Our Mission Statement
Making Music encourages adult recreational musicians to pursue their fulfilling hobby and become part of a music making community. By advocating the physical, social, and psychological benefits of music making, we intend to build demand for musical instruments and accessories.
At a Glance
Publication:
Bi-monthly consumer lifestyle magazine
Audience:
Adults 35+, $50,000+ average income
Circulation:
35,000 nationwide
Making Music Staff:
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Antoinette Follett
Antoinette Follett has more than 15 years in the publishing and marketing communications field. An expert in the field of the benefits of making music, at Bentley-Hall, Inc., where she is president, she has overseen marketing and communications projects for a number of companies in the music industry including Yamaha, Roland, and the American Federation of Musicians.
EDITOR
Cherie Yurco
Cherie enjoys traveling and exploring world music and music destinations. She has been a magazine journalist for more than 20 years, writing mostly about music for the past seven years. She runs the weblog www.musicalcities.com, where she blogs about music destinations and events around the country.
Write cyurco(AT)makingmusicmag(DOT)com and tell her about your favorite music venues, events, and places.
STAFF WRITER
Rick Kornak
Rick, a graduate of Goddard College’s creative writing program, is a recreational drummer who is known to annoy family members by finger-tapping incessantly on anything that produces a sound. After a few miserable years working in the mental health field, Rick began to seriously focus on his writing career. In addition to writing about music, he has written short stories, essays, and a novel.
ART DIRECTOR
Lisa Mergler-Santoro
Lisa loves to listen to music especially live performances especially those that include Bono.
Reading stories in Making Music inspired her to purchase a Baby Taylor and even took some lessons last year in hopes of learning to play.
Having worked in publishing and printing for more than 20 years,
she's found happiness designing this great magazine.
MARKETING DIRECTOR
Honore Stockley
Honore was classically trained on the French horn in her early years, but it wasn’t until her mid-30s that she decided to pick up both acoustic and electric guitar at the urging of her 10-year-old daughter (a burgeoning drummer and guitarist herself). Having spent a good portion of the late ’80s with a maroon mohawk, it is no surprise Honore is encouraging her daughter to learn the “classics” (the Clash, the Cure, and Duran Duran, of course!). Honore is also involved in various community activities, winning the “40 Under 40” award for her contributions to improving cultural and arts awareness in her hometown of Syracuse, New York.
WEB/MARKETING MANAGER
Jon Dufort
Jon Dufort struck out with the recorder back in third grade, and gave up too easily on his electric bass freshman year. After graduating from SUNY Potsdam with a degree in fine art, Jon tried his hand at many jobs including school portrait photographer, screen printer, barista, screw sorter and salesman. The new century brought a new beginning for Jon—at SUNY Oswego he learned to use the computer to express his visual sense.
After serving as a designer/writer/photographer/webmaster at Syracuse’s alternative newsweekly for five years, he came to Making Music to support our mission.
ADVERTISING MANAGER
Krista Galster
Krista Galster has more than 15 years experience in media sales and marketing, having worked in radio and print. She graduated from SUNY Fredonia with a Bachelor’s in English and Morrisville State College with a degree in Journalism/News Writing. Krista loves all genres of music and spends a lot of her time in the company of local musicians being that her significant other is a well-respected musician — Gary Dunes of "The Gary Dunes Band" in Syracuse.
SUBSCRIPTION COORDINATOR
Rachel Pavlas
Rachel, a recent graduate from Syracuse University’s Bandier Program for Music and the Entertainment Industries, has a passion for all genres of music. After playing trumpet for eight years in the school band, she decided to delve into the business side of the industry in college. While studying at Syracuse University, she completed several internships at distinguished music companies like ASCAP and Billboard Magazine. As our newest employee, she is excited to work for such a creative company where she can share her passion with fellow music lovers.
PUBLISHER
Bentley-Hall, Inc
