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Chicago Music Guide

Make Music, NOT War

About Me

designed by feeny.Pardon our HTML dust =) It may look visually unpleasing for awhile as we try to improve our MySpace to make it easier to navigate and visually pleasing. Thank you for your patience! About Us Chicago Music Guide is a resource music webzine, whose desire is to assist musicians with every aspect of their career through reviews, photos, links and ads from pertinent companies and entities in the music and entertainment industry.
The mission of the Chicago Music Guide is to provide qualityinformation that is relevant and timely with a focus on the music industry, both international, national and indie based. Empowering music consumers as well as industry people, artists and other companies with this information that is relevant to the music industry.
Chicago Music Guide offers direct consulting and guidance to artists through our links pages, message board, newsletter and direct contact to our Chicago Music Guide staff.
Chicago Music Guide was founded in 2004 and started from the simple desire to help friends, but with Chicago's vast array of great talent, the site grew quickly from there. Now with a talented staff of writers and photographers, the Chicago Music Guide can meet the needs of our hungry city.
A number of the staff members of the Chicago Music Guide is either currently a musician themselves or used to be a musician at one time. We have the insiders perspective on what musicians would need and want to see and we strive hard to give it to them.
Chicago Music Guide is dedicated to working with all entities of the music and entertainment industry, such as record companies and their publisists, radio stations, promotional companies, management companies, booking agents, artists and others.
Non-for-profit In addition to working with the music industry and artists, Chicago Music Guide works with the community in Chicago with non-for-profit organizations on music related events. We plan to have at least two charity events a year, along with working side-by-side with other organizations on their already established events. We feel this is important to the integrality of the webzine that we have a charity base component that helps others.
In 2005, disaster struck in Asia and Chicago Music Guide responded by holding two benefit concerts and in turn donating the money to the CARE organization. We are pleased to report that we raised $3,000.00+ to aid in their relief.
Sponsorship Program Chicago Music Guide sponsors concerts and events to help already established artists or help get a new indie artist started. We plan to implement these music events at various clubs and festivals. It is also a way for us to promote the Chicago Music Guide, work with others and reach our target readers on a personal level.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/10/2004
Band Website: chicagomusicguide.com
Band Members: All of the awesome following people!
To access their MySpaces, click on the image.
Owners
Dennis Kelly
Jina Kelly

Photo Department
Beth Shandles
Promotions Director

Lead Photographer Jennifer Wheeler
Photojournalist

Blues Department
Amy Aiello

Writers
Becca Cleeland
Cara’s Basement

Chris Walker
Christie

Clyde Richardson
Feeny

Gary Wesselhoff
Jon Steinmeier

Laura Kessler
Meg Thomas

Mickey
Mike O’Cull

Noreen Sobczyk
Phil Circle
Not linked: Jenifer French, Wendy Muhammad

check out these chicago artists!

Ahab Rex
Alice Peacock
Amanda Wolff

B.C.
Blackmaker
Blue Plate Special

Blues Persuaders
C Sharp
Dan Cray Trio

Dearborn
Devil May Care
Diana Rein

Drop
Escape from Earth
Honeyglass

I:scintilla
Jessica Robinson
Kelli Ann

Kent with Peoples
Las Indomables del Norte
Leslie

Lisa Danielson
Local H
Lonsway and Malow

Macabre
Madison Buchanan
Mindsight

Mr. Russia
Nebulous 9
Peter Oyloe

Point08
Reactavox
Saber’s Lair

Sherrie Adams
Sour Deluxe
StrategyGame

Sudden Dark a Statement of Imagery
The Glass Hour
The Mother Z’s

The Ouija Boreds
Triple Threat Band
Yerba Mora
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My Blog

Free Band Pages on Chicago Music Guide

Chicago Music Guide is now taking submissions for musicians of all genres from the Chicago area only though. For inclusion, please send an email to [email protected] with the following inform...
Posted by Chicago Music Guide on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:29:00 PST

Important Notice - Save Chicago Culture

Stop the promoter's ordinanceImagine a Chicago with no Metro or Double Door or Schuba's. Imagine a Chicago with no Royal George or Bailiwick or Athenaeum. Imagine a Chicago where local music is only h...
Posted by Chicago Music Guide on Sun, 11 May 2008 02:23:00 PST

ATT: ALL MUSICIANS - The Great Link-up

I would like to put together a page for musicians outside the Chicago area to be able to link up with bands here. The goal would be for each Chicago band to list themselves on this page as being willi...
Posted by Chicago Music Guide on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:06:00 PST

New Month, New Features

Good day everybody! Just wanted to let you know that for October, we're featuring the following: New Interview with Charity and Xion from the local band Nebulous 9Legal Tips for bands from Michelle ...
Posted by Chicago Music Guide on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:56:00 PST

Bands: Need merchandise to sell?

Check out Cafepress.com! We are members of CafePress.com and have made our own custom   stuff to sell in our own online shop - it's easy, and it's FREE. Upload your   artwork or photos, pic...
Posted by Chicago Music Guide on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:36:00 PST

The only thing bad about a minority opinion is...

...not voicing it. Just because your opinion may (or may not be) shared by others, does not mean it is any less valid as anyone else's opions. Never be afraid to express yourself! This is something I ...
Posted by Chicago Music Guide on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:25:00 PST

Physical Vs. Digital Music

Have you been converted to listening to digital music over CDs? What are the pros and cons (to you) with digital music? Would you EVER get rid of your CDs? Do you subscribe to a music subscription ser...
Posted by Chicago Music Guide on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:44:00 PST

ATT: Chicago area musicians, studios & clubs!

We are updating the links on our official site for August which will cooinside with a release of a new and improved version. With that in mind, please send us any and all (Chicago area) links tha...
Posted by Chicago Music Guide on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:00:00 PST

Find a band manager? Or manage yourself?

There is no right or wrong answer with this question, because different steps work for different people. But, two main determining factors will definitely help make that decision for you, time and mon...
Posted by Chicago Music Guide on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:44:00 PST

Getting to the Gig with I-Go Car Sharing

Good morning all! Hope your week is going well on this Wednesday! Just wanted to let you know or remind you about a great service for Chicago area bands and musicians. A friend of ours, I-Go Car Shari...
Posted by Chicago Music Guide on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:28:00 PST