BACKAYARD

  • THE LITTLE MAGAZINE THAT COULD!

    It’s not common practice for business owners to speak on internal affairs - unless you’re a publicly traded company. That non-written rule holds true even more so with media entities (never reveal the source). If you asked any business owner back in 2005 “How is business?” Their response would be “Not bad, could be better.” But in 2009 as major corporations around the world file for chapter 11 and ask for bail-outs, imagine what the small business owner in any third world country around the globe is thinking. Who bails them out?

     

    This highly popularized ‘recession’ and talk of it, is indeed not folklore nor a conspiratorial gimmick concocted by our governments, but it’s very real and very distressing. It is with a heavy hand I type this, but even the ‘prestigious’ KING magazine is saying they’ll be putting their last issue out in April? Now what type of day is it, when you can’t even sell skin? When the checks stop coming in, what do you do?

     

    BACKAYARD is not exempt to this ‘recession,’ and as such, we are trying to find a way to cope and keep the dream alive. Not just our dream-- which is to see the righteous riddims of reggae music and the people behind it be represented unbiased and accurately - but the dreams and hopefulness of everyone that is a part of our movement and print social network.

     

    We have decided to focus most of our efforts on our online components and expand our website to include music downloads and uploads from artists, forums, an online store and exclusive interviews, video and editorial. Just add Backayard to the end of the URL of whichever online social network you use - more than likely we’re on it. We will try and up-hold our print and physical distribution, with special edition issues released twice a year, but stay tuned for further developments on www.backayard.com

     

    We appreciate everyone that supports us, everyone that doesn’t support us and all who want to see us continue our movement because they realize the importance of reggae, Jamaica and upliftment.

     

    Blessed Love, - EL

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