NOTES FROM THE EDITOR: 4 Years of Consumable, Contest,
Search Engine And More!
With the September 1, 1997 issue of Consumable Online, we will be celebrating our four year anniversary. It has been a long, hard climb being the first collaborative online music reviews publication, but through the perseverance of everyone associated with us - and that includes our readership, contacts in the music industry, and writers - we have produced a quality publication which has spawned numerous imitators, but none which can claim the passionate love for music which has come to signify Consumable.
In celebration of our four year anniversary, we have made two noticable changes to the Consumable web site. The first is the addition of a search engine, through which readers can search the Consumable archives to read past reviews and interviews to find what we've said about your favorite artists. We have included all articles from 1995 to August, 1997 in the database; we look forward to including the remainder of the articles, from 1993 and 1994, sometime in the near future.
In addition to this, we are having one of the largest music giveaways ever on the Internet. Entering the contest is as easy as clicking a mouse button; simply go to our web site (located at http://www.westnet.com/consumable) between September 2 and September 22 and click on the CONTEST link. There, entrants will have to answer questions based on past issues of Consumable; links are there to guide you to the past issues, to aid with the contest. Twenty winners will be selected at random from among those contestants with the most correct answers. Each winner will take back twenty compact discs, for a total of 400 releases to be given away - 100 for each of Consumable's four years of publication.
Since its creation in 1993, Consumable has provided its readership with hundreds of music reviews from critics on four continents. By placing the focus back on the music, Consumable offers insightful coverage into some of today's - and tomorrow's - best music.
To those of you who have just found Consumable, welcome aboard. To those who have been loyal readers, thanks for supporting us the last four years. We hope you'll be pleased with our changes, and continue to make Consumable your choice for music reviews.
- Bob Gajarsky, Editor In Chief, Consumable Online
