Hear/Say(TM) Magazine, America’s free monthly college music newspaper, is proud to present their newly updated online music magazine hearsay.cc.
Like the long-respected print magazine, hearsay.cc features exclusive artist interviews, reviews of the latest CDs, concerts, books, movies and DVDs, as well as contests featuring great prizes such as a Sony PS3, iPods, autographed guitars & other artist-signed memorabilia and much more. But Hear/Say’s online presence goes well beyond both the printed page and their target demographic of music-loving college students - with fresh content updated daily, including streaming audio and video from some of today’s cutting-edge artists, hot upcoming releases and their new Editor’s Blog (where Hear/Say’s industry insiders keep their ears-to-the-ground in order to break the latest news from the movers-and-shakers in the music and entertainment worlds). Along with the Editor’s Blog, two other new unique music columns, Campus Correspondents and Concert Connection, feature college students from around the nation giving their own views and news on music acts and concert reviews. In addition, the new Review DIY feature also lets viewers submit their own reviews on new releases (thus giving college students with a penchant for both music and journalism a unique voice within the music media industry).
Distributed through over 1,100 independent music retailers and college bookstores nationwide since it was first published in 1996, Hear/Say Magazine continues to be a strong supporter of both. Their most recent issue is proof of this as they have in-depth features on not only the second annual Record Store Day (where music stores throughout the U.S. will celebrate with various in-store sales, live musical performances and other related fun on April 18th), but also how brick-and-mortar music shops are adapting to the changing times with candid interviews from indie retailers across the country. In addition, hear/say.cc also has a weekly column called Indie Music Store News, which features the top selling CDs and vinyl LPs for the week, as well as interviews from select music store owners. This month Campus Correspondents from colleges coast-to-coast will also be sharing their own stories about their favorite record shops.
Also as a direct result of the renewed interest and sales in new vinyl releases, hearsay.cc has also kicked-off their new Vinyl Answer column in their blog, which discusses current trends of the format as well as new vinyl releases in the pipeline - such as the latest from U2, Neko Case, Handsome Furs and the deluxe vinyl packaging of Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique, complete with t-shirt and eight-foot wide poster of the album art, and Beck’s The Information that comes on four slabs of 180-gram vinyl and includes 10 sticker sheets and a 24-color pen set.
Along with Hear/Say’s current contests to win a Numark Turntable, autographed memorabilia pack from English indie-pop duo The Ting Tings and new releases from Andrew Bird and White Lies, they’re also offering a very special contest in conjunction with Warner Music Group to win two 3-day passes to this year’s Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago with $300 cash to spend on food, drink and band merch at the fest.
As a long-time educated voice for music-loving college students across the U.S. and beyond, Hear/Say Magazine and their new online presence hearsay.cc give their audience everything they’re looking for in a music publication… and more.