HBI seeks Music Editor
Are music and writing your passion? Want to donate some time to
making the Internet a heartlessly bitchier place? Put on your walking
boots and join HBI's take-command editorial staff! We want to recruit a
Heartless Bitch like YOU who has the time, the skills, and the attitude
to join our Pop Culture staff as MUSIC EDITOR-AT-LARGE*!
*(Tambourine not included)
We need someone to to do the following:
- write music reviews
- edit reader submissions
- post regular updates
- make general improvements to our Heartlessly Bitchy Music Guide
Keep in mind, HBI is created and maintained on an all volunteer basis.
So, what do you get out of it?
- LEARN MORE about music through listener submissions and the occasional review CD (indy bands are often happy to send comp. CDs and even concert tickets for reviews)
- COMMUNICATE YOUR KNOWLEDGE to others in your own inimitable, snappy but direct style
- JOIN THE BRAINTRUST of HBI's heartlessly bitchy editorial ranks (and rule heartlessly over your own little corner of HBI)
DON'T APPLY for the position of Music Editor if:
- you love music, BUT you are not great at capturing that enthusiasm on paper (i.e.: your idea of a music review is, "this is really rad!!!")
- -U rite like Prince (i.e.: you don't usually cross your own t's and dot your own i's, let alone someone else's)
- your prose resembles a familiar form of precipitation "the Purple One" sang about (i.e.: your sentences are shelters for homeless adjectives and itinerant cliches)
- you don't have the TIME to submit regular site updates (hint: you already have three other websites waiting for "that thing I promised to do in my spare time")
- you have a habit of biting off more than you can chew, and then vanishing like a gorilla into the mist
- you think it's a great way to bypass the usual membership requirements. It is NOT required that you already be an HBI member to apply for the Music Editorship, but trust me, if you're in the right place, you'll know it, and if you're the right Bitch for the job, we'll know it. Applications for Music Editor are made independently of the HBI membership process, and as such, unless you're obviously just an inane fool itching for a Bitch beatdown, SERIOUS applications for Music Editor WON'T be subjected to the usual Weak of the Week redux. That said, don't make us create a whole new laff-zone just for you, 'kay?
Now, on to the good stuff.
DO APPLY for the position of Music Editor if:
- you love music
- you love HBI
- you are reliable with deadlines
- you are broadly knowledgable about different genres of music (gaps are acceptable--hey, you don't have to know it all, just be open-minded!)
- you're not ham-handed with a keyboard and have even been known to be witty and concise on occasion...
- you thirst to communicate with intelligent souls who share your passions--or who could be persuaded to, by an evil genius like yourself!
It would also be GREAT if you were on the Olympic proofreading team, have modest web design skills and/or know something about how the music industry works, but it's NOT required.
Is that a lot to ask? Hell, yeah! But, what did you expect? We're HEARTLESS BITCHES--we demand the best.
To apply, please email with your answers to the following five questions:
1. Why do you want to be HBI's new music editor?
2. Here's where you tell us about your qualifications for the job. Any relevant experience you care to mention? (i.e. websites, college radio, writing and publishing, etc.?) How about limitations or caveats? (i.e., "I'm a rocket scientist, so I'd only be available to do updates between missions to Mars," etc.) NO NEED to exaggerate--honesty gets highest marks here.
3. Here's where you tell us about your sonic taste buds. What kind of music do you like, or listen to on a regular basis? Where do you generally get your information about new music?
4. Here's where you give us a writing sample, AND a peek at your Bitch credentials. Take a look at our Music page. Name an artist who is NOT there who you think should be, and make a case for why. Write it up like a real "review" that could be posted as is.
5. Here is where you dream big. Make concrete criticisms of our Music page. What would you change, keep the same, or improve? Any other grand ideas you would implement as Music Editor? Throw them down here.
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