I like to try and provide readers with as many different means to access what we do here on JazzRochester. I update this post periodically as I change things around. A new year is a good time to update, especially in the year after such major changes were made to the underlying platform. To that end, you can get JazzRochester in a number of ways:
- Email. Over 1,000 of you get everything JazzRochester posts via email. If you want to see everything in your Inbox, click on the “Get Our Posts Via Email” link at the top of the site and fill out the form to get started. I will not sell, spam or otherwise use your email without your permission and you can unsubscribe any time.
- Facebook. Over 1,700 people have “liked” or followed the JazzRochester page on Facebook. All posts published on the site are posted there, plus I share other jazz links and Facebook Events and other posts for local live jazz. If you’re on Facebook, I’d appreciate it if you’d head over to the page and “like” or follow us there, even if you’re getting our content some other way. You can share individual posts to Facebook by clicking on the icon at the bottom of the post.
- Instagram. JazzRochester is on Instagram and over 1,100 accounts follow us there. In addition to sharing the listings posts in a Story, I use that channel to share images of live jazz that I go out to hear and hope to use it in other ways as well. You can find a gallery of recently shared images in the right panel of the site.
- X. JazzRochester has been on X, formerly known as Twitter, since 2006 under the handle @jazzrochester. Over 10,000 X users are following us there from here and all over the world. In addition to every post published on JazzRochester, I occasionally share other information about jazz in Rochester and beyond. However, I’m less active on this platform these days. If you’re on X, you can also share individual posts by clicking on the icon at the bottom of each post.
- Reddit. I share the listings posts from the profile u/jazzrochester to the Rochester and Finger Lakes subreddits. You can share individual posts through the icon at the end of the post.
- YouTube. There is a JazzRochester YouTube channel, but I’m not too proud of it and it has mostly languished in obscurity. I may pick it up again.
- Other socials. I do this on the side and have a day job, so don’t really have the bandwidth for other social channels and I’m still figuring out video, etc. It may be the grey hair, I admit. To that end you won’t find us on TikTok or other channels where “all the kids” are hanging out. But I’m always willing to try and may pick them up in the future.
- RSS Feed. A number of you have put the feed for JazzRochester in a feed reader, such as Feedly. An RSS feed is published automatically. It should be auto-discovered by your favorite feed reader.
- Or just come back here from time to time… There are some I meet around Rochester who are long time readers and say “I get your emails.” Apparently, they have never been to the site itself to see all the other information about jazz in Rochester and elsewhere. I encourage you to visit us here anytime! The site adjusts to fit whatever device or screen size you’re viewing it on.
Other notes on how we roll here at JazzRochester:
- More about Rochester jazz artists, groups and venues. So you can find out more about local jazz artists or groups, or even listen to some of their music, I have a page with links to the websites of local jazz musicians and groups. Just click on the ROC Jazz Artists & Groups Sites link at the top of the site. I also link to venues that regularly present jazz in the right panel. Anyone or place missing? Let me know or send me a link.
- Are you a ROC area jazz artist or venue? I reach out directly to local jazz musicians and venues that regularly present jazz through email lists. Mostly, they are reminders for when to send in gig info so you don’t miss my publishing dates and how far out I’m looking for listings. You can find out more and sign up by clicking on the Info for Jazz Musicians & Venues link at the top of the site.
- Check out the About link at the top of the blog to learn more about JazzRochester and find the “legalities,” like our privacy and comment policies.
- Let me know about what works and doesn’t work by sending a question via email through the Contact Us link above.
- Finally, I’m not the “jazz police.” I occasionally list something that you believe is not “jazz.” I try to pull in all diverse parts and communities of jazz in Rochester and try not to impose my own musical preferences on my readers. I hope that if I’m missing your jazz group or “jazz community” that you’ll let me know or hook up with the site. My site also serves as the WGMC Jazz 90.1 “Club Calendar”, so occasionally there are some blues gigs listed because they traditionally also shared blues and we agreed to keep doing that for artists that had shared through WGMC in the past.
So subscribe, “like,” or otherwise consume JazzRochester any way that works for you. I won’t judge… you do you. I’ll just try to focus on getting more information about live jazz in Rochester and beyond out to our community here. Share JazzRochester or this post with those who you know who love getting out to hear live jazz. You can also share our Linktree, which links to all of this.
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