Re: Jewish music Magazine idea?

[Judy Pinnolis <pinnolis...>]

Wolf:
Thanks Wolf, you see, I feel enlightened already. :-0

Now that you mention it, I think I may have heard a certain 13-year old
(oh, maybe even mine) using that term "phat", and trying to explain it to
me..... somehow it hasn't sunk in yet....
judy


At 05:49 PM 7/14/99 -0400, you wrote:
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>Judy Pinnolis wrote:
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>> Gideon:
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>> Getting to the idea of a Jewish music magazine.....in general I'm wanting
>> to grow Jewish resources on the web...this may be an unpopular position,
>> but I personally think in terms of a non-academic orientation, a web
>> magazine would do just fine... instead of print. less cost to produce.
>> (possibly?) and not dealing with mailing problems and all that....and can
>> reach a very wide audience.  I also like the idea of interactivity that
>> could eventually be worked in....
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>> Personally, I've cut way back on print subscriptions in recent years. I'm
>> much more selective nowadays. Although there is obviously a place for print
>> magazines in the home, one tends to get inundated. And not have the time to
>> properly devote to any.....for right now, some people may feel a web
>> magazine is too selective an audience, but that audience will only continue
>> to grow in the coming years. If there was a Jewish music print magazine,
>> I'd likely subscribe (or even contribute occasionally), but I'd still
>> prefer the web.
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>> I like the idea of starting with reviews, both of recordings AND live
>> performances would be nice... and then feature articles about people doing
>> the music. news, information and a calendar are all features I'd like to
>> see, which is why the web would work really well. discussion of performance
>> techniques, trials and tribulations might be a fun column to read also.
>> There are a lot of people who would know how to keep it "hip" or "cool" or
>> whatever the word today is for young people.
>> Judy
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>The word is "dope", or "phat", Judy --  though "cool" is still acceptable.
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>Wolf
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>> At 03:22 PM 7/14/99 -0400, you wrote:
>> >Robert raises an interesting question regarding a print Jewish music
>> >magazine.  Should it seek to be mass market or should it focus on the much
>> >more limitted market of musicians who play, and organizations/companies
that
>> >promote, Jewish music?
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>> >To some extent this is a marketing question.  If we want to create a
broader
>> >audience for Jewish music, we need to grab people with something they
>> >recognize or something that will catch their attention.  This argues for
>> >including celebrity profiles even if they may be secondary to core Jewish
>> >music.  Barbara Streisand, the Beastie Boys, Dylan, etc would help sell
>> >magazines in a store like Borders.  These features need not be total
fluff,
>> >but could involve serious discussions with popular artists on their Jewish
>> >backgrounds and the impact of their Jewishness on their music.
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>> >However, every piece on Kenny G's Jewish heritage takes away space from
the
>> >coverage of new liturgical music, traditional Klezmer, etc.  Also, these
>> >pieces open up the danger of diluting people's definition of Jewish
music to
>> >a point where the music becomes an ethnic name game.  So, a nice small
niche
>> >publication might, as Robert says, be a better starting point rather than
>> >seeking to expand.
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>> >My question for the list is has anyone tried to estimate how small a niche
>> we
>> >really are discussing?  Is it large enough to support this type of print
>> >publication?  I have some doubts if the examples of Davka or Pakn Treger
>> >(both Jewish niche publications) are any indication.  Davka has become the
>> >webzine Tattoo Jew and I am not sure what is happening with Pakn Treger
>> since
>> >it hasn't made it to Washington DC recently.
>> >
>> >Gideon
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