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GAJOOB has been reviewing independent music since 1987. Online since 1993, we are returning to print in 2011 with a series of book/CD publications discussing the art and craft of creative modern recording with 1000's of artists worldwide. We are interested in all kinds of recorded works, especially self-made, homemade, DiY, independent, NetLabel, free music. Send us a link to albums online or send us a CD to become a part of our work. Visit GAJOOB.net for more information.

Greg Stomberg & Dan Susnara
Prequel: The 1st Annual Trips Festival

Jeremy Gluck & Dave Fuglewicz
Sleep on the Edge

Various Artists
godspunk volume ten

ABOUT GAJOOB

HISTORY

Read an extensive interview with GAJOOB'S Bryan Baker, published June 2010 @ Don Campau's Living Archive of Underground Music.

GAJOOB began in 1987 as a print zine by Bryan Baker focused on home recording artists and independent music activities. The final issue in print was published in 1994, along with a compilation CD of 21 artists. Bryan produced a weekly 3-hour radio show from 1991-1994 on Salt Lake City's KRCL called Cassette Culture Shock which featured the artists sending tape albums to GAJOOB. GAJOOB entered the online world as early as 1989 with activity on scattered electronic bulletin board systems, publishing electronic versions of the magazine in text and then in a multimedia DocMaker format, complete with audio au files. Baker began publishing The DiY Report in 1994, an email subscription newsletter which gathered news of independent music activities and featured articles and interviews with indie artists. 124 issues were published until 2001 and the content was archived via the web. The GAJOOB web site was also home to GAJOOB Radio, a streaming RealAudio radio show of music and artist interviews.

From 2000-2010, GAJOOB evolved into various interrelated focuses and websites, including homemademusic.com, tapegerm.com, discoversounds.com, along with on-demand CD manufacturing and online sales. Baker was also putting more focus on his own recording activities and the Blind Mime Ensemble.

2010 sees the return of GAJOOB TO print later this month. If you create music then you probably belong in our pages. We strive to give voice to the creative impulse and hear what artists have to say about that. If you like discovering new music or want to keep up with creative music activities then GAJOOB is something you'll want to read. We have heard that print is dead, but the kind of people who need GAJOOB don't subscribe to general trends -- we make our own. Somehow print feels right, right now.

YOU CAN PARTICIPATE

GAJOOB will be published with a CD of 100+ tracks direct from recording studios around the world. Each track will carry detailed notes from artists about the making of it. To be included on the mp3 CD simply submit a track to homemademusic.com. Include details about making your music: what inspired you, what was the process, related anecdotes, etc.

SEND MATERIAL FOR REVIEW

GAJOOB's album listings can contain much more than a review of an album. Artist commentary, interviews, streaming audio are included as well. We review CDs, cassette, vinyl, DVD, and online album releases (also called netlabel and free music culture). Either mail your release to us or let us know where to find it via our contact page. See our submission guide for details.

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