Music Connection
[2] The magazine caters to career-minded musicians, songwriters, recording artists, and assorted music industry supporting personnel.Initially, the magazine focused solely on the Southern California music scene, but has since expanded to a national distribution.[5][6][7] Music Connection[8] magazine was founded in 1977 in Los Angeles, California, by J. Michael Dolan,[9] an unsigned singer-songwriter who worked as a background engineer and projectionist at various film and TV studios.Looking for songwriting opportunities but finding limited resources, Dolan conceived the idea of a weekly music publication, featuring articles and reviews comparable to those in Cashbox and Billboard, alongside free classifieds inspired by The Recycler.Artists who have appeared on the Hot 100 list include Holy Ghost!, Sara Bareilles, and Steel Panther.