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The free weekly article at Rhythm Changes gives you a great artist, event, or recording to enjoy and share – plus this week's upcoming Vancouver jazz gigs from our list.

I started writing it to less than 100 people in early 2022, and now hundreds of people have become a member for free to get it delivered every Tuesday morning. Plus, it's not just me writing anymore: there are several paid contributors from the jazz scene.

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I sell sponsorships, exclusively to local music businesses in our scene, to cover the hosting costs of the website & tech that we use. It's important to me that 100% of subscription money goes to people, instead of tech bills – and especially to the contributors, making sure everyone gets paid fairly.

No, those would be my editorial/community decisions. Only where I use the word sponsor, as in, "Thank you to ____ for sponsoring this article" did someone pay for the placement. I'm proud to stay up-to-date with and ideally support various local non-profit arts initiatives; if you have one, please share it with me.