Contribute

We're still looking for people to join the Talent Pool – we’re delighted to have you on board. It’s a chance for you to contribute to the magazine without having to commit to a regular amount of work. Email us on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to sign up. Some of you might do stuff every month, some might contribute once a year. But how’s it going to work? Easiest way is to go through each area one by one.

PHOTOGRAPHERS
At the moment The Pistoleers & Matt Barker take our cover shots. That’s probably not going to change until they fuck it up and we have to sack them. But there are other places that we can use your photographs. Keep an eye on your email and we’ll mail you when we need photos that you might have, of bands or events that have happened. We sometimes need club photographers to take pictures of people dancing and having fun. We’ll try to let you know in advance what’s coming up. We’ll have a think about getting more photos into the mag too.

ILLUSTRATORS/DESIGNERS
Traditionally we haven’t used a lot of illustrators in SOURCE, but in think that there’s room to squeeze some in. One obvious one is In Conversation With, where we chat to a local person about a subject they’re interested in.

WEB PEOPLE
This is a Joomla based website, plus we also have Flickr, MySpace, Facebook and Twitter presences.  Our Website Intern is Anya, so she might be the one that contacts you. Any help you can give would be great.

TALENT SPOTTERS
We’re always on the look out for new up and coming Brighton bands to cover, new in town DJs, new records on Brighton labels, remixes by Brighton artists etc. Simply drop us a line when you spot something good. We’d love to know at the start of each month what's happening in the month after. Very soon we’ll have a get together to chat about who’s coming up in town over a few beers.

WRITERS
Right – most of you guys are writers, so this bit might be a bit chunky. There are a few areas where we can accept contributions: Gig Previews, Club Previews, News, Pleased To Meet You, SOURCE Virgins, Six Of The Best. The best way that I think it will work is if you summit the things you want to write about and if there are doubles we’ll use the best one and put a ‘Second Opinion’ on the website. The best stuff will get used in the magazine, good material will make it onto the website and stuff not quite there we’ll help you with pointers so you can make it better for next time.
OK, let’s go through the sections:

Gig Previews
80 words each, we try and cover the best gigs from visiting bands to town but also plenty of Brighton bands too. Covering Brighton bands would give you a better chance of publication. I’ll try and mail every couple of days with who has been covered well. For information get signed up to the Rounder and/or Resident lists, check websites of venues, band’s MySpaces etc. Ask if venues will add you to their mailout lists too. Might be worth setting up a new email address just for this as you might get flooded.

Club Previews
Same story here, 80 words each. Can be difficult to get information about this stuff. Look out for flyers, posters and facebook invites. Ask venues to put you on mailouts and check websites. If we could have submissions by 16th, thanks.

News
This, and Pleased To Meet You, is the holy grail. I’d be overjoyed to have good news stories sent in. Anything that doesn’t fit in the rest of the magazine counts. Charity stuff, band news, Brighton people winning awards, coverage from outside of the town, surveys. Any news, basically. 80 words again, although the lead story is 200 so if you think you’ve got something good, let us know. Deadline is 16th.

Pleased To Meet You
If you spot anything new in Brighton knock up a few words about it. This page is much more important that it might at first seems. The support we give here really help our relationship with new people. Any submissions to this section will make me very happy indeed. Deadline is 16th.

SOURCE Virgins
A big one this. About 900 words on something you’ve never done before. I had colonic irrigation, watched The Godfather, broke my arm snowboarding. Nick had a back, sack and crack wax, went to a gay sauna, did internet dating. Laura rode a bike. What have you never done – never seen Star Wars is a good one. Have you? We’ll chat about any ideas you have.

Six Of The Best
We pick a subject and chose the best six examples of it. Iggy Pop’s best six songs, the six best music movies, Mike Leigh’s best half dozen etc etc. Don’t know what it will be this month yet, but will keep you posted.

Phew!
So that’s about the size of it. Any questions let me know. Also, let me know if you have got anything you’re involved in going on – we’ll have a special area to promote your band/art/whatever.
Best get on with some magazine making now.
Look forward to your contributions. But send us an email first - pieces on spec might not make it in the mag and we wouldn't want you to be disapointed.