Liquid Magazine - HELP WANTED!

FINNCADE · Post by **FINNCADE** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:13 pm

After a 4 year hiatus I have decided to start publishing Liquid Magazine again. Most of the people in Fort Wayne may not know about this publication. It was on the streets from 1997 to 2002, and was distributed monthly from Warsaw, IN to St. Joe, MI. 12,000 copies a month, tabloid size, full color cover, 20/24 pages and available at about 300 distribution points.

With this rebirth, the distribution will now spread out to cover even more places from South Bend to Fort Wayne to Grand Rapids, and all points of interest in between.

What I am looking for are people for the following positions:
1. Regional Account Manager. This is a commission based paid position. We need someone with a background in sales, or at least very familiar with the music/arts related businesses owners in the greater Fort Wayne area.
2. Fort Wayne writers. These positions are non-paying. These positions would be good for a college student who may be working on an english degree, or just someone who has a passion for writing and loves music. The position would intail doing unbiased live show reviews, local/national bands who are playing in Fort Wayne (we will help set it up), and ocassional CD reviews.
3. Fort Wayne Beat reporter. This position would be for someone who knows the Fort Wayne scene better than anyone else. Let all of our readers know what's going on in your area. What bands are making waves, lending a hand for a needy cause, and just anything newsworthy.
4. Delivery driver. We are looking for a local band for this position. We have the distribution list already set up. You just deliver the magazine to the businesses and we pay you with free advertising in the publication. Get the word that your band rocks to people outside of the Fort Wayne area. An entire new market for your band.

If anyone is interested in any of these positions, please get in touch with me by email at LiquidMagazine@sbcglobal.net. The publication will hit the streets this September, starting off with 17,000 copies a month and 24 pages, in the same format as before.

Thanks,
Bill Finn / publisher

PS - Here is the distribution points that I have in Fort Wayne. Please take a look at it and let me know if there are places not even worth hitting (we are looking for high traffic areas), and also inform me of places I have missed that should be added.

FORT WAYNE, IN
Adam's Coffee Shop, 121 ½ E. Pontiac St., 46803
Artisian Tattoo Co., 5808 W. Jefferson Blvd., 46804
Artistry In Ink, 1425 N. Wells St., 46804
Between the Lines Tattoos, 3230 S. Clinton St., 46806
Bottoms Up
Brandy's Gentlemans Club, 3011 Coliseum Blvd., 46808
Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, 46802
Centerfold Lounge, 1525 Production Rd., 46808
Coffee Cafe Inc., 6505 E. State Blvd., 46815
Columbia Street West, 135 W. Columbus St., 46802
Convolution Records, 2000 N. Wells, 46808
Dragons Keep Cafe, 1522 W. Main St., 46808
Espresso Gallery Inc., 10357 Illinois Rd., 46814
Firefly Coffee House, 3523 N. Anthony Blvd., 46805
Fort Wayne Guitar Exchange, 3411 N. Clinton, 46805
Grade A Tattoos, 5719 Saint Joe Rd., 46835
Grind Coffee House, 4526 Maplecrest Rd., 46835
Guitar Center
Island Time Tattoo Co., 909 N. Coliseum Blvd., 46805
I.U.P.U. Fort Wayne, 2101 E. Coliesum Blvd., 46805
Indiana Vocational Technical College, 3800 N. Anthony Blvd., 46805
Legends Sports Bar, 4104 N. Clinton St., 46805
Mocha Lounge, 6208 Covington Rd., 46804
Modern Primitive Tattoo, 2034 Broadway, 46802
Mr. Music, 3535 N. Anthony Blvd., 46805
Munchie Emporium, 622 E. Dupont Rd., 46825
Naked Clay Cafe, 5925 N. Clinton St., 46825
Peanuts, 5731 Saint Joe Rd., 46835
Piere's, 5629 Saint Joe Rd., 46835
Platinum Show Club, 9439 Lima Rd., 46818
Rise Skateboard Shop, 1507 Spy Run Ave., 46805
Rock N Horse, 9157 Lima Rd., 46818
Seekers Coffee House, 5328 Coldwater Rd., 46825
Show Girl, 2910 Goshen Rd., 46808
Show Girl III, 930 E. Coliesum Blvd., 46805
1624 N. Harrison, Fort Wayne, IN 46808
Smokey's Records & Tours, 1632 N. Wells, 46808
Starbucks Coffee, 10020 Lima Rd., 46818
Starbucks Coffee, 3905 E. State Blvd., 46805
Starbucks Coffee, 4120 W. Jefferson Blvd., 46804
Starbucks Coffee, 4201 Coldwater Rd., 46805
Starbucks Coffee, 5723 Covington Rd., 46804
Studio 13, 6652 Saint Joe Rd., 46835
Sweetwater Sound Recordings, 5335 Bass Rd., 46808
Tatt2 Garfield's Body Piercing, 2034 Broadway, 46802
Taylor University, 1025 W. Rudisill Blvd., 46807
Toast & Jam, 426 E. Wayne St., 46802
Tri-State University, 9910 Dupont E., 46825
Wildman's Tattoos, 1519 N. Wells St., 46808
Williams Tattoo, 813 Milton St., 46806
Wooden Nickle Music, 3422 N. Anthony Blvd., 46805
Wooden Nickle Music, 354 E. Pettit Ave., 46806
Wooden Nickle Music, 3627 N. Clinton St., 46805
Wooden Nickle Music, 6427 W. Jefferson Blvd., 46804

GET IN TOUCH!

QWETTY · Post by **QWETTY** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:06 am

sweet... too young or i would help.

hey another local place that this oculd possibly go owuld be SEEKERS coffee house. it has a stage with musical every night, nothing big, but still there.

(and its rly rly close to my house so i can get some of tehse)

FINNCADE · Post by **FINNCADE** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:10 am

That one is already on the list, bro. Thanks for looking out though!

jewlee138 · Post by **jewlee138** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:02 am

Does anyone have an old copy of this zine or more info on it?

I've only been in the Fort 2 years, so it's before my time.

GxWxLx · Post by **GxWxLx** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:06 am

jewlee138 wrote:Does anyone have an old copy of this zine or more info on it?

I've only been in the Fort 2 years, so it's before my time.

I'm pretty sure it was originally more so a South Bend publication ... focusing on hardcore stuff if I remember correctly.

Which I don't.

FINNCADE · Post by **FINNCADE** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 3:02 am

Liquid Magazine was based out of the South Bend area. It was very influential in opening doors for original musicians in this area. Before 1997, this are was dominated by cover bands. Now, every club in town welcomes original music.

I would be happy to mail you a copy of the magazine, if you would like. Just send me your home address. It was laid out very nicely with the latest versions of Quark and Photoshop. We covered most every genre of music in every issue, but liked to do special feature issues focusing on one certain genre every once in a while.

This is not some Kinko's cut and paste zine, although those can be great as well. This is comparable to what WhatzUp has to offer except we will focus about 80% on original music of all genres in the area. The other 20% will be arts oriented.

HillgrassBluebillyFTW · Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:24 am

need a graphics man?

jewlee138 · Post by **jewlee138** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:59 am

@ FINNCADE - I PM'ed you my address. Thanks.

@ Anderson - that avatar is super-ghey.

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:13 am

B# Guitars gets a ton of traffic. Might want to contact them too.

Is the regional account manager commission plus base salary or strictly commission? What kind of income potential do you see?

simpletim · Post by **simpletim** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:12 pm

Jam Crib Music Rehearsal Center. 3319 N. Anthony Blvd. Fort Wayne.

FINNCADE · Post by **FINNCADE** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:27 pm

Anderson wrote:need a graphics man?

Not at the moment. We have Jason Fowler (Fowler Graphics, smoking-cat.com) doing the graphics/layout. We have a few people (graphics students) who are wanting to do some ad design (just for experience), as well.

I really like your work and hopefully we can work together in the near future.

FINNCADE · Post by **FINNCADE** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:31 pm

bassjones wrote:B# Guitars gets a ton of traffic. Might want to contact them too.

Is the regional account manager commission plus base salary or strictly commission? What kind of income potential do you see?

Do you have an address or phone number for B# Guitars? I can't seem to find anything on the internet about them.

The Regional Account Mgr. position is strictly commission at this point. The person taking this job in the Fort Wayne area would be the only person allowed to sell ads for us in that area. Earning potential could be huge. The prices are affordable. We are hitting most every place that WhatzUp hits + going to South Bend, Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids. That will help sell ads to people who are wanting to reach people out of the direct area.

QWETTY · Post by **QWETTY** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:44 pm

sry ddint see it, i j/ looked where all the otehr S's were.
i will deffinately be gettin these.

btw, me and a lot of my friends get our whatzups from pro bowl west and otehr bowling places. in case that is a spot you want tpo hit/advertise.

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:55 pm

FINNCADE wrote:
bassjones wrote:B# Guitars gets a ton of traffic. Might want to contact them too.

Is the regional account manager commission plus base salary or strictly commission? What kind of income potential do you see?
Do you have an address or phone number for B# Guitars? I can't seem to find anything on the internet about them.

The Regional Account Mgr. position is strictly commission at this point. The person taking this job in the Fort Wayne area would be the only person allowed to sell ads for us in that area. Earning potential could be huge. The prices are affordable. We are hitting most every place that WhatzUp hits + going to South Bend, Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids. That will help sell ads to people who are wanting to reach people out of the direct area.

Okay, so I'm interested...

B# doesn't have a website that I know of but...

B Sharp Guitars Inc
Moving Spring 2005, to 2440 Getz Rd
2448 Getz Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46804
(260) 459-6992
(260) 459-6992 (fax)

Courtesy of whitepages.com

rezin · Post by **rezin** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 3:52 pm

modern primitive is closed...not on broadway anymore...