Music Biz 2.0 Directory
Random Music Links
- Immedia
IMMEDIA! is best known for its printed and online industry directories. The AustralAsian Music Industry Directory is published each January and July since 1988.
Category: Music Industry Resources > Contacts
- GZ Vinyl
Well respected pressing plant renown for their high quality virgin vinyl pressings in Europe amongst the dance music fraternity.
50 plus years of manufacturing in Europe. Based in the Czech Republic but used by labels worldwide. Complete service from cutting to the final packaged product.
Category: Vinyl & CD Manufacturing > Europe
- Play It Again Sam
Play It Again Sam, better known as PIAS was co-founded by Kenny Gates and Michel Lambot who have been running the company ever since. PIAS originally concentrated on distributing imported records on the Belgian market but was quick to spot the advantages of building up a presence in other European countries.
To submit a demo or a remix
Send an email to demo@pias.com with your name, style of music, some info on your band and the country you live in, so that we can direct you to the right A&R person within PIAS.
Category: Music Distribution > Belgium
- College/Indie Rock & Pop Record Labels
Excellent searchable A to Z index of alternative record labels. Hosted at Artist Direct/UBL.
Category: Record Labels
- Tweakheadz Build A DJ/Remix Studio
Brilliant site crammed with resources and tutorials for people with home studios, including this excellent insite into remixing and DJ studio set ups. Bookmark site.
Category: Music Production > Remixing
- Vital Culture
Dance vinyl records, CDs, DJ gear and clubbing fashion store in Minneapolis.
Category: Music Retailers & Stores
Music Retailers & Stores > USA
- Buzz Life
Very busy and excellent clubbing discussions from Washington DC with approaching 7000 members.
Category: Club Music > Clubbing Forums
- After Hours TV
atv's experienced staff of event coordinators has been producing events in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana since 1996. Whether it's a 500 or 5,000 person venue, atv is known for producing quality events with world-class entertainment.
Category: Music Industry Events
- Energy Dance Radio
Online internet dance radio. 5 different radio dj channels featuring
the styles of house, techno, club, dance, trance, and remixes.
Category: Music Radio > USA
- Sugartune
Montreal, Canada based indie music MP3 blog and online distributor of indie rock music.
Category: Music Media > Music Bloggers
Music Retailers & Stores > Canada
- Radio XFM
London's excellent new music station, 24/7. No track uploading but they play material submitted via snail mail if it deserves it. Very busy forum and a glossy monthly mag on the racks now too.
Category: Music Radio > UK
- Repose
Repose is Chill electronica music textures and ambiences; evolving mellow mood induced instrumental music by Jason Greenberg and various collaborators.
Category: Music Production
- Franks Vinyl Museum
The internet home of weird records.
Category: DJ Resources
- M3 Master List
An essential 'to do' if you're heading to the Miami winter music conference in March, subscribe to this email newsletter, free and essential.the M3 Masterlist — formerly the Miami Master List and now in its fifth year — is the only complete and accurate guide to all of the events, parties, ceremonies, and other happenings in Miami Beach and the surrounding area for the entire week of the international electronic music community's annual gathering. The M3 Masterlist is free and open to everyone, and every event is listed equally and fairly. Weekly updates will be sent every Wednesday via email. The entire list will be available online soon.
Category: Music Industry Events > Miami
- Wink Dance Party
Ft Myers and Naples, South Florida dance radio show.
From 7:00 to 10:00 p.m., we start off the BIGGEST Saturday night party with retro music. We're talking about the 70s and 80s music that made you move!
Around 10:00 DJ ART ROONEY and DJ CHRISTYLE break out the new vinyl. Art and Chris are consistently debuting new music on the show, so listen up for high energy dance music you can only hear on the dance party with 96.9.
Category: Music Radio > USA
- Telent Hub
The Mission. To provide a complete resource that will allow actors, models, rappers, dancers, singers and other performers the best opportunities to expose their talents to industry professionals while providing the necessary information to help them make the best decisions for their career goals.
Category: Record Labels > A&R Resources
- Bit Law Fair Use
The exclusive rights granted by the Copyright Act are limited by several statutory and Constitutional limitations on copyright law. The most well known of these limitations is "fair use". However, the Copyright statute itself sets forth over ten separate limitations on copyright law. Because of the limited applicability of some of these limitations, the discussion on copyright limitations in BitLaw has been limited to the following three topics:
Fair Use. Fair Use in the Copyright Act,
Fair Use Example, and Other Fair Use Examples; The First Amendment; and
Compulsory Licenses.
Category: Music Law
- Miscreat
Miscreat is a site for musicians, bands, clubs, DJs, visual arts, or anything at all music related. The site is mainly geared towards non-commercial dance music, but other types of music are welcome.
We're looking to help out anyone else interested in getting heard, and create a contact point through this site. If anyone's interested, has any ideas, or wants to chat, please contact us. It doesn't matter what sort of music you're into (as long as it's not commercial ).
Category: Club Music > E-Zines
- Passalong
New US download store that awards customers credits towards downloads for passing along song snippets to potential buyers. You can earn store credit by recommending songs to your friends. PassAlong launched with a scant 500,000 tracks which are in 128-Kbps WMA DRM-protected files, and they mostly cost 99 cents per song or $9.99 per album.
Category: MP3 Downloads > Downloads
- Trance Tribe
Australian based online community devoted to electronic dance music, and in particular, trance music with forums, news and reviews on the popular dance music genre.
Category: Club Music
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Bonzai Records
Homepage of long running European trance/techno record label Bonzai.
| Category: | Record Labels |
Omara Guest List
Londons based guest list and night club promotion company. Members get access to various club guest lists around London's club scene.
| Category: | Club Music > Club Promoters |
Audio Visualizers
Busy resource for people interested in video mixing, VJing, video perfomance and production.
| Category: | Video & Multimedia |
Virtual DJ
Virtual DJ mixing software and hardware including Numark virtual vinyl, usb soundcards rack and desktop controllers, DJ mixers and all in one controllers.
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DJ Resources > MP3 Djing DJ Resources > DJ Mash-Ups |
Association of Independents in Radio
Not for profit American independent radio organisation promoting radio producers and to increase general awareness of the significant contribution radio and audio independents make to the cultural life of our 21st-century world.
| Category: | Music Radio |
Thump Records
Pomona, California based dance label with various label offshoots like the trance compilations on Element and various genres including house, disco Latin and old school rap.
| Category: | Record Labels |
Music For The Media
Music for the Media is the world's largest training programme for film and television composers. With 2500 students in twenty five countries and study centers in London and Los Angeles.
| Category: | Music Industry Resources > Education & Learning |
School Of Sound Recording
The School of Sound Recording (SSR) has been training music and audio industry professionals since 1984. Situated in the heart of Manchester, it has deep roots in the city’s famous music scene and strong connections with the industry across the world. A wide range of specialist courses, all related to the audio, media and music industries. These include audio engineering techniques & technology, dance music production, DJ technique and digital video editing.
| Category: | Music Industry Resources > Jobs & Training |
TalentBox.com
Comprehensive directory for the entertainment industry including resources for actors, musicians, dancers, photographers and models.
| Category: | Music Industry Resources > Contacts |
The Indie Bible
Comprehensive music industry directory, published annually and into its eighth edition in 2008. Available in book, PDF and database versions and includes over 9000 contacts.
| Category: | Music Industry Resources > Contacts |
Lefsetz Letter
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Like A Rolling Stone
If I get one more e-mail from some pompous asshole taking umbrage that I said no more covers I'm going to explode. Don't you get it? IT'S A BABY BOOMER/CLASSIC ACT CHEAP SHOT!You used to be somebody. Maybe you've still got people who'll come to see you live. But you can't get arrested with your [...]
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Bits & Bytes
Today's Trent/NIN StoryNIN Edition of Tap Tap Revenge Brings Licensed Content To Apple's App StoreUnfortunately, Tap Tap Revenge is cooler and more addictive than anything the major labels are purveying. Trent knows this, but Doug Morris and Jimmy Iovine do not. Trent says yes. The major label act calls his manager who calls his lawyer [...]
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James Taylor “Covers”
This should have come out via Wal-Mart. That's what we've come to, if you want to sell physical product you've got to be with THE big box if you want to move tonnage. And Wal-Mart wants your disc. As long as you're willing to blow it out cheaply. You see it's the equivalent of a [...]
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The Refugees At The Library
That would be the Thousand Oaks library. Where Renee Bodie has expanded her house concert series.Can't say that I'm in the loop, but Renee tracked me down. Did I want to see the Refugees?When I land on that desert island, I'm taking along Wendy Waldman on my iPod. Just listening to "Spring Is Here" makes [...]
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That Nickelback Song…
Imagine crossing Shania with "You Shook Me All Night Long" and adding in a guy...who can barely sing who made his name singing anthems for guys who believe in brewskis and girls who have more dreams than triumphs. You'll end up with Nickelback's new song, entitled "Gotta Be Somebody".This is a head-turner. It's not the [...]
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Yahoo P2P News
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MediaDefender's Parent Company Joins P2P Market (Slashdot)
An anonymous reader writes with news that ArtistDirect, the company who acquired MediaDefender, has launched another company called PiCast for the purpose of P2P video distribution. The reader says: "This is a strange twist for a company which last year set up a video-sharing site called Miivi in an attempt to entrap users uploading copyrighted content, and was caught launching a DoS attack ...
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P2P Player PiCast Gets Help From MediaDefender (Light Reading)
Here's an interesting twist: A new company called PiCast is entering the increasingly crowded market for peer-assisted video delivery -- but it's doing it with the expertise of a firm known for helping media companies thwart distribution of video via P2P.
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WiMAX networks: we won't single out P2P for punishment (Ars Technica)
No sooner has Comcast agreed to stop discriminating against particular applications then a similar controversy hits the new WiMAX services. Clearwire's CEO tells Ars that his company's WiMAX network won't single out P2P traffic for punishment. Read More...
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P2P lending site Loanio targets sub-prime borrowers (Finextra)
A new peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform called Loanio has launched in the US which is aimed at customers with poor credit records, such as ...
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Sprint threatens P2P throttling on WiMAX (The Register)
Like Comcast (without the lies) Sprint has reserved the right to limit the bandwidth of P2P file sharers on its brand new broadband wireless network. .…
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Boycott RIAA
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Judge: EMI can sue MP3tunes, not Michael Robertson
A federal judge has dismissed a copyright-infringement lawsuit filed by EMI Group against Michael Robertson, founder of MP3tunes and a , MP3.com and Linspire.
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CRB Sets Stable Music Rates
The CRB's decision also brings to a close the brief but entertaining drama sparked by Apple's comments that it might shutter the iTunes Store rather than swallow a royalty rate increase. The implicit threat had received a lot of attention recently, but was derided by some analysts, who noted the Web site's strong revenues and integral role in promoting Apple hardware.
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Featured Artists Coalition
British name artists are forming an alliance to protect their interests. (My hint to them: end your recording contracts with BPI/RIAA labels!)
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We are superior!
Musicians use both sides of their brains more frequently than average people
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Activision CEO: Labels Should Owe Guitar Hero, Not Reverse
Last month, feisty Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman, Jr. said he'll pull Warner's music from future releases of Guitar Hero unless the game's developer, Activision/Blizzard, starts paying more to include the label's songs in the game.
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Micheals Minute
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EMI Loses Case - I Get To Keep My Minivan
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Turn Your Mobile Phone Into A MP3 Player
Today a service called Load2Mobile makes it easy to transform any modern mobile phone into a MP3 player. Using this free service you can load songs from your computer, any music web site or your MP3tunes Music Locker directly to your phone without cables
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Cloud Loading With SyncWizard
Today I no longer carry a laptop everywhere, but instead have moved my life to the cloud. All the services and data I use to run my companies and live my life do not reside on a laptop or on a PC under my desk, but via a browser window on the net.
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Cloud Video Is Legal, How About Cloud Music?
In a stunning but welcomed reversal, a New York appeals court has overturned a Judge's ruling outlawing remote video recording and playback. It's a huge victory for consumers because they'll get a cheaper DVR type of service, but it also sets a sturdy leg
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Preparing for a life after Pandora with PiMP
At MP3tunes we decided to build a Pandora-like system that won't get crushed by labels and also didn't have the nagging limitations of web radio like no rewind button, limited song skipping, no song look ahead, etc. We call this service PiMP.
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College Music Journal
- Rainbow Arabia Joins The Gangs
- Sonicbids Spotlight: Temposhark
- Musicians Set Out For Machu Picchu To Fight Cancer
- Morrissey And Marr To Reunite...For A Compilation
- The Dandy Warhols Breathe Easy
- Thursday Inks With Epitaph
- Surprise! Elephant 6 Tour For The Holidays
- Port O'Brien Set Sail
- CMJ Chart Recap: TV Is No. 1 On The Radio
- Cause For Commotion Over This Crystal Stilts Tour
Hear 2.0
- What is "Attention" worth?
- "Radio Heard Here" - let's run more spots for free!
- "The Wall" - Music Discovery for Radio
- The critical importance of "trial"
- The Bold New Programming Opportunities for Public Radio
- Pandora [hearts] Talent
- Radio and Community
- "The Future of Radio"
- Lots of Digital Confusion in Radio
- Filtering beats Personalization
Techcrunch
- BlackArrow Raises $20 Million For On-Demand TV Advertising
- MySpace Music Streamed Its Billionth Song “A Few Days” After Launch
- Bad Karma At contentSutra. Site Sputters After Being Bought By The Guardian.
- French Inspirational Stores inspires VCs for 10m Euros series B funding
- Bitwine Acquired By Monster Venture Partners
- If Sales Of Halloween Masks Could Predict The Election, Obama Would Be President
- The Crunchie: It’s Not Just An Award, It’s A Weapon
- Congress Finally Gets Why The Google Deal Is So Bad
- GoldMail Brings Media-Rich Presentations To Email
- Build Your Sportfolio Of Athletes At OneSeason
Coolfer
- Monday Business Links: UK Artists Join Forces
- Country Albums Down Nearly 17% Through Q3
- Rhapsody Nabs Kid Rock
- Friday Business Links
- CRB Leaves Song, Album Mechanical Royalty Untouched
- EMI Joins Comes With Music
- Nokita 'Tube' Reviews Surface, More Info on Comes With Music
- New Music Jobs at the Coolfer Job Board
- Sony Completes Acquision of BMG Music. Now What?
- Thursday Business Links: Album Sales Down 12% at End of Q3
Mashable
- Share Your Life Story with Tokoni
- Google Must Wait a Few More Weeks to Nab Begun for Real
- Give the Android-Based T-Mobile G1 a Pre-Launch Spin. Kinda. Sorta. Not.
- Twenty People Save 20% at SF NewTech
- Share Your Earthly Journey in Detail on Trailino
- PermissionTV Provides Whitelabel Video Platform Services
- Google Knol Experiments With Audio
- European Commission Annoyed With Data Logging by U.S. Search Sites
- More Real Time TV Comes to Livestation
- HairFlix Evolves and Gets More Socially Involved
iLounge
- Article: Ask iLounge 10-3-08
- Backstage: Apple + AT&T’s iPhone Antitrust Class Action Smackdown
- News: Fring becomes first official free VoIP app for iPhone, iPod touch
- Backstage: Apple’s Gold, Yellow, and Orange iPods Compared
- News: Mix: Rogers, Tagger, Photoboard, VisualHub
- News: iPodweek on its way, sign up now
- First Looks: Incipio Feather for iPhone 3G
- Article: Instant Expert: Secrets and Features of Apple TV 2.2
- News: Apple releases iTunes 8.0.1
- News: Apple releases Apple TV Software 2.2
New Music Tipsheet
- ARCTIC MONKEYS Release Free Download for New DVD
- New ANDREW BIRD Coming 1/27
- BEN FOLDS Goes Straight to iTunes with Live Tracks
- OT: 100+ Sites for Green Living
- Happy New Year! You're Fired: Layoffs at Gawker
- KID ROCK Goes Digital -- with Rhaspsody
- FRANK BLACK Visits Brownie Mountain -- Great Job.
- NEIL DIAMOND Brings the Love to the Hollywood Bowl
- MY BLOODY VALENTINE Kill It in LA
- BORAT Character Strikes at Stella McCartney Show
Delicious Music
- Free, Professional Music Production: A Linux Introduction | Bringing Linux to the Masses
- Fix your music library: song names, album art, automatically! :: The Tux Geek
- Soundsbox.com - Download mp3 music, buy mp3 music online
- Pandora Radio - Listen to Free Internet Radio, Find New Music
- Slacker Personal Radio - Listen to Free Internet Radio Stations
- Last.fm – The Social Music Revolution
- Sick guitar trio video
Boing Boing
Mixx Music
- YouTube - KJ Guitar
- Pamela Anderson sexy Interview
- Dostana (2008) mp3 Songs
- ITALIAN CULTURE VIDEO PLAYLISTS
- New Pictures of Angelina Jolie's Daughter, Shiloh - Girls - Celebrity Gossip
- Plane carrying Travis Barker Crashes
- Top 5 Songs Based on a Fictional Character
- Music Talk Series Wants Your Music Stories!
- Alice Has Pearl Jam In Chains
- YouTube - Shakira-Underneath Your Clothes
Create Digital Music
- A MIDI-Ready Nintendo Game Boy, with Help From Arduino
- Cakewalk’s New Monster Roland Integrated Software, Control Surface, I/O, Synth
- Pro Tools 8 Announced: New UI, More MIDI, Elastic Pitch, Bundled Instruments and Effects, Integrated Sibelius Notation
- Behind the Scenes with Justice in Rio
- Compression Lovers: Free Audio Damage Plug-in, Ableton+Reaktor Trick
- Apple Sees Light, Drops NDA; Let’s Start Talking!
- Covering Thom Yorke’s The Eraser on Monome, and an All-in-One Setup for Ableton Live
- Joys of Reaktor: How to Build Sequenced Instruments, Free Goodies, and a New Lazyfish Creation Teaser
- CellDS: Lua-extensible Grid Sequencer for Nintendo DS
- Are Economic Concerns Likely to Impact Your Music Tech Purchases?
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