LINKS!

FOR MUSICIANS:

4Front Music: You’ve made a great recording — now what? Find great ideas for marketing your music. Helping musicians help themselves make it in music.

Indie-Music.com A host of resources for unsigned musicians, including articles, contacts, CD reviews and more. Definitely worth checking out

BMI and ASCAP Here to help songwriters learn about the business of songs, and have a ton of information and resources to help you understand what they do, and help you with registering with them, or advising and linking you to copyright information, mechanical rights info, and lots of interesting articles.

TAXI: the Independent A & R Vehicle that connects unsigned artists, bands and songwriters with major record labels, publishers, and film & TV music supervisors.

GetSigned.com: This site is an outstanding site for the indie-oriented musician. Their featured columnists are all experts in their field, and the many resources available on this site will inspire you to do whatever it takes to get your music out there. Truly a great and very useful website.

Library of Congress Copyright Office. On-line registration and copyright for your new song.

Garageband.com: Articles and info, plus you can upload your music to see how you go over by vote-in reviews. Possible way to enhance your promotional campaign.

MP3.com: The downloadable future that is now upon us. Besides
being a great site to place some mp3 versions of your songs, it’s also an invaluable resource for music news and discussion on the challenges facing the distribution of music over the Internet.

The Recording Website: Helpful articles for home studio artists.

Creative Musicians Coalition
CMC is an international organization dedicated to the advancement of new music and the success of the independent musician.

FourFront Media
Expert guidance in the business of music products, artist development, and marketing. Maintained by the ubiquitous Chris Knab.

Harmony Central
Conceivably the most extensive, informative, and fascinating musical site on the web. Includes new product information, down-loadable software, a searchable database, technical articles and information, an online auction, and links for getting work.

Musician's Assistance Site (MAS)
A smorgasbord of links to online resources for developing artists.

Musician.com
A plethora of information and services for all kinds of artists and musicians. Includes a referral service, musical instrument technical assistance, record labels, studios, vintage instruments, information on free national publicity, and more.

Guide to Music Copyright
A well-researched set of FAQs for composers and artists by David Farneth.

The Muse’s Muse: A Songwriter’s Resource
Articles, hints and advice for songwriters plus a wealth of links to other sites, including songwriter and industry associations.

CD Baby
Selling indie musician CD's to the world.

BANDS & MUSICIANS:

Gaia Consort
Solid pagan writing with a Gaian/poly focus. Both Chris & Sue contributed some vocals to my new CD and I played lead guitar with them at a Seattle show: a CD release concert for their 4th CD, “Secret Voices.” Check ’em out.

Wind Comes Down
A stellar pagan & ritual percussion ensemble from Olympia, Washington. Two members (Robin & PG) contributed performances to my new CD “The River.”

Your Highness
Joe & Juels play in Cedar Moon as well as in their own rockin’ soulful psychedelic-tuned band.

PERSONAL FAVORITES:

Joanna Powell Colbert Artworks
Exquisite pagan and mythic artist. I might be a little biased here because she’s my wife and partner, but I loved her work long before I met her. The first time she came over to my place I had no less than 5 of her pieces on my walls. I recall thinking: “Wow! I get to sleep with a Goddess!!”