most Jewish periodicals do not have 
> either the funding or the staff to provide for Jewish music reviews or 
> articles. I have gone around in circles with magazines like Moment trying to 
> find writers to provide material for their magazine. There is shortage of 
> writers who understand the general Jewish music markets tastes and are 
> talking about products/artists that will have broad appeal.
>
> When I am approached to advertise in newspapers and magazines - I ask them 
> what kind of coverage of Jewish Music do they have? Manyare only willing to 
> cover new releases if the label takes out an ad! I recently sent out over 200 
> press kits with 4 new releases and the ratio of calls for ads to reviews was 
> 8 to 1. I would like to see more of the existing media outlets covering music 
> in a more serious way. The interest that this coverage woudl generate might 
> be an good indicator of the viability of a national magazine dedicated 
> exclusively to Jewish music.
>
> Much of what has been written about over the last two years has been artists 
> that only appeal to a very small part of the overall Jewish community - i.e. 
> The Jewish Alternative Movement, Yossi Piamenta, Rebecca Garfein to name a 
> few . If this continues to be the case, people will continue to believe that 
> Jewish music does not speak to them.
>
> I have had a section for Jewish music articles on the Jewishmusic.com site 
> for 4 years and no one to date has offered to contribute even 1 article!! I 
> am more then willing to post articles submitted to the site on the 
> Jewishmusic.com if there is someone out there that would like to have their 
> voice heard.
>
> So if you do want to pursue a magazine - and I am all for it - someone needs 
> to find the writers that have the knowledge and ability to do so.
>
> Mayer Pasternak
>
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> From:   eliot kahn[SMTP:elkahn (at) JTSA(dot)EDU]
> Sent:   Wednesday, July 14, 1999 9:51 AM
> To:     World music from a Jewish slant
> Subject:        Re: Jewish music magazine
>
> To change the subject...
>
> I believe this is an excellent idea. The only way a distinctly new Jewish
> musical idiom will evolve, improve and become more marketable is with a
> nationally distributed commercial magazine (or cable TV show) devoted
> exclusively to the topic.
>
> I have often wondered why a nationally distributed magazine such as TIKKUN
> has such paltry (non-existent) Jewish arts and culture coverage. I find
> myself picking this magazine up and putting it down after a few
> minutes--it's so serious.
>
> Would merchants such as Hatikvah and Tara be interested in advertising in
> such a magazine IF it received national distribution--say at Borders and
> Barnes and Noble?
>
> Eliott Kahn
>
> >
> >What I had in mind, folks, was a magazine geared towards a mass audience,
> albeit
> >probably mostly musicians, a la Downbeat, The Beat, Rhythm Music, Jazz Times,
> >etc., a  magazine that would cover not only Yiddish music but the whole
> spectrum
> >of Jewish musical expression. My suspicion is that any other focus will be
> too
> >narrow to attract readers or advertisers. I love the Web and am particularly
> >delighted by the stuff that Ari does, this list included, but I suspect
> that a
> >printed magazine is the next step to getting Jewish music more attention
> in the
> >world at large, which I take to be our larger mission.
> >
> >
> >-- George Robinson
> >___________________________________________________________
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> >
> >
> >
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