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But enough about the cars that I've played with, let's talk about my newest venture. The thing that makes me not only a car nut but makes everyone know that cars are my passion.
About 2 years ago, I decided for a Christmas present for all my "car buddies." it would be nice to take pictures of their cars and make a magazine with them in it. It would be personalized to them and would show them how much they mean to me. I'm a Senior Creative agent at an advertising/marketing agency, so it's what I do. So I let them pick where they wanted their car to be shot in front of, and then set up photo shoots with them. They had no idea what I was doing with them, and I would not tell them.... so they just rolled with the punches.
I ended up laying out a magazine, and then finding out that it cost too much money to have 20 mock-ups made.... money I didn't have at the time. So the present idea died. Then I decided... why stop at a Christmas present? Why not start a local/regional magazine? So that was the next step. So the dream continued. I kept pushing and pushing and now it has turned out to be a national magazine that I am hoping to debut in April. The name of the magazine is Curbside Magazine. Here's and intro for it:
What do you think of when you think of hot rods? To Curbside Magazine, it’s the smell of gasoline, the crowd that gathers at the shows, the camaraderie amongst friends and the feeling that over takes you when you see your dream car. It’s not only that; it’s a culture. It’s about past times; a hot rod revolution where slicking back your hair, rolling up a pack of non-filtered camels in your sleeve is the cat’s meow. It’s jumping in your ride on a Saturday night and heading to the drive-in with your best girl.
Curbside Magazine takes the comrodary, the past times, and the love of this culture and puts it all together in one magazine. Curbside Magazine supports this culture and nurtures the continued growth of this revolution. The support is through building relationships within this culture at car shows, cruise-ins, and introducing car, truck, and chopper enthusiasts to each other through a common channel that we all know and love.
Curbside Magazine is the brainchild of a car enthusiast that cannot get enough of the high octane, hot hues, and shiny chrome of the hot rod culture. This culture has grown tremendously in the past couple years thanks to shows such as OverHaulin’, Rides, Monster Garage, and Orange County Choppers. The general public is now aware of what most of us already knew about.
Whether in a parking lot, local diner, park, gas station, or other such structure, local car shows pop up in every town. This magazine gives everyone a chance to get into a magazine... every car buffs dream. With that said, many national magazines only cover big events, and cover builders that are already in the spotlight. From a rat rod to the high dollar tech rod, Curbside Magazine opens the doors to all makes, models, years, and incomes.
We are open to all comments and suggestions. We want to make Curbside Magazine a magazine for all car nuts like us. Keep your eyes out for us at the shows.
So needless to say, I'm learning everything I can about the publishing and magazine business. I'm looking for people that share my passion and I would like to see what I could do with this overwhelming project. I've taken all of my own photography, laying out the magazine and writing of the article. I have a couple of friends that have written articles that have been published before, so they too are helping me out. I'm looking for national advertisers as we speak and anyone that can help out, has input, or just wants to shoot the crap... get a hold of me. I want to start networking and adding to the people that have already made a difference in my life, as well as more people that will support this endeavor.
I've got a media kit made up, I'm looking for a national distributor at this point as well as advertisers. I know this is a lot to take on, especially as a one-man show, and even on the side from my full time job. But not guts, no glory. At least I can say I tried if it doesn't work.
I'm going to send pictures of the cars I've had, built, and am currently building I want to make people’s dreams of getting their car into a magazine a reality, as well as making my dreams a reality too. By the way, I'm 26 years old.
Jeremy Jones
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