Milwaukee area: Seeking 2-4 writers
So for a little while now I’ve been kicking around the idea of starting a newspaper centered around original Milwaukee music. A plan was formulated and I contacted everyone I knew who might be interested. That wasn’t too long ago, but the idea is already fizzling a bit. It’s understandable… some people want to be a part of it, but just don’t have the time. Others might not have liked my approach. Others still might have been weary of the size of the project. Going to try and address all those problems, especially the last one. In my typical fashion, I came up with some grand scheme of how to make it the best thing Milwaukee has ever seen. Bad move on my part as that’s a good way to scare off volunteer staff.
New game plan. I want to start waaaay small. I’d like to get a staff of 3-5 people (including myself) and just see what we can do. Everyone will contribute 1-2 articles per month and it we’ll do reviews, interviews, opinion, etc. The whole paper will be like 4 pages (maybe more depending on how much we all write). I will take care of the layout/printing/advertising stuff and figure out a very easy way to handle distribution. We’ll start with a few hundred copies and they’ll be available at a small handful of places. If it stays that size, great. If it grows, great. Have more ideas, but let’s just start there and see what we get.
I just need the 2-4 additional people. I don’t want to assume that those who were interested in the original plan will be on board for the revised one, so I’m throwing this out to everyone I know. If you want to do some writing, let me know. We’ll see if we can get a 1st issue out the beginning of 2010 (January).
