In the fall of 2002, Glide Magazine found a home on the internet. A place where musicians and music lovers alike could stop in, read a bit, chat with others and update their iPods. Now almost five years later, Glide has grown to become a premier online entertainment resource, covering today’s most innovative, up-to-the-minute artists in every genre under the sun - with a staff of writers recruited from the music community, of which I am very proud to be a part of.

Glide was founded by Shane Handler (Senior Editor), Eric Ward (Director of Business Development) and Brian Piccolo (CTO). In 2003, they partnered with Pixel Bridge, a web development company in Boston, and together they created the fully integrated media company, Glide Publishing, LLC. It didn’t take long for the public to catch on and as the readership grew, so did Glide.

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Welcome Canvas readers to the first of many thoughts on music. If you love it as much as do, then one column a month just won’t cut it. As a music columnist, I am constantly discovering someone new to write about. Rarely do I find a musician I don’t like. Even rarer that I’m not downloading my new finds. The problem is there’s not enough passionate ‘ipod-ers’ to share my music with. Often, I’ll mention a great band to a friend and they’ll look at me like I have four heads and say, “Where do you find these people?” On the flip side, I’ve definitely turned a few of them on to some great new music.

So, what exactly is great music? Like anything else, it’s purely subjective. My personal A-list: Pete Yorn, George Harrison and Elliott Smith to name a few. The common thread being all are great songwriters and great guitarists, melodic and mellow in tone, introspective in nature.

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