Hey all, Welcome to a new and improved Drop-D Newsletter. After a long and hard, well hardish, Christmas the Drop-D'ers are back with a bang. We've been hitting the streets of Cork and indeed Ireland getting back into the gel that binds our Irish music scene together. Despite the fact 3 of our journalists are on study leave, 2 are indisposed with family issues and 1 broke his fingers skiing we still have one hell of an edition for ye. Coming up, ==Drop-D's newest edition of its famous Music Ezine ==Drop-D advises on its new website, new newsletter and new article comments section. ==Drop-D parties kicks off! Stay Tuned! ************************************************* Drop-D Ezine http://www.drop-d.ie !**Latest additions in the last 2 weeks**! Arctic Monkeys gets the thumbs up http://drop-d.ie/archive/article.asp?article=149 A sneaky peek at Kilter's latest EP coming out in march http://drop-d.ie/archive/article.asp?article=156 Our Newest writer "Chicken" puts superstar DJ Stevie G under the probe in this interview http://drop-d.ie/archive/article.asp?article=153 To contrast Stevie we hotline it with PowerFm DJ Da Wiseguy compliments of Queep http://drop-d.ie/archive/article.asp?article=155 http://www.queeporganicmusic.com Gary Looks back over his musical highlights of 2005 in this in-depth analysis ;) http://drop-d.ie/archive/article.asp?article=152 We got a Duo of Industry advice from our good friends at Ezine articles == CD Duplication Vs CD replication http://drop-d.ie/archive/article.asp?article=154 ==How to develop your musical ear http://www.drop-d.ie/archive/article.asp?article=150 And an anonymous reader submitted his own article. How to make a traditional Irish Wag http://www.drop-d.ie/archive/article.asp?article=151 I'll say no more! ************************************************* Drop-D New website http://drop-d.ie/ =================== We have done an awful lot of work on our website swing by and take a peak! http://drop-d.ie We have added a system where readers may now comment directly at the bottom of every article without the need for logons or passwords. have a look at the bottom here: http://www.drop-d.ie/archive/article.asp?article=22 We still have the gig submission page http://www.drop-d.ie/gigs/submit_gig.asp AND The Directory submission page for anyone in the industry http://www.drop-d.ie/links/submit_link.asp We also have redesigned our forum so why not pop in http://www.drop-d.ie/phpbb2/index.php We also have a new team page, so you can see who we are.. If you want, We are sorting new pics so i wont link it, but ye can fins it if ye fancy ;) **************************************************** Drop-D Parties http://drop-d.ie/party/index.asp ============ We'll I'll keep this short. Mark has taken up the handle on this and he is giving the project new life. Mark will be sending out more over the next week == some facts.... Drop-D parties kicks of FEB 16th Cyprus Avenue, Cork Entry is FREE, prizes are FREE, Enjoyment is FREE, and To the winners there will be pizza, FREE We will have 4 top local acts at every party which will run monthly and will Vary between Cork, Galway and Dublin. We are looking for Demo's from musicians/Bands, so email mark@drop-d.ie if you want in! ######################################################### Drop-D Giving Musicians a Voice