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MUSIC JOURNALIST - MID-ATLANTIC REGION
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Joe Szczechowski
(Sha-HOW-ski)
Pop Music Editor:
PRESS FOCUS (Serving Suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Contributing/Freelance writer for:
THE NEWS JOURNAL (Delaware's Gannett Daily)
THE DAILY LOCAL NEWS (West Chester, Pennsylvania)
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"The glorious results of a misspent youth"
- Joan Jett
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Contact Address:
P.O. Box 6035
Wilmington, Delaware 19804-0635
(302) 395-5163 days
(302) 235-7737 fax/evenings
E-mail - PressFocus@aol.com
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ATTENTION: PUBLICISTS, MUSICIANS, AND MANAGERS - ARE YOU GETTING ENOUGH COVERAGE IN THE PHILADELPHIA / DELAWARE / NEW JERSEY AND WASHINGTON, D.C. AREAS?
CAN YOU EVER HAVE ENOUGH MONEY? POWER? SEX? OR MOST IMPORTANT...
GOOD PRESS?
IF YOU WANT TO WORK WITH A VETERAN WRITER WHO'S KNOWLEDGEABLE, RELIABLE, AND LOVES TO COVER MUSIC OF ALL TYPES, ADD MY NAME AND INFORMATION TO YOUR PRESS AND/OR REVIEWER MAILING LISTS.
I SPECIALIZE IN SHOW PREVIEWS, ARTIST INTERVIEWS, AND CD REVIEWS. I LOVE WRITING ABOUT NEW, AS WELL AS ESTABLISHED, ARTISTS IN ALL GENRES.
E-MAIL ME TODAY!
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FYI -
"Sound Waves" has been a regular feature of the PRESS papers since 1982. The column is one of the most popular carried in PRESS FOCUS, the weekly features and sports section shared six Delaware County weeklies: the COUNTY PRESS , GARNET VALLEY PRESS, HAVERFORD PRESS, HOMETOWN PRESS, MEDIA PRESS, and the SPRINGFIELD PRESS papers.
PRESS FOCUS is distributed throughout Delaware County (suburban Philadelphia), Pennsylvania. Subscribers total over 45,000 and readership is estimated at 100,000. Delaware County, Pennsylvania is home to some of the Philadelphia area's most popular performance venues, including the TOWER THEATER. Philly's best-known venues - the WACHOVIA CENTER & WACHOVIA SPECTRUM, the ELECTRIC FACTORY, WORLD CAFE LIVE, the MANN CENTER, the THEATRE OF LIVING ARTS (TLA), the TIN ANGEL, the KESWICK THEATER, the TROCADERO, the NORTH STAR BAR, the KIMMEL CENTER, and Camden, NJ's SUSQUEHANNA BANK CENTER - are minutes away.
In the past, "Sound Waves" has featured exclusive interviews with some of pop music's best-known artists, as well as with some of its newest stars, including: BABYFACE, BAD COMPANY, BETTER THAN EZRA, THE BLACK CROWES, THE BEACH BOYS, BLUES TRAVELER, BON JOVI, LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM, DAVID BYRNE, MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER, CHEAP TRICK, CHICAGO, COLLECTIVE SOUL, SHAWN COLVIN, ALICE COOPER, THE CORRS, COWBOY JUNKIES, THE CRANBERRIES, ROBERT CRAY, SHERYL CROW, DEF LEPPARD, GAVIN DEGRAW, THE DOOBIE BROTHERS, EN VOGUE, MELISSA ETHERIDGE, EVERCLEAR, FILTER, FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE, GARBAGE, GOOD CHARLOTTE, GOO GOO DOLLS, GREEN DAY, HALL & OATES, HEART, JOHN HIATT, TYLER HILTON, AL JARREAU, TOM JONES, JOURNEY, KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND, KISS, JONNY LANG, CYNDI LAUPER, HUEY LEWIS, LIVE, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, BARRY MANILOW, AIMEE MANN, MATCHBOX 20, KATHY MATTEA, JESSE MCCARTNEY, TIM MCGRAW, THE NEW CARS, NO DOUBT, 'N SYNC, PARAMORE, THE PERSUASIONS, MAXI PRIEST, THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, RUN D.M.C., THE SMITHEREENS, STYX, SUGAR RAY, 10.000 MANIACS, 38 SPECIAL, THIRD EYE BLIND, ROB THOMAS, TRAIN, RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, THE WALLFLOWERS, WEEZER, and WILD ORCHID, to name a few.
"Sound Waves" also regularly features in-depth CD and music DVD reviews, artist profiles, concert previews, and pop music news. Writer Joe Szczechowski lives and works out of his home office in nearby Newark, Delaware.
PRESS FOCUS is published every Wednesday. Deadline is Thursday afternoon for publication the following Wednesday. Artwork can be sent via email in JPEG or TIFF format. Color slides or the standard 8x10 glossy can also be used. Every effort is made to accomodate publicists with maximum coverage for their artists.
Joe's freelance music features have appeared regularly in various East Coast publications, including THE WASHINGTON TIMES (for which Joe has written pop music advances and the "Riffs" column), THE NEWS JOURNAL (the Delaware-based Gannett daily, with a circulation of 145,000), ATLANTIC CITY MAGAZINE, THE DAILY LOCAL NEWS, a Chester County (suburban Philadelphia), Pennsylvania publication with a 45,000 circulation, ATLANTIC CITY WEEKLY (formerly WHOOT!) and THE MORNING CALL (Lehigh, Pennsylvania). Working out of his home office, Joe covers artists appearing at Philadelphia, Delaware, Atlantic City, and Washington, D.C. venues.
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Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 6035
Wilmington, Delaware 19804-0635
(302) 395-5163 days
(302) 235-7737 fax/evenings
E-mail - PressFocus@aol.com
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