From hammond.b3@verizon.net Tue Dec 20 16:48:51 2005
Subject:Re: B3 Player magazine

Thanks for the tip but I'd rather not keep getting e-mails about this
magazine. I'm aware of the magazine and choose not to subscribe so let's
not send anymore spam relating to this magazine.
Chuck
Dallas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Lenhoff"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12:06 PM
Subject: [CWSG] B3 Player magazine

(X-posted to Hammond Zone)

Just wanted to put in a little plug for B3 Player, the new web-zine,
http://b3player.com/.

The first issue was great - a really nice mix of "how to play it"
articles (with music and Mp3 and MIDI files), reviews of clone
equipment, excellent transcriptions, Hammond tech info, and articles
on comping and building bass lines. The playing instructional
pieces are aimed at a wide audience - from beginners to advanced
players. With Tony Monaco, Bill Brown and Harvey Olsen serving as
consultants, the talent certainly is there.

Last week, I had a chance to spend a couple hours with Josiah
Hoskins (Dr. Joho), the editor/publisher of B3 Player. This is truly
a labor of love. He has put an enormous amount of time into this
project (which competes for his time with a demanding day job, his
family and his gigging) and a good deal of money, too. He is doing
things "the right way," too, paying publishers for the rights to
tunes he transcribes and the photos he uses. (If fact, he told me a
story about spending days trying to track down who owned the rights
to a particular deceased artist's song, finally reaching his
widow.) That may not impress you, but in this Internet age, the
temptation to simply rip-off copyright holders is great, and happens
all the time. But how can you create a music magazine without
showing respect for great artists and what they've created?

I don't know how many times I've heard people complain that there is
no magazine that serves our interests. Well, now there is, and we
can either support it, or wonder where it went a few years from
now. Have a look for yourself.

(By the way, I have no relationship with this magazine. I'd just
like to see it attract enough readers to help Josiah keep it going.)

Alan Lenhoff

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