JPF Home Page Forums General Messages Mentor Questions Forum Types of Musician and Songwriter Services/Tools

Hi Folks,

We have some folks who want to help us develop our site a bit more. As we discuss possibilities, I'd like to put together a list of key services for the musician and songwriters needs.

For example:

CD Distribution (aka CD Baby)
Digital Distribution (aka CD Baby)
Independent A&R (aka TAXI)
Site Song Storage, Downloads and Sales (aka Soundclick)
Booking Assistance Tools (aka Sonic Bids)
CD/DVD Manufacturing (aka Disc Makers)
Political Representation (aka Future of Music Coalition)
Internet Radio/Streaming Broadcast (aka Pandora)
Music Licensing Sites (aka Audiosparx)
Education Resources (aka SongU)
Information Resources (aka Muses Muse)
Music Retailer (aka Musicians Friend)
Music Demo Company (aka Session Players)
Musician Website Hosting (aka Hostbaby)
Public Networking Sites (aka MySpace)
Books and misc (aka Amazon)
Music Organizations (aka Just Plain Folks)
Search Engines (Google)
OnLine Copyright Registration (Library of Congress)
Local Chapter Networks (NSAI)
Music News and Press Releases (Mi2N)
Music Promotion Sites (Music Submit)
Music Marketing Info (Bob Baker)

You get the drift. What I want is to find more of these types of services and example companies of the best you know that do that thing.

This project will also involve our volunteers to help discover multiple quality examples of each segment. I need this info pretty quickly.. so now I leave it up to all of you.

Email me at jpfolkspro@aol.com if you want to keep it private, or post your responses on the Mentor Message Board here.

Thanks in Advance!

Brian

Great idea Brian, just hope we show balance and neutrality and do not look as if we are favouring anyone in particular as per other sites.

http://www.songramp.com

variety of membership levels
allows member uploads and downloads to buy
private listening rooms with passwords for paid members
webpage for all members

http://www.soundclick.com

similar site

the new version of this message board allows for a pay pal function (i.e. pay to use certain or all areas of the boards). I am not sure if we'll use it.. but it has possibilities for some things... like special lessons or something where we can charge something to raise some much needed money for our upgrades.

Brian

Excellent idea!
JPF needs something besides "hats and T-shirts" to help support such a huge organization. I know you also take donations and on occasion special "donation drives" to help pay for one-time costs such as happened last year for this board upgrade.

If you could offer some badly needed services right from this site for a reasonable "per use" fee, it would fit right in with everything you/we are already doing to help musicians and songwriters with their learning and career goals.

You mentioned "special lessons", so to add to that, here's a few more ideas:
1. Expert consulting - this could include things like technical, marketing or legal advice, etc.
2. Professional advice - can include feedback on lyrics, melody, composition, songwriting, demos and performance, etc.

I'm sure we could think of a few more!

The idea would be to collect a fee for each unique service order which gets paid to the JPF "expert" service provider. Of course JPF would keep a percentage for administering these services. The percentage could range anywhere from 10% to 15% or whatever you can work out with the various consultants and service providers.
In some cases, service providers might offer JPF to keep a larger share (e.g. 50%) or if they wish they can also contribute the full amount of one (or more) of their consulting jobs.

This could give JPF a steady stream of monthly income while giving JPF members (musicians & songwriters) some great resources and personalized service for their various needs. It also gives professional mentors, consultants and specialized service providers an outlet to promote and practice their skills. In essence, it would work like a "curated" marketplace to bring experts together with various JPF members to fullfill their needs.

Just kicking some ideas around!
Michael

Brian
Here's a few more to add to your initial "master" list above.

General artist services: (in alphabetical order)

ArtistLaunch.com (Self promotion service for music artists, bands and songwriters)
BandZoogle.com (Musician's hosting & DIY ecommerce sales solutions)
ChristianSongwriters.org (Spreading the Gospel through music by networking with Christian songwriters worldwide)
HarryFox.com (The foremost mechanical licensing, collection, and distribution agency for music publishers in the U.S. - HFA Songfile is the online song search and mechanical licensing tool for those who want to make 2,500 or fewer copies of a recording as a CD, cassette, LP, or digital download.)
IndependentArtistRegistry.com (A national talent scouting & referral service used by the top 100 record labels and a quarter million music industry professionals to find up-and-coming independent artists ready to take the next step.)
IndieKazoo.com (Musician's hosting and DIY ecommerce music sales service)
Iodalliance.com (The industry-leading digital distribution company for the global independent music community.)
Kunaki.com (affordable "Do It Yourself" online CD and DVD production service)
MPA.org (Founded in 1895, the Music Publishers Association is the oldest music trade organization in the United States, fostering communication among publishers, dealers, music educators and all ultimate users of music.)
MusiciansContact.com (Connecting musicians and singers to paying jobs since 1969)
MusicPhoneBook.com (Music industry listings service)
PureVolume.com (Self promotion service for artists & bands)
SongwritersDirectory.com (The "best and most comprehensive" data base of Songwriters and Songwriter Resources on the Internet today!)
Studiotrax.com (online musicians-for-hire talent pool marketplace)
WebSiteMusicPlayer.com (online service to turn any website into a music store where the artists collect 100% of their sales)

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Music Licensing Services:
Note: Most of these are FREE, but you're music has to get accepted to participate with their program.

audiolicense.com
audiosparx.com (must be accepted, pays 50%)
beatpick.com (must submitt music & be accepted, pays 50%)
freeplaymusic.com
iamusic.com (must have min. of 100 tracks to be accepted)
licensemusic.com (this service is mostly for labels)
magnatune.com (must submitt music and be accepted, pays 50%)
nonstopmusic.com
productiontrax.com
pumpaudio.com (must be accepted, pays 50%)
royaltyfreemusic.com
rumblefish.com
shockwave-sound.com
songcatalog.com (specializes in music licensing for advertising uses; costs about $20/month for "starter" package)
soundrangers.com
tvmusic.com
YouLicense.com (anyone can join for free and pay only 9% on completed licensing sales)

Hi Brian,

Here's some key sites I think people would find useful
in no particular order.

Facebook.com - A social networking site growing exponentially daily (250,000 sign ups
per day). Could be used asuseful tool to communicate with fans.

MusicSubmit.com - A place to distribute music that
I've been watching for a couple years. Haven't done
any tests with it yet though. (not sure if this is the
same thing your referring to above "Music Promotion Sites
(Music Submit)")

MusicIndustryHosting.com - A place that offers hosting
geared to musicians and is run by the same person as the link below.

MusicMarketingtips.com - Lots of information on marketing
music.

Musicbizacademy.com - All kinds of great info. Also
sells the book "How to Promote Your Music Successfully on the Internet"

IndieBible.com/intro.shtml - Haven't read it but heard lots of good things about it.

Aweber.com - One of the best hosted mailing list
services. Very useful for building a list of fan emails for
when you want to announce news about upcoming
events/releases etc.

Parabots.com - A good self-hosted mailing list script as
an alternative to using a mailing list service like the
one above.

P.S. Great forum, looks like lots of interesting people and
information here.

Thanks,

Dino

Thanks for the specific examples guys... please continue to add more.

Our idea is to do 1 of 3 things:

1. Partner with the best of the best in a particular niche

2. If we don't think there is someone we want to partner with, then we may just do it ourselves.

3. If we determine it's just not something we want to get in the middle of, we'll do nothing. = )

I still don't forsee us charging a member fee. Instead, we might offer a slate of services as a separate thing. I want to keep JPF free for all. (Just Plain Free if you will..) But adding a slew of services ala carte all in one place with one single interface for musicians is what I have in mind. We have no interest in competing with our friends who do great work, so we're hoping that they'll want to work out a mutually beneficial partnership where either we endorse and facilitate folks using their service or they share a portion of fees collected from our members or trade other in kind services for the business. We're already partnered with some of the very best in the business in their fields and I don't forsee that changing.. just perhaps becoming more focused than in the past.

So any type of service, big or small, especially those that exist on the web in some way (i.e. web site features, hosting, radio, etc.) please post and let us know. If it makes sense, we may try to incorporate it in what we're working on.

Brian

Brian, why can't you have different membership levels available like they do at songramp. The free version would allow people to do just what they are doing now but the paid membership could perhaps have their own page with song and or lyric samples and a big discount for services from the affiliates.

Here are some links. Starting with unions.

The American Federation of Musicians
http://www.afm.org/

The U.K. musician's union
http://www.musiciansunion.org.uk

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
www.aftra.org

Screen Actors Guild
www.sag.org

Actors Equity
http://www.actorsequity.org/


Here's an association of music teachers.
The Music Educators National Conference:
www.menc.org


These are entertainment buyers (bookers) associations, most have conventions where live bands can showcase and you can set up exhibits.

International Entertainment Buyers Association:
http://www.ieba.org/news.html

Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitors:
http://www.canadian-fairs.ca/con_prog.html

National Association of Campus Activities:
http://www.naca.org/naca/

The Folk Alliance:
www.folk.org/


This is the oldest music publishers' association.
Music Publishers Association:
http://www.mpa.org/

These are booking agent associations.

The Entertainment Agents Association of Great Britain
http://www.agents-uk.com/

National Entertaimment Agents Council (U.K.)
http://www.neac.org.uk/main/index.htm

The Australian Entertainments Agents Association:
http://www.aeaa.com.au/

The New Jersey Licensed Entertainment Agents Association:
http://newjerseyleaa.org/

The Association of Talent Agencies (California...film, radio etc.)
http://www.agentassociation.com/

Some Jazz sites

http://www.jazz-in-scotland.co.uk

http://www.arjazz.org/

Hope this helps,
Mike

Here's some more:



Mediacoder.sourceforge.net - A free desktop
software for converting between all kinds of audio
and videos formats (including mobile devices).

FLVPlayer.com - A good flash video player that
embeds on your site if you want to self host high quality videos.

PayPal MicroPayments - A PayPal account with a special
per transaction rate of 5% + $0.05 as opposed to the regular
rate of 2.9% + $0.30. This is ideal for people selling
things like digital mp3 downloads under $12.

Voices123.com - A huge freelance marketplace that allows people
to offer and also buy voice talent services.
All kinds of projects going on there like jingles, audio narration,
commercials, radio spots etc.

Guru.com - Another huge freelance marketplace
for various services. The one category that might be of
the most interest here is the 'Broadcasting'.


Dino

Michael B,

Can you put all these together by category and then find all the examples you can for each? (This is basically what I needed for that project we discussed).

So we'd have the category and then as many good examples as you can find:

CD Manufacturers

Disc Makers: www.discmakers.com
Oasis CD Duplication: www.oasiscdduplication.com
etc. etc.

I don't think we'd need more than say the top 4-5 of each category (unless there was a specific reason to have more).

If anyone else wants to help Michael out, please let him know. Also, Kaley Willow offered to help with this project as well I think Michael.. send her a note and you can split it up to get it done quicker. I can use this info in a conference call I am having with our tech development friends. We're really looking at a broad based umbrella for all these services and companies.

Brian

I can putin some time today.....Brian...
I've been locked up tight as can be the last 7....
sorry...thanks...
kk

Thanks Kaley.. this info will be quite useful.

Brian

Brian,
Ok, just got back here today, but makes sense to sort these by category! I'll get it started and then post here (or wherever you want to "pin" it) and then I can edit and tweak as needed, or you can copy and paste to another place so you can give it a final "format".

I'll get on this within the next day or two and post back!

Michael

Please get with Kaley so you guys can get twice as much done... things are heating up on our end and the sooner we have the info the better...

I'd like to end up with at least 20 clear cut services and 5 examples of each (if they exist). (More is even better.. but 20 would be the target minimum).

Brian

Brian,
I just finished the first "master" draft. It will be easy to add new categories and additional listings as we continue to get meaningful input from our members. By "meaningful" I mean folks that have actually USED (and are satisfied) with the services they are suggesting and recommending, otherwise we'll end up with a long page of "Googled" listings with little idea about relevance or quality. For example, most of the listings I've suggested (contributed) have been around for quit a while and I've been using them (successfully) or have been watching them and/or hearing good things from other musicians, etc.

Regardless, we can never do enough "research" to properly vet out any of these resource listings.

Attn: JPF members and volunteers (Kaley included!)
You are all invited to suggest more listings here on this topic.
Please see Suggestion guidelines below in my next post.

We are going for QUALITY rather than just quanitity. Let's focus 1st on thos categories that don't have at least 5 listings yet, so please take a look and go from there.

As new things get listed, I can add them and let Brian go over the list for final editing.

Michael
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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/con_prog.html
International Entertainment Buyers Association: http://www.ieba.org/news.html
National Association of Campus Activities: http://www.naca.org/naca
Sonic Bids: http://www.sonicbids.com
The Folk Alliance: http://www.folk.org

CD Distribution
Amazon: http://advantage.amazon.com/gp/vendor/public/join
CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com
Comp10: http://compo10.com/MusicHosts.htm
Independent Artists Company: http://iacmusic.com
Indie Rhythm: http://www.indierhythm.com
The Orchard: http://www.theorchard.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 Independant 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
NSAI: http://www.nashvillesongwriters.com
Songwriters Directory: http://www.songwritersdirectory.com
The Society of Composers and Lyricists: http://www.thescl.com

Copyrights & Legal Resources
Canadian Song Depository c/o Songwriters Association of Canada: http://www.songwriters.ca/SRV30.php
Copyright – U.S. Copyright Office: http://www.copyright.gov
Go Copyright - http://www.gocopyright.com
Online – U.S. Copyright Office: http://www.copyright.gov/eco/beta-request.html
Public Domain Music: http://www.pdinfo.com
The Musicians Guide Through The Legal Jungle: http://www.legaljungleguide.com
Volunteer Lawyers For The Arts: http://www.vlany.org

Digital Distribution
Catapult - http://www.catapultdistribution.com
CDBaby: http://cdbaby.net
Independent Online Digital Alliance: http://www.iodalliance.com
TuneCore: http://www.tunecore.com
Watunes: http://www.watunes.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
Sweet Water: http://www.sweetwater.com
ZZ Sounds: http://www.zzounds.com

Music Licensing Services
Harry Fox: http://www.harryfox.com
LicenseQuote: http://www.licensequote.com
Pump Audio: 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
Ariel Hyatt Publicity: http://www.arielpublicity.com
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
Chritian Songwriters: http://christiansongwriters.org
Filmgravity: http://www.filmgravity.com
Film Music Network: http://www.filmmusic.net
Just Plain Folks: http://www.jpfolks.com
Music Publisher's Association - http://www.mpa.org
NAMM - The International Music Products Association: http://www.namm.org
MI7: http://www.mi7.com

Music Promotion Sites
AirPlay Dirct: http://www.airplaydirect.com
Amie Street: http://www.amiestreet.com
Artist Launch: http://www.artistlaunch.com
Music Submit: http://www.musicsubmit.com
Pure Volume: http://www.purevolume.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
Ultimate Band List: http://www.ubl.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

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

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
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
SSL: http://www.solid-state-logic.com

Search Engines
Ask http://www.ask.com
Google: http://www.google.com
Yahoo: http://www.yahoo.com

didn't see your note, Michael...
You have much of what I have....but I have some additions....
will email you.

best,
Kaley

Thanks Kaley!
Ok, I'll look for your email, but if possible please post any additional suggestions right here on this topic. If you know of any other volunteers (official or not), please encourage them to drop by here to view our list and then help fill in the "blanks" for any services or categories we may have missed or that need additional listings, etc.

As suggested above, I'm now asking folks to post up to 3 recommendations (per person) according to these...

Resource suggestion guidlines:
1. Check to make sure your suggestions are NOT already on our master list as shown above.

2. Suggest a product, service or organization that you've recently used and/or have had some positive or meaningful experience with; even if just by word-of-mouth or because you'd be very interested in using such service/tool as soon as you might need it.

3. Please be sure to include: suggested CATEGORY, official product or service TITLE and complete URL.

4. If possible, please include a brief discription (one or two sentences) of any positive experience or success with your suggested listing. Note: If you list more than one suggestion for the same category, please list in alphabetical order for easy copy & pasting, thanks!

5. Optional: If a listing is already included, please feel free to post a brief description of any positive info or experience you've already had with that resource.

Quality control:
If there are any products, services or tools currently listed which you believe are bad or negative (i.e. evil or scammy), please post your experience and reason for wanting us to consider removing such listing. Keep in mind that not all services/tools are alike and even the BEST services may not meet every artist's needs depending on their level of skills, focus or goals, etc.

Let's continue!
Please invite your fellow members and songwriter friends to drop by and review our list. I'd like to see many more JPF members (10 - 100+) stop by and suggest more services/tools to add to our list. I think we have a great start but this is NOT a "one-man show" or project. We're all in this together and Brian, Kaley and I need everyone's input so we can build the best possible resource list to help our community.

Thanks!
Michael

Michael,

Audiosparx has to come off the list. I find them to be both sleazy and unprofessional to the highest degree. Their idiotic and vicious attacks on me when I was helping Tammy went so far over the top that we could and would never endorse them and we'd always want to warn members to steer way clear of them.

Brian

Music instrument and supply retailers:
http://www.samash.com
http://www.zzounds.com/
http://www.sweetwater.com/
http://www.folkofthewood.com/ (a great acoustic, folk instrument retailer)
http://larkinthemorning.com/ (maybe the best internet store for folk and world instruments)

Education and information resources:
http://mixonline.com/ (online version of Mix magazine, pro audio engineer and producer info)
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/music/index.html (Columbia University Music and Arts Library online).
http://www.kvraudio.com/ (a news and information resource for digital recording plug ins)
http://www.soundonsound.com/ (online version of the music recording maagazine Sound on Sound)
http://homerecording.com/ (online resource for home recording)
http://homerecording.com/ (internet Bluegrass magazine and resource)
http://hcl.harvard.edu/research/guides/music/resources/meta.html (Harvard Library list of online resources for music scholars)
http://www.library.yale.edu/musiclib/muslib.htm (The Irving S. Gilmore Music Library at Yale University)
http://www.christmas-carols.net/ (Santa's 50 favorite Christmas Carols)
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/index.jsp (Hey, it's Billboard)

Hope these help, good work, Mike and Kaley.

Mike

Brian,
Ok, I understand. It's just been removed.
Let's hope that in the future they can fix or improve their public relations and perhaps we can consider giving them a another chance.

Michael

Thanks Mike!
I've heard of most of these and will start adding them to our master list.

Cheers!
Michael

testing will be back in minute...

Here's some more....

BOOKING ASSISTANCE TOOLS
International College Bookings:
http://www.icbtalent.com/home.htm

MUSIC NEWS & PRESS

Music Dish: articles, interviews from music industry, practical tips for artists
http://musicdish.com

Music Industry News Network: Up to the minute industry music news and stories
http://www.mi2n.com

MISCELLANEOUS
Songwriters Hall Of Fame: A virtual museum of songwriting history; also showcases and workshops
http://www.songwritershalloffame.org

CD DISTRIBUTION:
(or maybe Misc?)
COMPO10: A comparison information site of 80 or more hosting and distribution sites.
http://compo10.com/MusicHosts.htm

The Orchard: digital distributor, promotor, marketer for Indie's
http://www.theorchard.com


*Under MUSIC ORGANIZATIONS, Unless someone knows something bad
about these folks, this looks good:

Songs Alive: 20 chapters worldwide, Australian based non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing and promoting songwriters and composers.
http://www.songsalive.org

Songwriters Association of Canada (SAC): Association committed to the development and recognition of Canadian composers, lyricists, and songwriters.
http://www.songwriters.ca/

MUSIC MARKETING:
The Musician's Atlas, Printed Version or On-line Resource
http://www.musiciansatlas.com

Music Marketing[Dot]Com: Specializes in internet and street promotion for Indies.
http://musicmarketing.com


Maybe?
Nashville Music Business Directory and Entertainment Guide:
A complete yellow-pages type telephone directory to the Nashville Music Industry.
http://www.nashvilleconnection.com



slow but sure... ...y'all know about turtles....
be back.

That's a GREAT category to add Kaley.. thanks!

Brian

Wonderful Kaley!
Will start adding these right away!!

Attn: Everyone!
As of today, January 23, here's where we need some help to "populate" categories for which we don't have at least 5 entries yet:

Copyright Registration

[b]Digital Distribution

CD/DVD Manufactures

Independent A&R

Internet Radio/Streaming Broadcast

Music Demo Services

Music Licensing Sites

Music Promotion Sites

Music Storage, Downloads and Sales

Political Representation

Public Networking Sites

Search Engines
[/b]Note: I'm not too concerned about search engines since there's only about 3 major ones that all the rest work off of, but if you have any that are geared specifically for helping music artists, bands, songwriters or music publishers, please post them.

Songwriter Association Networks


Thanks,
Michael

Glad to help....brainstorming a bit....

Just some thoughts......

Do we want anything like an Insurance Category. I know there's
several Insurance Companies that cater to Musicians?.....

what about the Grammy Organization....I believe that the organization itself is a lot more than the Awards....
(NARAS)

what about tipsheets?.....
and newsletters?....
Music Consultants?

How about...Audio-Visual Media Tip Sheets (hadn't heard of that one before....but they're out there...and they tell you who needs music...what they need and how to get to them.....
i.e.

http://www.mandy.com , then look under post production / composers

http://www.cuesheet.net
looking for composers

http://www.thescl.com (The Society of Composers and Lyricists)


This is fun.!!!....Needed a diversion from what I was working on .....

best y'all
Kaley

Piano Melodies and Demos:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=8404&content=music
Children Songs:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=6469&content=music
Wyman and Kaley's Andy & Friends CD
http://cdbaby.com/cd/kwwg

Brian..Thanks!!..glad it helps...

Michael...Up above 3 or 4 posts UP from here...I added some more.
Will do some more hunting on the specifics you were asking for..
but need to run....Will be back later.

best,
Kaley

Piano Melodies and Demos:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=8404&content=music
Children Songs:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=6469&content=music
Wyman and Kaley's Andy & Friends CD
http://cdbaby.com/cd/kwwg

Kaley,
I just added some of your suggestions and here's some input on the rest:

Audio-Visual Media - I'm not opposed, but let's get Brian's input first. He'll know best how this may (or may not) fit with his overall vision for this resource listing project.

Grammy Organization - Again, let's see what Brian has in mind. Perhaps it might conflict with the JPF song awards, but if not, perhaps Brian would like to list this under our current "Songwriter Association Networks" or other (appropriate) category.

Insurance Category - Sounds Ok to me. This might be useful to full-time or touring musicians. Let's see what Brian says.

Music Consultants - these can be listed under Music Marketing Resources.

Newsletters - these can be listed under the Miscellaneous (books, newsletters, magazines, etc.) category.
Note: I justed added "newsletters" as an item that goes along with the Miscellaneous category.

Tipsheets - these can be listed under the Music Marketing Resources category.

Society of Composers and Lyricist - Thanks! This has just been added to the Songwriter Association Networks category.

Michael

I want to make sure that we give attention to artist/musician stuff as much as songwriter stuff. There's tons of resources for songwriters and for finished recordings.. but what about artists trying to develop their career? I've always felt JPF did more to help artists than anyone else out there. Most orgs. are songwriter focused. Though we obviously do mostly songwriter stuff on the message boards, the rest of the org activities (newsletter, roadtrips, chapters, music awards) have an artist support tilt to them.

Brian

Yes, I see what you mean.
In other words we want to offer resources that will help career potential artists get into "1st gear" and beyond, all the way up to cruising speed!

Several of our categories already address these needs, such as:

Booking Assistance (Sonic Bids and other agencies)
Digital Distribution (e.g. IODA for indie record labels)
Independent A&R (i.e Taxi, etc.)
Music Demo Services (e.g. Session Players can help bring income opportunities to performers or help artists finish a new recording project, etc.)
Music Licensing Sites (Pump Audio, etc.)
Music Marketing Resources (Bob Baker, Indie Bible)
Music News & Press (can help artists get affordable publicity)
Music Promotion Sites (General artist/band promotion)
Musician Website Hosting (shop around for the best service deals)

I was thinking of suggesting an "indie friendly" Record Labels category. For example, Bad Man Records (label) is very indie friendly and does some networking with CD Baby and was recently featured on one of their podcasts.

A few of our JPF members are also signed with Magnatune which gives them tons of free exposure and licensing income opportunities.

Maybe we can come up with a good list of indie labels that are trustworthy and receptive towards new "career building" acts and talent.

Another good category might be Music Publishers. Again, these would have to be indie friendly or maybe just a list of resources that can help career-minded songwriters learn how to effectively publish their own music. Most start with only a few of their own songs and later grow by adding on new material from co-writers and other project contacts, etc.

So those are my new proposed categories with a "career tilt":
Record Labels and Music Publishers. Any other categories that might help the serious career-minded artists?

Michael

Michael,

I just realized my comment read wrong. I didn't mean to imply that there weren't already musician resources listed, just that I want folks who are adding stuff to think about that stuff as well. For example, are there any sites out there who offer technology to do co-recordings? (i.e. multiple people adding tracks to the same song). I think there are.. but don't know the sites. (Tonos used to do that actually).

Also, Wikipedia is a good resource site. I use it daily to look stuff up. Has anyone used that WikiRyhmer site?

Brian

Brian,
I understand Studiotraxx.com offers something like an online co-recording collaboration tool, for web based recording projects.

Wikipedia is a helpful resource for many small or larger projects. In the last year I've used it several times to confirm some important bits of information and include some public domain images for some of my project.

BTW, I don't think I misunderstood what you were saying, but it made me realize that we need a good balance of resources for both the new songwriters as well as the more experienced career-track artists. Ideally we'll have a range of resources that will help everyone from the beginner to the most experienced.

Michael

Brian,

Regarding co-writng/recording/collab sites, these 2 are not so bad....

http://www.recordingproject.com/index.php

and

http://www.collabnation.net/forums/ubbthreads.php

cheers, niteshift

Here's a few more:

http://www.actra.ca/actra/control/main (Alliance of Canadian Cinema Television and Radio Artists) entertainment association, a lot of musicians join this and AFTRA when they work on radio and tv as "personalities" as well as musicians.

http://www.aimp.org/ (Association of Independant Music Publishers) music marketing

http://www.music44.com/ (the Sheet Music Store, sheet music, books, dvd's etc.)

Thanks Niteshift & Mike!
Your suggestions have all been added except for "The Sheet Music Store".

Mike, can you explain how that works? Is it a place for artists to sell their sheet music? Do they work directly with indie artists or do artists need to go through a distributor or publisher to get their music into this store?

Also, which category would it best fit under? Were you thinking "Musical Instruments & Supply Retailers". I guess the keywords would be "supply retailers", but I want to know a bit more about this service. Have you used them to buy sheet music or mainly to sell your sheet music? Any insights or experience (past or present) will help.

Thanks,
Michael

Here's some

Creative Musicians Coalition (CMC)
international organization dedicated to the advancement of Indies
http://www.aimcmc.com

Garageband.com: On-line music hosting site
http://www.garageband.com

Getsigned.com: A & R , Marketing, Record Deal Resource
http://www.getsigned.com

Government Liasison Services: Trademark research firm
http://www.trademarkinfo.com

When I was buying my digital I used this one:
Harmony Central:Online musicians community with in depth reviews of every conceivable type of instrument
http://www.harmony-central.com/

College Booking: On Line Gigs, by State and Individual College
http://www.onlinegigs.com/index.asp

I'll send these..and then double check to make sure they're not already on the list.

best...
Kaley

Melodies and Demos:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=8404&content=music
Children Songs:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=6469&content=music
Wyman and Kaley's Andy & Friends CD
http://cdbaby.com/cd/kwwg

Hey Michael,

The Sheet Music Store is a store that sells sheet music online. You can buy sheet music, books, like the Alfred books or the Hal Leonard books, they have choral music, instruction methods for instruments (like the Mel Bay method or the Suzuki Method), wedding music, band music, that kind of thing.

Kaley,
Ok, looks like some good new suggestions!
No need to send them to me, just them right here on this topic. I'll be adding recommended suggestions to our master list so this will be the most efficient way to post/publish the list were it goes "live" instantly and everyone can review it!

If you don't mind, please repost your suggestions in this format as follows:

Category = Music Storage, Downloads and Sales
Garageband.com: http://www.garageband.com

That way I'll know what your intended/recommended category is and I can simply "copy & paste" into the master list.

Thanks!
Michael

Mike,
Ok, I see what you mean... it's a music sheets & supplies retail store. That might fit best in our "Musical Instruments & Supply Retailers" category, though it could also be cross-referenced in our "Publications (books, newsletters, magazines, etc.)" category. I'll have to think about it, but most likely the "... Supply Retailers" category will be the best fit. Only problem is that there must be 1,000's of these kinds of retail stores and of course we can't list them all.

Michael

Sorry Michael...I'm not the world's strongest categorizer but I'll try harder from here on out I was thinking some of the above offerings overlapped. Sorry again Send meant I sent them to my computer.

Ok..I'm studying the categories for this first one ...(be back)
RecordingProject:
Site for recording enthusiasts.
http://www.recordingproject.com

MUSICIAN'S LEGAL RESOURCES: (i know there isn't one...but should there be a category like this?)
Kohn on Music Licensing: Copyright Law & Licensing Resource
http://www.kohnmusic.com/#conference

Musician's Intellectual Law & Resources
http://www.aracnet.com/~schornj/index.shtml

The Musicians Guide Through The Legal Jungle:
http://www.legaljungleguide.com/resource.htm

MISCELLANEOUS
Public Domain Music: public domain song lists, research resources, tips and FAQ
http://www.pdinfo.com

will 'post' these.....and be back in awhile.

best,
Kaley

Melodies and Demos:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=8404&content=music
Children Songs:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=6469&content=music
Wyman and Kaley's Andy & Friends CD
http://cdbaby.com/cd/kwwg

Kaley,
Ok, that's perfect!

Regarding the Legal Resources, maybe we can combine Copyrights with Legal like this: "Copyrights & Legal Assistance"
We can start with that and later tweak as needed.

I've just added them all.
Thanks!

Michael

Or perhaps we should have a category for Entertainment Attorneys.

Ok, good idea Brian!

I just added Entertainment Attorneys as a category but I'll let you suggest the first few listings. I know you have some attorney friends (some active on this Mentor Forum) that will probably be happy to get listed! Please list a few to get us started and we'll go from there.

I also "tidied up" the alphabetical sorting of our category listings. I've been tweaking the headings and in the process some things got out of wack, so I'll fix things as we go.

If I missed anything, please let me know.
Regards,
Michael

Howdi,.....

I know this is more a songwriter category suggestion, but should we list those folks who help writers on an individual basis? i.e., Harriet Schock, John Braheny, Barbara Cloyd, Jason Blume?
and their web sites?

and...

Are we interested in listing demo studios at various price ranges?

best...
kk

Melodies and Demos:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=8404&content=music
Children Songs:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=6469&content=music
Wyman and Kaley's Andy & Friends CD
http://cdbaby.com/cd/kwwg