Friday, February 29, 2008

And now a word from Gary Hill - Editor & Webmaster of Music Street Journal...


Music Street Journal has been bringing interviews, CD and DVD reviews and concert reviews to the internet for over ten years now. In honor of that anniversary the site has been fully redesigned and is looking great. It even features a new logo designed by none other than Ed Unitsky. You can check the site out at www.musicstreetjournal.com, and we’re confident you’ll agree. The thing is, if that’s all you look at, though, you’ll only be getting part of the picture. In addition to a full revamping of the existing site, we’ve added special features for members. These include concert photo galleries, audio versions of some of our interviews, exclusive audio and video material from participating artists, blogs from some of those artists, the chance to ask them questions and see the answers and the opportunity to read The Strange Sound of Cthulhu - Music Inspired by the Writings of H. P. Lovecraft (the book written by MSJ’s Gary Hill) for free online.

Bands and solo artists participating by providing material for the members’ area include - Aethellis, Asmodeus X, Black 47, Bill Bruford (a podcast), Clark Plays Guitar, Cosmo's Moon, Alan Davey, DC4, Djam Karet, Dream Aria, Eternal Descent, Farpoint, Fernwood, Groove Pipe, Gary Hill, Inquisitor Betrayer, Lana Lane, Magic Pie, Guy Manning, Matt Martino, Valentin Narvaez, Erik Norlander, OnOffOn, The Paisley Tones, Michael Paul, Pennenga, Raising Fear, Rocket Scientists, 2nd Day Crush, The Smith Brothers, Soniq Theater, Stealing Jane, Sifu Stephen Doe, James Sudakow, The Syn, Tafoya's Lost Boyzz, Mike Visaggio and John Young Band.

Some of the concert photo galleries represent pictures that were previously presented at MSJ while others have never before been seen. For the most part when they’ve been published before the pictures in the new gallery are of a higher resolution and much larger size and usually there are a lot more pictures presented. We have concert galleries of these artists - Alice Cooper, Amon Amarth, Arlo Guthrie, Asia, Atreyu, Black 47, Black Label Society, Bleeding Through, California Guitar Trio, Children of Bodom, Chris Caffery, Coco Montoya, Dimmu Borgir, Doro (two galleries), Dream Theater (two galleries), Echolyn, Enslaved, Enuff Z'Nuff, Every Time I Die, Frank Marino, Geoff Tate, Gojira, Grand Funk Railroad, Gwar, Hawkwind, Heaven and Hell (two galleries), Ian Gillan, Jean-Luc Ponty, Jethro Tull (two galleries), Judas Priest (three galleries), Kansas, Lacuna Coil, Lamb of God, Lonnie Brooks and the Brooks Family Band, Magma, Magna-Fi, Megadeth, Nazareth, Otep (two galleries), Overkill, Placebo, Porcupine Tree, Prong, Pure Reason Revolution, Queensryche (three galleries), Rik Emmett, Robert Cray, Ron Keel, Skeleton Breath, Slayer, Soul Sirkus, Spock’s Beard (three galleries), Star People, Static-X, Stratovarius, Superjoint Ritual, Tempest, The Heavils, The Red Masque, Throwdown, Tony Levin, Toto, UFO, Uli Jon Roth, Y & T and Yes (five galleries).

Audio interviews are currently available from Enslaved and Ray Manzarek of the Doors. Keep in mind, this is just a snapshot of what’s in the site today. New material is getting added several times a week and bands can change out their own material, so that can change frequently, too. You can get a look at what the visual appearance of the members’ area is by going to the official Music Street Journal blog. You can see that here – http://blog.myspace.com/musicstreetjournal. Memberships are only 25 dollars for a year – that’s less than fifty cents a week. You can get shorter memberships, too (down to one month for 6 bucks). To sign up just go to www.musicstreetjournal.com and you’ll see the members’ area access box on the right side. Just go to the “click to register” link to the right of the log in box and you’ll be set up in no time.

[Press Release Provided by Gary Hill - Editor & Webmaster of Music Street Journal]

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