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Reprinted from the 6/98 Smug - News Feature |
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expanding siite, this online CD store is "creating a new way
for independent artists to get their music out there," says
joe's production & grille, inc.'s president Wendy Rubin. joe's
is dedicated to "bridging the gap between artists and their
possible fanbase." While joe's is mainly a manufacturing and
dicstribution outfit, Rubin says that labels, A&R people and
DJs looking for new music check out the site because of its reputation
for high quality.One popular feature is joe's Blue Plate Special,
the best of the unsigned Indies, a radio program that is syndicated
to 500 radio stations nationwide. As for fearing other burgeoning
sites, Rubin says, " If these websites will support independent
music, all the more power to them. In the end, it will help us accomplish
what we're trying to do." |
