Peninsula Pulse
Summer Music Preview 2019
Every year
the Pulse brings you the Summer Music Preview (SMP), a guide that covers all things live music in the county. The SMP includes a pull-out calendar, weekly music lists, venues, live-music features and more. People have different markers for the start of the summer season, but for me, the completion of the SMP marks the start of the busy season in Door County.
I have been working on the SMP since 2014: my first year at the Pulse. My job has been to help whoever led the project by collecting schedules, inputting information and anything else that was helpful. Admittedly, the SMP became very formulaic – lather, rinse, repeat. It is typically a busy time of year in the office, and with a small staff, we have to make do with what we have. This year, however, was different. While still considered small compared to many workplaces, we have added some new faces and talents since our last SMP, and with them comes the freedom to explore ways to bring back some of the charm of the earliest versions of the SMP. When our team sat down to discuss this year’s issue, we focused on figuring out new ways in which the community could interact
with the information we provide. What could we do to make a newspaper more interactive? While flipping through the pages, you may notice a few changes: a shorter venue list, some new content, more photos and a new format for the performances page. Although these small changes are not the most dramatic, we wanted to create more space to add back in some of the fun content that was in older versions of the SMP, giving this year’s edition a touch of nostalgia. Most notable as new this year is the addition of our Live Music Preview weekly email. If you misplace your pull-out calendar or can’t take it with you everywhere, sign up for our new, weekly update on all things live music. We will be including which gigs to check out during the week, videos, podcast interviews, a calendar of music and more. It’s like getting a mini SMP delivered to your email in-box every week! As always, we hope you enjoy our Summer Music Preview and find it useful to create a rockin’ summer filled with live music for the whole family. Grace Johnson, Events Calendar Manager Art: Ryan Miller