Why You Should Do A Music Website, Even If It Goes Tits Up, by Wendy Roby of The Lipster
Apr 24, 2009 | 1 Comment | ByWendy Roby
As we wave a sad goodbye to our very favourite music website, The Lipster, founded by the fabulous Jude Rogers, we asked co-editor Wendy Roby to tell us how it has been for her.
The LIPSTER: good at music, rubbish at photoshop
Rebecca Nicholson (my co-Editor) and I closed down our music website The Lipster this week. With a shrug and a sigh, we’ve set the alarm, swizzed the sign round to ‘Closed’ and skipped off down the high street, the final pennies from the till jangling in our pockets. [Becca: You made money out of it? Me: Shhh, of course not, everyone knows there is no money in music journalism. I am merely painting pictures with words]. Anyhoo, though this may sound like a sad old tale, it isn’t. Because doing a music website with a brilliant friend is one of the best and goodest things you can ever do. Read the full story
