Independent Strategy Links Bible v1.O

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What follows is just a glance at some of the manifestations of independent music strategies on the net - in spite of the pretentious title, it certainly doesn't even approach any sort of comprehensive assessment of the resources of this type which currently exist. Inclusion here is not an endorsement; The Good, The Bad and The Ugly are all listed.

While I've not had but cursory experience with more than a handful of these sites, clearly there are exploitations here as well as a wealth of possible opportunities to move your music to people. And of course many of these sites are growing and changing, and new ones are emerging every day.

Feel free to elaborate and fill in the blanks of my oversights and ignorance, and share with us any and all experiences, news or information.

•indiecentre

An independent label information site "chock full of vital DIY information on getting your music to the masses." Sections covering starting a label, recording, mastering, manufacturing, printing, sales/promotion, touring, supplies, etc. "An Introductory Mechanic's Guide to Putting Out Records, Cassettes and CDs" Largely focused on existing companies and services.


•Indie Journal

Sprawling site of news and info, listings. Good Mp3 site guide with in depth reviews and ratings of many of the independent mp3 resources listed here, although all the services listed no longer exist.


•Essential Entertainers Links

"Over 3500 Weblinks, Industry Specific Databases, Informative Articles written by Entertainment Professionals & other related resources... (for) Actors, Entertainers, Musicians, Variety Acts, Writers, Stage & Film Technical personnel." Check the 'General Music Resources' link.


•Indie-Music.com

Commercial musician resource site, with lots of information, links about independent music. Some good resources, particularly for marketing your music online.


•The Music Biz Academy

"For Independent Musicians in the Business of Selling, Promoting or Doing Music on the Internet." Very nice site with tons of information and news.


•FourFront Media & Music

"Ideas for marketing your music, helping musicians help themselves with the business of music." Christopher Knab outlines the "four fronts" of the music business.


•The Global Muse Indie Corner

"Indie Artist Promotion, Marketing, Artist Development, Advice, and resources." Includes 'Indie Find' - a very extensive listing of independent artists.


•BandUtopia.com

"Our goal is to be a "yellow pages" for everything an independent musician might need." - "Perhaps the largest music industry databases of it's kind that we've run across with over 34,000 entries. You can search for almost anything; Copyright Clearance, Radio Promotion, Music Attorneys, Distribution, Retail Outlets, Merchandising, Artist Management, etc"


•DIY Search

"Do It Yourself Search is commited to helping and enhancing the DIY community, as it pertains to the Web. DIY Search is and will remain a not for profit listing and cataloging resource for the DIY community." Very diverse site dealing with all aspects of the "arts and humanities."


•The Musician's Assistance Site

Informative site, including, most interestingly, many regional forums and a CD co-op compilation project for independent bands.


•StreetComp.com

Creates compilation CDs and sends them to 500 music contacts, radio stations etc. "The total cost to those invited to participate on the compilations is only $149.95 U.S..." You get 25 copies as well.


•Mysic.com

"Online Music Strategies." A French site.


•The Musician's Resource Page

Info, Manufacturers, festivals, radio, message board, reviews, indie news, more.


•NetMusic.com

"NetMusic is music information, free links, mp3 players, downloads, and free services all self-contained in a fast-growing, music community." Includes a free classified ad section. Add your site to their database, submit mp3s for an "upcoming library of free mp3s."



•Liquid Audio

"Liquid Audio provides a range of music distribution software and services for publishing, hosting and distributing secure digital music content over the Internet."


•PeopleSound.com

A service very similar to mp3.com... "peoplesound.com is Visited by over a million people each month - we're the UK and Europe's No. 1 new music download site. ...If fans like your tracks they can buy your CD, which we will manufacture and distribute for you. You get a 50%* royalty on each CD sold. You retain 100% ownership of the copyright in your music and have complete freedom to leave the site should you sign a record contract... We also manage, market and promote your music across Europe from our sites in Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy and France."


•VitaminIC

"Vitaminic is the leading European platform for the promotion and distribution of digital music over the Internet and other digital networks... hosting catalogues from over 700 labels, from the largest of majors to the smallest independents... Vitaminic works with the music industry on its own terms, paying both performance and mechanical royalties, even on free promotional downloads."


•IUMA

Internet Underground Music Archive. "Today, IUMA is the one place to post your music where actual musicians are watching out for you - not weasels watching the numbers. You have your own URL with your band name first. And a custom web page where you can post all your band info and MP3s, sell CDs, create message boards, fan lists, and of course, get e-mail from your fans - all Free."


•Tonos

Lots of information, focus on online collaboration and connecting with other musicians, featuring TC8 - an eight-track PC collaboration tool with a subscription based service.


•MP3 Shareware

An interesting approach. "Register by uploading your music to MP3Shareware. When the upload is complete, download your music. Distribute only the version that you downloaded. It contains embedded information that will direct the consumer back to MP3Shareware for payment." Payments based on a shareware philosophy. Click on "Register Music" link for more info.


•ths-Music.com

A small Internet-based music publisher that focuses on up-and-coming new artists, as well as established artists, who embrace file-sharing technologies like Napster. "Napster Friendly Music Publishing... Instead of heavy-handed copyright enforcement, ths-Music relies on the time-honored, community-based approach known as "The Honor System." Listen to our songs for up to 30 days, and if you like them enough to keep listening, we trust you to honor the artist by sending in a small amount per song."


•Java Music.com

Free site paying royalties for downloads. (Between 1 - 3001 downloads, $.03 per download - Between 3,001 - 20,000 downloads, $.05 per download - Above 20,000 downloads, $.07 per download.)


•Ampcast.com

"You will get paid $0.06 for each listener who downloads your music. The highest paying download based royalty on the Internet!" $25 annual membership fee.


•TAXI

A subscription service that's been around for years, "shopping" artists material. "TAXI is the leading independent A&R company helping unsigned bands, artists and songwriters get record deals, publishing deals and placement in films and TV shows..."


•Indie Scene.com

"Indie Scene is a bi-monthly newsletter that's geared toward professionals working in the music industry who are looking for up-and-coming talent. Our target readership is A&R, journalists, college radio, management, campus events coordinators, and TV and film music supervisors... Every issue of Indie Scene comes bundled with a compilation CD comprised of the best indie material we've received. Inclusion on the CD is very selective..." Bands and songwriters can submit demos and presskits. News and info on site also.


•The Bandit A&R Newsletter

Subscription based newsletter for independent musicians. "...24 features published every month in the UK/US/World-wide edition of the newsletter. Don't miss out on all the record, management and publishing companies, world-wide, currently looking for your type of material..."


•Association For Independent Music

Subscription based independent music information site.


•Music Industry Web Guide

"10,800+ Music websites..." (advertisement) ...In a book... For $19.95 ...Hmmm.


•AfterNight.com

Browse unsigned bands worldwide; free band Web space.


•AngryCoffee.com

Creators of Percolator, first well known Web based interface to Napster, and future home of "Espresso," a legal P2P file sharing environment that promotes independent artists. Tutorials and information.


•Music Planet

"An elite unsigned bands directory which will soon have 50 artists from around the world - Currently we have 30 bands uploaded - only a link and image are available per band at the moment but we will shortly be transforming the site into an mp3.com style interface..."


•ZeBox.com

"The idea behind ZeBOX is simple: to create one great efficient music engine on the net that is self-driven by the artists themselves, where everything is instantaneous, all artists pages are automatically created, all updates instantly implemented." Artists can upload mp3s, videos.


•CDart.com

The indie music video showcase. Bands send in their music videos, cdart digitizes them for Web delivery. "It's free! Just send your video tapes to us - we encode the best ones -Free of charge. We also let you DIY via digital. Or we can let us do for a fee..."


•CoolSongs.com

A database of free music, where bands can list their songs for free. A paid membership is not required, and all songs are full length.


•The Creative Village

"When you move into the Creative Village you get 5MB of space and 3 pages in which to create your personal Profile. You are in control of your own Web and can upload images, audio and other files at your will - with the ability to customize the look of your web via flexible, user-friendly online design tools. This means you can display your latest work, whether this be a poem, a song or a painting!" As a special introductory launch promotion, this is all free for a year.


•DJ Cafe

Free 5 meg sites for DJs.


•Artist In Residence

Artists-In-Residence, a Web hosting service that offers free personal, business, and organizational Web sites exclusively to those in the Performing Arts, Visual Arts and the Humanities. 5 meg sites.


•BURBs

"British Underground Rock Bands" 1047 Bands, 159 CDs, 513 Full length demos, and a label spawned by the site which produces CD compilations.


•MP3 Junkies

A UK based mp3.com-like site. "Submit as many songs as you like to Mp3 Junkies. Every track will be analysed by a team of 3 A&R Executives - if it's good enough, we'll make it available for free download to all those thousands of visitors. (100,000 unique hits per month)" Artists also get a free limited web page.


•NewVibes.co.Uk

Small free site. "To join NewVibes all you need to do is send us your music (on CD or Minidisc) / pictures / info and anything else you would like included on your page..."


•Aspects Music

UK based. Up-and-coming producers/DJs can promote themselves by sending in mixes or working with a profile. Also dub plates, links, competitions and reveiws. Windows Media files.


•Live365.com

Build your own online radio station. "Over 39,000 internet radio stations broadcasting now on Live365..."


•RealNetRadio

Indie net radio broadcasting, forums, more.


•K-Boony Radio

"...aspiring artists considered for the K-Boony Radio WebCast... K-Boony Radio provides a new and innovative means of bringing new entertainment to the international community." Part of BNW Entertainment


•Alternative Music Webcasters

"Radio with Mike Powers" list of 700 internet radio sites. The link above is to an extensive listing of "alternative and independent" radio stations.


•SolidPulse.net

"Pirate radio stations, clubs, interviews, record reviews, charts, drum & bass, garage, hip hop, R&B and more..."


•MPulse.com

"The Internet Independent Music Chart" Sites, listings and radio for all genres of independent music.


•Giant Steps

"The "un-celebrity" Internet radio program" "Giant Steps features interviews with the people in entertainment who work outside the spotlight, yet have excelled at their particular craft... To be a guest on Giant Steps, please send us an email describing yourself and what you do. If you're a musician mail your bio/press kit and your CD..."


•Station MP3

"Artist/Band Web Site & Domain Name, Artist page... You make the call as to whether or not you want your music to be streamed, downloaded or both. Unlimited Uploads..." All free with additional services for $49 a year.


•StompinGround.com

"If your band is chosen as a Featured Artist on Stompinground.com, your feature listing will be on the front page of Stompinground.com which currently receives over 28,000 user sessions per month..." Also free unsigned artist listings and "live" audio webcasts.


•The Underground Xchange

"A media showcase site and networking directory for underground and independent Bands, Artists (visual artists included) and supporting business around the world... Unlike other media sites we do not take a percentage from the bands and artists and allow you to buy their merchandise directly from them..."


•Progressive Music Archive

No frills public archive. "MP3 Music site dedicated to all kinds of progressive music. We host anarchistic punk, working class folk songs, communist rap, redskin ska, progressive rock... anything with an attitude...You’ll have to upload the songs to a public archive first – afterwards please send an email to inform us that there’s new stuff – remember to write as much about the band /song, that you want us to publish on the site. If you've got a lot of songs, you could send them on a CD - post an e-mail to get the address."


•MP3 Unsigned Artists

"MP3 Unsigned Artists.com is NOT a record label...it acts as an MP3 portal in association with MP3.COM's New Music Army, allowing visitors to find your music with a few clicks of a mouse. This site receives a lot of visitors from the "outside world," many of which are talent scouts, record companies and other industry insiders searching for fresh talent as well as music lovers from all over the world who want to hear the songs of the future."


•MP3fi.com

Finnish/Global site with news, info, software and downloads.


•AllSound.org

"A Slashdot-styled news and discussion forum covering the gamut of experimental, fringe and avant-garde music and sound art." More.


•MusicFans.com

A small index of Fan Sites on the web.


•IndieRing

"A ring for independent artists, musicians, indie fans, bands, zines, writers, poets, etc..." Currently over 1500 sites.


•UnsignedWeb.Net

"The Unsigned Muso's Web Ring" Currently 85 sites.


•Modulator: Experimental sound Ring

"Modulator is here to provide a link and a guide between sites that revolve around the worlds of sound art, new music, acoustics and new musical technology, experimental, avant-garde and just plain insane music, all of that which is pushing at the boundaries of modern music." Currently over 400 sites.


•The Dance Music Resource Pages

A Juno Records page, UK. Check the "over 500 WWW dance links" link.


•The Worldwide Band Name Registry

Includes BandClassifieds.com, BandData.com, BandGig.com, BandLicense.com, BandMagazine.com, BandPress.com, and BandVideo.com.


•Online Bands

Small and simple site. "If you are in a band and have a recording that you would like to promote on this site, Online Bands is currently accepting submissions free of charge. Your music will be converted to Real Audio and set up on our 300+ stream capable server on a T3 pipeline. MP3 versions of your songs can also be used to post music on this site. Please provide the URL where your files can be downloaded from..."


•Sound@45rpm.com

"Free web space for bands... sound@45rpm exists to promote the finest un-signed bands on the planet. if you'd like to become part of the sound@45rpm community and have your band homepage hosted here for FREE, email me on the above link. your site could include mp3's and images, you do the design and then email it to me for upload to sound@45rpm... you'll get 20mb of server space to do anything you want with..."


•Alternate Groove

"This site was designed to help promote independent bands and musicians by providing secure, online CD sales..." Any band can display info about themselves and promote their music online for free. RealPlayer based samples.


•TheCosmicStore

"Major labels bite! Bite back! ... If you've released an album, we can promote it and help you sell it to the world. Our web sites get over 400,000 hits a day. It's easy and there are no contracts to sign.."


•Aural adventures

"The Best Independent Music on the Net!" An online independent music retailer catalog.


•ArtistShop.com

"The Artist Shop, a music store dedicated to the independent progressive artist putting out his/her own product. The items we display we buy directly from the artist or his/her own company." Focused on independent labels. RealAudio based soundbytes.


•MusicIsland.com

"Although it started as a listing of indie labels, the 'island' now encompasses all aspects of indie music including artists, unsigned bands, songwriters, booking agents, studios, photographers, multimedia companies, places to play and much more... (boasting) one of the largest lists of independent record labels looking for demos from unsigned bands."


•Record labels list

A list by zebramusic.com. (a site with lots of other info)


•Artist Direct Network

Home of "the ultimate band list" - Good general site, featuring a list of over 100,000 artists. Also an extensive list of record labels, news, more.


•HandiLinks - Music

Crazy links and lists.


•Band Radio

Another good general site with lots of news, info and lists of record companies etc, including a database of contacts for the major record labels.


•A List of Independent Record Stores

"A Nationwide (U.S.) List of Independent Record Stores. This is LandPhil Records list of indie record stores, listed by state."

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•Guitar Player Online

•The Guitarist Forum


•MusicGearReview

Guitar oriented gear reviews.


•Keyboard Magazine

•Electronic Musician Magazine


•MIDI Musician

Massive site - "A guide to sites of value to MIDI users, from beginners to experts."


•Musician's Tech Central

"Music Equipment, Recording, MIDI, Digital Audio, Indie How-To" Tons of articles and links.


•Shareware Music Machine

"The World's Biggest Music Software Site" - over 3500 music software titles currently available for download. Great site.


•HammerSound

Nice site for the "Computer Musician" - emphasis on creating sound fonts, how to, libraries, articles.


•MultiMedia.com

Massive site of info, new and reviews for "PC Musicians" - multimedia creators and enthusiasts.

•Audio Recording Center

"Your resource for analog, digital, home demo, sound software, studios and other recording information." "Good sound advice for the independent music maker. Includes helpful articles, a well organized Links section, and other useful resources."


•Musician's Worldwide Network

In spite of the name, a small site focused on equipment manufacturers with its own 'musicians shopping network.' Includes an online manual archive, schematics and manuals for various equipment.


•HomeRecording.com

Basic site related to all aspects of home recording.


•AudioWorld Online

"Directories of professional audio industry, hifi audio and audio event site and resource links. News, reviews, ratings, references, member pages, company directory, and extensive cross reference."


•MacMusic.org

Extensive music resources for Macintosh musicians. Forums, classifieds, links, software, more.


•Musician's Exchange

"Music industry directory of Gear, Gigs, Jobs and more..."


•Harmony Central

Major site about and for gear gear gear. Forums, reviews, classifieds, news etc.


•Music Related Classified Ads

Free music classified ads, organized by region.

•Analogue Modular Systems

"One of the largest stocks of vintage and hard to find analogue synths in the world."


•Musician's Friend

Dealer of guitars, basses, drums, keyboards, amps, pro audio, lighting, stage and studio gear, instructional materials, accessories. Many company links. An old company, definitely worth signing up for their free catalogue, which I've gotten, and used for years.


•Apollo's Axes Musical Instruments

A dealer in "world" musical instruments from guitars, brass, woodwinds, orchestra strings, folk, and drum sets to bodhrans, bagpipes, harps, congas, djembes, sitars...


•Ethnic Musical Instrument Co

Dealer of ancient ethnic instruments from India, Africa and the Middle East.


•Khazana Music Resources

Dealer/Importer of Indian, Nepalese and Thailand instruments.


•MotherlandMusic

Dealer/Importer with an extensive collection of African drums and other musical instruments from Ghana, Nigeria, The Ivory Coast, Morocco, and Togo.


•Lark In The Morning

"World Musical Instruments, Books, Recordings and Videos - a musician's service founded in 1974 that specializes in hard to find musical instruments, music and instructional materials." Focus on Celtic instruments.


•Building Musical Instruments

A modest collection of links about building your own flutes, guitars, keyboard instruments, percussion instruments, violins, world instruments.


•The Musical Instrument Makers Forum

"For those interested in acoustic guitar building, electric guitar making, violin - dulcimer - mandolin - banjo or drum making - flute and recorder making and repair; brass instrument building and repair; and more."

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•Some CD Replication Services:

Clearwater Digital Media

Compact Disc Service

DiscMakers

DigiDoc

Digital Dynamics Audio

Duplication Discounters

Front Porch Music

Glass House CD

NoiseLand Industries

CDMan

Klarity Cassette & CD

Oasis Duplication

Superdups

Swordfish Digital Audio

Transit Digital Services


•Outer Sound: indie music community

Online independent music community, with lots of indie information and resource links. Includes their own online magazine and music review listing. Some good info, but mostly focused on reviews of independent works, with an address to submit demos for review.


•DemoUniverse.com

"Jim Santo's Demo Universe" 1936 online reviews of independent music submissions.


•Audio Ether

"musicbeyondradio.com" Submit your presskits for their review; if they choose, they'll post you and feature you on their site. The site also features some good articles and community resources.


•Indy Hits

"We at Indy Hits are always looking for great Pop, Rock, Alternative Rock, or Modern Rock Bands and artists. To submit your music to Indy Hits Please include recorded demo with photo and bio/accomplishments along with a $15 submission fee..." ...Most "L.A." independent music site award. (snicker)


•Gajoob.com

Submit music for reviews - news and resources for Independent bands plus an online Homemade Music Store. (consignment and "CD production on demand")


•New Artist Review

Another review site. "To get reviewed, please follow these instructions: Send a Bio Kit that includes at least one picture, your contact information, and a check or money order for $20.00 to..."


•New Independent Music Site

Yet another small site focused on reviews, with four reviewers. For $5 you can be a "featured band" with sound clips for two weeks. Snail submissions.


•IndiePro.com

"You can submit your CD for a review to be published on this site, or you can sell your music in our on-line catalog and be featured permanently with all sales processed by us." You provide: $35, 6 copies of each release, URL's to any MP3/Real Audio files you would like in your listing.


•My Steelo.com

"The unsigned hip hop artist & producer network" A small but well-developed site with its own forum, chat rooms and instant messenger. A focus on lots of good info, contests, sample (beat) trading, etc. Also offers commercial webhosting services.


•GigAmerica.com

A "gig network" "We are negotiating the best deal for you - get 80% to 85% of your sales with no set up fee... CD Duplication... Just send us one of your CD's and any artwork you want to accompany it. ...there is only a minimal $10 set-up fee...The CD's will be sold right on your GigAmerica Homepage. Name the price you want to sell your CD for and we'll sell, produce and ship it on demand and then cut you a check..." From some free services to packages as high as $250 annually for 200 meg of space.


•The Open Mic

Typical commercial webhosting. "1 song, (up to 5 minutes) 100 word bio about the artist 1 image (less than 50k)" starting at $150 a year. Line up in orderly fashion now!


•DuckMusic.com

" Local Music, Worldwide - Online consignment shop... we provide flash music videos, customized games with giveaway promotions, enhanced CD's, and other goodies... DuckMusic.com Artist Web Site includes the option to sell 1 CD online (-25% commission) and to have 2 Real Audio songs." Other options for $20 yearly fee, and $5 yearly for each additional song.


•Locals Online

"A Global Collection of Local Music... We offer standard CD sales PLUS custom made CDs where the customer chooses the songs he or she wants on their disc. So whether you only have a couple of songs recorded, or a catalog of albums, we offer convenient ways to get your songs into the hands of your fans. We can also include your music on our Webcast stations which can increase awareness of your music..."


•The Orchard

"The Orchard accepts product as consignment merchandise... We focus on making our products available at the places people normally shop for similar products. For instance, if people usually shop at Amazon.com for CDs, we make our entire catalogue available at Amazon.com... charging a 30% distribution fee and a $90 "join" fee."


•Planet CD Independent Music Store

"Planet CD is an on-line store for today's best independent music... Simply a one time set up charge of just $45. Then just a $4.00 commission per CD sold... 2 professionally created web pages... a cover scan of your CD, a list of tracks on the CD and 3 one minute RealAudio samples..."


•Music Spotlight

For $150 annual fee, a web page and "Up to 3 Songs of 3-Minute Duration, We convert them to RealAudio format for you, Want more than 3 songs? They're $10 each..." Also an opportunity to submit "3 minute songs with good quality vocals, no rap," for free radio play consideration.


•Music and More - The Musician's Resource

Free web pages. "If you have all your photo's scanned as a BMP, TIFF, or JPEG file and your music sampled as a WAVE or an AU or RA file (3 audio clips not to exceed 30 seconds each) and your biography saved as a TXT or a DOC file..." They build the page for you, charging $5 for any subsequent changes.


•JoeRecords.com

Focused on "ethnic (includes roots/blues), world, weird, unusual and hard-to-find music. We carefully select the artists and pups that we feel are not only truly inspired but also reflect the consciousness of joerecords.com. This musical philosophy is what we choose to call "Mongrel Music"... joerecords.com will sell your CDs for you, collect the money, ship the CD to the customer and send you a check monthly. joerecords.com sets the price and you will get $8.00 for every full length (at least 30 minutes) CD sold at $15 and 75 cents for each single sold at $1.25. joerecords.com is responsible for the costs of shipping to customer and is taken out of our share. Music will be converted to mp3. $25 set up fee."


•SpiderontheWeb.com

"Independent Music Showcase." Here you can either provide a minimum of 10 CDs for stock and keep 65% of retail sales, or let them sell for you and do your own shipping and handling, keeping 67% of retail. RealAudio streams.


•fusiongrooves.com

"The need for a music site that provides new Independent and Underground music to music enthusiasts has never been greater. fusiongrooves.com fills that need... Any artist can sell their music on fusiongrooves.com. We are not in the business of judging your music and deeming it worthy to be sold in our online catalog... When your merchandise (CD, T-Shirt, Cassette) is sold, you get 70% of the sale, and the 30% goes to file, pack and process the sale..."


•earBuzz.com

"earBuzz.com is a simple elegant ecommerce site for music artists who are distributing their own CDs - earBuzz.com distributes music worldwide accepting Visa, MC, Amex, checks, and money orders. As musicians and artists we wanted to provide a site to the artistic world where indie musicians could find a home for their works and a tool for their growth - while making 100% of the profits from the sale of their CDs..." Here, musicians manufacture their own CDs and send them to earBuzz for online retailing. "...Your initial shipment to earBuzz is your choice of 5-20 CDs plus one extra CD for earBuzz promotional use (we do the mp3s, scan the cover, etc."


•Reality Music

"Artists on our site determine the price in which we will sell their release. At the time of purchase, Reality Music receives a flat $4 fee per Full Length item sold or a flat $2 fee per EP or Demo item sold. This fee covers our backend Web maintainence costs and our promotions and advertising budget. The remaining amount over $2 and $4 is then forwarded to the artist. Shipping & Handling of $3.50 is seperate and added to the final total cost of the item." You get three 60 second audio clips on their pages.


•netBuskers.com

Australian based site. "netBuskers is a distributor of digital music. We act on your behalf and charge a low hourly fee to place your music at sites like MP3.com and many others. Join netBuskers and get a web site here, engage us to manage your internet music folio or just hire us to create your web page at any music web site and upload your songs..." This group will manage all aspects of a bands web presence for an annual fee of $165 a year plus hourly charges.


•Driftwood Music

Australian based collection of music CDs from unsigned and independent musicians and bands, web hosting and domain services. RealAudio.


•ArtistDiscovery.com

Providing a structured process for artists to showcase their talent to the world (eg. to record labels, music publishers, producers and members of the general public) $99 annual membership fee.


•Kathode Ray Music

Small site about music, "street" promotion and unsigned bands. Links to indiebiz.com (webhosting for independent musicians) and indie411.com (music promotion and marketing help site)


•Rhythm Net

High end hosting.


•DegyShop.com

"A "one-stop" on the Internet to handle all business aspects of an independent and indie label artist's career..." Fee based web pages and services.


•KlubKat.com

" The magazine for local and unsigned music, gigs, reviews and articles... Giving local bands a global stage..." Fee based promotions.


•Magic Bus Music Forum

A club/gigging band interface covering 46 U.S. states and 25 countries, with a CD store.


•MusicTourBus.com

"The Ultimate Touring Network For Independent Bands"


•American Composers Forum

"Linking Communities with Composers and Performers..."


•Society for New Music

"Commissions, performs, broadcasts and records at least one new work each season by a regional (New York) composer, and initiates consortium commissioning and recording projects with other new music organizations..."


•HEARnet

"Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers" ...what's that you say, sonny?


•Coalition for Disabled Musicians, Inc.

I'm only snickering because of the midi file! I swear!


•Music Therapy Links


•WWW sites for musicologists

Massive links.


•ASCAP

•BMI

•RIAA

•AFM

•APRA

•CIA

:snicker: just seeing if you were paying attention.

•US Copyright Law

•Copyright Clearance Center

•Copyright & Fair Use

•Musicians' Intellectual Law & Resources Links

•Multimedia and Entertainment Law Online News

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•Some Regional Independent Music Forums:

Africa Online - Music Discussions

Israel Audio & Music

Iraqimusic.com

Music India OnLine

Online Talents Ltd "globalising South Asian music"

Vietnamese Music Forum

Music Council Of Australia

OzMusic Online - Your Guide to Australian Music

Scandinavian Indie

Djembe - Scandinavian Global Music Forum

Best of Iceland : Music

UK Mp3 Music Scene

Swansea - South Wales Music Links

Bray Forum - Ireland

CityGigs.com - Vancouver's Live Music Resource

Canada - East Coast Music Online.com

CleverJoe's Canadian Musician's Resource Centre

Sinematik Industriez - Portland

SeatlleSounds

Sacramento Local Music Webring

Fresno's Local Bands page

Band Connexion: L.A. and San Diego

LAgoth SFgoth NJgoth
NYCgoth

(Goth and Industrial Music links)

Las Vegas Local Music Scene

Phoenix Music

Arizona's Local Music Guide

The Texas Musicians Message Board

Austin Music

OKC Music Scene

The Zone : Kansas City'

IndyBands - Indianapolis

Athens Ohio Musician Network

Localmusik.com: Greater Cincinnati

Local Live Chicago

MNVibe.com Minnesota

The Asylum - Omaha

Janesville Live - Wisconsin

Memphis Local

Kentucky Musician

The Louisiana Music Commission

Florida Local Music

Music Scene of South Florida

The Atlanta Music Guide

Real-Local: Charleston

Music Link of Virginia

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[Ramona_A_Stone]

•The current most popular P2P application homepages, as listed on C/Net Download.com See that link for the downloads and other audio apps in the list.

•Audiogalaxy Satellite

"Audiogalaxy Satellite is a real-time, transaction-based file-sharing system for MP3 users. This program uses a Web-based interface to let you search for artists, tracks, and albums, and download the tracks onto your computer. The client program is small and simple, designed to use a minimum of CPU and memory resources. Satellite automatically selects the closest user with the file you want, reducing external bandwidth usage. Files currently offline can also be selected for download, and once somebody who has the file comes online, your transfer will begin. If your download is interrupted, the Satellite Auto-Resume function will find an alternate user with the same file and complete the download. This update fixes the bug (found mostly on Win95/98 FAT partitions) where Audiogalaxy could not write a file to disk properly.
Note: This software is ad-supported and may install components that use your Internet connection to serve ads or track your Web surfing habits."


•BearShare - Free Peers, Inc.

"BearShare lets you search for, download, and share files with everyone on the global Gnutella peer-to-peer information network. This program works with MP3, MPEG, AVI, ASF, MOV, JPEG, GIF, and all other file types. It features full documentation (installed with the program), slick graphics, and a user interface that makes searching, downloading, and file-sharing easy. It also features upload bandwidth controls, enhanced connection management, and improved downloading.The program has a Community button which instantly connects you through your browser to BearShare.Net, a thriving forum with information and resources to help you use the network. This update remembers the list of downloads in between launches, provides an easy way to view detailed graphical reports of uploads and personal web site activity, improved connection settings.It also adds more default extensions for shared file types, provides better matching for searches, and better compatibility with extended search results."


•MusicCity Morpheus

"Morpheus is a full-featured P2P file-sharing application that allows users to search for all types of digital media across the MusicCity Network. Morpheus is neither central server-based, like Napster, nor based on the Gnutella file-sharing protocol. The program uses a proprietary peer-to-peer protocol to share files among users on the network. Morpheus offers advanced features such as playlist creation and media management to easily organize your file collection. It also offers an embedded Microsoft media player for audio and video playback, instant messaging, and CPU utilization throttling. The program automatically resumes broken content streams by finding another source. Morpheus also simultaneously transfers content files from multiple sources for fast downloads of large files, even from users with slower connection speeds.Version 1.3 offers user controlled upload limits, better memory utilization, improved performance on Windows 98/Me, search by file size, and more."


•KaZaa

"The KaZaa Media Desktop is a second-generation peer-to-peer file-sharing service with which you can search and download media files from other KaZaa users. You can also organize and play/view your media files through an integrated media jukebox, publish your own work, reach an audience, and communicate with other KaZaa users. KaZaa supports audio, video, software, games, images, and documents. In version 1.2, users can instant message with other users on KaZaAnet or interconnected networks. This version also features a new player bar and network optimization for better performance."


•LimeWire

"LimeWire is a software tool that enables peer-to-peer file sharing on the Gnutella Network. Similar to the popular Napster service, it enables the sharing, searching, and downloading of MP3 music files. LimeWire also lets users share and search for all types of computer files, including movies, pictures, games, text documents, recipes, and more. LimeWire's interface is designed to be clean and simple. New features in version 1.4 include improved stability, faster downloads, resumable downloads, and server quality ratings."


•Gnotella

"Gnotella is a distributed real-time search and file sharing application for the Windows environment. Its functionality includes multiple fast searches, spam protection, bandwidth monitoring and management, always-updated real-time graphics of bandwidth usage and capacity, multi-lingual support, as well as customizable look-and-feel to suit any taste. Gnotella and other compatible applications form a peer-to-peer network over which users search and download digital content with others in the network (referred to as the Gnutella network). The Gnotella application is the “sidewalk of communication” in P2P technology where currently more than a million people meet and share information – audio, text, video, virtually any file – and then continue to share information with other interested parties."


•WinMX - Frontcode Technologies

"WinMX is a file-sharing program. In addition to letting you share MP3s and other types of files, WinMX allows you to connect, simultaneously, to many established networks based on the OpenNap and Napster protocols. This is designed to yield more search results from a larger base of users. WinMX supports any file type, allowing you access to a diverse assortment of shared video and picture files, as well as the usual MP3 audio files. WinMX also features full chat and hot list capabilities, all wrapped in a multiwindowed interface. Version 2.5 added a new decentralized WinMX Peer Networking Protocol, in addition to updated support for the Napster and OpenNap protocols. This latest update features a single-window interface, with option to use a classic multi-window interface, advanced CPU throttling options for processing WinMX Peer network searches, and a number of minor bug fixes."


•SongSpy

'From the developer: "SongSpy is a new MP3-sharing program designed from the ground up to be the ultimate service of its kind. SongSpy even rewards it's users with actual prizes for sharing music via it's breakthrough Karma System. If you fancy yourself an unselfish music enthusiast, SongSpy's 'give and take' philosophy is just the seriously tricked out gateway to 24/7 downloads you've been looking for. SongSpy takes the work out of expanding your music library while making sure that none of your good stuff sits around on your hard drive out of circulation."'


•FileNavigator

"FileNavigator is a free search utility that allows the sharing of multiple file types, rather than just audio files. Use the program to chat with other users, and to share and search for any type of file on OpenNap and Napster servers. FileNavigator's interface is designed to be intuitive, with tabs provided for Chat, Uploads, Shared Files, Downloads, Search Results, and Bandwidth Usage. FileNavigator also allows you to resume interrupted downloads, limit bandwidth of both downloads and uploads, and provides a filspec filter that determines the file types you want to share."


•Napster

Jeff Goldblum, from The Fly, while crawling down the wall: "Hmmm. What's this? I don't know!"


•Swaptor

"Swaptor is a file-sharing service that connects all users' computers together to enable the swapping of files such as MP3s. Swaptor allows you to choose files on your computer that you wish to share with others. Swaptor is designed to enable the creation of active communities of users who have similar interests. Swaptor enables the creation of direct links between groups of computers, thus allowing easy and efficient file sharing."


•Tripnosis

"Tripnosis allows users to search for, download, and share any type of file, including MP3, ASF, WMA (Windows Media Audio), WMV (Windows Media Video), JPEG, EXE, or DLL; images; photographs; and even scenarios from your favorite games. Tripnosis lists the best possible match, with only one of each filename to better display results. This version has built-in chat, a very stable transfer code that ensures reliable transfers, and automatic file resume. Tripnosis features a Web-based main page with news and infomation about upcoming events and new Windows Media Player skins."


•Crapster

"Crapster is much like Napster 2.0 beta 7, but Crapster has a Resume feature so you can finish broken downloads. Additionally, the search mode is fast, and you have many upload and download options."


•FileFreedom SideKick

"This program works alongside your favorite file-sharing program. When you begin a download, SideKick will automatically look up information on the file from the File Catalog. SideKick will also add information from your transaction to the File Catalog, so others can benefit from it. When the download completes, you are given the option of rating and/or commenting on the file in order to solicit information from others, or to inform the community. The program includes buddy list features, member profiles, a proprietary e-mail system, and file reccomendations."


•Napigator

"Napigator works with your favorite Windows Nap client to give you an up-to-date status of all Nap servers on various networks, including the new OpenNap Network and the ever-popular Napster network. Napigator lets you see real-time server statistics and Ping times, allowing you to decide which server to use based upon the number of users, number of files, and the degree of network lag. Instead of having to use a preselected server that may be full or on the other end of a slow connection, you can now choose and control which server you connect to."

[mike4947]

Ramona, I hate you. I had almost broken my obsesion with music and now you shoot me up with a most powerful combinations of drugs. Now I'll never be able to get the monkey off my back, damn you















Thank you

[nanook]

Great Thread Ramona!

well organized and researched.

Kudos and always keep them coming.

oh, by the way, miss you............

....AND I AM SUPPOSED TO FIND SUFFICIENT TIME TO INVESTIGATE ALL OF THESE LINKS........BY HAVING MYSELF CLONED?????



Sighs happily.

[Mekajinn]

awesome Ramona... I shall work my way through as much as possible... Thanx a lot

Thanks, Ramona. You're the greatest. Luv ya bunches.