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Limelight Mechanical Licensing
Cover song clearance made easy. If you're putting cover songs on your CD you can easily obtain the required mechanical licenses without expensive lawyers or complicated paperwork. |
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Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI)
Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI) is an American performing right organization that represents more than 375,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in all genres of music and more than 6.5 million works. BMI has represented the most popular and beloved music from around the world for over 65 years. The non-profit-making U.S. corporation collects license fees from businesses that use music, which it then distributes as royalties to the musical creators and copyright owners it represents. |
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TAXI
As a TAXI member, you'll get an updated
list of what people in the industry are looking for every two
weeks. We have the people in the music industry tell us what
they're looking for, then we tell you. You'll get hundreds of
great opportunities to pitch your music throughout your year-long
membership. |
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CDBaby.com
CDBaby.com is the music industry's hippest
and fastest growing online record store. They sell thousands
of CDs by independent musicians every month through their Web
site. Once you sign up for your free CD Baby membership, you
just send them your CDs and CD Baby will sell them to anyone
with a credit card, anywhere in the world. Best of all, unlike
other online distributors, most of the money from the sale goes
directly to the musicians and you'll get paid every week for
CDs you've sold! |
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Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan is the sales source for the Billboard music charts. SoundScan can only track sales on
CDs that have a UPC bar code. Disc Makers includes free SoundScan registration with the purchase of a $20 UPC bar code. |
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MySpace
Join for free, and view profiles, connect
with others, blog, rank music, and much more! Tell us about
yourself, upload your pictures, and start adding friends to
your network! Read through millions of profiles on MySpace!
See pix, read blogs, and more! Invite your friends, and as they
invite their friends your network will grow even larger! |
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The
John Lennon Songwriting Contest
The John Lennon Songwriting Contest is an international songwriting
contest that began in 1997. The Contest is open to amateur and
professional songwriters who submit entries in any one of 12
categories. The JLSC is open year-round and features two Sessions
-- with 72 Finalists, 24 Grand Prize Winners, 12 Lennon Award
Winners and 1 Maxell Song of the Year. |
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The
Musician's Atlas
The Musician's Atlas puts the music
industry in your hands. This 368-page directory provides more
than 15,000 music business contacts in over 25 categories. The
Atlas puts you inside the music business and delivers information
that was once available only to industry insiders. |
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ArtistData
ArtistData is a free service that allows artists and managers the ability to post information only once and have it updated across many online destinations simultaneously, including Eventful, Jambase, MySpace, Pollstar, PureVolume, ShowClix, VIRB, Last.fm, Mojam and Musi-cal. ArtistData's synchronization network continues to expand and will soon include AmieStreet, Buzznet, Beta Records, Famecast, indie911 and Hoooka, and many more! |
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StudioFinder.com
With over 6,000 recording studios, StudioFinder.com
is the most comprehensive online recording studio search engine. |
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MajorContacts.com
Get Connected with hundreds of music industry contacts,including, Major Record Labels,A&Rs, Music Managers,Agents, Music Producers, Publishers, & Distribution Companies & much more!! Join Now to get connected with music industry contacts!! |
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Digital
Music Doctor
Pro Audio video tutorials for DigiDesign
Pro Tools, Adobe Audition, Steinberg Cubase, Cakewalk Sonar,
Sony Acid, Sony Sound Forge, Apple GarageBand, Audio Mixing
& Mastering. |
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Unisong
Presenting the new and improved 2005 Unisong
International Song Contest. Since 1997, Unisong was the first
international song contest created "by songwriters....for
songwriters." |
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Jai
Josefs
Let renowned songwriter and songwriting
coach, Jai Josefs help you take your songwriting to a new level.
It is a popular myth that songwriting comes purely from inspiration.
In the words of multi-platinum hit songwriter Tom Snow, “Songwriting
is really 10% inspiration and 90% craft... and Jai Josefs is
one of this country's most respected teachers of that craft.” |
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The
Indie Bible
The Indie Bible lists over 2,200 zines
that will review your CD, 1,700 radio stations that will play
your music, 250 vendors that will sell your CD, and 300 sites
where you can upload your MP3s. |
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Join
Institute of Audio Research
IAR’s rolling admissions places students in classes that begin throughout the year, so you don’t have to wait long to start training for your future. The program can be completed in approximately nine months by a full-time student and in approximately a year by a part-time student at night.
Check out audioschool.com for more info, and call 212-777-8550 to reserve. |
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The Annual NSAI CMT Song Contest
Throw on your thinking cap, strum a few chords on the old guitar and write the best darned song ever, then enter the CMT/NSAI Song Contest! The CMT/NSAI Song Contest boasts new, exciting prizes that offer networking, mentoring and professional opportunities to help you connect with Music Row. Prizes include: a single-song contract from a major Music Row publisher, a three-day trip to Nashville including a professional demo of your song at the Parlor Studio, mentoring sessions plus prizes from Gibson, SHURE, MasterWriter, Elixir Strings, and more! SIGN UP TODAY! |
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NSAI
(Nashville Songwriters Association Int'l)
NSAI is the world's largest not-for-profit
songwriters trade organization. Established in 1967, our membership
of nearly 5,000 spans the United States and 5 other countries.
We are dedicated to protecting the rights and serving aspiring
and professional songwriters in all genres of music. |
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The
Recording Academy
The Recording Academy has regional offices
in 12 cities across the United States. Academy Chapters and
Branches serve as a direct connection between the national office
and the music community and its members. They conduct programs
and activities that explore issues and trends in the field of
recording. Additional local programs include showcase and networking
opportunities, local awards, and mentor and intern programs. |
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Foley
Entertainment
A music industry consulting firm, proudly
representing top Recording Artists, Songwriters, Managers, Record
Companies, Music Publishers, Record Producers, Engineers &
Music Industry Executives. |
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InterMixx
InterNetwork — Indie resource
The InterMixx InterNetwork is one of the
oldest indie organizations online, featuring a print magazine,
a database of qualified resources, web hosting and design services
and much more. The InterMixx IndieGate, www.indiegate.com,
provides a FREE gift to your customers for each CD they buy.
The IndieGate uses the Flash powered IndiePlayer to protect
your high quality MP3 clips from download. |
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Open
Mic Showcase
Open Mic Showcase (OMS) is a Public Television
series of 13 segments of 30 minutes each, plus one 90 minute
Pledge Special. Each week we will highlight new songwriters
and other original talent from around the US while building
audience excitement through weekly exposure on a national TV
series. The multi camera productions will be shot with a live
audience on location in various Music Venues across the United
States. |
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AirPlay
Direct
AirPlay Direct is a web based digital
delivery system that will allow artists and record labels to
submit their music directly to radio stations around the world.
Radio stations can now search by artist name, genre, song title
or by record label, preview and then download broadcast quality
music to air on their station. Program Directors, Station Managers
and media company executives from all over the globe log into
AirPlay Direct to find new artists, bands and music for airplay. Special offer: all Disc Makers
clients have the opportunity to post 3 tracks and create a mini
web site for free! |
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Berkleemusic
Online music school, music career center, and music jobs from
Berklee College of Music. |
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Jezebel
Music
Jezebel Music is an innovative music and event promotion company
capturing the imagination of the New York independent music
scene, with a focus on Williamsburg, Brooklyn. They currently
produce 12 events a month throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Their events include the Monthly Feature Show, a Monthly Bands
Showcase, a monthly Indie Rock Party (Consignment), a weekly
Songwriter Showcase, a weekly Open Mic Night, as well as the
Annual Williamsburg Songwriter Competition, currently in its
fourth year of production. |
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KnowTheMusicBiz.com
KnowTheMusicBiz.com is an online community for emerging artists, musicians and music executives. KTMB members can find, exchange and contribute valuable information about the business of music plus get advice and insight from industry thought leaders. |
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www.datamusicata.com
A fantastic free resource for all artist types. Publishes three times a week and it's everything anyone would want to know about recording, performing, practicing, buying instruments, booking themselves, selling cd's from the stage, and even house guesting. |
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Learn How to Submit Your Music to Pandora
With Pandora you can explore a vast trove of music to your heart’s content. Just drop the name of one of your favorite songs or artists into Pandora and let the Genome Project go. It will quickly scan its entire world of analyzed music, almost a century of popular recordings — new and old, well known and completely obscure — to find songs with interesting musical similarities to your choice. Then sit back and enjoy as it creates a listening experience full of current and soon-to-be favorite songs for you. |
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| Independent
Music Sites |
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Build
a Buzz at Indie-Music.com
Since 1996, Indie-Music.com has been serving
the Independent Music Community with streaming audio, podcast,
monthly CD Reviews, a huge industry search directory, success-building
resources, and much-needed recognition. The website offers a
wealth of information to artists trying to survive & thrive
in today's competitive music industry. |
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GoGirlsMusic
GoGirlsMusic.com is the oldest online
community of independent women artists. Started in 1996, the
organization is dedicated to promoting women in music. The web
site is run by women musicians, for women musicians. If you
are a fan of “women in music,” this is a great place to discover
new music. |
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| Miscellaneous |
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411.com
Online since 1995, 411.com is a service
and servicemark of 911, Inc. It's a great way to search the
Web for anything. |
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NadineCondon.com
From Jefferson Starship to Smashmouth,
twenty-year music business veteran Nadine Condon (the Godmother
of Rock") has been instrumental in the success of some
of today's hottest acts. Nadine is an artist development advisor,
promotion expert, management consultant and music festival producer. |
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