Press Room
For Immediate Release
December 15, 2005
Contact: Randi Reed
Editor-in-Chief, MusicBizAdvice.com
Email: muzbizadvc@aol.com
T: 818 487-9645
F: 413 825-8464
MBADC Women's Music Industry Workshop Website to Relaunch at New URL
January 1: "This Ain't No Shoe Site!"
Burbank, CA--Lesson Number One in the music business: Never be afraid to
take a risk. Lesson Number Two: Never be afraid to make changes, reinvent
yourself, and come out with something even better. MusicBizAdvice.com
is taking its own advice and doing just that as it relaunches its sister
site, The MBADC Women's Music Industry Workshop at a new URL
on January 1.
The MBADC Women's Music Industry Workshop is an online magazine
highlighting issues of interest to women in the music business, such as
sexual harassment, women's health, and safety tips. The MBADC Women's
Music Industry Workshop launches on January 1 at
http://mbadc.tripod.com/. It was
formerly an iVillage site with very different content.
Says MusicBizAdvice.com Founder / Editor-in-Chief Randi Reed, who also owns
The MBADC Women's Music Industry Workshop: "We got hits at the
old URL and were fairly well-received, but I never felt comfortable with the
image and content of the old site. Carrying stereotypical women's content
isn't our style, so I pulled the site and decided to start from scratch."
Part of that reinvention includes bumping up MusicBizAdvice.com staff writer
Darcie-Nicole Wicknick to Managing Editor of The MBADC Women's Music
Industry Workshop. "Darcie is great for the MBADC Women's Music
Industry Workshop," says Reed. "When we were first discussing the
possibility of a relaunch and came upon the tagline 'this ain't no shoe
site' together, I knew she was the right person for the job." Wicknick,
founder of "...Ask Darcie" music business consulting firm, is a Berklee
College of Music graduate with a degree in Music Business and has been
writing for MusicBizAdvice.com's main website since 2003. She is also an R&B
artist.
Says Wicknick, "My personal hope for the WMIW is that it will offer diverse
perspectives for women (and men) in the music industry. We're aiming for
this site to serve as an outstanding resource with content for all. If we
broaden cultural and social horizons in the process, even better."
But that doesn't mean without a sense of humor, and it doesn't mean
anti-male. "We'd love to have guys read the site, and we want them to feel
welcome," says Reed. "Male-bashing is just as bad as chauvinism, in our
opinion, so you won't see it here." As for the shoes? "We like shoes just
fine, but we do it on our own time. If were to cover shoes, it would be with
a twist."
The MBADC Women's Music Industry Workshop launches on January 1 at
http://mbadc.tripod.com/.
About The MBADC Women's Music Industry Workshop: The MBADC
Women's Music Industry Workshop is an online music industry magazine
which also highlights issues of interest to women in the music business,
such as sexual harassment. It is the sister site of MusicBizAdvice.com.
About MusicBizAdvice.com: MusicBizAdvice.com is an online magazine
published by music industry professionals experienced in booking, artist
management, and concert promotion at the national level. It is read in 66
countries worldwide and debuted in 1999, moving to its permanent URL in
2003.
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Media Contact: Randi Reed
Email: muzbizadvc@aol.com
T: 818 487-9645
F: 413 825-8464
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