Eric Olsen
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| Born | August 5, 1958 San Pedro, California |
| Occupation | journalist, blogger |
| Nationality | United States |
| Writing period | 1980s-current |
Eric Olsen (born August 5, 1958) is the founder, editor-in-chief and publisher of broad-based online critical magazine Blogcritics and author of local Cleveland blog Cleve-blog. He is a widely read and influential blogger. His primary site, Blogcritics has gathered together over 1500 authors on a wide variety of topics and is a widely read news/information site with over 64,000 unique visits per day [1], and 50 new articles and reviews posted daily on a variety of topics. Based on the same model of editor-influenced citizen journalism, Desicritics was started by Aaman Lamba, under the guidance of Eric Olsen.[2]
Olsen was named a Trendsetter on the AlwaysOn/Technorati Open Media 100—a "power list of bloggers, social networkers, tool smiths, and investors leading the Open Media Revolution," in 2005. [3]
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[edit] Biography
Over the last 20 years Olsen has written for print and online publication on a wide variety of topics from popular media to politics and his work has appeared in Playboy, Billboard, Alternative Press, Option, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Akron Beacon Journal, Hear/Say, MSNBC.com, Cleveland.com,[3] and other outlets.
His book publications include Networking In the Music Industry (with Jim Clevo, Rockpress, 1993) [4], and The Encyclopedia of Record Producers [5] (with Paul Verna, Carlo Wolff, Billboard Books, 1999), a definitive work in the field featuring original interviews, bios, and discographies of over 500 of the leading producers in recording history.
Timothy White, former Editor-in-Chief of Billboard magazine, called The Encyclopedia, "One of the truly indispensable reference books on the annals of the music industry." Rock historian and author Barney Hoskyns (Rock's Backpages, Waiting For The Sun: Strange Days, Weird Scenes & The Sound Of Los Angeles) said, "A landmark publication ... the ultimate guide to the sonic architects, alchemists and just plain old artisans." Rock historian, author Ira Robbins (Trouser Press) said, "This exceptionally well-researched and far-ranging book shines a long overdue spotlight on the often unsung heroes of recorded music."
Olsen also compiled, produced, and wrote the liner notes for the Straight Outta Cleveland CD collection (Oglio, 1995), which Stephen Thomas Erlewine called in All Music Guide, "a thoroughly entertaining hodgepodge of songs by Cleveland bands from the Raspberries and the James Gang to Devo and Pere Ubu," which captures "the spirit of the city ... very well indeed." [6]
Olsen, who owned and operated the Olsen Entertainment DJ company in Los Angeles in the '80s, appeared as a music critic on WJW, Fox 8 TV in Cleveland, and created/hosted the Cool Tunes radio show on WRQK 1990-1994, WENZ 1994-1996, WAPS 1999-2002.
Originally from San Pedro, California, he currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife and four children. He is a graduate of Wittenberg University with degrees in Political Science and Philosophy.
[edit] Published works
- Clevo, Jim; Eric Olsen (1993). Networking in the Music Industry. Hal Leonard. ISBN 0-9627013-6-X.
- Olsen, Eric; Paul Verna, Carlo Wolff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Record Producers: An Indispensable Guide to the Most Important Record Producers in Music History. Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-7607-5.
[edit] References
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- ^ http://www.alwayson-network.com/comments.php?id=10852_0_5_0_C
- ^ Amazon.com: Networking in the Music Industry: Books: Jim Clevo,Eric Olsen
- ^ Amazon.com: The Encyclopedia of Record Producers: An Indispensable Guide to the Most Important Record Producers in Music History: Books: Eric Olsen,Paul Verna,Carlo Wolff
- ^ allmusic ((( Straight Out of Cleveland > Overview )))
- Sitemeter Blogcritics Site Summary. Retrieved on 2006-10-12.
- Blogcritics main page. Retrieved on 2006-10-12.
- Perkins, Tony (2005-12-19). Introducing the AO/Technorati Open Media 100. Retrieved on 2006-10-12.
- Clevo, Jim; Eric Olsen (1993). Networking in the Music Industry. Hal Leonard. ISBN 0-9627013-6-X.
- Olsen, Eric; Paul Verna, Carlo Wolff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Record Producers: An Indispensable Guide to the Most Important Record Producers in Music History. Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-7607-5.
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Straight Outta Cleveland Review. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2006-10-12.
