Most readers will be well aware that the subject-matter covered by E&MM in its editorial pages is extremely wide-ranging. Our field is by its very nature a very diverse one and, of course, the magazine's editorial coverage must to some extent reflect that diversity, with features and articles on a variety of different topics which (we hope) give most of our readers more than enough useful reading material to last them until the next issue appears on the bookstalls.

Finding one single concept that embodies E&MM's field of coverage is difficult, but if there is a single word that best sums up what we are trying to do, then that word must be 'communication'.

Through the pages of E&MM, well-known and respected musicians pass on tips to readers as well as giving some insight into how their careers have progressed; new electronic music hardware is assessed and evaluated from both a musician's and a technician's viewpoint; the latest developments in computer music are reported; and practical do-it-yourself circuits are provided for the electronics-conscious. Every editorial page of the magazine communicates a message of some sort.

When you think about it, any periodical that seeks to provide its readers with information of some kind must be playing a part in the communication process, but what is particularly important to us is that the communication does not occur simply in the one direction.

Reader feedback on published features is in some ways more important than the features themselves, because without it, the exchange of information would be only one-way - that's one very good reason why the Readers' Letters page will always be an essential part of E&MM.

Taking the same process one stage further, the magazine is also an ideal medium for the exchange of information between readers. Patchwork is a case in point: a simple enough idea that's already managed to generate a quite unprecedented amount of interest on the part of musicians and synth manufacturers alike.

Yet the content of Patchwork is dictated almost entirely by what readers contribute, and indeed there's no reason why other articles (whether of a general or a specific nature) shouldn't be contributed by readers in addition to professional writers and reviewers, since any information that's been of use to one reader will almost certainly be of interest to others.

So if you've written (or have contemplated writing) an article on a subject you feel might be of interest to fellow-readers, don't hesitate to send it in to us for possible inclusion in a forthcoming issue of the magazine. All authors of features accepted for publication will of course receive generous remuneration, and we'll consider articles on any topic regularly covered in the magazine, plus one or two that aren't!

Don't forget, E&MM is here for the benefit of everybody involved in electronic music, and it's through the medium of its pages that readers can exchange ideas, thoughts, tips, and techniques-to keep the level of communication rising, and to help the electronic music movement grow from strength to strength.