About Aural Fix Communique
the print edition . . . auralfix.com


. . . is the music news section of the auralisland.com web site.

Since it's establishment in 1996, Aural Island has been covering the local music scene and supporting it with free web hosting.

However, after a while it became evident that most bands through sites like mp3.com, garageband.com, etc. had plenty of options to get themselves online. Because of that we changed our focus to local music coverage, which was so desperately needed for our local music scene, since it was all but ignored by our local media. So we launched Long Island¹s FIRST and ONLY publication dedicated to it's own music scene!

It all started when we began printing a photocopied zine with the auralisland.com 2 Year Anniversary, since we were frustrated at our lack of coverage from our established local media. No one would give us press,
but they all wanted our money for ads in their publications! Well we decided to invest that money in ourselves and our local music community, with our own publication!


Already an online favorite with local musicians, the handmade zine developed quite a cult following, to the point where it was outpacing our ability to produce it. So after numerous attempts to launch it through partnerships with various organizations and local music organizations failed, Mike Ferrari took out a 401K loan and launched it himself through Aural Island.

Now you can take Aural Fix with you on the train,
the coffee shop (the toilet...). So pick up a copy and tell your friends!

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At the time we launched AURAL FIX there were six entertainment publications covering the Long Island region. Yet the local coverage of our music scene in these six publications was and still is minimal (well actually now there are even less of them). We here at AURAL FIX seek to correct this void. A music scene that has spawned legendary artists should not be ignored by our own regional media.


We here at AURAL FIX are not trying to compete with the existing entertainment publications. We are a small yet growing grass roots publication that fills a niche that they do not, and we fill it well. We are proud of our music scene, and we want to share it with the world!

What's inside an issue of AURAL FIX?

INITIALIZE - kind of my Publisher forum
DISCovery - cd reviews
DOWNLOAD - music related web coverage
GIG's - live performance reviews
TRANSMISSION - local music terrestrial, net and satellite radio
PROFILE - interviews
VIEWS - rock and raves from local artists
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES - assorted notes from our music scene


AURAL FIX covers the Long Island Music Scene from front to back! Why read about someplace else's local musicians when we have hundreds of our own right here on Long Island? AURAL FIX is here to let Long Islanders know about the culture that surrounds them, the fantastic high caliber music being created here on Long Island ­ So spread the word!

AURAL FIX IS MONTHLY!!!
So pick up an issue or log on to the site and we'll give you your FIX!



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