Well, sort of. If by "hiring" you mean "looking for dedicated heads with opinions to contribute to the site for fun/free", then you've hit the nail on the head. When we started this site, the original concept was to have it be a sort of one-stop shop for info on the night, a place to download mixes, and for people to read some of our ramblings. But we're thinking a little bigger now, and one of the things I've always appreciated about the underground/DIY aesthetic of this music is that it's totally fooking inclusionary. So rather than talking at everyone with this resource, I thought it would be cool to give people who have something to say a forum in which to say it.
That being said, we will be adding a Music Reviews + Charts section, as well as different themes and topics of conversation to weigh in on. And obviously, the real point of bringing in additional contributers is to let folks discuss, observe, and express their opinions freely. Of course there's a screening process with all of this, and there are standards involved. Clearly if you are interested in contributing to the site, you should be a mostly-literate house music person whose main goal is being heard, making insightful and interesting observations, and ultimately putting something back in to this tiny + fragile music that we all know and love. What we do not want is the same-old same-old pissing, moaning, bitching, hating, cockblocking internet ugliness that can permeate house music message boards (and frankly, message boards in general). This is NOT a messageboard... think of it as a magazine for all of us.
So! We want to hear what you have to say, what you think, and why you'd like to be a contributer to this fledgling thing we're building here. We're looking forward to hearing from folks on this. Drop a line at contribute@sizzledchicago.com and we'll get right back with you! It's a brand new year, so let's get busy having fun!
— John Mork, The Sound Republic + SpatulaCity Records
Get in touch with us at contribute@sizzledchicago.com!
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