[Perform-talk] Sing Out Mag

[Donna Hill]

Hi Brad,
I subscribed to Sing Out! earlier this year and receive the accessible 
format. Sing Out! has long been a great resource for singer/songwriters 
and others in the folk community, but before you sign up, here are a few 
thoughts.

Currently, there are 2 subscribers to the accessible version and editor 
Mark Moss expressed his frustration with the expense of the project and 
the lack of subscribers. One of the two is me and the other one told him 
that he/she would be comfortable scanning and reading the print edition 
if the accessible one was no longer available. So, I don't know how long 
he'll do it.

I don't know why he isn't getting an accessible electronic version that 
would work for sighted and blind readers, but he isn't. The accessible 
version is a .rtf file which is done in columns like the print edition. 
I find it difficult to deal with, so I always transfer it into a 
standard .doc format. Neither version allows you to use the Table of 
Contents to find things by page number. The way the accessible version 
works is that you subscribe and receive the print version along with 
whatever CDs they send out (it's a quarterly publication). The .rtf 
arrives via e-mail.

One thing you should look into is going online to:
singout.org
and seeing what's available in terms of the calendar of events. I'm not 
sure what you're looking for, but if it's the names  of clubs and 
festivals, rather than the articles about performers and the folk 
community, maybe the site can meet your needs.

The magazine is having financial problems. I am doing a series about 
them for their 60th anniversary, which is running on Suite 101. So far, 
some of the people I have interviewed are: singer-songwriters Ellis 
Paul, Steve Gillette, Sara Hickman, Uke Jackson, Wanda Fisher (folk 
deejay from upstate NY) and Mark Moss the editor.

HTH,
Donna

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Brad Dunse wrote:
> Do any of y'all get Sing Out mag in the accessible format they offer? 
> Would the contents benefit an indy performing songwriter in the folk, 
> folk-pop, folk-country,  acoustic, semi-commercial strain? Thanks in 
> advance for any info you can give on the mag.
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