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noizemagazine - noiZe Magazine Issue 60 May 2009 - Index

FROM THE PUBLISHER
noiZe Magazine: 60 Issues and an early Sweet 16 celebration!
Like a teenager celebrating and reflecting on life, excited about the future,
noiZe is gearing up to celebrate its Sweet 16 next year as well as this, our 60th
issue! When I think back over sixty issues, I’m blown away by how much we have
done. Sixty innovative and eye-catching covers, over 450 articles written by
some of the top writers in the dance and music scene, over 600 CD and music
reviews, 3,000 calendar event reviews, and over 7,000 photographs have filled
our pages. As a matter of fact, when you multiply it all by the number of issues
we print, you get 300,000,000 total pages produced (three hundred million!) in
15 years. That’s a lot of trees (which is why we love the internet so much!) From
the very beginning – when we were still Circuit Noize – it’s been a wild ride, and
our long, successful history points to an even more exciting future.
As we reflect on what we’ve accomplished, we always come back to one concept
that I’ve talked about before in this column – integrity. Because first and
foremost we are members of this great community, we support every amazing
event, promoter and DJ – not just those that choose to advertise with us.
We have approached the dance and music scene with a positive attitude every
step of the way. We emphasize the humor and fun that should always underpin
what we do, even as we bring serious issues to light and ponder what all of
this means to us. We promote harm reduction constantly; it is an undercurrent
to many of our articles. We never bash a party or a DJ just because someone
didn’t have fun or didn’t like the music – how does that support and improve
the scene? For 15 years we have done our best to help build and promote a network
of strong, successful events around the world.
But we’re nothing without our readers, of course. Our readers have provided
tremendous support to noiZe by heavily subscribing to our print version, as well
as deluging our websites with traffic each month – keeping us in the #1 spot for
our category across the Internet for the past ten years. We’re extremely proud
of noiZemag.com and our extensive online database of events, Partyfinder.com.
These two sites have provided up-to-the-date DJ and venue information as well
as insightful and interesting descriptions of these events for the past twelve
years. Over 60,000 people a month rely on the comprehensive information we
provide to determine their travel plans, and, as we say, “Choose Their Parties
Wisely.”
So what are we doing to plan for our Sweet 16? A lot. First, noiZe is now available
8 times a year – every 6 weeks! In addition to our quarterly seasonal issues,
we will be producing special editions between each issue, providing you with
more coverage of the events and parties that you crave. Available in every major
city, nightclub, hotspot, lounge, gym and coffeehouse – noiZe has you covered.
Our online flip-book continues to draw internet-savvy and international readers
at an astounding rate. This digital version, along with our readers on Facebook
and followers on Twitter, serves the largest audience of partygoers anywhere.
We are also celebrating by launching two new websites: CircuitPartyGuide.com
and GayParties.com. These two sites will take over most of the Circuit-related
coverage from Partyfinder.com (which will feature mixed and straight events in
addition to gay events this summer). CircuitPartyGuide.com and GayParties.com
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Happy Am I! Healthy Am I! holy Am I!