Submitting and Article, Editorial, or Review to Indy In-Tune

We've decided that we'd like to get the blog fired back up for something more than just show notes. To that end, we are actively soliciting submissions for the blog on the main page of the Indy In-Tune site. Are you a fledgling writer, closet music critic, or in general someone around here with an opinion and decent grammar skills? If so, you may qualify as an "op ed correspondent."

Here are some guidelines...

Try to write about something that in some way pertainins to Indiana music. We will certainly consider general music scene articles, or reviews/discussions of non-musical events in Indiana, but they are less-likely to be found relevant enough to publish here. Submission ideas include:

Reviews/previews of upcoming/past local live music shows
Reviews/previews of upcoming/past local music or video releases
Commentary on the local music scene
Biographies of local music personalities
Descriptions/plugs of venues that support local live music
Tips/advice for aspiring musicians, club owners, etc.

Use proper grammar. Or at least as close as you can get to it. The spell/grammar checker in the average word processor should suffice. Heck, we're amateurs ourselves, so we can forgive a couple typos, or the occasional bad punctuation. However, if it's unintelligible or requires more than a few minutes of proofreading, then -- unless we're feeling really generous -- it will probably get returned to you for another draft.
Link ... whenever possible. If you talk about a band, venue, or other web site, be sure to link to them. This is the hyperlink age, you know.
Make a decent argument. Don't spend 500 words arguing that a particular band or venue is good or bad unless you're prepared to list specific, objective reasons why you think this is the case. We won't judge whether you're right or wrong, but you'll need to have something other than personal preference to back up your argument. Oh, and the usual rules about libel and slander apply -- we're very unlikely to publish anything that might get us in legal trouble or otherwise harbor ill-will with local venues/artists.
Pick a good length. There is such a thing as too short and too long with these things. We don't know exactly what those limitations are, but were thinking somewhere between two paragraphs and ten minutes. If you need something longer, consider submitting your piece in multiple parts that we can run on consecutive days.

That's about it. Simply cut/paste (or type) your literary masterpiece below and we'll get back to you.

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