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Categories | Music magazines |
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Frequency | weekly online updates |
Circulation | 35,000 |
Publisher | Bentley Hall, Inc. |
First issue | November/December 2004 |
Country | United States |
Based in | Syracuse, New York |
Language | English |
Website | MakingMusicMag.com |
ISSN | 1552-2946 |
Making Music magazine was founded in 2004 as a bimonthly lifestyle music magazine devoted to the recreational musician and all instruments and genres of music. The publication's tagline is "Better Living Through Recreational Music Making." [1]
The first issue debuted in November/December 2004. [2] It was published six times per year until 2015 by Bentley Hall, Inc., located in the Armory Square district of Syracuse, New York. Making Music lives on as an online-only magazine dedicated to supporting a community of musicians of all levels.
Making Music magazine’s editor-in-chief, Antoinette Follett appeared on the Today show with Kathie Lee & Hoda presenting easy-to-learn instruments on January 21, 2014.
The magazine defines its purpose as: "Making Music magazine encourages recreational musicians to become more engaged in playing their instruments and to participate in the larger music making community." [3]
Each issue follows this general format:
Founding Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Antoinette Follett.
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