Hey, that's patented."Hey, I've got these magic stones that will increase the resonance of your sax..."
I missed out on the opportunity, I guess...
They make those for male dogs who have been neutered too. They're called "neuticles". How long have you had yours?
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Mind you, I've only leafed through the Saxophone Journal in the past few years, but I do remember seeing a lot of articles from folks that advertised in the magazine. From a completely practical standpoint, I can understand sax businesses advertising in a sax magazine, especially if it's one of the very few out there. From a journalistic integrity standpoint, that's a bit questionable. Understandable, but questionable.
I've also mentioned that the Saxophone Journal had some editing problems. I cite just about every article about King instruments where "HN White" morphed into "NH White."
RE: clarnibass' point about online availability, however it's kinda like saying, "Do you think your online magazine can compete with the free stuff on many musicians' blogs, not to mention SOTW and other web forums?"
I think some of the problems with electronic media have been that there's no editor and you've got no real idea who's posting -- like, what his credentials are, etc. However, on a forum-style website -- like this one -- if you have a large enough and active enough staff, they can serve as very effective editors. In other words, if someone's posting BS, someone will call him out on it .
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As a side question, which I may split into another thread, what would YOU like to see in an online sax magazine?
....we would really like to fairly quickly add a sister site for saxophone players/enthusiasts, ...But I would like to hear from folks about what they would like to see in such publications which we would suppliment with printed and/or .pdf editions, video courses on subscription course sites, music publishing and much more.
I would love to hear from you, either here or at peter@flutefocus.com (after March 25th -- before that at fluteinjazz@gmail.com.
Peter Westbrook
Anyhow, I think the big thing is to determine what you can offer that's better than what you can get on someone's blog or on a forum. Well, aside from better editing, that is .
I wasn't aware of that. However, I also wasn't looking. So, I checked it out. Ewww ... PDF. However, that means I bet each issue will be someplace on the web for free ....when The Saxophone Journal sank like the Titantic, an e-zine called Saxophone Today appeared.
Add to this the fact that any bonehead with half a brain and a computer can create a halfway decent website, and you have conquered the last hurdle that used to make a magazine a hard to create object. No more printing, no more mailing, no more subscription listing (and, most important, no more need for money to cover all of these items).