All Good Things

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Rock,

It has been a profound pleasure to serve the Kansas City scene as music editor of The Pitch, but after nearly five years of burning my Guitar Lamp at both ends, I will be leaving my post early next year.

I am not leaving The Pitch because of any shakedown, bad trip or other negative sort of vibe at this paper. From day one, I have thrived in a thoroughly positive and supportive work environment, and I’m proud to have been a writer and editor at what I feel is Kansas City’s best journalistic enterprise.

I just feel that after five years in the local-music trenches, it’s time for me to move on to other things and let someone else have a go at this gig. As I pursue work in other fields (mainly freelance writing), I’ll keep an ear perked toward the people, musicians and artists who have treated me so well since I became a steward of the scene in 2005.

Though you will see my byline in the paper through the end of this year and the beginning of 2010, there will be a new music editor’s name on the masthead starting sometime in early January. In the coming weeks, The Pitch will field applicants from this market and beyond, looking for someone with a werewolf desire to run amok in this town’s vibrant soundscape – and with the writing and editing skills, blogging drive and ironclad spleen needed for the job.

Get in the running by sending a cover letter, resume and writing samples to

C.J. Janovy, editor, The Pitch, 1701 Main, KCMO 64108; or e-mail them to cj.janovy@pitch.com.

That’s it for now, friends. I’ll see you soon. The club is open.