PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT an endorsed list of resources. This is the first stage of a work in progress to identify the leading names in each category and then to eventually develop relationships or partnerships with the very best resources or in some cases launch a service to serve our membership directly in cases where we can't find an acceptable resource that we can work with. Exception: The resources that are BOLD are already current JPF Community Partners.

Musician and Songwriter Services/Tools
(Listed in alphabetical order by category and resource names)

Booking Assistance
Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitors: http://www.canadian-fairs.ca/
Folk Alliance: http://www.folkalliance.org/
International Entertainment Buyers Association: http://www.ieba.org/news.html
National Association of Campus Activities: http://www.naca.org/
OurStage: http://www.ourstage.com
Sonic Bids: http://www.sonicbids.com

CD Distribution
Amazon: http://advantage.amazon.com/gp/vendor/public/join
CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com
Independent Artists Company: http://iacmusic.com

CD/DVD Manufactures
Disc Makers: http://www.discmakers.com
DiskFaktory: http://www.diskfaktory.com
Kunaki: http://www.kunaki.com
Oasis CD Duplication: http://www.oasiscdduplication.com

Composer & Songwriter Associations
Alliance of Canadian Cinema Television and Radio Artists: http://www.actra.ca
Asian Composers League http://asiancomposersleague.com
Association of Independent Music Publishers: http://www.aimp.org
Christian Songwriters: http://christiansongwriters.org
Composers Association of New Zealand http://www.canz.net.nz/
National Association of Composers, USA (NACUSA) http://www.music-usa.org/nacusa
Songwriters Association of Canada: http://www.songwriters.ca/
The Society of Composers and Lyricists: http://www.thescl.com


Copyrights & Legal Resources
Copyright – U.S. Copyright Office: http://www.copyright.gov
Musicians Guide Through The Legal Jungle: http://www.guidethroughthelegaljungleblog.com/
Public Domain Music: http://www.pdinfo.com
Volunteer Lawyers For The Arts: http://www.vlany.org

Digital Distribution
CDBaby: http://cdbaby.com
Distrokid: http://distrokid.com
Orchard (formerly Independent Online Digital Alliance): http://www.theorchard.com
TuneCore: http://www.tunecore.com



Education & Information Resources
Berklee College of Music: http://www.berkleemusic.com/school/courses
Billboard: http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/index.jsp
Columbia University Music & Arts: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/music/index.html
Harvard Library for music scholars: http://hcl.harvard.edu/research/guides/music/resources/meta.html
Home Recording: http://homerecording.com
Irving S. Gilmore Music Library: http://www.library.yale.edu/musiclib/muslib.htm
Mix Online: http://mixonline.com
Music Biz Academy: http://www.musicbizacademy.com
Muses Muse: http://www.musesmuse.com
SongU: http://www.songu.com
Songwriter101: http://songwriter101.com/about
Sound On Sound: http://www.soundonsound.com
The National Association for Music Education: http://www.menc.org

Entertainment Attorneys
Penn State - The Dickinson School of Law: http://www.dsl.psu.edu/clinic/artsports.cfm

Independent A&R
Independent Artist Registry: http://www.independentartistregistry.com
Taxi: http://www.taxi.com

Internet Radio/Streaming Broadcast
LastFM: http://www.last.fm
Live 365: http://www.live365.com/broadcast
Pandora: http://www.pandora.com

Musical Instruments & Supply Retailers
Folk Of The Wood: http://www.folkofthewood.com
Guitar Center: http://www.guitarcenter.com
Lark In The Morning: http://larkinthemorning.com
McCabe's Guitar Shop: http://www.mccabes.com
Musicians Friend: http://www.musiciansfriend.com
Sam Ash: http://www.samash.com
ZZ Sounds: http://www.zzounds.com

Music Licensing Sites
Harry Fox: http://www.harryfox.com
PumpAudio: http://www.pumpaudio.com
Song Catalog: http://musicnet.songcatalog.com/Info
Versus Media - Placing music in film: http://www.versusmedia.com
You License: http://www.youlicense.com

Music Marketing Resources
Bob Baker: http://www.bob-baker.com
Film Music World: http://www.filmmusicworld.com
Indie Bible: http://www.indiebible.com
Nashville Music Business Directory: http://www.nashvilleconnection.com
Music Marketing: http://musicmarketing.com
Music Phonebook: http://www.musicphonebook.com
Music Publisher’s Association: http://www.mpa.org
Musician's Atlas: http://www.musiciansatlas.com
The Music Business Registry: http://www.musicregistry.com

Music News and Press
Beat Wire: http://www.beatwire.com
Media Futurist Gerd Leonhard: http://www.mediafuturist.com
Music Industry News Network: http://www.mi2n.com
Music Dish: http://musicdish.com
PR Web Press Release Newswire: http://www.prweb.com

Music Organizations
Filmgravity: http://www.filmgravity.com
Film Music Network: http://www.filmmusic.net
Just Plain Folks: http://www.justplainfolks.org
NAMM - The International Music Products Association: http://www.namm.org
MI7: http://www.mi7.com
NARAS (The Grammys): www.grammys.com
Nashville Songwriters Association International: www.nashvillesongwriters.com

Music Promotion Sites
Amie Street: http://www.amiestreet.com
Artist Launch: http://www.artistlaunch.com
Music Submit: http://www.musicsubmit.com
Pure Volume: http://www.purevolume.com
Sonific: http://www.sonific.com
The Tub Magazine: http://www.thetubmagazine.com

Music Storage, Downloads and Sales
Broadjam: http://www.broadjam.com
Musicane: http://www.musicane.com
SongRamp: http://www.songramp.com
Soundclick: http://www.soundclick.com
Website Music Player: http://www.websitemusicplayer.com

Musician Website Hosting
Bandzoogle: http://www.bandzoogle.com
Broadjam: http://www.broadjam.com
Hostbaby: http://hostbaby.com
Indie Kazoo: http://www.indiekazoo.com

Performance Rights Organizations
ASCAP: http://www.ascap.com
Australian Recording Industry Assocation: http://www.aria.com.au
Australian Independent Records Labels AssociationL http://www.air.org.au
Australasian Performing Right Association: http://www.apra.com.au/
BMI: http://bmi.com
SESAC: http://www.sesac.com
MPA: http://www.mpa.org/directories/music_publishers/

Political Representation
Future of Music Coalition: http://www.futureofmusic.org
The American Federation of Musicians: http://www.afm.org

Publications (books, newsletters, magazines, etc.)
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/books
Bandit A & R Newsletter: http://www.banditnewsletter.com
Cashbox Magazine: http://www.cashboxmagazine.com
Kohn on Music Licensing: http://www.kohnmusic.com
KVR Audio: http://www.kvraudio.com
Making Music Make Money by Eric Beall: http://tinyurl.com/2op6tt
Rhymezone: http://www.rhymezone.com/
Songwriter's Hall Of Fame: http://www.songwritershalloffame.org
Songwriter's Market: http://www.songwritersmarket.com
Billboard: http://www.billboard.com

Public Networking Sites
FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com
LinkedIN: http://www.linkedin.com
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com

Recording & Demo Services
ColabNation: http://www.collabnation.net
Mike Dunbar Music: http://www.mikedunbarmusic.com
Session Players: http://www.sessionplayers.com
StudioTraxx: http://www.studiotraxx.com
Sub Studio Music: http://www.substudiomusic.com
The Recording Project: http://www.recordingproject.com
Voices123: http://www.voices123.com

Recording Software (recording, editing, production, etc.)
Adobe Auditon: http://www.adobe.com
Adobe Soundbooth: http://www.adobe.com/products/soundbooth
Apple Logic: http://www.apple.com/logicpro
Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net
Sony Creative Software: http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com
Steinberg Cubase: http://www.steinberg.net
Digidesign Protools: http://www.digidesign.com
Peace Love Productions: http://www.peaceloveproductions.com
Real Studio Drums: http://www.realstudiodrums.com
Real World Records: http://www.realworldremixed.com
Smartsoft Audio Format Converter: http://www.smartaudioconverter.com

Hi Folks,

Okay.. it's been a year since we posted this list. What changes have happened? How accurate is this list now in hindsite? Where did we go wrong and what do we need to add?

Please respond here and we're going to post a new and updated list.

Thanks,

Brian

You need to add:

Sibelius http://www.sibelius.com/home/index_flash.html
Finale http://www.finalemusic.com/
Photoscore http://www.neuratron.com/photoscore.htm

To software section for sheet music creation/printing/scanning.

Brian,

www.indieheaven.com

is a kind of like soundclick for Christian music but they offer WAY more services than soundclick including a power praise radio broadcast, artist promotion, indie music education, etc so I'm not sure where this might go in your list.


Christian Songwriters Organization
http://christiansongwriting.org/

This is a differrent organization than the Christian Songwriters Network that you already have listed.



CCMLI
Contemporary Christian Music Network International
http://ccmni.mmgi.org/home.html

oops....forgot the Gospel Music Association
huge organization.... sponor of the Dove Awards, etc.....
http://www.gospelmusic.org/

The Canadian Fairs is a dead link (though the page is still running of course) and the IBEA is now just http://www.ieba.org/news

I would also recommend the following:

fRoots Magazine (UK/EU): http://www.frootsmag.com/ (includes a great list of UK/EU festivals

Folk & Roots (UK): http://www.folkandroots.co.uk/

Jay Glicksman Folk Music List (International): http://folk.jg.org/

Folk Alliance Australia (AU): http://www.folkalliance.org.au/index.php

Kiwi Folk (NZ): http://www.kiwifolk.org.nz/

I also have a swag of addresses for songwriting organisations from around the world on my database I've picked up along the way and I'm interested to know if there's a central website that lists all (or at least most) of them.

So many have come and gone Debra, I don't know of one that is up to date or accurate. And new ones come and go pretty fast. And others are completely useless wastes of time which only serve to rip people off or to promote the music careers of those who started them (a personal pet peeve of mine).

If you have a list of good ones, post it here and others can perhaps add to it.

Brian

Brian,
All around, still a great start!

Most categories provide a good selection of resources, many of which are among the better known in the industry along with a few lesser-known "gems" and some with reasonable potential.

Few of us will be familar with every listing, but of those I suggested and know about, they're still around. I may add/edit one or two that may have changed since last year, so I'll take a look and see what comes up.

The area I'm doing the most research on is music licensing companies and related services, so I'm able to offer additional help/feedback on those when needed.

Michael

Thank you so much for making this thread. I'm going to forward this link to anyone I know who is trying to become an artist. I can tell you put alot of though and effort into this thread. Thank you.

Brian,
Here's another great resource we should consider adding to our list:
http://musiclibraryreport.com
http://musiclibraryreport.com/ratings

It's new, but has great potential for JPF to collaborate with them to assemble a list of various music libraries where the music creators (artists, songwriters, composers) rate the music libraries with points and with written feedback which can also be kept anonymous.

I think it's a great concept which Art Munson has put together! So far it appears to be a completely pure (commercial, Ad free) website dedicated only for this purpose!

Michael

Brian,

And here's another great resource that we should consider adding to our list:

www.mikedunbarmusic.com

Hi Guys,

I just got back from the UK tour and still (argh!) have no internet access here at home... I'll be leaving again for a week out to the west coast next week and then when I get back I need to get caught up with everything. Our website is not updatable right now unfortunately. It takes an act of congress to change even a single line of text. Though it looks awesome thanks to Adrian, it's really like a big unchangeable graphic file and only programmers of the proprietary format it was created in change make a change and we don't have any volunteering time so Adrian has to ask favors of people he knows to do even the most simple things. If we can't move past this situation we may have to lose the beautiful new site and go back to the old site.. it's just not something we can live with any longer. All that to say that I can't make any changes to the resource list.

If and when we can, we'll be doing a lot of new stuff with lists and resources.

Brian

LOL is this considered shameless self promotion?

Hi Brian!

You could add this link to the music licensing sites: http://musiclibraryreport.com/

It has over 160 film music libraries like the ones you listed. It also gives first hand reports on many of them.

Best, John

Someone named Al Rosen posted these on www.songwriter101.com

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/podcasting.htm

http://www.wikihow.com/Start-Your-Own-Podcast

Larry Staats of Columbus Folk Music Society, Columbus, Ohio, sent this listing of folk-type events.

http://www.cfms-inc.org/folk_festivals_camps_schools.htm

I was hoping to see a list of music publishers too.

Irwin

Brian,
What a killer list of resources. I'm going to be passing this along to our community of artists at Sayvee. I've been collecting a list over the past couple of years but this is solid stuff.

You could also add http://sayvee.com to the Musician Website Hosting category.

I love shameless promotion! www.waynelongtin.com Good list too!

Nico,

Though I appreciate you letting us know, it's still not cool to take work from another site and use it on your own without prior permission or compensation. Sure, you can probably get away with it, but what does that say about you or your site?

Brian

+1 with Brian, better to provide a link to this site.

Brian / Mike,
Sorry, I didn't communicate that properly. I did place a link back to this page encouraging all of our artists to check it out. Didn't mean I was going to snake your stuff. The link is here: http://sayvee.com/tips. Thanks again for posting all this stuff.

I see one old company is missed in a list:

http://www.songwriter.co.uk/

International Songwriting Association exists since 1967
and deserves to be on it

Hi Folks,

We are working on the new JPF Site (Matt Moran has it loaded on our server and we're going to start filling in the pages). We want to update a resources page. I need help nuking all the old (or removing any undeserving links) and adding any new ones. So browse it a bit and let me know!

Thanks,

Brian

Hey Nico,

Your link with our link in return, isn't working. But I see your site still exists. ?

Brian

If I need to look at what music software / tools are about I've always liked

www.hitsquad.com/smm

Cheers

Not wanting to sound disloyal... but what about collaboration websites?

Justplainfolks.org (biggest and best)
FJAM (think they are face book based now)
musicianscollaboration.com

There are heaps of others...

well I think an obvious collaboration site other than JPF is musesmuse.com which is already up there. = )

Also please keep in mind this list is many years old now... let's refresh it and clean out the dead sites... anyone want to volunteer? Noel?

Recently I renewed my membership at ISA:

http://www.songwriter.co.uk/

Note: if here only one person supply us with song requests from artists, and this is WriterTomYeager ( many thanks to him for this) then at ISA artists themselves or their management send requests for songs each week, although ISA subscription is paid.

Brian,
Under the 'Music Licensing Sites' section, you could add:
LicenseQuote - http://www.licensequote.com

We've added a new LQ 30 FREE plan which supports up to 30 preview and master files (in MP3 format) which is available at the end of the 30-day Free Trial period. It's a fully functional private-label music licensing store which works well for any self-published songwriters/composers and they can embed the store on their own website and of course keep 100% of their licensing sales.

Some of the advanced features will be limited, but as the publisher's catalogs grow, most upgrade to the next level (LQ 75) plan so they can add more tracks and grow their store.

That's the update about the LicenseQuote DIY music licensing solutions service.

By the way, it's still a pretty good list (after all these years!) though should of course be checked to make sure that sites/services which are now out of business or have dead links are removed and/or corrected. Shouldn't take more than about 1 - 2 hours to test all the links and remove the defunct sites/links, etc. Then you'll have a great resources list to post and maintain moving forwards.

Hey Michael, what happened to your "Standard Pricing Calculator" site. I book marked it, but get a 404 page when I try to go there. I thought that it was a good resource.

A music library list would be a nice resource addition. Or the very least adding “Music Library Report”: http://www.musiclibraryreport.com/ to the list.

Another good web hosting site is 1 & 1: http://www.1and1.com/?linkOrigin=&linkId=hd.log.eue

John

Hi Ben,
It's still there, but moved to some new pages:
1. http://www.licensequote.com/mlq/music_license_quote.html
(See top right of this page)

2. http://www.licensequote.com/blog/in...e-using-our-standard-pricing-calculator/
(Scroll down to the Live Demo Store link)

Please check it out and then bookmark one of the new pages!
Thanks,
Michael

For Irwin and and everyone else. I came across this site of music companies (publishers included), that seems to be the most comprehensive I've ever seen. Many of the companies have web sites and they all have contact information.

http://www.howtolicenseyourmusic.com/resources/2012hardcopy.pdf

Chas

http://dmoz.org is a mega site where new musicians/performers can look up people and places that match their experience. It can be a total pain in the butt to sort through but in the end is a place most likely to find a match for them.

Arts and Business are the two areas they should check out first... Sometimes an agent or venue will be listed in one and not the other.

Hey folks,

I'd like to update this list a bit. Anyone care to help out? We need to weed out the dead and add in the missing.

Let me know if you have time to click as well as if you see some missing stuff.

Brian

For digital distribution, you may want to add distrokids! They offer the best value (cheap fixed fee per year; 0% deducted from sales) despite limited number of stores (they distribute to only big stores).

Thanks!

Folks, feel free to post updates here anytime you find a good thing!

Brian

Brian, the Entertainment Attorneys link isn't working.

Meanwhile, here's one that might be useful for general music law-related questions.
http://www.askamusiclawyer.com

Donna

Brian,

You may want to take Pump Audio off your Music Licensing Site list. Since they merged with Getty Images there's been major contract changes. Don't know if you've seen this thread yet:

http://www.jpfolks.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/1043391/page/1#Post1043391

For music licensing I'd recommend "Music Library Report" : http://musiclibraryreport.com/ Yeah, they charge for membership (minimal), but one can get the scoop on hundreds of music libraries from actual experiences. Even without membership there's a lot of free info on music libraries.

Best, John

I heartily concur with John regarding musiclibraryreport. A treasure trove of top-notch information. I took out a lifetime subscription a couple of years ago. Worth every penny.

Donna

Thanks...

Any care to edit the list at the top for me? It would entail including the suggestions, removing dead links or problem companies and just doing a quick check of each link to be sure it's still relevant and in good standing now as it was back when I first posted it. If you can help, I will make you a moderator and you can edit the links.

Thanks to anyone who has the time, send me a PM.

Brian

Thanks...

Any care to edit the list at the top for me? It would entail including the suggestions, removing dead links or problem companies and just doing a quick check of each link to be sure it's still relevant and in good standing now as it was back when I first posted it. If you can help, I will make you a moderator and you can edit the links.

Thanks to anyone who has the time, send me a PM.

Brian

Hi Brian:

Sorry, I don't have time to take on the task you need performed. I did take a quick peek at many of the links and a number of these are a journey to nowhere. Several are "for sale" and a few are dubious if not fraudulent. Naras is "dead" and MI7 leads to an e-mail address with no explanation other than it can be used to reach MI7.

There are plenty of good links and this list is certainly a worthwhile tool for members of JPF.

Thanks for all your efforts on our behalf.

Dave

Dave,

Did you happen to know how which ones were dead/dubious? We need to remove them and I can do it quickly with a little help finding the dead/dubious ones?

If not, no problem. I just thought since you went through them already, you might have some idea. What you've done was most of the job.

Brian

PS: I fixed the NARAS one, it's simply the Grammys now.

Regretfully, Brian... I did not make a list. I'm hoping to have some spare time available tomorrow (Wednesday) and will go down the list and confirm those links which are no longer valid, then report back to you via this thread with any appropriate remarks.

Regards,

Dave

Morning, Brian:

As promised, here are the listings that have either changed or no longer work:

Group 4: Composers and Songwriter's Associations:

a. ACTRA (would not load)

Group 7: Education & Information Resources:

d. Harvard (error - would not load)

Group 11: Musical Instruments & Supply Retailers:

a. Folk of the Wood (would not load)

Group 12: Music Licensing Sites:

c. Musicnet (would not load)

Group 13: Music Marketing Resources:

f. Music Phonebook (now MusicPage.com)

Group 15: Music Organizations:

e. Mi7 (Questionable - only has an E-mail link)

Group 18. Musician Website Hosting:

d. Indie Kazoo (closed)

Group 19: Performance Rights Organizations:

I was surprised to not see a listing for SOCAN (Canadian Pro)

Group 23: Recording and Demo Services:

a. ColabNation (does not work)
e. SubStudio (no longer available) Our own Mike Caro

Group 24: Recording Software:

All links worked but several have changed the names of the site or the recording product. (Digidesign is now AVID)

I hope this helps other JPF participants in finding the resources they seek.

Best regards,

Dave

Hey Dave, I don't suppose you'd take another crack at going down the list to help me get rid of the bad links? (Or someone else maybe?). You could start with Dave's list above and add additional ones so we could start fresh maybe.

Brian

I've been wanting to start a new social network for independent artists and fans, of course this is a difficult task given all the competition, (Facebook, Twitter, etc.). In the meantime I started the Realindie group on LinkedIn, link below for your consideration.

Realindie

Sorry, Brian:

I did not see your reply. Yes, I will take a peek at the list again. It may take a few days but I'll get back with my "findings" ASAP.

Hi Carvin:

Welcome to JPF. You have an interesting name... and... in today's environment... I'll bet you get some wicked glances from the ladies until they get to know you. I don't do "social media" after trying two and not caring for either. Took me forever to shake Linkedin. If it works for you... that's good news. I like to spend every available moment writing new material or re-recording my songs that need attention. E-mail still works best for me (or PM's if the site being used offers that method) because I don't have to respond during the middle of a session.

Later, Guys.... ----Dave

Dave, thank you for the response. I don't like using the popular social media sites either, that's one reason I'd like to start one without all the flaws, or at least a lot less.