| Acoustic Music Scene AcousticMusicScene.com features News & Commentary for the Folk, Roots & Singer-Songwriter Communities |
| Addicted-to-Songwriting Complete info on songwriting: articles, interviews, tips & more. |
| ASCAP, Inc. ASCAP protects the rights of its members by licensing and distributing royalties for the non-dramatic public performances of their copyrighted works. ASCAP's licensees encompass all who want to perform copyrighted music publicly. ASCAP makes giving and obtaining permission to perform music simple for both creators and users of music. |
| BMI, Inc. BMI is an American performing rights organization that represents approximately 300,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in all genres of music. The non-profit-making company, founded in 1939, collects license fees on behalf of those American creators it represents, as well as thousands of creators from around the world who chose BMI for representation in the United States. The license fees BMI collects for the "public performances" of its repertoire of approximately 4.5 million compositions - including radio airplay, broadcast and cable television carriage, Internet and live and recorded performances by all other users of music - are then distributed as royalties to the writers, composers and copyright holders it represents. |
| Broadjam.com Broadjam uses innovative technology to provide efficient distribution services to musicians, and provides quantifiable business solutions to music publishers serving the recording, television, film and advertising industries. |
| Bang On Records Studios Long Island based music production and education company that provides Voice and Guitar Instruction, and music production services. |
| Chatterbox Productions Huntington-based music production and recording services |
| Cooke’s In The Cooke's In specializes in Caribbean, cajun, southern and soul food. Owner Jaunita Cooke is a long time supporter of music and artists and her restaurant is superb. |
| Coyote Music Coyote Music, Inc. was founded towards the end of the second millennium with the goal of providing students of the guitar and bass with the highest level of personal instruction possible. The staff includes founder Douglas Baldwin (Associate Editor, GuitarOne Magazine; author of Play Guitar By Ear), Ethan Meixsell (Favored Nations recording artist and producer; guitarist with The Scoldees) and Skip Krevens (Broadway and studio veteran; guitarist with the Toca band and Long Island's first-call pedal streel player). Our instruction studio is located in the Gyrodyne Industrial Campus, also known as Flowerfield, in St. James NY. |
| EZ Folk Richard Hefner's instructional site for banjo, guitar, ukulele, and harmonica, containing hundreds of pages of tablatures and tutorials as well as the ezFolk (2500+) Link Directory! |
| Film Music Network Bringing the Film Music Community Together. The Film Music Network offers regular seminars on marketing your music to films, TV and video games and has a full range of professional services on and offline. |
| Folk Music Society of Huntington Brings regional acts and local acts together for a wonderfully appreciative audience. Looking for one of the best open-mike's on the Island? Check out the Folk Music Society of Huntington's Hard Luck Cafe Series on the third Saturday of most months. |
| FolkAlley.com Folk Alley strives to bring folk music to the world via the Internet, reaching across the miles and the generations to provide global exposure for an art form with long-standing tradition and a loyal fan community. |
| The Folk Project A not-for-profit folk music and dance organization which sponsors or organizes a wide variety of folk music and dance activities in the Northern New Jersey area. |
| TheFreeArtistNetwork.com TheFreeArtistNetwork.com was created to break down barriers between musicians and their fans. To give artists unprecedented control of their work. To give fans unprecedented access to bands and to each other. |
| Grounds and Sounds Grounds & Sounds features the best in live acoustic music in a casual, comfortable atmosphere. Enjoy gourmet coffee, pastries and desserts. Bring a bottle of wine and we’ll pour it for you – fruit and cheese plates are available, too. |
| Huntington Guitar Learn to play guitar in a wide variety of styles and performance settings. Instructor David Cook will show you a systematic method with which you will achieve your goals efficiently and at your own pace. |
| International Songwriting Competition ISC's mission is to provide songwriters and musicians exposure in the international arena and to have their music heard by some of the most prominent and influential members of the music industry. Aside from the cash and prizes, ISC winners will also benefit from a promotional campaign that includes an annual compilation CD distributed to A&R executives, artist showcases at various conferences, air-play on ISCRadio, and more. |
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| Indie Music Directory IndieMusicDirectory.com Is A FREE Service provided by Museka! LLC Museka! LLC is a New Media Entertainment Company. Our Mission for developing this directory is to provide a World Wide Portal for Indie Musicians to expose their talent at a site where Indie Music Lovers visit to find new Music. |
| Inside Connection Music magazine publisher and publisher of the annual 2007 A&R Resource Guide |
| JazzFusion TV Hundreds of hours of free, rare, vintage, live audio & video from jazz fusion’s most influential artists, including: Herbie Hancock, Return To Forever, Miles Davis, Weather Report, Larry Coryell, Billy Cobham, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Airto, Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny, Brecker Brothers, Stanley Clarke, and more. |
| LI Songwriters Internet Radio Provides a vehicle through which the many talented Long Island songwriters have an opportunity to present their music to new listeners. Hosted by Rich O'Brien |
| Lyricist.com With over 2500 links to unsigned artist and singer-songwriter resources, this is a huge site with links to articles on songwriting, societies, products, and industry contacts. |
| Mel Glazer Songwriting Workshop Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve been writing for a while, whether you write for your own self-gratification or you’re looking to get published, Mel’s workshop offers knowledge, experience and encouragement. |
| Modern Voices Distribution MVD is a global distributor of digital content. We are looking for successful Labels and Artists that represent the best talent the Global Music Community has to offer. If you want to ride the cutting edge wave of the rapidly changing Global Digital Market, please visit our site to submit your music. |
| Nashville Songwriters Association LI Chapter The Long Island chapter of the NSAI meets at Five Towns also. Very highly recommended. |
| Our Times Coffeehouse Looking for a great place to perform or catch some of the top local acts, check out the Our Times Coffee House. It's located at the Ethical Humanist Society, 38 Old Country Rd. Garden City, NY 11530. |
| Paradiddle Records Recently hailed as "One of the true champions of Long Island music" by Good Times Magazine we are particularly proud to be able to showcase some of the Island’s outstanding talent. At Paradiddle Records we are always looking for new voices and new visions. |
| Perfessor Bill Records restorer and archiver of classic American piano music |
| Pisces Cafe Open Mic Wednesdays 8 P.M. The Pisces Cafe is on 14A Railroad Ave Babylon, NY |
| Songwriters Guild of America National organization for songwriters with workshops, showcases and professional resources. |
| SingerSong.com Giant link site especially geared towards singer-songwriters. |
| SongWellspring.com Our site includes a FREE list of music libraries that media producers call on for music to include in their movie, video, commercial and other media project. In addition, we provide FREE contact information to music supervisors, who are directly responsible for placing music in their productions. |
| Songwriter Universe Founded by longtime music industry professional Dale Kawashima. Check out the site's magazine, resource links and music business section. |
| S.B. MacDonald Custom Instruments Scott is the proprietor of S.B. MacDonald Custom Instruments. He designs and builds custom guitars around the needs and personality of each client. In addition, Scott offers expert guitar repair and restoration services. His shop is an authorized service center for: Martin, Gibson, Taylor, Guild, and Ovation guitars. He performs all phases of repairs: Set-ups, fret work, cracks, bridge work, broken headstocks, pick-up installatons, loose braces, and more. |
| THE LONG ISLAND FINGERSTYLE GUITAR CLUB A community in which fingerstyle guitarists can learn, share ideas, and network through presentations, workshops and performances. |
| SESAC, Inc. Currently celebrating its 75th year of operation, SESAC was founded in 1930, making it the second oldest performing rights organization in the United States. SESAC's repertory, once limited to European and gospel music, has diversified to include today's most popular music, including R&B/hip-hop, dance, rock classics, country hits, the best of Latina music, Contemporary Christian, the coolest jazz, and the television and film music of Hollywood’s hottest composers. |
| Taxi : Your source for songwriting tips, songwriter resources, songwriting articles, and song writing techniques |
| The AMcK Initiative Original Songs Wanted! The AMcK Initiative, an anti-poverty, not-for-profit organization, will produce an album this year and proceeds from album sales will help to further our humanitarian mission. We are in search of original songs to license that are suitable for a female vocalist, are bluesy, rootsy, and soulful - a la Bonnie Raitt/Stevie Nicks. If you would like to have your materials considered and to learn more about our organization, please visit our website. |
| Copyright Forms U.S. Copyrights Forms are available online: Form PA - For published or unpublished works of the performing arts. Form SR - For published or unpublished sound recordings. |
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