The Bay’s culture, covered like it matters
Not a blog, not a feed — a real magazine for the Bay Area: the legends and the underground, the studios and the corner spots, the vinyl and the cassettes, the people building independent right now. An online magazine you read on any screen, a PDF that reaches anywhere in the world, and a quarterly print run for the Bay.
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Issue One · July 16
The Whole Bay, In One Issue
The full digital issue, free to read now: Bay Area hip hop history city by city, The Alliance roster, fashion, politics, food, and 16 pieces of Bay-only trivia — every word original, every fact checked.
Open Issue One →The Culture
The Bay Area Didn’t Follow Hip Hop. It Built Its Own Lane.
By Michael Norman
The Bay Area always moved at its own speed and made its own culture without asking anyone else first — independent studios, trunk sales, and owning your masters before most places caught on.
Read the story →Get featured in the next issue
Lock your placement in the upcoming quarterly issue — 50 pages, print + PDF, in front of a real Bay Area audience. A feature pairs naturally with getting your music actually out through Done Deal Digital.
Single Review
One track, reviewed by the desk.
Album Review
A full project, reviewed.
Single-Page Feature
A full page — your story, your photos.
Two-Page Feature
A double spread for the deep dive.
Cover Story
The cover + the lead story. We scope it with you.
Cover stories run $500–$1,000 depending on scope — the button books the base and we build the rest with you. Questions? Talk to us.
Put your business in the pages
Reach the Bay Area community that buys local — ad space in the upcoming quarterly issue, 50 pages in print + PDF.
Back Cover
The most-seen page in the book.
Inside Front Cover
First page they open to.
Inside Back Cover
The closing impression.
Opposite Cover Story
Facing the lead feature.
Full Page
A full page in the run.
Half Page
Half a page, full attention.
Quarter Page
A solid quarter spot.
Business Card
The entry spot — get in the book.
Want a recurring directory listing (studio, venue, food spot) instead? Drop your email and we’ll send the options.
Free to start — worldwide, instantly
Four issues a year. The first drops July 16 — the annual locks in all four the day each one lands. Single PDFs go on sale as each issue drops. Print runs quarterly for the Bay.
First Issue
The full digital issue — just drop your email above.
PDF Edition
Each issue, downloadable, yours to keep.
PDF + Bonus
The issue plus extended interviews & extras.
Annual Digital
All four issues for a year, the day each drops.
41510 is how the Bay tells its own story.
Made by Done Deal Digital — the same people getting independent artists’ music recorded, released, and heard, including across the wall. Get the first issue free, get featured, or put your business in the pages.
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