All funds earned from this post will go to the @musiciansguide account and be used to fund this promotional steem project.
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OK I HAVE A GREAT IDEA
What if The Musician’s Guide to Steemit is a free physical magazine, subsidized by the Steem blockchain?
and what if, furthermore, this becomes the hub for Steem’s largest music community ever? Can we bring together 1,000 Steemians with an interest in music, united by a quarterly physical magazine that arrives for free at their doorstep?
There is precedent for the free magazine. Tape Op is one of the music industry’s most beloved publications and it has been free ever since day one.
The Book is Done - Formatting is Next
We haven’t done the final format for the book yet. It could be an eBook, a physical book, or something else… whatever happens, the same amount of work will take place.
Magazines make sense on every level to me. They are more affordable to produce and mail out than books, and it also makes more sense for what this content is. We have about 30 pages of in-depth content on building your Steem account as a musician. There are some interviews and other bits of info too…
So the magazine could consist of the core “feature story” of our “how to get 1,000 followers on Steemit” content, plus some surrounding interviews of influencer steemians and other content. Maybe feature some Steem projects, etc…
IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE!
After we do it once, future issues would be even easier. The distribution and monetization can be the same method each time, leaving me free to run the publication with a focus on quality content.
Future volumes won’t be written exclusively by me - instead I’d be the lead editor and perhaps a contributing writer.
Promotional Value of a Physical Magazine
If Steemians are walking around their home towns with this magazine, other people will see it. I can send out stacks of magazines to “Musician Guide Ambassadors” around the world who want to share copies at their local venues and studios.
The magazine, if done right, becomes like the world’s best “business card” for Steem. It could be the tipping point that makes Steem a part of the mainstream conversation at music industry events and stuff like that.
It's a bonus that as an alumni of Berklee College of Music, it is likely that I can distribute magazines there as well.
We Need Funds
To pull this off, we will need funds to pay for the magazines. Making this a free publication (with some basic safeguards of course) is crucial to make it work. We can unite 1,000 people under the banner of The Musician’s Guide if the magazine is free, I truly believe it.
This is the start of something new and amazing. Upvotes and resteems will help me build it up sooner. Thanks for your support on this post!
Upvoted and resteemed! Nice project Matt!
Thanks pal!
That's a brilliant idea and i think it is very viable. Thanks for the work already done. You got my back.
I always appreciate your support @gigpen thanks
Upvoted and resteemed. Great idea!
greatly appreciated @esb thank you
100% behind this idea! I definitely prefer a physical zine to reading on a screen.
SAME. I couldnt think of the right digital experience, and i think its cuz the answer is physical.
I used to publish a zine in the late 80s/ early 90s, when zines were at their height of popularity. I've considered doing a digital version many times over the years. But it just isn't that inspiring. I really hope we have another zine revolution. Ya, it's paper. Ya, it comes from trees. But everything uses some kind of resource eh?
Oh yeah I dont care at all about using paper for zines, anybody who wants to guilt trip you about that is being pretty silly lol. Digital zines arent the same!!
Yea yea this is bomb.. Id surely be a Musician Guide Ambassador!! The power and freedom we hold now as blockchain artsit is unlimited, the sooner the creative is exposed to steemit in a way that's digestible is when we will see a major shift! Kudos to you!
Much appreciated @wolfnworbeikood :-)
Awesome initiative, upvoted and resteemed! Hit us up on Discord if you'd like us to help you promote the project on our platform, website and socials. If you have a presskit of sorts, we could add that to our website. Our new and improved platform should be live very soon, with a blog section for industry tips and platforms we believe in.
Cheers!