{"id":10357,"date":"2010-11-18T15:08:19","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T20:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=10357"},"modified":"2010-11-18T15:08:19","modified_gmt":"2010-11-18T20:08:19","slug":"guest-blog-from-lee-haley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/guest-blog-from-lee-haley\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest blog from Lee Haley"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"e_lee_mail<\/a><\/p>\n

A personal message from Lee Haley, on why you should advertise with HM Magazine!<\/p>\n

Hi everyone. It\u2019s great to be back. Before any of you freak, about the way I am dressed, this is actually a still from a video shoot that I did with my band, which was a \u201cperiod shot\u201d Anyhoo, in terms of HM, \u00a0I actually never left, I have been part of HM for many years,\u00a0 I still did interviews after leaving, etc for HM, when I had the chance.\u00a0 I wanted to write to let you know from my heart that you should and, why you should advertise with HM Magazine.<\/p>\n

PLEASE READ THIS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

#1 <\/strong>HM has been based in Austin for over 25 years.\u00a0 Most of you know that Doug originally created the first versions of HM from Cardboard, literally cutting & pasting, WAYYY\u00a0 before the Photoshop days.\u00a0\u00a0 But, from day one until today, \u00a0Doug has made it his mission to bring to the fans and HM supporters current, relevant music.<\/p>\n

#2.<\/strong> Doug cares about bands and companies, ALL OF THEM<\/strong>!\u00a0\u00a0 He has also made it his mission to make sure that all of HM readers, fans, and subscribers are aware of your band, company, etc and makes every effort to influence them to support you financially!<\/p>\n

#3.<\/strong> Doug and HM Strive for integrity, and excellence in music.\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s impossible to please everyone, but Doug and HM make it his mission as well to make sure that all Music that hits the pages of HM is quality and excellent in all genres.\u00a0 \u00a0A perfect example of this is the CD review system that we have in place.\u00a0 There are approximately 250-300 CD\u2019s that hit the HM offices in a few months or so.\u00a0 Doug\/staff take all of the independent CD\u2019s and categorizes all of them.\u00a0 They are then rated from 1-5, 1 being horrid, 5 being excellent.\u00a0 He then takes the 4\u2019s and 5\u2019s and then from that stack has to pick which bands \u201cactually make the Pick of the Litter\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 In all my years of reviewing CD\u2019s, I only saw two 5\u2019s the ENTIRE time, one was 38th<\/sup> Parallel, which was signed to Word Records.\u00a0 I was told face to face by then Word\/Squint President Hugh Robertson, that HM was a deciding factor on why they signed them! \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Another case in Point, Brandon Ebel (Tooth & Nail, BEC, Solid State) has advertised with HM since 1993, and still does today.\u00a0 If it weren\u2019t for HM, you might not have heard of POD, Stryper, King\u2019s X, UnderOath, As I Lay Dying, Switchfoot, etc.\u00a0 And Oh yes, Mr. Rock Icon, Alice Cooper granted to HM an exclusive, when he \u201ccame out,\u201d if you will, as a Christian.\u00a0 He did not contact any other Christian or CBA-related publication and granted HM full access.<\/p>\n

#4<\/strong>, Which is the most near and dear to my heart.\u00a0 Doug has conviction.\u00a0\u00a0 It has probably never been leaked, but here it goes.\u00a0 Doug has been offered, many times, by many high dollar corporate conglomerations, etc, to outright purchase HM.\u00a0 These companies have waved some pretty serious dollars in his face, that frankly he and his family could have really used.\u00a0 Doug refused them in order to be obedient to God, and to stay in control, so that he can keep HM relevant, current, timely, and cutting edge, because the fans Demand it, because the fans deserve it!\u00a0 BTW, most of these companies are now gone. Hmm, perhaps they needed to listen to their convictions as well???….\u00a0 I\u2019m just sayin.<\/p>\n

#5<\/strong>. It\u2019s a lie from the Devil that print is dead.\u00a0 I know, I know that some corporate executive that owns your record company, etc,\u00a0 gave you a memo that print magazines are dead – and you drank the Kool-aid – that internet is where you need to spending your ad dollars, etc., blah, blah, blah.\u00a0 Well frankly, \u00a0that\u2019s a crock!\u00a0 I am willing to bet you, that the same corporate executives that told you print is dead, just happen to own the internet vehicles that they are telling you to spend your ad dollars in.\u00a0 Print is not dead, don\u2019t believe it.\u00a0 Print is a great way for your shining star graphic designers to see their awesome creations come to life on the pages.\u00a0 Also it\u2019s much easier and relaxing to pick up a magazine, flip through the pages, say on a bus trip, or vacation, etc.\u00a0 \u00a0They also said print was dead for newspapers, Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, etc.\u00a0 It\u2019s simply not true. And, even if it were, HM Magazine has a kick-butt website that’s getting some healthy traffic (135,000 unique visits a month ain’t too shabby!<\/em><\/strong>).<\/p>\n

The bottom line is I just wanted to tell you that, don\u2019t forget where you came from, and who helped you get there!<\/p>\n

Blessings,<\/p>\n

\"Lee's<\/a><\/p>\n

Lee Haley
\n\/2010\/11\/lee-haley-is-back\/<\/a>
\ne-mail me at lee(at)hmmag.com<\/p>\n

ASK ME ABOUT THE FIRST EVER HM MAGAZINE MUSIC FESTIVAL<\/span> \u201c25 YEARS IN THE MAKING\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I never do this (get all commercial and business-like or hand the “mic” to someone else) in my blog, but here goes nothing…!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[124,1392,1801],"class_list":["post-10357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-advertising","tag-hm-magazine","tag-lee-haley","cat-17-id"],"yoast_head":"\nGuest blog from Lee Haley - The Original Heaven's Metal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/guest-blog-from-lee-haley\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Doug Van Pelt\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hmmagazine.com\\\/dvanpelt\\\/guest-blog-from-lee-haley\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hmmagazine.com\\\/dvanpelt\\\/guest-blog-from-lee-haley\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Doug Van Pelt\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hmmagazine.com\\\/dvanpelt\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b155afeb7086c8182b3bb3b435e68c4b\"},\"headline\":\"Guest blog from Lee Haley\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-11-18T20:08:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hmmagazine.com\\\/dvanpelt\\\/guest-blog-from-lee-haley\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":839,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"advertising\",\"HM Magazine\",\"Lee Haley\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hmmagazine.com\\\/dvanpelt\\\/guest-blog-from-lee-haley\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hmmagazine.com\\\/dvanpelt\\\/guest-blog-from-lee-haley\\\/\",\"name\":\"Guest blog from Lee Haley - The Original Heaven's Metal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hmmagazine.com\\\/dvanpelt\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-11-18T20:08:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hmmagazine.com\\\/dvanpelt\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b155afeb7086c8182b3bb3b435e68c4b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hmmagazine.com\\\/dvanpelt\\\/guest-blog-from-lee-haley\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/hmmagazine.com\\\/dvanpelt\\\/guest-blog-from-lee-haley\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hmmagazine.com\\\/dvanpelt\\\/guest-blog-from-lee-haley\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hmmagazine.com\\\/dvanpelt\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Guest blog from Lee Haley\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hmmagazine.com\\\/dvanpelt\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hmmagazine.com\\\/dvanpelt\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Original Heaven's Metal\",\"description\":\"Former Editor-in-Chief. 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