About The UpBeat
The UpBeat is a Connecticut-based magazine dedicated to ska and its surrounding scene. It is produced by several high school and college students interested in creating a high-quality and informative zine for readers of all ages, backgrounds, and tastes. Founded in May 2006, The UpBeat will be released monthly and will include, but is not limited to:
- Information on local, regional, national, and international bands.
- Show listings for the Connecticut region.
- Interviews with renowned artists and scenesters.
- Reviews of the newest and hottest ska releases.
- Additional articles regarding the ska scene and its history.
For Readers
The UpBeat is distributed at a number of shows throughout the Northeast and elsewhere in the country. Keep an eye out for both bulletins and show listings on this page for places of distribution in your area! If you cant make it to any of our distribution points, please send $2 in well-concealed cash to:
The UpBeat
c/o Jackie Reiss
3 Monika Lane
Brookfield, CT 06804
If youd like to help promote The UpBeat, please click here for code to add a banner to your MySpace page. Its not too ornamental or cheesy looking, and it helps us out a whole ton. It looks like this:
For Advertisers and Distributors
If our zine reaches the demographic that your business or organization is catering to, drop us a message on MySpace or an email at [email protected] and let us know you're interested. Here are the prices for advertising spots in The UpBeat:
Banner: $20
Half page: $40
Full page: $75
If youre interested in distributing for The UpBeat and making a few extra dollars for yourself, let us know! We sell the zine at our distribution points for $1, but are willing to ship in bulk for under that price so you can keep the change while keeping your entire scene up on whats happening in the national ska community.
For Bands
If you'd like to get some coverage in The UpBeat with an interview, a CD review, an article, an advertisement, or anything else, get in touch with us! We're always open to new music, even if we have our hands full with our next issue. We can always use more information on the ever-expanding ska scene, and will cover as many bands from around the country as humanly possible. If you're looking for coverage, we definitely recommend sending us a press kit, and if you have a recent release, we'll give it a listen and see if we would like to publish a review. Even if we don't put it to print, we have writers who also publish CD reviews for CT Ska online. Odds are, if you send us somehting, it'll get press coverage one way or another. You can send us press kits, releases, donations, your mother's freshly baked cookies, or anything else that you think we might like to:
The UpBeat
c/o Todd Springer
73A Riverbend Rd.
Stratford, CT 06614
As a non-profit zine, the writers, designers, editors, and everyone else involved with The UpBeat only seek to give back to the scene thats provided them with so much. If youre in a band, and would like to reach us, drop us a line and well see how we can accommodate you. Also, if youd like to make a contribution to the cause, wed be ecstatic, as it is funded from our own pockets, and from whatever we generate through ad sales. Once weve made a large enough impact, we seek to make an issue entirely in color, and also make the publication completely free. But, until then, we need all the help we can get! Thanks for visiting our page. Ska on.
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