INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Forge friendly professional relationships with the people that you come into contact with while getting your start. Try to remember every name and face you encounter, as you never know when someone might be able to assist you down the line. Be kind, courteous and easy to work with. When people witness how serious your interest in music is, they’ll keep you in mind when there’s important work to be done.  Success isn’t all about who you know, but it can definitely help to be well-connected. It never hurts to have too many friends. Be eager to perform favors for people whenever you have the chance. They may be able to return the favor by giving you a leg up. Do your best to make a good impression. People remember who they like… and who they dislike. You may not get hired on with a reputable publication right away, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still make a living as a music journalist. Keep producing clips and look for places where you can find freelance work. Many websites and smaller publishers accept guest contributions. It can be hard to find consistent work as a freelance agent, and you may not get paid much, but don’t be discouraged. The important thing is to keep your name out there and receive as much exposure as you can.  Writing freelance can be a great way to supplement your income as a journalist. You may even be able to find enough work to transform it into a full-time gig. There may also be opportunities to use your writing skills to come up with the bios and press materials for themselves musicians themselves. Contact an artist or their representation directly to see if they could use you. If you are fortunate enough to be offered a job at a music review publication, then you already have one foot in the door. Buckle down and prepare to work your way up the ranks. Be loyal and committed to your team and always make sure that you’re putting out your best work. Your efforts won’t go unnoticed. After you’ve served some time, yours may be one of the names thrown in the hat for a raise or promotion.  Keep a positive attitude and be productive, even if you have to start out in the mail room or making coffee. Your personality and work ethic will be the biggest factors in how far you go. Look for ways to constantly improve yourself so that your work continues to stand out even after you’ve established yourself. Editor is the most coveted position for most journalists. If you work hard enough for long enough, reaching the level of editor is an attainable goal. As an editor, you’ll have the power to select articles for publication, oversee the work of staff writers and even author special interest pieces on topics of your choosing. Editors also stand to receive many other perks, including free concert admission, backstage passes, advance news and music releases and chances to interview artists. Once you’re an editor, your experience will speak for itself. You’ll be able to take your talents to other news outlets and publications as you see fit.

SUMMARY: Make industry contacts. Offer your services freelance. Put in time with a music news outlet. Become an editor.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen. This will search your computer for the Notepad app. Right-click Notepad at the top of the Start window, click Run as administrator in the drop-down menu, and click Yes when prompted. The Notepad window will open.  If your mouse doesn't have a right-click button, click the right side of the mouse, or use two fingers to click the mouse. If your computer uses a trackpad instead of a mouse, use two fingers to tap the trackpad or press the bottom-right side of the trackpad. It's in the top-left corner of the window. A drop-down menu will appear. This option is near the top of the File drop-down menu. Doing so opens a File Explorer window. To do so:  Click This PC on the left side of the File Explorer window. Scroll down and double-click your hard drive's name (usually OS (C:)) in the middle of the window. Double-click the "Windows" folder. Scroll down and double-click the "System32" folder. Scroll down and double-click the "drivers" folder. Double-click the "etc" folder. It's in the lower-right side of the window. A drop-down menu will appear. This option is in the drop-down menu. You should see several files appear in the main window. Find the "hosts" file in the main Notepad window, then do the following:  Right-click the "hosts" file. Click Properties in the drop-down menu. Click the Security tab. Click Edit. Check the "Full Control" box. Click OK, then click Yes when prompted. Click OK. Click the "hosts" file to do so. It's in the lower-right side of the window. The "hosts" file will open in Notepad. Click the very end of the last line on the page, then press ↵ Enter. To block a website in your computer's browsers, do the following:  Type in 127.0.0.1 and press Tab ↹. Type in a website's address without the "www" section (e.g., "facebook.com", "twitter.com"). Press ↵ Enter to start a new line, then repeat the above two steps with other addresses you want to block. While you can block sites in most browsers using the above step, Google Chrome is slightly different: if you're blocking sites on Google Chrome, you'll need to place a space and then the "www.[site].com" version of the website's address after the "[site].com" version.  To block Facebook, for example, you would type in 127.0.0.1	facebook.com www.facebook.com. Adding the "http://" or "https://" part of the address as well (e.g., 127.0.0.1	facebook.com https://www.facebook.com can improve the chances of the site being blocked. IP address — You can find a website's IP address and then block it in the "hosts" file to prevent people from accessing the website via its IP address.  Mobile site — By placing "m." in front of a website's address (e.g., "m.facebook.com" instead of "facebook.com"), you can block the mobile version of the website as well. To do so:  Click File in the top-left corner of Notepad. Click Save As... in the drop-down menu. Click the "Save as type" drop-down box, then click All Files in the drop-down menu. Click the "hosts" file in the main window to select it. Click Save, then click Yes when prompted. . You'll use Command Prompt to perform this action. Flushing the DNS cache will prevent saved browser information from clashing with your blocked sites. If you have any browser windows open, close them and then re-open them. Any websites you added to the "hosts" file should now be blocked in your browsers. If the websites still aren't blocked after restarting your browsers, try restarting your computer.

SUMMARY:
Open Start . Type in notepad. Open Notepad in administrator mode. Click File. Click Open…. Navigate to the "etc" folder. Click the "Text Documents (*.txt)" box. Click All Files. Remove security from the "hosts" file. Select the "hosts" file. Click Open. Create a new line at the bottom of the document. Add websites to the block list. Block Google Chrome sites using this method. Try blocking alternative versions of the website's address. Replace the existing "hosts" file with the edited one. Flush your computer's DNS cache Restart all browsers.