“Remember, most of us got something for nothing the first time just by showing up here at birth. Now we have to qualify.” ~Robert Fulghum

They say that there is no such thing as a free lunch.  While that may be true of lunches, when we launched SonicSouth a few years ago, we were determined to make it accessible to as many people as possible.  So, we made it free.  That’s F-R-E-E.  No membership fees. No advertisers holding us up.  Just quality content about local artists across the southeastern U.S.  For FREE.

Readers loved it.  Artists loved it.  So we wanted to give everyone MORE of what they loved.  In order to do that, we required the assistance of a chosen few.  Not quite a baseball roster, in effect.  A select number of people across the southeast who were gifted at turning a phrase and who shared our passion for music.  The call went out in December, for those who might fit the bill.  The responses came flooding in.  Loads of people wanted more information.  We sent it to them, with one important caveat:  In return for full writing credit on up to two posts per month, they had to write for FREE.

There’s that word again. F-R-E-E.  But this time, a different response.  Virtually no one is interested in working for the experience of it alone? We can’t believe that.  We can believe a lot of things, but not that.

We know it’s a bad economy.  Why do you think our publication remains free?  Twenty years ago, your editor would have killed to have an opportunity like this.  Now, we’ve got nearly 20 positions for folks to build their writing portfolios.  There have to be at least 20 forward-thinkers in the crowd out there, so where are you guys?

So, we are renewing our recruitment effort until January 31, 2012.  Artists, we’re here for YOU!  Get the word out!

Failing that and borrowing from Dr. Cosby…we put this blog in this world and we can take it out.  Ok lovelies, spread the word and stay tuned…