New IMN Podcast and Girls Rock Indy!
The new IMN Podcast is up - download it or listen at the site or on WFYI HD2, Thursdays at 4pm.
Also, please take a moment to head over to Girls Rock Indy and see what you can do to support their cause. Their first benefit show takes place March 5th at Talbott St., and they're looking for some materials to put on the first Girls Rock Indy camp in July. They're getting more bassists out there, and that can only be a good thing.
Playboy Psychonauts Video!
Fantabulous musician and all-around good guy Jon Martin took this back in November, and it's purely my lateness that has kept me from sharing this with you until now. Enjoy the Playboy Psychonauts and our take on "Ring of Fire."
New Bass Reference for the Studio Rats
Before the Interpages came around, issues like the Bass Player Session Legends and Studio Gear or the Tone and Technique specials would end up on the newsstands for a certain price, and the regular subscribers would get zilch - "newsstand specials" don't end up in the subscribers' mailboxes. The content came from previous issues, so the subscribers aren't really missing anything. However, a nice combined reference issue would be a great resource.
Now, these issues come in a digital format. We get the issue, the publishers don't have to outlay the publishing costs, and there is joy for all. Minus the newstand sales, however, - instead, it becomes a bonus for readers instead of an income source.
However, it doesn't have to be that way, Bass Player magazine. I have the vast majority of your issues, minus a few in the beginning, and I've been a subscriber for almost 17 years. And I would still pay for a digital archive. A searchable, high-quality digital archive like what Modern Drummer put out would be fantastic, and you'd have my money in a heartbeat. Besides, are you really going to let drummers get a leg up on us?
You don't even have to put it on quickly-going-obsolete optical media. Sell it in conjunction with a bass-related collectable of some sort and make it a download. You've already done it with these special issues. Do it to the rest of the issues, and we'll be in business. Thanks in advance!