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is a revolutionary music community that rewards users for sharing their music. Grooveshark was founded by three University of Florida students hell-bent on changing the music industry, and the world, forever. Its goal is to compensate everyone in the value chain – from users to rights holders. With an audience quickly approaching 500,000 users, Grooveshark is well on its way to accomplishing these goals.

is the #1 direct-to-fan commerce platform for the music industry, powering over 10,000 unique storefronts across the web, and providing thousands of successful artists and labels with the most effective solutions available for merchandising, selling and distributing their entire catalog to fans world-wide.

provides FREE world-class marketing and promotion solutions to over 325,000 indie musicians, managers, record labels, venues and clubs. Go to ReverbNation.com to get music players and other widgets, get your music on Facebook, send out free band newsletters, and distribute your music to iTunes.

attempts to unpick and explain what’s going on in the online music environment - and from that, develop strategies to help independent musicians and music businesses cope and thrive in a changing media environment.

provides authoritative information for music industry and technology professionals, offering the latest regarding business trends, marketing strategies, and music piracy updates. In a world that continues to get more digitaler, you need information you can trust, insight you can rely on, from a source that hates those freakin' kids stealing your music just as much as you do!

is a media site devoted to sharing your talents with the world. Whether you are acting in a show or singing in a band, we’ve got a category for you.

focuses on "set it and forget it" methods of music promotion, along with a few tips on mixing, brought to you by a mastering engineer and recording artist.

discusses ways to market and license independent music, including pertinent interviews, articles and music reviews.

writes the new book on email marketing and e-newsletter design, offering powerful tools, customization, free image hosting, live chat support, and comprehensive tracking in a gorgeous and sensible web-based working environment.

is a unique recording studio situated in Wimbledon Park, South London, UK. Fantastic equipment, joined with vast expertise and experience in music and voice recording, means that this London recording studio is perfect for a whole host of applications.

has been providing songwriters in all stages of their development with resources, tips and tools since 1995. The site includes song and lyric writing articles, interviews with professional songwriters, and a platform for independent artists to connect with one another.

has been at the forefront of discovering top new songwriting talent since 1990. Dedicated to discovering, promoting and supporting great original songs, the circle currently hosts live music showcases in New York, Philadelphia and Boston, a worldwide annual songwriting contest, The Halftime stadium concert series, an online songwriting community and much more.

is the world's biggest professional music Conference, Trade Fair and Showcase for world, roots, folk, ethnic, traditional, alternative world, local and diaspora music.

magazine covers the world's most exciting music from traditional and popular to contemporary and fusion, featuring artists from all around the globe.

is the world's largest independent music college and the premier institution for the study of contemporary music. The college's 3,800 students and 460 faculty members interact in an environment designed to provide the most complete learning experience possible, including all of the opportunities and challenges presented by a career in the contemporary music industry.

is Israel's largest independent professional music school for the advanced study of contemporary music. Over 400 students and 55 faculty members work in an environment designed to provide the complete music learning experience.

links the higher education and entertainment communities in a business and learning partnership, creating educational and business opportunities for student and professional members.

is a simple alternative to the endless clutter of physical press kits that is exchanged daily between musicians and the people who promote music. Sonicbids has become the leading online submission platform for some of the world's best-known music professionals.

was created in May 2003 by a small, but dedicated, group of music lovers. Providing a platform for unsigned and emerging artists, Overplay.com is an online community with essential features for music discovery and exposure.

is the only publisher of music instruction books and videos based on the renowned Berklee College of Music teaching methods and curriculum. Written by professional musicians, including respected Berklee faculty and alumni, Berklee Press titles enable each reader to learn about the performance, business, technology and songwriting of music on their own turf and timetable.

is a unique music industry resource featuring the most extensive database available of contact info for A&Rs, managers, producers and publishers worldwide, including their track records.

provides online coaching, co-writing and pitching opportunities, in addition to over 40 multi-level courses developed by award-winning songwriters.

will help you create, perform, record, promote and sell music more successfully through a resource listing of over 24,000 industry contacts.

is a 'do-it-yourself' artist resource for musicians, bands and agents that understand the power of information. Members subscribe and contribute to a central database of music listings and opportunities.

is the most powerful suite of songwriting tools ever assembled in one program. These are serious tools for serious songwriters that are as easy to use as a word processor.

is a new, revolutionary, efficient and cost effective way to securely deliver broadcast-quality music and artist press kits to music industry professionals around the world.

Indie-Music.com - Where Serious Musicians Surf. Serving musicians online since 1996 with CD Reviews, song charts, audio, articles, contacts & more.

is a boutique sized MP3 store for the discerning artist and music lover.

is a little online record store that sells CDs by independent musicians.

is an online music community with a full range of services for bands including artist profiles, order fulfillment, MP3 streaming, downloads, internet radio and digital distribution to retailers like iTunes, Napster, and more.

is a comprehensive collection of High End Broadcast production music spanning all the popular musical genres from the world's top composers and songwriters. Due to the growth and popularity of the company, Freeplay Music is now adding a "Featured Artists" category to their catalogue and have begun to sign artists and indie bands to their publishing company on a non-exclusive basis.

is conveniently situated in Central London, offering three spacious control rooms dedicated to tracklaying, stereo mixing and 5.1 surround mixing, all with full sound to picture facilities. There are also six production rooms available for rent by artists, composers and producers - each of which is fully networked to the main studio via a central machine room.

provide friendly and respectful service that will take care of every detail in order to assure that your stay is tailor-made to your requirements, relaxed and memorable.

is an artist development company with a goal to promote exciting new talent and provide them with music production services, career management and creative development.

is an independent record label and multi-media content provider with offices headquartered in the heart of the historic Tin Pan Alley music district of New York City.

is Europe's largest producer management company representing many of the most successful and influential producers, songwriters, mixers, engineers and programmers from Europe and the USA.

is a music promotion and distribtuion company servicing unsigned, indie label and major label artists across th US by obtaining press and radio airplay in appropriate markets and formats.

is the leading CD/DVD Duplicator, Replicator and Printer in the US.

is a complete database and contact info for over 400 music magazines, e-zines, freelance writers & blogs so that you can take control of your own PR.

rocks the best venues in NYC like CBGB, The Knitting Factory, Arlene's Grocer, Pianos, The Canal Room and more!

is a unique program that delivers yearlong promotion, marketing and distribution support for independent artists, independent labels and their releases. The program honors Artists in 37 Album and Song categories and 6 design categories.

140 bands and 50 panel speakers, trade show, seminars, demo critiques, film and much more.

is the Johnny Depp of music blogs.

is an online music licensing marketplace, enabling artists and content consumers to conduct business directly with one another through a swift and user-friendly platform. The site's unique search engine and standardized contracts make proprietary content easy for anyone to license for personal and commercial use through a price bidding system.

is a free, revolutionary indie music video experience. No additives. No preservatives. Fresh. 24 hours a day.

is breaking new ground in the music industry by providing an e-commerce platform that allows artists, bands and others to purchase and book time with musicians, engineers, producers, and other music professionals for online collaboration.

is free email and mobile fan list management, just for bands. Grow your fanbase. Play more shows. Make more money.

is a site built by musicians for musicians to provide an online indie music community of artists, fans and venues. MySongCast runs monthly competitions for their artists in which the fans vote online for their favourite. The overall winner each month receives cash and other bonus prizes such as featured articles or other sponsored items. Fans can find new music and make unlimited music libraries from around the site.

is the only 100% democratic competition where the fans decide who's best in up-and-coming music (and film).

is a one-stop music boutique that offers management, publicity, A&R consulting, promotions, booking, label shopping, licensing, and a slew of other artist services to bands, artists, songwriters, producers, engineers, venues and other music junkies.

(GISC) is an international music industry organisation based in England. Guild members are songwriters, composers, lyricists, poets, performing songwriters, musicians, publishers, studio owners, managers and record companies.

was established in April 2003 as the first music publisher inside a UK agency. They provide music publishing and music consultancy services to both brands and their agencies around the world.

is a suite of music marketing tools for independent artists and promoters. With MyDrifts, artists and promoters can effectively promote their music to their target audience, manage their fanbase, and connect with music industry professionals.