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Music
- MusicMoz Comprehensive
music directory, edited by volunteers. Lists and accepts submissions
of music-related websites, reviews, and artist and recording
information.
- BandLink.net - Searchable
links to band pages, reviews, record labels and radio stations, with
chat forums.
- Barebonz
Musician Directory Services - A free directory of musicians,
teachers and bands in North America, Australia and the UK.
- 1212.com - Lists businesses and
industry professionals by country in categories such as recording
studios, voice-over artists, session singers, producers, lighting
services, film composers, and management agencies.
- The Concert Goer -
Concert reviews directory. Also provides information on concert tours,
concert information and backstage pass information. Accepts user
submissions.
- DailyTunes.com - User
submit titles of songs they love and a server offers a new one
randomly each day, with links to iTunes audio, and recommendations by
genre.
- Discographies - Site author
Ralf Henke offers complete discographies with album artwork on an
eclectic selection of artists including R&B, soul, and jazz.
- ListenMusic.ca - Directory
with links to various musical resources. Extra focus on
technology-related music sites.
- Music Dealers Network -
A searchable online directory service focusing on instrument makers,
dealers and services.
- Music, Guitar and
Bass Links - Includes musical instrument manufacturers, equipment
dealers, bands and guitar/bass tablature.
- Music Mates, LLC. - Free
and paid submissions by U.S. bands seeking musicians and vice versa.
- Music Review - Categories
include radio stations, artists, producers, booking agents, charts, CD
duplication, recording studios, and genres such as blues and gospel.
- Music Yellow Pages -
Links to manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors in the music, pro
audio and entertainment lighting industries organized into narrow
categories, with category alphabar.
- Musical
Note - Links to leading manufactures of guitars, pianos,
keyboards, drums and percussion.
- MusicDish Genome Project
- Thousands of user-submitted annotated links in categories accessible
by dropdown list. From Tag It, e-publisher located in Long Island
City, New York.
- Musichits - Hundreds of
music links, sorted by artist, genre, downloads.
- Musician's Archive -
Directory of links to articles on guitar and bass, effects, piano,
keyboards, drums, songwriting, recording and business/legal aspects of
the music industry.
- Musicians Gallery -
Extensive links to musicians and ensembles organized by instrument and
style, with additional categories offering links to music teachers,
organizations, and vendors catering to musicians. Listing links from
around the world with emphasis on the UK.
- Musicians.net - Offers
several music directories including bands and artists, music business,
and general music. Site also offers gigging information, classified
ads and press kits.
- Musicollaborate
- Directory for professional songwriters and musicians. Listings for
professional openings.
- Musicsage - A cross between
a music directory and a search engine.
- Musictory - Offers links to
lyrics, chords, official sites, biographies for over one thousand
artists. Focuses on mainstream music.
- MusicWorld1000 - Music
catalog and community directory. Covers a wide range of music styles
and industry sites.
- Royal
Music - Eclectic set of links chosen by self-styled queen Rani
Jayakumar include her favorite rock bands, Gregorian chant, and Tamil
film music and Carnatic music from India.
- Sibelius
Academy: Music Resources - Helsinki, Finland conservatory offers
links to composers, instruments, research, opera, and music theory.
- Singer/Songwriter
Directory - Links to thousands of official sites and fan pages
organized by genre and by alphabar, with section for resources such as
music publishers, accepting user submissions.
- Songs/Artists Database -
Reference database starting from the early 1900s. Information provided
on each artist and song, along with related links to artists' websites
and audio files.
- Topmusiclinks - Links
to information resources as well as bands and artists, sorted by genre
or decade.
- UCSB
Libraries: Internet Resources in Music - Extensive, cross-field
musical links provided by the University of California Santa Barbara
Arts Library. Partial list includes instruments, library archives,
associations and popular music.
DJs
- About.com:
DJs and Producers - Interviews and annotated links.
- Computer DJ Summit -
An annual meeting of industry participants and suppliers.
- Disc Jockey Resources
Online - A place to find resources for the DJ and the DJ-client.
- The DJ List - Favorite DJ
poll results, brief CD reviews, and contests.
- DJCentral.com - Streaming
audio, events, chat, and news, as well as a directory of DJs, agents,
clubs, and labels.
- Expressway Music NYC -
Providing DJ, live music and Karaoke in New York City. Offers song
search, music news and list of previous client and venues.
- FamousDJs.com - Profiles of
well-known DJs.
- FromDJ.com - DJ sites and e-mail,
upcoming events, and mixes.
- Internet DJ - News, charts,
events, DJ database, MP3 archive, and forum.
- ProDJ.com - News, message
boards, reviews, tutorials, shopping, and website hosting for
professional DJs. Advice, sound files, and DJ search for party and
wedding planners.
- The Rhythm Institute - Offering
instruction ranging from equipment usage to advanced techniques, as
well as offering DJ's for hire and studio rental. Includes staff
profiles, prices, testimonials, and contact details. [Requires Flash]
- Tronic Music - DJ
profiles, charts, and sound files in RealAudio and mpeg formats.
- Tune Tyme - Provides karaoke
and mobile DJ service specializing in weddings. Includes pricing and
contact information. [Minneapolis, Minnesota]
- United DJs - Includes
news, reviews, charts, competitions, events, and seminars.
History
- Music History
Resources - Outlines and timelines on various topics in
music history from the Middle Ages to the present.
- Almanac
of Classical Music History - Birth and death dates of composers
and performers; first performances of famous works.
- Black
History and Classical Music - Brief overview and biographical
notes about conductors and performers in the classical tradition.
- Classical
Musician Recent Deaths - (from 1988 to current)
- Corridos Sin Fronteras -
Information from Smithsonian Institute about the native Mexican folk
music tradition. Includes a graphical timeline, music samples, videos,
guides and background material for teachers.
- Eras
Online - Basics about the major periods of classical (art) music,
with terms, composers, RAM audio examples, and purchase links. From
Essentials of Music, sponsored by Sony Classical and W. W. Norton.
- Finnish
Music in a Nutshell - Brief history of classical music in Finland;
by Pekka Hako.
- Gallery Music
- (Sung by church and chapel "bands" in the UK in the 18th
and 19th centuries) Includes articles, sample scores and MIDI files,
links, and organizations.
- History in
Song - Includes annotated texts about American history, from
Revolutionary War songs to 1960's anti-war protests.
- The History of
Czech Music - A brief history of Czech music, from the Middle Ages
to the 20th century; Biographies and work of important composers.
(Radio Hudba, Czech Republic)
- History
of Indian Music - Extensive hypertext article by David Courtney.
- Incompetech: Music
Styles - Brief, tongue-in-cheek discussion of musical forms.
- International Alliance for Women in
Music - Includes chronology, extensive biographies of obscure
musicians, MIDI files, discography, bibliography, and resources.
- Jewry in Music
- Articles and links about the entry of Jews into the musical
professions in Europe in the early nineteenth century.
- Major Musical
Periods - Graphic timeline: typical musical forms and styles,
major composers, sample MIDI files
- Medieval Music and Arts
Foundation - Early Western and traditional non-Western music:
Recording suggestions, discussion, articlesl links.
- Music and Chess -
An annotated bibliography of musical compositions related to chess.
- The Music of Freemasonry -
Masonic influences on Classical music, and music in the Lodge: Notes,
MIDI samples, and facsimile pages.
- This Day In Music History -
Daily listing of what happened on this day; extensive introductory
tutorial on music notation. (CD sales: affiliate)
Lyrics
- Ab Lyrics - Collection of
lyrics with new songs added every week.
- All of Lyrics - Search for
lyrics by artist, title or album. Visitors may also submit or make
requests. Available in Russian and English.
- Atlyrics - Various lyrics
from over 200 artists.
- A.T.M. Lyrics - Lyrics to
songs you know, and songs you knew. Requests and submissions welcome.
- A-Z Lyrics - Lyrics
collection organized by artists alphabetically. Search engine
included.
- Blue Lyrics - Lyrics
organized by artists then albums. Artist pictures included.
- Complete Album Lyrics
- Pop, rock, hiphop, r&b, soundtracks, and classical music.
Searching by artists, title or album.
- A Delan - Lyrics
- Lyrics organized by albums, songs, artists. Forum, search, photos
and requests available.
- Download Free Lyrics
- Organized by genre or instrument.
- eLyrics.net - Lyrics for many
songs organized by artist and title.
- eLyrics4U - Searchable
archive of all genres.
- Get Some Noise - A large
database of searchable lyrics for all genres of music.
- Go 2 Lyrics - Comprehensive
lyrics database with advanced search functions.
- Go Music Lyrics -
Alphabetically organized lyrics with a top 100 and latest chart.
Search and request option also included.
- Go Song Lyrics - Lyrics to
latest songs. Includes top 100, search, and latest songs chart.
- GoldLyrics.com - Big
collection of song lyrics. Search engine available.
- The Guitar Guy's Golden
Classics - A collection of words and chords for 1000 classic
American songs from the 1920's to the 1980's, organized by title,
artist, year, and key signature.
- Hot Lyricz - Includes a
variety of genres, with a concentration on songs that were in the top
30.
- House Of Lyrics -
Database for pop and independent artists. Complete albums and
discographies.
- i-Lyrics - Lyrics organized by
artist alphabetically. Search also included.
- Leo's Lyrics - Collection
of searchable lyrics. Search by artists or by title.
- Lerenti - Full album archives,
charts and current hits.
- Lirama - Searchable by alphabetical
order or search engine. Includes songs in a number of different
languages.
- Loglar - Search by song, album
or artist.
- Looking For Lyrics -
Easy to navigate lyrics organized alphabetically.
- Lyric Mania -
Alphabetically organized by artist, album and song name.
- Lyrical Fantasia -
Searching through categorized artists, albums, and songs to find your
favorite lyric.
- Lyrical Legend -
Lyrics from genres like rock, hip-hop, rap, and pop. Songs A to Z.
Artists A to Z. Search Lyrics.
- Lyrics And Songs -
Lyrics of songs sorted by artist alphabetically. Easy to navigate.
- Lyrics Chord - Lyrics and
chords organized alphabetically. Search available.
- Lyrics Demon - Thousands
of lyrics. Hits from all over the world.
- Lyrics Depot - Alphabetical
listing of artists and albums. Search also available.
- Lyrics Directory -
Lyrics including categories such as compilations, cartoons, movies,
musicals, and TV.
- Lyrics Ex - Lyrics by
popular artists af all nationalities and genres, both contemporary and
classic.
- Lyrics First - Latest
lyrics included along with top 100 chart, new lyrics chart and a
request option.
- Lyrics Freak -
Alphabetically organized artists.
- Lyrics Hunt - Large lyrics
collection of all genres and ages.
- Lyrics Keeper - Searchable
collection of lyrics. Simple design, organized alphabetically however
not a big collection.
- Lyrics List - Lyrics organized
by album or artist. Simple, easy to follow layout.
- Lyrics Lyrics and
Lyrics - Simple layout made for easy navigation to the database.
- Lyrics Mania - A large
lyrics collection organized by artist and album. Daily updated.
- Lyrics on Net - Very fast
lyrics website, Bandwidth friendly and without Ads. Well organised
list of songs.
- Lyrics Place - A large
collection of lyrics. Alphabetically ordered by artists.
- Lyrics Spot - A database of
lyrics that is easy to use. Search engine included.
- LyricsDaily.com - Over
50.000 songs. Lyrics Archive A-Z. Billboard Top 50. Muchmusic Top 30.
MTV Top 20.
- LyricsHead.com - Can be
searched or browsed by artist or by album name.
- LyricsNet - Collection from
many artists and genres. Search by name of artist, album, or song, or
by lyrics phrase.
- LyricsVault - All greatest
hits from 1956 up to the potential Golden Oldies from today. What is
the story behind the artist and what was his score on the different
charts.
- Lyrictracker Song Text Project
- Advertisement free lyrics site organized alphabetically.
- LyricZ - Alphabetical order of
artists. Search by artist name or song title.
- LyricZZ - UK, USA, The
Netherlands charts. The alphabetical index of artists and songs.
- Marvellyrics - Artist
Search. Album Search. Song Search. Also the alphabetical orders.
- Metro Lyrics - Large
lyrics database organized by artist and title alphabetically. Forum,
search and requests available.
- Mp3 Lyrics - Browse or
search for any lyric based on artist name or song name. Database
contains different language song texts, but mostly English.
- Music 4 Life - Music
community based on sharing lyrics.
- No Fuss Lyrics - 60.000
song lyrics from all genres. Searching tool
- Ourlyrics - Alphabetically
ordered artists.
- Pure Lyrics - Features
lyrics database containing numerous full albums, search engine and
charts.
- Sasslantis 2k -
Lyrics database organized alphabetically by artist. Includes
searchengine, Eurotop 20, and request lyrics.
- Sitevip.net Lyrics -
Artists from A to Z.
- SmartLyrics - All songs
organized by album, artist, and title.
- Song Lyrics - Song
lyrics of popular music artists. Search alphabetically or by music
style.
- Songlyrics101 - Includes
a requests section. Browse by artist or band name.
- Straight Lyrics -
Lyrics database containing thousands of lyrics, for all genres and
types of music.
- Sweets Lyrics - Lyrics
organized by artist alphabetically
- Wiley's
Baby Boomer Lyrics - Lyrics listed for groups from the 1960's
through today including The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, John Denver,
James Taylor and Gordon Lightfoot.
Music Videos
- About.com
- Collection of resources for music videos.
- AOL Music - New
and Featured Videos - Browse and watch new and old music videos.
- Clipland - Large resource for
information about directors, set-locations and actors. Includes
charts, facts and links.
- Music Video 101 -
Free E-book offering a tutorial on how to create music videos.
- Music Video Production Association
- Non-profit trade organization created to address the mutual concerns
of its members. Includes seminar details, membership information and
contact information.
- MVWire - Resource for music
video industry. Contains news, interviews, how to articles, and
educational content.
- NZMusic - New Zealand music
resource offering music videos, audio, artist profiles and links.
- Songpeople - Watch music
videos and rate them, providing feedback to the Music and Media
industry.
- Spot 'em!
- Lists actors and actresses who have appeared in music videos.
- Sputnik7.com - Chronic music
video streams. [Requires Flash]
- TV U - Live music video
programming, upholding positive lifestyle messages to the young
audience. Available thru satellite, cable and online.
Musicology
- American Music Resource -
Searchable database of primary bibliographical and Internet sources
for American music.
- Archive
of Dissertation Abstracts in Music - Includes about 120 abstracts
providing links to full dissertations. New submissions are welcome.
- Brazilian Music Archives
- Selection of manuscripts from the Mariana Museum of Music, including
rare compositions of religious music from the 17th to 20th centuries,
composed mainly by lesser known Brazilian artists. Read about the
pieces and view facsimiles of each page.
- A
Chronology of the Symphony 1730-1998 - Lists hundreds of
symphonies grouped by composer, then year by year.
- Columbia
University Directory of Musicology Dissertations - Listing and
abstracts for every successfully defended Columbia University
musicology, music theory, ethnomusicology, and music history
dissertation from 1986 to the present.
- Digital Image Archive of Medieval
Music - Archive of Early and Medieval music manuscripts and
scores. Hundreds of scanned images available, with higher resolution
ones for members.
- Doctoral Dissertations
in Musicology-Online - The site presents an index to
dissertations-in-progress and a bibliography of completed
dissertations reported since mid-1995, arranged under the traditional
broad categories.
- German National
Discography - Listing of all 78RPM recordings made in Germany from
1890-1960.
- Ircam - Georges Pompidou
Center - Institute of Research and Coordination in Acoustics -
Music.
- The Keys of Atlantis -
Chapter 1 of this book by Peter Wakefield Sault, that is concerned
with the mathematical derivations of the western system of music, the
Babylonian unit of rotation and the minute of time.
- Web Resources for Research
in Music - A collection of links provided by Music Department of
the University College Cork.
- WWW Sites for
Musicologists - Extensive collection of links.
News and Media
- andPOP Music News - Daily news,
features, and tour dates from the world of pop and Top 40 artists.
- AOL Music - Search for thousands
of music artists from all genres.
- ARTISTdirect
Network - Daily rock, rap, hip hop, alternative, country, pop, and
metal music news headlines.
- BBC
Four Interviews: Listen to Musicians - Brief archived audio clips
from musicians such as Bob Marley, Ravi Shankar, and Daniel Barenboim.
- BeatKing.com - Music
community discussing topics in all genres of music from the 50's to
reggaeton to hip-hop and everything in between. Site includes music
news, downloads, music videos, lyrics, concert coverage, and tour
dates.
- Canoe: JAM! Music -
Provides international and Canadian music headlines, album reviews,
photos, charts and artist profiles.
- CBC.ca: Music News -
News, articles, and Juno Award information from the Canadian
broadcaster.
- Classical
music news from RTE - Radio Telefis Eireann; information on
classical Irish orchestras, details on concerts and performances.
- Crazewire - A publication by
young music journalists. Band interviews, reviews, photo galleries and
discussion forums.
- Curlio.com
- An interactive music news site, updated daily, focusing mainly on
pop music.
- The Daily Swarm -
Aggregated music news headlines. Also features videos and directory of
music news sources.
- 4DaSoul - Neo-Soul music
news and artist profiles. Also features an online radio station and
events listings.
- Eventune - User-submitted
electronic music news stories. Focuses on European and UK dance music.
- Gospelsite
Christian Music News - Daily updated news on Christian music and
artists. Includes related links to full news listings for the
individual artists.
- HardRadio News -
Heavy metal and hard rock oriented history, birthdays, news bits.
- Hypeblog - Aggregated music
headline news and discussions.
- Karaterice - Provides
information on bands emerging from the Asian underground music scene
and helps promote live music events featuring Asian Rock artists in
the United States. Site features news, interviews, reviews, and a
forum.
- Live Daily - Rock-oriented
concert news, reviews, and interviews. Associated with Ticketmaster
Online.
- LiveForMusic - UK music
news, reviews, gig guides and forums.
- Michael's
Eclectic Music Pages - Pop, country, jazz, blues, and industry
headlines from a wide range of sources.
- Mi2N - Music Industry News Network
- Searchable press release service for music professionals, providing
indie album release listings, band and label news, tour and event
information.
- MTV News Headlines - Online
news from Music Television focusing on rock, metal, rap, hip hop,
R&B, and pop.
- Music Target - General
music news, headlines and album information.
- musicNerve.com - Latest
news, reviews and record releases from the indie rock and experimental
music worlds.
- Musictoday News -
Daily music news featuring headlines, feature stories, album reviews,
interviews and live buzz.
- Musiqtone - Online music
news covering mainstream, indie, and underground. Provides interviews,
reviews, music downloads, and developing indie talent.
- The Next Big Thing -
Regular news updates and related links for music, film, TV, and
beyond.
- NPR:
Music - News, feature reports, audio programs, podcasts, and
interviews from National Public Radio.
- PlayLouder - UK-based music
news source focusing on alternative music featuring articles and
reviews.
- Project Loud - Contains
news, reviews, and contests about Rock, Alternative, and Punk music.
- Rocknerd - Several original
news stories per week on emerging and established artists.
- RockNews.info -
Daily rock headlines gathered from commercial and indie sites.
- RollingStone.com
- News, reviews,interviews, music videos, Webcasts, message boards,
and archives.
- The Selekta - Online since
1998, provides news coverage on electronic and underground music. Also
features artist and label profiles and audio samples.
- Shoutmouth - Reports daily
news on more than 1,000 popular bands and music artists.
- SoundChronicle -
Concert news and tour information. Focused on North American popular
music.
- Spinner.com - MP3 news blog
covering mainstream and indie rock. Contains music videos and
interviews.
- Spotlight on R&B
- R&B news and new releases.
- Stereoboard.com
Daily Music News - Daily music news, reviews and interviews.
Mainly focused on UK rock and indie music.
- Swampland:
Music - Southern music news and interviews.
- theprp.com - News, reviews,
sample sounds, and features on new and upcoming heavy metal and hard
rock bands.
- Tinfoil Music - Music news
presented the way the author sees it.
- UKMusic.com - UK website with
daily news updates, reviews,interviews, forum chat, new releases, and
audio downloads.
- Ultimate-Guitar.Com:
News - Daily music news from Ultimate Guitar covering rock, metal,
punk and alternative music. Also guitar industry news and interviews.
- UltraVolume.com - Rock and
heavy metal news resource with articles and reviews.
- VH1 Main News - Pop and Rock
news, extensive list of artists' music and video samples, interviews,
reviews and message board.
- Virgin Media: Music
- Latest music news and charts, picture galleries, interviews,
downloads, and interactive polls.
- XFM
Music News - Music news provided by the UK alternative radio
station XFM
Organizations
- The Acoustic
Performer's Guild - A non-profit organization dedicated to
acoustic musicians and the creation and dissemination of unamplified,
acoustic music. Basic membership and organization information.
- Acoustical Society of America -
Contains meeting and membership information, a list of publications,
and a number of natural and man-made sound samples in the .au format.
- A Cappella Almanac - Official
home of CASA - the Contemporary A Cappella Society of America. A
comprehensive source for news and information related to all-vocal
music. Also features events, groups, albums, tips and advice, reviews,
classifieds, web directory, and song arrangements library.
- The Children's Music Network
- A nonprofit association that now has members across the United
States and Canada, including teachers, performers, songwriters, radio
hosts, and parents who care about the quality and content of
children's music. Includes event calendar, the magic penny award, and
resources.
- Choristers Guild - An
ecumenical organization of directors of children's and youth choirs
and publisher of music and related materials. Includes information
about events and scholarships.
- Conductors Guild -
Includes listing of activities and publications, and downloadable
composer contract forms.
- Electronic Music Defense and
Education Fund (EM:DEF) - Provides legal assistance to members of
the electronic dance music community prosecuted, targeted, or harassed
by the government or police.
- Film Music Society -
Devoted to the preservation of classic Hollywood movie and television
scores. Includes information about many Hollywood composers and film
scorers, and membership information.
- Global Alliance of Performers -
Non-profit group based in Washington state joining together musicians,
performers, producers, artists and journalists, seeking to improve the
world.
- The IMA Web - The
International Music Association. Features classical music and provides
a community for the public, music lovers, and musicians.
- International Association of Music
Information Centres - A world-wide network of organizations
promoting new music, active in thirty-six countries. Each center is
responsible for documenting and promoting the music of its own country
or region. Includes basic association information.
- Johnny Mercer
Foundation, The - A non-profit organization devoted to preserving
and celebrating the Great American Songbook in the tradition of Johnny
Mercer. Helps the blind to read and play music.
- Just Plain Folks -
Organization of music industry professionals whose goals include the
networking of members and the promotion of music worldwide. Includes a
list of mentors, links and current member demographics.
- Music Fan Clubs Organization
- Fan-oriented site providing up to date information about your
favorite singers, groups and bands.
- NAMM: International Music Products
Association - Members represent every aspect of musical instrument
manufacturing and retailing. Site includes information about
membership, and all the promoted activities.
- NAPBIRT - National Association
of Professional Band Instrument Repair Technicians. Includes a list of
repair schools, details of regional clinics and membership.
- National Association of Negro
Musicians - The oldest organization dedicated to the preservation,
encouragement and advocacy of all genres of the music of
African-Americans in the world. Contains general association info, and
links to info on many of the members.
- Rock & Roll Library -
Works to recognize the historical and cultural significance of popular
music. Sponsorship information, newsletter signup, teacher resources,
and gift shop.
Resources
- Glossary
- Concise definitions of musical terms including form and theory,
composers, instruments and historical eras, with RAM audio examples
and purchase links. From Essentials of Music, online companion to the
Essential Classics series of books published by W. W. Norton.
- Indiana
University School of Music: Worldwide Internet Music Resources
- Categorized links to musicians and ensembles, composers, research
sources by musical topic, the business of music, and
performance-related subjects including competitions, festivals and
auditions, with search and site map.
- A2Gmusic.com - Resources, tips,
news, classifieds, forums and music related databases. Includes
information about copyrights, trademarks, marketing and locating a
record label.
- American Hit Network
- Reviews, release dates, music news, concert dates and reviews, music
history, games and web radio.
- Auralgasms - Biographies,
discographies, sound samples, tour dates and user comments focusing on
new artists.
- Center for Computer Assisted
Research in the Humanities - Stanford University project founded
in 1984 offers free public access to large databases and online tools
for music research and scholarship. Includes printable scores,
voice-leading checkers, and scores and MIDI files for koto and tabla.
- Computer
Music bibliography - Large plain text annotated list of
publications on MIDI, synthesis, and computer music, with links to
music and artificial intelligence, maintained by Piet van Oostrum.
- Evolutionary
Music Bibliography - Companion to 2007 book discussing
applications of evolutionary computation to music, by computer music
professor Eduardo Reck Miranda of Plymouth, UK, and information
technology professor (and trumpeter) Al Biles of Rochester, New York,
US.
- Glossary for Music
Bibliography - Definitions of terms used in music bibliography,
both English and German, from the Arthur Friedheim Library at the
Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, US.
- Grove Music Online - The
mothership of musical scholarship offers links to nearly 50,000
articles, images and sound files from 6,000 contributors. Access by
paid subscription, free trials and reduced rates available for
libraries and schools.
- Hidden Songs.com - Lists
hidden and unlisted tracks found on albums and CDs, accepting
submissions from site users.
- MSN Music Guide -
Includes news, reviews, charts and links.
- Music
Archive for the Pacific - Bibliography and Library Access - Text
list of books and articles on music in Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii,
and Papua, New Guinea, with link to the library at Southern Cross
University in Sydney, Australia.
- Music
Bibliography - Exhaustive text list of books on writing film
scores as well as subjects such as composition, harmony and
counterpoint, with links to sites on classical composition and
composing for films. Maintained by Dimitrios Markatos.
- Music
Bibliography - Links to research materials, musical societies,
scholarly journals, and various uncategorized sites annotated and
maintained by Professor Bruce C. McIntyre of the Conservatory of Music
at Brooklyn College (CUNY).
- Music
Bibliography at IUP - Course syllabus and brief articles for
students of Carl Rahkonen at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, with
links to a dozen significant music libraries and online archives.
- Music Player Network -
Portal with artist interviews, news, equipment reviews, and forums.
- Music-Atlas - Portal with
artist and band biographies, polls, top ten lists and musician jokes.
- Online Tuning Fork -
Click to hear sustained pitches including C, E, and concert A 440mHZ.
With links to similar sites.
- Rhythm
and Meter, A Bibliographic Glossary - Links to dozens of scholarly
books and articles with glossary of terms, accepting user
contributions. Created by graduate students at Indiana University in
1996.
- Schirmer Audio
Dictionary of Music - Enter musical terms to hear examples and see
definitions with musical notation, from education publisher Thomson
Wadsworth. With required Shockwave plugin.
- Shavano Music Online -
Self-help articles about band equipment, lighting systems, speakers,
equalization, and business including contracts. Free submissions for
bands seeking musicians and vice versa.
- Solo Performer - Veteran
singer-songwriter Steve Rapson of Quincy, Massachusetts offers
extensive self-help articles on practical aspects of being a working
musician, including legal and music business issues.
- SongTrellis -
Collaborative site offering chord changes to more than a thousand
tunes as submitted by contributors, along with chat forums and FAQs.
- Themefinder - Search by
note names, intervals, or solfege to see matching classical themes or
folk melodies in musical notation. From the Center for Computer
Assisted Research in the Humanities at Stanford University.
- Web Music Database -
Collaborative user-submitted database of cross-referenced artists,
albums, tracks, and sound files.
- Who Does That Song -
Find artists by song title or titles by artist, cross-referencing
artists who have changed names or joined different groups.
Reviews
- 1-0 -
Album reviews, with pictures, and related links.
- About
Classic Rock: The Classic Eye - Reviews of classic rock new
releases and reissues.
- About.com:
Teen Album Reviews - Shari Waters' teen-oriented reviews.
Organised by artist name.
- All-Reviews.com -
Album reviews with ratings and cover art. Includes reviewer's 'best
of' lists.
- AOL Music - New and
Breakthrough Artists - AOL Music picks tomorrow's stars today.
- AudioJam -
Fan-submitted reviews. Hosts artists web sites.
- The Aural
Chamber - The cranky, acerbic reviews of today's pop music by a
cantankerous granny.
- Big Beef and
Beer - Album reviews with ratings and cover art.
- Bullz-Eye.com
CD Reviews - Reviews of new and classic CDs in the rock, pop and
alternative genres.
- CanEHdian.com
- Canadian and popular album reviews, organized by artist and genre.
- Classic Albums
- Classic album reviews from various critics.
- cMusicWeb.com - Featuring
in-depth reviews, current news, and other information on many bands,
plus extras such as book reviews, and artist interviews.
- Concert Livewire - CD
and concert reviews, photos, seating charts, ticket exchange and
links.
- Crud
Music Reviews - Indie rock, pop, alternative and dance music
reviews.
- The Daily Vault - Album
reviews with liner notes, ratings, and a feature story.
- DPW's Album
Reviews - Track listing, grading and a "best" and
"worst" track selection for a large selection of albums in
many different genres.
- Drawer B - Archive of reviews
from both independent and established artists. With submission
information.
- Ear to the Sound -
Dedicated to reviewing legendary music artists. Includes artist
profiles, album reviews, covers and ratings.
- Epinions.com -
Music reviews and opinions written by consumers.
- Eraser Online - Reviews of
industrial, gothic, synth-pop, crossover, and alternative metal.
- Figgle.com -
Reviews music of different styles, including related links and
contests.
- FM Sound - Monthly music
reviews, interviews, and news.
- The Greatest 1,000 Albums
- List of 1,000 greatest albums of all time, along with year end
best-of lists from many different critics and publications.
- InternetEd - Reviews of CDs
from many genres.
- Into Liquid
Sky - Graded reviews of Top 40 music, with an archive.
- Jack Feeny Reviews -
Reviews and ratings of rock, punk, hip hop and alternative albums.
- Jim
Trageser's Music Reviews - Two decades worth of reviews of jazz,
blues, world beat and other styles.
- Just Like Honey - Album
and single reviews in a variety of genres.
- Knockout -
Current and catalog albums reviewed.
- LA Music Scene -
Reviews of albums and concerts, from Los Angeles, US.
- Launch Reviews - UK site
reviewing albums, singles, and live performances.
- Lou's
Music Review Essays - CD and concert reviews focusing on
classical, jazz, and folk roots genres.
- Luna Kafé -
Archive of music reviews from around the world.
- Lunatune - Source of
critiques on Latin, Jazz, Funk and Dance recordings.
- Metacritic Music -
Reviews from various critics and music publications on new releases in
a variety of genres.
- Music Matters
Reviews - Reviews of folk, blues, alt-country, Celtic, cajun,
zydeco, jazz, and R&B releases.
- Musical Taste -
User-submitted recommendations of their favorite songs.
- Music-Critic.ca - Pop,
rock, and alternative reviews, plus message board and links.
- Music-Critic.com - Album
and concert reviews in all genres with music-related articles and
interviews.
- Musicfolio - Amalgamates
reviews of artists and albums from other sites.
- musicOMH.com - Music
reviews, including albums, gigs, singles and opera, plus interviews
and a venues directory.
- Musicrooms.net - UK based
directory contains links, news, reviews, articles and live media.
- Musings -
Reviews of releases from many genres.
- MustHear.com - Reviews
focusing on jazz, pop, funk, and soul music. Includes a photo gallery.
- The Night Owl - Reviews on
a wide range of styles by a member of the National Music Critics
Association.
- Nude As the News - Album
and live reviews, with a searchable archive. Focuses mainly on rock
and alternative rock releases.
- NY Rock - Reviews of
albums, and concerts in New York City. Includes audio and video clips
and pictures.
- OurMusic - User submitted CD
and concert reviews, message board, and events.
- 1-Percent.com
- Album and live reviews, including news and downloads.
- Pitchfork Media -
Reviews, news, MP3s, and release dates.
- PopLife - Specializes in Urban
music, reviewing major record label releases and independent material.
- Pops Noble
Underground - Pop, urban, indie and underground music reviews.
- Randy's Rodeo - Includes
reviews of albums in categories such as alternative, austin, country,
jazz, lounge, oldies, power pop, punk, reggae, rock, seventies and
soul.
- Rate Your Music - User
submitted album reviews and ratings.
- Review Gods -
Dance and rock reviews from Cool Hand Luke.
- Reviewed4u.com - Reviews of
new music releases, with related links and track listings.
- Robert
Christgau - Pop and rock reviews from Rolling Stone reviewer and
author of Christgau's Consumer Guide.
- Rock3 - UK rock
and concert reviews.
- Rock Reviews.net - Pop,
rock, metal and alternative reviews.
- Rocksector -
Reviews and other information about selected releases on MP3.com.
- Roots Music Report -
Reviews blues, folk, bluegrass, country, alternative country and roots
in a weekly chart format.
- SACD Info - Super Audio CD
format reviews and news.
- Sexbuzz: Music - Album
reviews of many popular genres.
- Slipcue.Com - San Francisco DJ
Joe Sixpack offers quirky reviews and album recommendations.
- Sound Bytes -
Reviews of independent folk and roots-related CDs. Written by Canadian
journalist and arts critic Bob MacKenzie.
- TeenSpot.com Music Reviews
- Offers teen-oriented music reviews.
- TheCelebrityCafe CD
Reviews - Reviews of albums all genres, plus reader ratings and
votes.
- TRC Music - Reviews,
lyrics, song interpretations and a wide variety of opinions on various
albums, with a special focus on They Might Be Giants and Radiohead.
- W and A's Record Reviews - Many
reviews spanning various genres, new and old.
- The Welkin: Online Music Reviews
- Reviews covering a variety of genres such as alternative rock,
metal, jazz and indie, with a particular emphasis on lesser-known
groups.
- Whisperinandhollerin
Music Reviews - Pop, punk, alt-country, and electronic reviews.
Based in Ireland.
- Zimo
and Bing's Music Tribute - The two owners review purchased CDs
with the objective of giving other purchasers another person's
opinion, rather than an objective review.
Sound Files
Theory
- Abacci
Music Lessons - Music theory lessons with accompanying MIDI files.
- Analysis
of Masterpieces - Analysis of full-music 20th Century atonal
pieces.
- A-Natural Atonality
- Claims that atonality is unnatural while tonality is acoustically
and historically natural.
- The Ancient Musical Modes
- Ideas regarding the "classical modes" described by Plato
and Aristotle.
- AP
Music Theory - Information about studying for and taking the
advanced placement music theory exam. [PDF]
- Auto-Transposer -
Transposes all twelve major keys of chord progressions.
- The
Basics of Reading Music - Online tutorial by Kevin Meixner.
- A Beginner's
Guide to Modal Harmony - A concise explanation of the Gregorian
and Renaissance modes and their development in the Common Practice
era.
- Bimodalism - A
contemporary alternative to atonal styles of composition.
- Chaos Music Paper I:
Aesthetic Evaluation - Essays explaining computer music theory
providing detailed analysis.
- Chordwizard: How
Music Works - A concise summary of important concepts in music.
- Creativelab - Visual
representations of music expressed in terms of color. In English,
Ukrainian and Russian.
- Dolmetsch: Music
Theory & History Online - Offers a musical dictionary,
recorder lessons, instrument information and a composers listing.
- Dynamic
Spectrograms of Music - Provides a type of spectrogram suitable
for understanding the structure of music.
- eMusicTheory.com - Java
applets designed to help students of music improve their basic music
reading skills.
- Eric
Weisstein's Treasure Trove of Music - A reference resource on
music theory, covering in brief a vast array of topics.
- Essentials of Music
Theory - Summarizes entry-level music theory through advanced
topics. Includes beginners' drills.
- The Fugue
- An outline of the fundamentals of a fugue based on Hugo Norden's
"Foundation Studies in Fugue."
- Fugue No. 17:
A-Flat Major - Introduction to the essential concepts of
Schenkerian analysis applied to the Ab Major fugue of Bach's
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
- Fugue Treatises,
Analyses and Tools - Bibliography of fugue analysis research,
writings and analysis.
- Gems of
Compositional Wisdom - Articles on advanced atonal and serial
concepts.
- Good Ear - Online ear
training site.
- Harmonic
Bindings - A paper about the unification of Janecek's theory of
imaginary tones with the two Risinger's principles of functional
relations.
- Harmony.org.uk - By Tom
Sutcliffe. Aims to help students of music theory understand the role
of chord progressions in musical structures. Site includes animated
demos.
- Interval and Chord
Ear-Training - This site drills ear-training (aural skills),
focusing on the aural recognition of musical sounds, including
intervals and chords.
- The Method Behind the
Music - A resource for music theory, music history, the physics of
musical sound, and conducting.
- Modes and
Scales in Indian Music - A historical look at concepts of Indian
scales and modes comparing North and South Indian approaches.
- Music Acoustics -
The science of music. Explanations of how musical instruments work via
waves and frequency modulation.
- Music Theory -
A guide to music theory that including chords, scales, music notation
and other music theory topics. Has blog format; includes links as
well.
- Music
Theory - Covers intermediate and slightly advanced topics in tonal
music theory.
- Music Theory for the
Short Attention Span - Essential music theory knowledge, briefly
explained.
- Music
Theory Help Site - Intermediate music theory help covering basics
through beginning formal analysis and counterpoint.
- Music Theory
Instruction - Online instruction for all musicians beginner or
advanced. Covers scales, chordal theory, progression theory, modes and
foreign scales.
- The Music Theory Minute
- Online music theory tutorials for beginning students.
- Music Theory Society
of New York State - Provides a forum for the exchange of
information and to promote music theory as a scholarly and pedagogical
discipline. Site also contains membership and scholarship information
as well as open calls for papers.
- Music
Worksheets - Downloadable worksheets for elementary and middle
school students.
- Musica Theoria
- Offers explanation of chords, scales, harmony, tuning systems,
counterpoint. Also provides links to ear training sites, news groups
and history.
- The Musical
Intervals Tutor - Offers interactive music intervals and
self-testing.
- The Musical Octave
- Thomas Váczy Hightower's study of musical scales. Discuses the
meta-physical properties of music and the creation of musical scales
from an acoustic and mathematical perspective.
- Nuottila - Online ear
training fundamentals site. [Requires Java]
- Pattern Thinking in Music -
Offers visual aid to recognizing musical patterns occurring in melody,
harmony and rhythm. Provides online demonstration; requires download.
- Polytempo Music
Articles - Articles by John Greschak. Includes a comprehensive
annotated bibliography of polytempo music.
- Rhythm Exercises
- Notation for drills, rudiments and etudes for practicing rhythm.
- Ricci Adams' Musictheory.net
- Includes introductory and intermediate music theory lessons, ear
trainers, and books.
- SchenkerGuide - An
introduction to Schenkerian analysis for undergraduate music students.
Includes background, working method, glossary and bibliography.
- Schoen Musical
Notation - Julius Schoens alternative to traditional musical
notation, has music notation documents, reference, and discussion.
- Sight-Reading
Rhythmic Patterns - Rhythmic exercises with accompanying MIDI
files.
- Simplified
Music Chord Theory - Explains scales and building chords from
them.
- Skytopia:
Music and Art Aesthetics - Author's overview of how every piece of
music, every sound, and every picture can be rated on its own merits
outside (as well as inside) human opinion.
- Society for Music
Theory - Includes a database of journal article from the SMT
Journal.
- Solomon's Music Resources -
Resources for composers, music theorists, and researchers of music,
with sound files, papers and compositions.
- Star Theory
- Free preparatory syllabus in music theory and orchestration.
- Technical
Committee on Musical Acoustics - A group within the Acoustical
Society of America, that concerns itself with the application of
science and technology to the field of music. Contains members, a list
of papers, acousticians and links.
- Teoria - Includes software,
books, exercises, and links.
- Theory on the Web -
Intermediate music theory review for college students.
- The Tonal Centre -
Interactive site for music composers and theorists which explains and
demonstrates some of the key concepts of tonality; including chords,
scales, cadences, and modulation.
- Tonality Guide -
Fundamentals of tonality and music theory created as an online
teaching tool with written and aural examples.
- 8-Tone Quarto-Modes
Concept - Information with mp3 files, an introduction to the
"diminished-major" and its applications.
- VCU
Music Theory Resources - Music theory and ear training resources
from Virginia Commonwealth University.
- Visualizing
Music: A Model of Harmony - Visual model of music which
geometrically describes relationships in harmony.
- What is Music - Solving a
Scientific Mystery - Provide information on the book by Philip
Dorrell which explains a new scientific theory about music: the
super-stimulus theory.
- WholeArts -
Music Conservatory - Introductory dialogue for courses in music
theory and composition.
Vocal
Women Music
- Absolute Divas -
Featuring biographies, discographies, lyrics and pictures for today's
women 'divas' in the music industry.
- AOL
Music - Women Who Rock - See a photo countdown of the top 20 women
in rock today.
- BellaOnline
Country Music News - Discussion board for women about country
music.
- CalArts Women's CD - An
annual student-produced compilation of original compositions by women
at California Institute of the Arts.
- Celestial Voices - Web based
resource dedicated to promoting haunting, atmospheric and ethereal
female vocals.
- Church of Girl -
Encourage the creation of culture. An online radio station as a free
resource for female artists to promote their work. Art gallery, play
list, and links.
- The Cover Zone: Celebrating
Women of Rock - Focuses on female musicians and bands with a wide
variety of photos, interviews, lyrics, discographies, MP3's, videos,
contests.
- Duke
University Library: Women in Music By Musical Genre - Text lists
and links to library resources such as books, periodicals and
recordings on women performers and composers by musical genre.
- FolkDiva Records - Independent
label maintained by artists such as Green, Eileen Hazel, and Anna
Root. Site contains artist profiles, tour schedules, and a mailing
list.
- Girl Groups - Songs,
styles and history of pop music girl groups of the 1960s.
- Gyrls Rock - By
Sara Hamilton. Information on new releases by women musicians, links,
events, tributes to favorite artists.
- Harmony Ridge Music - A record
label that is dedicated to female singers and songwriters. Includes
artist search, catalog, photo gallery and mailing list.
- Les Filles du Metal
(The Girls of Metal) - Discography, Lyrics, Interviews, sound
files, videos, pictures, and concert dates for women who play metal.
In French and English.
- Rocker Chick - For chicks
that rock and the people that love them.
- Womanrock.com - Place for
independent women artists can meet, network, learn and grow
individually. Includes features on women rock performers, interviews,
event listings, and links on female artists.
- Women at the Piano - List of
concert pianists, past and present, with timeline and links.
- Women in Harmony -
Resource for the female vocal harmony singer featuring essays,
recordings, arrangements and message board.
- Women in
Music: Folk Sources - A pathfinder for sources on women's music in
Duke University Libraries.
- Women
in Music Information - Mills Music Library provides a bibliography
and links to related sites.
- The Women of 1970's Punk -
The music, the fashion, the aftermath - from Rockin' Rina.
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