Links for October 14th

  • Debut magazine
    Due to launch in 2009, debut magazine proposes to “provide a platform from which creative people, whether artists, musicians, designers or performers to showcase their talents to a wider audience”. They’re after some of those ‘creative individuals’ to be part of the first edition
  • Robert Lane
    Robert is a musician and on his blog he documents the trials and tribulations of working the West Mids gig circuit. It’s well worth a read. He’s also a member of a comedy troupe called the new Raving Loonies Stole My Heart. Their new show, The Terrifying Tour of Terrible Terror calls at the Arena in Wolverhampton on the 30th of October. Swearing and scariness is promised
  • Local short film wins ‘Best Children’s Film’ at a Sikh Film Festival in New York
    “Sikh, Rattle and Roll”, the short film written and produced by Yugesh Walia at Endboard Productions, and co-financed by Screen WM and Carlton Television won the ‘Best Children’s Film’ Award and a $2500 prize
  • 40th BICS pics
    D’Log has spotted someone’s pics from the 2008 Birmingham International Comic Show
  • What can we expect from the Baskerville project?
    Nick Booth on the Birmingham Conservation Trust blog has been investigating…
  • Flatpack Festival // 11-15 March 2009 –
    The newly designed Flatpack Festival site has launched. There’s a call for submissions on there but because it’s one of those slightly infuriating websites that don’t have distinct pages to link to I can’t point that out to you. It’s easy enough to spot though Amateur that I am, I didn’t spot the permanent links – here’s the submissions one (ta Ian!)
  • PHOTOBIRMINGHAM
    “A blog dedicated to creating a photospace in Birmingham and a place to celebrate photography”. Good to see this up and running. I for one will be watching developments with interest
  • Download Copter’s album for free
    Local band Copter have made their 3rd LP free to download. It’s “12 cuts of all new, dynamite soul”. Pass the link on to anyone you reckon might like a copy

6 Comments

  2. Winston Albert

    “For money tho if Ive read it corretly”

    That is correct!

    debut mag is an INDEPENDENT project – so any fee’s are to cover production, distribution and other activities ( launch party-yes please!) that the guys at debut carry out to support and provide a showcase for new creative talent.

    Furthermore, its a small price for those dedicated to their creative endeavour – you couldn’t get a set of 5k flyers with that sort of money nowaday either – so its pretty much unbeatable value…

    FREELY DISTRIBUTED:Top quality magazine, targeted distribution, the added esteem of featuring and being published, displayed at local venues and selected retailers and so forth.

  3. Hmm. Why would anyone want to read a magazine where they knew everyone featured had paid to be in it?
    It’s like reading a book of adverts.

    Can the artists featured buy good reviews too?

    Or maybe I’ve misunderstood the concept here…?

  4. I completely agree.

    Although I can’t fault the concept of a showcase for exciting creative talent (as that’s my job too) surely you need editorial control over who goes in the magazine to justify its tagline?

    Otherwise anyone with enough cash can hoist themselves on a pedestal, regardless of whether they have any talent?

    It’s an interesting discussion to have, especially with advertising revenue declining – my question would be, why choose print rather than online, especially when you’re first starting off building a brand from scratch?

    Good luck with the project though, look forward to seeing the first edition and seeing if this approach pays off.

  5. Winston Al;bert

    From what I know

    RE:CatherineBray-
    Its to be pretty much like a directory – hence you pretty much pay for a listing or space.Also likewise, there will be no reviews.

    RE: Carson
    “editorial control”
    Again its pretty much a directory so there’s not a stringent control over what is included. Save’s that same conversation over what is good and by what criteria – should there be a criteria – who makes the criteria and so forth.

    Which leads me on to your next point – “pedestal” – I’m sure anyone with a little foresight will want to avoid listing themselves as say an actor, with nothing to back it up. Pretty much a waste of their time and money.

    Apologies for the rant! I thought I’d do my best to dispel any misunderstanding of the concept here and other perfectly valid points that people have made.

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