An Open Letter to Readers of "In My Headphones"

Dear readers,

We're beginning a new semester, and with that come some major changes involving what is now the DNOnline. 72 Hours, now an online-only publication, should allow for better distribution of music reviews, movie reviews and entertainment news to Ball State readers, because we are now without the restraint of a once-per-week print model. For you this means more music can be profiled in a medium where we have the space to properly cover the news you want to read about.

This also gives me the chance to reinvent the column I've been writing for the last two years for the Daily News.

"In My Headphones" was becoming too much a profile of artists who were already receiving major-label notice, or who already had a radio fan base. And I'd rather be focusing my column on the independent bands who haven't yet reached a wide fan-base. Or, in the case of some getting major label attention, those bands which are on the cusp of greatness. Now that I will have the ability to post material to the site throughout the week, I'll have the chance to profile more artists who were slipping under the radar. I plan to focus on them rather than on the major label "big releases" that were getting so much ink from me last semester.

With that, I hope to be able to turn "In My Headphones" back into something an independent music fan can appreciate for the new artists exposed. That's what I hope to accomplish. But without the contributions of readers like you, I still may pass by the artists you think deserve to be given a spot in the limelight.

So if you know of a local band you'd like to see profiled, or if you have a band you want me to check out, please email me at jonathansanders@justice.com. Your contributions can help keep this a great place to hear new music and read about artists on the cutting edge.

Jonathan Sanders
DN Music Critic