Author: D.A.N
The Sights & Sounds from the Fifth Column, the Fifth Column
Online Magazine, (SSFTFC) is looking for contributions from
musicians of all sorts in all sorts of genres. As of December
10, 2006 SSFTFC is up and running and ready to accept
contributions from you. You can submit a simple song you've
written, the latest LP from your band, or just recordings you've
made in your basement. You don't have to be a professional
musician or a million dollar rock star to contribute, just be
passionate about your music, talented and want your music heard
by a larger audience, and its all free of charge.
A Little Background: Before contributing, you should know a little about this publication. Designed to uphold ideas of honesty, creativity, individuality, acceptance, human rights, free speech and most importantly free thinking, SSFTFC is a collection of art, articles, music and more that loosely forms what I call an online magazine. Its purpose is to help talented people gain exposure for their ideas and their art or music, as well as promote the ideas of the site. If you share the same dedication to these concepts that I do, then check out "Become a Fifth Columnist" and submit your work today.
For more information on the publication, take a look at "About this Publication".
Why would I choose to publish here? In this day and age anyone can set up their own blog, website or photo journal so I'm certainly not asking you to pass up those opportunities to post here. Instead, its recommended that you post to your own site, and here. When promoting ideas on the web it can be difficult to get traffic to your site and so your music may go unheard. By posting here as well, you gain the exposure of having your music linked back to your own site (links breed traffic) and having your music reach a larger audience. It also allows people who may not have the time to run a website of their own to get their artwork or ideas out there. I understand entirely that it can be nearly a full time job to promote a website. By having your music published here, you gain exposure and promotion for your ideas without all the hassle. People will be able to listen to the music via a flash player online for free but will not be able to download the music so you don't have to worry about illegal downloads. I can also offer it for download if you want people to be able to download. The goal is that people will read this site just like any other magazine, meaning that people will read it because its a collection of things loosely based on similar ideas. This means that people who normally would not find your blog or site, will still read your articles or see your artwork or listen to your music because they are interested in articles, artwork or music of a similar nature. You can think of this as an ongoing blog carnival on the topic of the Sights and Sounds from the Fifth Column, but instead of being published only once every so often like blog carnivals, this is an ongoing publication with new items every day.
And you don't have to be a professional or a rock star! Some of the most powerful music I've heard has been recorded in mall recording or basements by regular people.
What kind of music are you looking for? Thats simple, Anything. Primarily I listen to rock and roll and blues but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate talented musicians in all sorts of music. As long as I feel that it represents the ideas of this publication it will be published here. The focus of this magazine is intended to be broad and cover a lot of new ground and new ideas in a lot of areas. Our focus is not so much on a particular topic, but on a particular set of ideas, the ideas this site was founded on (see above). Music is my favorite form of artistic expression and so I'm very interested in building a large musical library on this site and helping new artists, bands and musicians reach a larger audience. If I really like your music, I'll even post concert dates and locations or maybe even show up to take pictures and write a review of the show (if you're in the Chicago area as thats where I'm from). I'm happy to help talented musicians in any way I can, to gain some exposure.
If you're interested in contributing check out "Become a Fifth Columnist" and submit your work today.