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What Is Soul-Patrol.Com?

Bob Davis here, I am the host of SOUL-PATROL.com

Who:
For the past 5 years many of you have known me as the web master/moderator of the yahoo AWARD WINNING P*Funk Review, funk, James Brown, EWF, Meters, P-Funk, Rick James, Cameo, Classic Soul, Motown, Stax, Slow jams, Doo Wop and Urban Sounds, Soul, R&B, Funk, Jazz, Blues, Hip Hop web sites.


Over the years the site has received MANY awards from both Educational and Entertainment entities, all over the internet. Most recently we received an award from the Encyclopedia Britannica for excellence.

What:
The intent of this place in cyberspace, is to be a celebration of Great Black Music From The Ancient To The Future. It's all about Soul, Jazz, Blues, Rock, Funk, and about the culture they have evolved from.

Some of you have been writing to me quite literally for years. Now I invite you to communicate with each other via the Soul Patrol Mailing List and the Soul Patrol chat room.

 

Here is some background on Soul Patrol, followed by some ideas for you to consider if you are interested in promoting your Internet site, via Soul Patrol's internet resources.

Soul-Patrol.com is an Internet resource specializing in ClassicSoul/Funk/Jazz/Blues. It runs on an independent server owned and operated by my brother Mike and myself.

Some of our Clients:

  • Mandrill - Legendary Funk, Rock, Latin, Soul group
  • Delphonics - Grammy Award winning Soul Music Legends
  • "Mighty" Sam McClain - WC Handy Award Nominated Soul/Blues Star
  • Harvey Fuqua and the Moonglows - Legendary Producer, Talent Scout, Singer. The Moonglows are a 2000 Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Inductee
  • Billy Paul - 1973 Grammy Award winner and legendary Soul/Funk/Jazz vocalist
  • Onimbus Records - Soul/Funk/R&B/Jazz label from Chicago. Home of Bernard Mixon, Byron Woods, Sherry Scott (former EWF lead) and more!
  • HIP-O Records - For the very BEST in Classic Soul/R&B/Funk, Jazz and Blues Reissues, Compilations, Essentials and more
  • Prodigy Online Service - Music and Black Experience Online Communities
  • Baltimore Crabfeast - Great Food, Live Entertainment and more!

    Would you like to join the mix?
    Contact us via email at:

    Bob Davis
    earthjuice@prodigy.net
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    Davis Industries Server

    Internet Resources

    We currently have the following resources:

    1. The Soul-Patrol Website at:
    http://www.SOUL-PATROL.com/
    Consisting of separate Classic Soul, Funk and jazz websites, 300 + individual web pages, updated monthly.
    As you are already aware, from reading the Soul Patrol Digest, we recently had our very first month of 350,000 + page views

    2. The Soul Patrol Digest at:
    http://www.SOUL-PATROL.com/soul_list.html
    Daily forum for conversation covering 50 years of Soul music/culture 2,500 subscribed members, worldwide

    3. SoulPowerSearch Database of Black Music And Culture at:
    http://www.SOUL-PATROL.com/search
    Contains over 30,000 web pages covering 50 years of Soul music/culture In addition the seach box/front end for this database appears at the bottom of each web page on the site

    * Over 30,000 Entries, and growing!
    * Search Box Now on ALL 300 Soul Patrol web pages
    * Get the BLACK MUSIC/CULTURE DATABASE Search Box on YOUR web site for     FREE


    4. Soul Patrol Chat Room
    http://www.SOUL-PATROL.com/chat
    Open 24/7 for chatroom style conversation Special guest chats from around the world of Soul music You can view a recent chat transcript from a session we had with Rock n' Roll Hall of Famer, Harvey Fuqua at the following URL:
    http://www.soul-patrol.com/soul/fuqua.htm

    One of our sites, the P-Funk Review at:
    http://www.SOUL-PATROL.com/funk
    was given a 3.5 star rating by Yahoo Internet Life Magazine (2/99 issue) and named the 3rd best Soul/Funk/R&B Internet site, ahead of such sites as VIBE, EUR and others.

    Check out the Yahoo Review at:
    http://www.SOUL-PATROL.com/yahoo.htm


    The "SOUL-PATROL DIGEST", is focused on Classic Soul/Funk/Jazz/Blues music,
    culture and personalities of the past 50
    years.
    This internet resource reaches 2,600 + Classic Soul/Funk/Jazz/Blues fans world wide THREE TIMES EACH DAY and is growing at the rate of 10 new subscribers each day. We recently sent out our 1,000 th Digest! Each issue of the SOUL-PATROL DIGEST contains the following:

    - Classic Soul/Funk/Jazz/Blues album reviews
    - Requests for Classic Soul/Funk/Jazz/Blues song availability information
    - Discussion of "rare" Classic Soul/Funk/Jazz/Blues
    - And of course LOTS of discussion about Classic Soul/Funk/Jazz/Blues music, culture and personalities of the past 50 years.

    You may view a special web edition of the SOUL-PATROL DIGEST at the following URL:
    http://www.soul-patrol.com/funk/curtis1.html
    Which contains our special on Curtis Mayfield

    The SOUL-PATROL DIGEST has been in existence since Nov. 1998 and to this point we have refused ANY advertising of the sale or bartering of music.

    We have decided to make advertising space available on the SOUL-PATROL DIGEST, the Soul Patrol Web Site, the SoulPowerSearch Database and the Soul-Patrol Chat Room.

    Your business and Soul-Patrol.com may be a good match, if you are interested in reaching this highly targeted group of Classic Soul/Funk/Jazz/Blues music fanatics.
    These are the type of people who buy this type of music, books and related materials quite often and when they do, they will usually make purchases of several hundred dollars worth of music.
    They are also the type of people who usually are "in the know", within their circle and are the type for whom the term "word of mouth" was invented.

    If you are interested in finding out more, email us at:
    earthjuice@prodigy.net


    Soul Patrol Demogrphics/Target Market

    Here are some demographics on the readership of Soul Patrol, based on a survey we conducted at the end of 1999:

    A. AGE RANGE:

    25 - 30

    4.3%

    30 - 35

    8.7%

    35 - 40

    17.3%

    40 - 45

    23.8%

    45 - 50

    23.8%

    55 - 60

    13.0%

    B. GENDER:

    Female

    52.7%

    Male

    47.3%

    C. LOCATION:

    USA

    81%

    United Kingdom

    3%

    France

    1.5%

    Japan

    1.5%

    Netherlands

    1%

    Germany

    13.0%

    Canada

    1%

    Sweden

    1%

    Other

    10%

    D. RACE:

    Black

    65%

    White

    20%

    Hispanic

    10%

    Asian

    2%

    Other

    3%

    E. INCOME:

    50k - 100k

    60%

    Less than 50k/yr

    20%

    +100k/yr

    20%



    Here is what we would offer to you in terms of exposure:

    - Your URL along with a text message would appear daily in each issue of the SOUL PATROL DIGEST, as it is delivered 3 times per day to the email boxes of our growing subscriber list, and would be the FIRST choice for these people in where to shop for the kind of music that they like on the internet.
    http://www.SOUL-PATROL.com/

    - A Graphical Banner Ad (which you can create or we can create it for you), running in rotation on all 300 + pages of the Soul-Patrol.com Web Site

    http://www.SOUL-PATROL.com/

    - A Graphical Banner Ad running in rotation on the 30,000 + web pages in our
    online database at:
    http://www.SOUL-PATROL.com/search

    - A Graphical Banner Ad running in rotation on the SOUL PATROL CHAT ROOM at:
    http://www.SOUL-PATROL.com/chat


    Thanks in advance for your consideration.
    Feel free to drop me an email if you have any questions or if you would like to learn more about Soul-Patrol.com

    Bob Davis
    earthjuice@prodigy.net
    http://www.SOUL-PATROL.com/