If you listened to the podcast I recorded a few months back with Tom Tom Magazine founder Mindy Abovitz, you know what a cool project this is. While many magazines are struggling to reach readers, Mindy launched Tom Tom with a zeroed in demographic: female drummers. In less that a year they have interviewed and featured such high-profile female drummers as Cindy Blackman, Yuko Araki (Yoko Ono Band), Hannah Blilie (The Gossip), Laura Fares (Sam Sparro), Suphala, and Allison Miller (Brandi Carlile).

She was kind enough to send copies of the magazine’s first three issues, and I can’t tell you how impressed I am. In fact, I have to admit that I fear creasing the pages, as the magazine is so well done it feels like a piece of art in my hands!

In an attempt to get more people turned on to Tom Tom I asked Mindy if she’d put up a subscription as a GearPipe exclusive giveaway. She was kind enough to agree.

Here’s how it works. Tom Tom is a quarterly magazine, meaning four issues per year. They’ve published three, with the fourth coming in September. The winner will get issues #1-3 ASAP, and will receive issue #4 when it’s printed.

To enter, just fill out the form below. This giveaway will run for one week with a deadline of midnight Pacific next Thursday (August 5th).

If you can’t wait for the giveaway and want to subscribe to Tom Tom, you can do it here. Also, Tom Tom is a labor of love for Mindy and her team (meaning there’s no big publisher backing them with cash). The project is being featured on Kickstarter, so if you want to back the cause with a few bucks, there are some very cool products that you’ll get back, plus a warm fuzzy in your tummy. Learn more at Kickstarter.

If you didn’t catch my interview with Mindy, listen in here:

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