All Music Guide - Use a band's name as a search term to get a bio page with links to all the members, other bands they've played with, their influences, discographies, reviews, track listings and credits.
Auction Songs - offers several unique free services, including the world's first music and film marketplace. Auction Songs is looking for songwriters willing to sell their copyrights to the highest bidder. They also offer a section where musicians can promote their services.
Artistopia - Professional presentation of the music artist to the music
industry, with comprehensive profile and press kit building tools, artist
development,
musician community and networking abilities and services.
BandChat Online - providing wind ensemble and symphonic band musicians information
Classical Artists - a unique promotion service for professional classical musicians
Classical Net - Composer data, links, repertoire and other things classical
Drummer's Web - of interest to drummers and percussionists
EZfolk.com - Richard Hefner’s
instructional site for banjo and folk guitar. Over 300 pages of tablature,
tutorials, and links to folk music resources.
Film Music - a site for fans and creators of music for film and television
G&E Music - original scoring and sound design for television and film. Located in Manhattan, G&E scores and sound designs commercial spots, show themes, promos and documentaries. Full audio post capabilities.
Music Broker Network,
the - Forwarding music from members to A&R in order to get them record
deals, publishing deals and film or TV placements. Includes a message board,
FAQs, testimonials and helpful articles.
Music Central - Microsoft's MSN website is now an all inclusive entertainment "channel"
Music Interactive - for professional and aspiring musicians, fans of every music genre
Music Machines - of interest to Analog Synthesizer buffs
MuSIG - learn about computers and music: MIDI, hardware, software etc
New Music Label - where singers,
musicians and artists meet record labels, music managers and scouts.
New Music Label is a one-stop solution for seeking, finding, and managing
all types of music careers. "Your Ticket into the Music Business".
NOMA Music - promotes the songs of worldwide bands,songwriters, and composers directly to hundreds of major and indie record label A&R directors as well as licensing songs and music for use in TV and Film.
Onde-Spirale - a group of talented people that compose music for films
and television. Many tracks to listen to in free streaming audio.
Taxi - this company helps unsigned bands, artists and songwriters get their tapes to A+R people
Tonos - online
music insider's network founded by Oscar/Grammy winning lyricist Carole Bayer
Sager, Grammy winning producer/composer David Foster and Grammy winning
singer-songwriter/producer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.
Voice Over - Commercials, Corporate Training Videos, Powerpoint Narration,
Infomercials, Automotive & Political, cartoon characters, event announcer,
hard & soft sell -- you name it. L.A. Voiceover pro D.C. Douglas can voice
it for you. Fast and within your budget. Free auditions.
David Beard Music
Production -
a TV and Film Music production company based in Derbyshire UK also providing
music to Theatre Productions, Library Music and Dance Schools.
Blud Bros. - Faith based blues band from the Chicago area.
the PIPE List - a comprehensive list of period instrument performance ensembles
Radio Killer - Independant Industrial
Metal band from Vancouver Canada.
Starcrost - the website of Peter Cross and Crossfire features 26 fully produced,
complete songs in free
downloadable MP3 format, plus a lot of true stories from
Peter's interesting rock and roll life.
Bill Tomczak - Balkan, Klezmer, Greek, early jazz and contra dance music
05.MUSIC
& ART FESTIVALS, CONCERTS, MUSIC CAMPS & SCHOOLS [ TOP ]
Art Courses in Italy - Art courses in Florence and Milan offered by Language
School and Private universities. Find course details, history and pricing.
Florence International
Music Summer Campus - Classical and jazz music summer courses in the Florence Music School "Il Trillo", with musicians and teachers of international fame.
Tourdates.com - search for live music shows by city, date, club, or artist.
ZDT Entertainment
Network - your connection to a career in the Entertainment Industry. ZDT
is a fully
accredited institute of education.
Aftertaste - While the multi-million
dollar budgeted music magazines cater to music biz advertisers who
sign
the checks, this cannot represent the authentic
grittiness of hip-hop or sultry
swang of jazz. Thus aftertaste; a true voice of rock 'n' roll subculture.
Broadjam - specializes in web technologies
designed to help independent musicians promote themselves
and get their music heard. Broadjam provides the growing international
community of indie artists
with music industry contacts, tools and online resources.
Called To Music is an e-zine
that educates & encourages new and upcoming Christian artists.
Providing content on music business, artistry & commentary.
Musician's Atlas, North America's most widely read music industry resource
guide read by musicians, managers, labels and music press.
MusicWare - a database of all the best FREEWARE and SHAREWARE audio tools, utilities and programs, all reviewed with screenshots and up-to-date downloads. related links
Offbeat Magazine - New Orleans' and Louisiana's music and entertainment magazine
Pc Music - Community web site dedicated to the music professionals and amateurs
who use a PC to make music and audio. Daily news, site directory, user forums,
unbiased articles, software tracker, classified ads and much more...
Speaker
Central - provides in depth reviews of the industry's leading brand name
speakers. Speaker
Central
reviews wireless speakers, home theater systems and much more. Learn what
products are best before you buy.
the List at U of I - a comrehensive list of Music Journals and Magazines, Newspapers and Periodicals.
Warbeats - site that
offers video tutorials on various aspects of music production.
The site has a definite lean towards popular dance music and hiphop.
Zirzamin is an online cultural magazine dedicated to underground and alternative
music bands of Iran.
SCA - Seattle Composer's Alliance is a non-profit professional organization made up of working composers, students, and others interested in professional music composition
SDMI - Secure Digital Music Initiative is a forum that brings together more than 180 companies and organizations representing information technology, consumer electronics, security technology, the worldwide recording industry, and Internet service providers
SIBL - Songs Inspired By Literature
(SIBL) Project, Inc. is a nonprofit producing advocacy and educational
materials
for the literacy movement. Uses music as a vehicle to engage, inspire
and
reinforce the magic of literature and the power of reading.
SMPTE - Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
A and C Audio Visual - pro AV
company supplying everything from Portable PA to CD duplicators and projection
equipment.
Amadeus Piano Co.,
Inc. - leading wholesale and retail piano service
provider for the NY, NJ, and CT tri-state area, offering piano refinishing,
rebuilding and restoration services as well as piano tuning and moving.
Blizzard Records - Download mp3 music and purchase CDs from this New York based company.
CD and DVD Duplication Services - Proaction Media offers CD and DVD duplication services, equipment, blank media, packaging, accessories, more.
CDman Disc Inc. - Optical
Disc mass replication based in Vancouver, CA. Known for superior
quality, reliability and excellent customer service and support.
Cravedog CD Manufacturing - offers
audio CD, CD Rom or DVD manufacturing, as well as
a wide range of packaging, printing and graphic design services,
outstanding customer service, highly competitive prices, and
quick turn times. Your satisfaction is guaranteed.
David Anderson
Pianos - expert
staff of technicians based in the Los Angeles area provide a
full service piano business, offering complete restorative
and maintenance service for pianos, as
well as sales of new and restored pianos.
DigiBid - an online auction of pro
audio, musical instruments and production equipment.
DiscBurn - CD/DVD
duplication and replication services for 10 to 10 million units from DiscBurn,
a leader in disc, CD & DVD replication, authoring, copying, duplication services
and equipment.
Disc Wizards, in
London UK, specialises in CD Duplication & DVD replication,
all with a UK low price guarantee. Visit the site now for full
products, packages and prices and use the online quotation facility
for an instant quote.
Diskfaktory - CD duplication,
DVD duplication. High quality, fast turn around. Short to large runs available
for musicians.
Djembe African Drum – Bali-treasures.com - Ika’s
site on Djembes Hand percussion African Drum. Bali Treasures “Drum Factory” is
the largest hand drum manufacturer & exporter in Indonesia (Bali).
Dupliquote is a free
service for Audio, Video and Software producers to submit RFQs and get hundreds
of bid from vendors all at once.
eClassical.com -
large secure online store for classical music in mp3 format. eClassical has
more than 20,000 works by all the major composers
Electric Guitars - Instrument Pro is a musical instrument online store specializing in electric guitars.
Fretland - acoustic
guitar specialists, free newsletter and appraisals.
Gear Search - musician's resource
for finding musical instrument and equipment retailers.
Global Groove Records -
UK Record Store / DJ Shop - specialists in new and second-hand
dance vinyl, promos, white labels, dj mixes and dj gear.
Golden Tickets -
tickets for virtually all sporting events. Also offers theater
tickets, concert tickets and more.
Little Bazaar, The - UK company provides top quality CD and DVD duplication services, pro digital audio mastering, design services and media sales.
MediaTechnics Duplicators -
manufacturer of desktop automated systems and also provides low cost
duplication
and replication services to the music community.
Music123 - premium source for musical instruments and reviews, offering lowest price guarantee and free shipping on many items.
MVBS: Music video books store -
Music video books store - CD, DVD, rewiews, singers, composers. Music fan store:
audio CD, video, DVD, posters, books, sheet music.
New Cyberian - wholesale
CD duplication, DVD duplication, CD replication, DVD replication
specializing in short run CD duplication, short run DVD duplication,
high volume CD replication, high volume DVD replication. Located
in San Jose,
CA.
Piano-Beethoven Pianos is a full service, family-owned piano retailer
specializing in piano restoration, rentals, tuning, transportation, and technical
support.
Piano Dealer - East
Coast Pianos of New
Jersey and New
York - family owned and operated piano store with over 37 years experience.
Provides information on pianos, music lessons on all instruments, and piano
sales. The best quality pianos at the best possible prices guaranteed, while
maintaining the best service in the piano industry. 800 pianos in stock. 15
brands to choose from. Ships nationwide.
Portland Music Co. - retail music store with tons of new and used instruments, audio gear, sheet music and more
Rose Morris Musical
Instruments -
online shop for Rose Morris Musical Instruments. Stocking a range of
musical equipment including guitars, amplifiers, synths and music
software. Based
in
Denmark Street, London.
See their 10
Cool Guitar Tricks video.
Sibelius In America offers the Sibelius music notation software at a discount. Contact Elwyn Davies
VE Associates -
specializes in CD Replication, DVD Replication, CD Duplication, DVD Duplication
and Video Duplication Services. Graphic Design, Multimedia
Design, Printing, Packaging, CD/DVD Silk Screening & Offset Printing, Business
Card CD-Rom, CD Authoring, DVD Authoring, Assembly and full-service Fullfillment & Shipping.
Finale Resources - here at RPM. Links to music fonts, publications, and other resources
FreeHand Music -
Legal digital sheet music and guitar tab downloads to print or add to your
MusicPad Pro. Thousands of titles to choose from, many of which include MIDI
recordings and can be transposed into any key or clef.
Good News Music. - This company uses Adobe Acrobat to deliver Christian music over the Web
SelfScoreDiffusion with
AEDAM (association low 1901 French code) is a French language musician's
community offering free sheetmusic (in French: partitions) using the
Sibelius Scorch Viewer.
Free
download of PDF files includes conductor score and parts.
Sibelius Resources - here at
RPM. Links to music fonts, publications, and other resources
Tabs Best Online Resource - Tabs, guitar tabs - a massive collection of
tablatures and song transcriptions. The biggest archive of Guitar Pro tablature.
Download free Guitar Pro tabs, forum, tutorial, learn to use guitar tab.
12.PRODUCTION
MUSIC, SOUND EFFECTS, LOOPS AND BEAT LIBRARIES [ TOP ]
AAMediaMusic - CD collections
of royalty free music loops and short themes and custom interactive music.
Accent Music Productions
- Royalty free / buyout production music for film, video, TV, radio and
multimedia applications.
Acidfanatic - the Acid music
resource site. Loops, beats, basslines, synth textures, robot voices and
much more.
Atomicaudio - a web designers
audio resource with a large selection of pre-recorded voice-over lines
and sound effects for Internet use. Customers can write their own text
for recording by professional voice-over artists.
Audio Monsoon - Raw oscillator multisampled CD-Rom of 3 classic analog synthesizers.
Contains WAV and MIDI formatted loops of Arpeggios, Bass and Keys/Strings.
HALion 2 presets. MP3 previews.
Beat Suite, the - Royalty free production
music library offering production music tracks, flash loops and interface sounds
from multimedia, creative, businesses and broadcast. Download royalty
free
mp3 music. Instant preview, purchase and download.
Bits and Pieces -
sound effects library, sound design, and acoustics consultancy.
British Audio - the production music library of choice. High quality,
great prices and fast shipment of CDs or immediately available via sarchable,
digital
downloads. Ambient, Blues, Edge & Attitude,
Extreme, Industrial, Latin, Orchestral, Rave, Rock, Romantic Flamenco
Pop, Smooth Jazz, Techno, Trance, Trip Hop, World and
more.
Crank City - premium royalty
free production music library. Jay Rose, Contributing Editor, DV Magazine
writes: "I'm
impressed... excellent musical values... some of the best orchestral
writing I've heard in buyout music."
East West - retailer of samples,
loops, sound effects, etc
Editor's Music - original royalty free buyout production music available
for download.
Epic Sound - production music library
and custom music, sound design and voice acting for commercials, film,
games and multimedia.
First Call Music -
high-quality production music / custom scoring for film, video, and
multi-media presentations. Library music in both "leased" and "buyout" forms.
Provides a unique "Audio Morphing" service,
which creates new sounds from core elements of existing sounds and instruments.
FirstCom - 13 production
music libraries containing over 30,000 contemporary titles. Available
for search, audition and download.
GBA Music - "Prime Cuts" production
music buy out library
Gefen Systems - retailer for all
major sound effects libraries
Gemafreie Musik -
leading music and sound effects provider in Germany. Royalty
free music, Jingles and Sound effects - Predownload music, fast Archivbrowser,
easy licensing.
Erik Haddad Production Music -
unique, high-quality production music and flash
music loops available for instant licensing and download.
Hip Hop Samples -
Modern Beats is a leader in high quality downloadable hiphop sound libraries
for virtually every music creation software and software sampler on the market.
Download high quality sounds, loops and beats. Stay modern with today's hiphop.
The Hollywood Edge - high
quality sound effects libraries and royalty free music
Immediate Music -
one of the industry's leading providers of music specifically designed for use
in motion picture advertising. Trailers include Murder By Numbers, Shipping
News, Sum of All Fears, Minority Report.
Megatrax - production
music library. Purchase music in LiquidAudio™ online
Mix Me Entertainment specializes
in royalty free music as well as custom sound design for commercials,
television shows, promo videos, PSA's and multimedia.
Music + Images - sound effects
and music libary collections or individual effects
Nightingale Music Productions - Music and sound effects for film, television, multi-media and internet use. Original music or license from an extensive library of songs, background music and sfx.
Opuzz Production Music - Royalty-free (buyout) production music & Loops. Bebop to Hiphop, Dance to Trance, Rock to Classical. Preview before purchasing.
ProductionMusicLibrary -
Superior quality Urban & Hip Hop production music library for film, television,
radio, multimedia and artists. Urban & Hip Hop background music and instrumental
music. Home of Urban Dropz.
ProductionTrax -
offers a music library for filmmakers and multimedia producers access
to the world's
largest network of composers, sound designers and musicians - all in
one place - to create custom soundtracks and underscores.
Royalty Free Music - available
for every sound use: multimedia, industrial, corporate, videos, documentaries,
film, television, flash, Power Point presentations, trade shows, presentations,
broadcast etc.
Royalty Free
Background Music For On Hold Phone Systems and Productions offers
the highest quality buyout and production music. This music library is used
by major film companies, cable and television networks, colleges, universities
and schools.
Royalty Free
Tunes -
high quality royalty free, copyright free music available
for
online licensing and instant MP3 download. Suitable for films, video and television
productions, radio, multimedia, websites, games, slide shows,
telephone on-hold
systems, E-brochures, corporate presentations, podcasts, etc.
SmartFX
- find and play digital sound effects on a personal computer. Win95 and
NT
Sonic-options - sound library
for web sites and CD-ROMs, custom music and sound design for multimedia.
SonicArt - library of original musical compositions in multiple
genres all fully licensed and ready for placement in TV, film, video
games,
advertising, larger music libraries and everything else.
SONiVOX (formerly
Sonic Implants). A premier provider of virtual instruments and sound
samples for musicians and composers.
soundfx.com - retail
source for sound effects for movies, multimedia, music, videos, broadcast,
TV, etc
Soundtaxi - royalty
free music for film and game productions for the international market.
High quality, handpicked music from a variety of great artists which
can be previewed and easily licensed.
Soundtrack Express - Search, preview, license and download the highest
quality music from leading record labels, publishers and independent
artists.
TVMUSIC - (Valentino Production
Music and Sound Effects) - high quality production music and sound effects
libraries.
Urban Dropz - Urban Production Music Library. Superior quality Urban & Hip
Hop production music library for film, television, radio, multimedia
and artists.
Urban & Hip
Hop background music and instrumental music.
Webtones
Music - a leading royalty free
music & commissioned
audio provider.
Westar Music - production
music for broadcast, audio video and multimedia use. Part of of the Sound
Ideas catalog.
Xpress FX - Search, preview, purchase and download sound effects from a
diverse catalog. Use high speed preview platform
to manage and share media projects.
X-RAY DOG Music -
a leading industry provider of music specifically designed
for
use in motion picture advertising. Their extensive list of Film Trailer credits
can be seen here.
Lightning Struck
Studios -
project studio near Indianapolis, Indiana features Live Full-Band Demo
Recording, Full-Length
CD Packaging, DAT Re-mastering, Transfer from Vinyl/Tape to CD, Songwriting
Demos,
Studio Musicians.
New and vintage
studio equipment available.
Saga Recording - Recording studio & music production facility based
in Vancouver, B.C., specializing in working with independent artist singer/songwriters
of all musical genres.
Shimamoto Sound -
A full featured multitrack recording facilty based in Philadelphia, PA.
Traveling Monkey Sound -
Boston based full service audio production company.
Provides a host of high quality audio services throughout New
England to enhance any production: on-site Pro Tools recording,
wireless microphones and monitors, and the finest
engineers. Small or large venues.
Emagic - MIDI music software: Logic
Audio, Notator SL, etc. Users
page here
FlexiMusic - Audio
/ Music software products for digital musicians and music fans, to Generate,
Edit,
Compose and DJ. Download now and try them free. Windows platform.
Lumenati - Experience the new,
easy to use FREE Lumenati Player for all your Music, Radio, DVD, CD,
Video, Audio and TV applications. PLAYS everything under the sun!
Mobile Rooms -
a new 3d audio tool, allowing new ways of audio programming. It is based upon
Direct3d Sound and the EAX technology of Creative™, with extra features
like space morphing.
MusicEase - shareware music notation
software for Windows
Media Technics - affordable automated CD and DVD
duplication systems, ideal for producing
smaller quantities of professional looking CDs or DVDs for distribution.
The system prints directly onto each disc during the duplication process
for a quality store bought
look.
Petosa Accordians - are played by professionals the world over. Made in Seattle, WA
Pro Acoustic USA - Producers
of the finest ceiling speakers, in wall speakers, outdoor cabinet speakers
audio stereo sub woofer speaker systems and sound systems for commercial and
residential applications.
Telecopy, Inc. - full service DVD,
CD and Video duplication and replication company.
Turtle Beach - consumer and pro-audio sound cards and studio kits
Xbass stereo speakers,
tower speakers and subwoofers - Xbass is dedicated to providing a remarkably
better sound quality when listening to music, as well as providing high-fidelity
for the demanding home theatre enthusiasts.
Yamaha - professional and consumer music and audio products