Hello Everyone,

This week we spotlight the drummers on our site. Bruce Shutan, an accomplished drummer in his own supplied us with a great article that appeared earlier this year in Drum Magazine. Top drummers such as Simon Phillips, Gregg Bissonette and Steve Smith sound off on session work and offer many tips for aspiring drummers. There is also some helpful information if you’re doing a recording project. http://www.onlinerock.com/howto/listenup_1_shutan.shtml

Featured CD – Mara’s “It’s Who I Am” is this week’s featured CD. Mara's original acoustic rock with soul showcases classic songwriting sensibility reared on modern pop radio. In 2001, Mara was nominated by the LA Music Awards as 'Best Female Singer/Songwriter' and secured a coveted spot on Music Connection Magazine's 'Hot 100 Unsigned Artists' list. $1.00 from every CD sold will benefit breast cancer research. http://www.onlinerock.com/mara

Sell You CDs - You too can sell your CDs in our Music Store with our CD Sales Program. We take the order, process the payment, and fill and ship the order, all for only $3.00 per CD and no setup charge. http://www.onlinerock.com/cdsales.shtml

Short Run CDRs - OnlineRock can now produce CDRs from your CD master and print in full color directly onto the CDRs. Use these as demos, radio station promos, ad and jingle spots, or gifts for family and friends. Sell your CDRs directly to fans at clubs and gigs, and most importantly, sell them at our OnlineRock Music Store! http://www.onlinerock.com/cdr

Gear Corner – Speaking of drummers, our featured product is a practice drum pad. The Rhythm Coach Pack puts together an 8" mesh V-practice pad and the RM-2 sound module to let you practice in total silence. Training exercises and other features help you develop timing, speed, and endurance. http://www.onlinerock.com/store/equitment_vdrums.shtml

Barcodes - Do you need a barcode for your upcoming CD project but can't afford to pay the $750 the Universal Code Council will charge you to register it? OnlineRock can generate a barcode for your new release, register it with SoundScan, and place your CD in our Online Music Store - all for only $25. http://www.onlinerock.com/barcode

Forum Question - It’s been over twenty years since MTV started playing music videos. Many bands through out the eighties and nineties thought that a video was the only way to make it in this industry. This week we ask; is that still the case? Do videos matter any more? If so, how are they used? Do they help get gigs? Is there a different format that now works better? Let us know what you think of videos and how they help promote your music. http://www.onlinerock.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi

Featured Artists – The Dips from Orange County, California are this week’s profiled band. Try to imagine a cross between melodic punk and 50's rock. Then, take away all the cheesy love songs. Replace them with an infatuation with bowling, a few "your mom" jokes, and a deep thought here and there. That's them.

Our featured MP3, “I Wish the Sun”, comes from Boneyard6. They are headed to Boston to finish recording their long awaited first CD. Our featured site is from The Wrekkage. They have been called "Gothic Hillbillies" and "Bastard Children of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Pink Floyd". One thing is for sure, the music they have created has a style they have yet to place a genre.

Do you want to be featured? All you have to do is have a Web site, a great photo, and fill out the profile form. Maybe you'll be next! http://www.onlinerock.com/profileform

List Your Site - Don't forget about our new OnlineRock Music Directory. You can now add a link to your Web site to the searchable directory. You can also add links to other music resource sites that you feel would benefit the music community. http://www.onlinerock.com/links/pages

If you have any comments for OnlineRock, just drop our Webmaster a line at webmaster@onlinerock.com. We’re always open to your ideas and suggestions

Next week we’ll be launching OnlineRock Radio! Stay tuned for details.

Rock On,
Steve Beck
Founder