Music resources and music industry associations
The American Federation of Musicians
The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada is the largest union in the world representing the interests of professional musicians.
updated 14/09/04
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Agents' Association
This is the official website of the Agents' Association (Great Britain). The Agents' Association was established in 1927 to represent and enhance the interests of entertainment agents in the United Kingdom who were willing to be bound by a strict code of conduct and professional ethics.
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AIM
The Association of Independent Music.
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APRS
The Association of Professional Recording Services. The APRS promotes the highest standards of professionalism and quality within the audio industry. Its members are recording studios, post-production houses, mastering, replication, pressing and duplicating facilities, and providers of education and training, as well as audio engineers, manufacturers, suppliers, and consultants. Its primary aim is to develop and maintain excellence at all levels within the audio industry of the United Kingdom.
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ASCAP
ASCAP is a membership association of more than 120,000 U.S. composers, songwriters and publishers of every kind of music and hundreds of thousands worldwide. ASCAP is the only U.S. performing rights organization created and controlled by composers, songwriters and music publishers, with a Board of Directors elected by and from the membership. 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.
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The Band Register
From this site, bands and music Industry Members can search the world's largest database of band names, band domain names, and band information. Find out if your band name is in use, and if not, register it to help protect from other bands using it. And what's more, it's free!
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British Academy of Composers and Songwriters
The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters is the largest composer/songwriter membership organisation in the world, representing the interests of over 3,000 UK music writers.
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Berkshire Guitar Society
www.berkshireguitarsociety.org.uk
A small and informal group of (mainly) classical guitar players of all standards, ranging from beginners to quite advanced players. They meet regularly to play to each other, try out simple duets and ensemble pieces, and listen to established professional recitalists as well as those who are embarking on their career.
updated 17/04/08
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BMI
Broadcast Music Incorporated is an American performing rights organization that represents approximately 300,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in all genres of music.
updated 14/09/04
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BPI
The British Phonographic Industry is recognised as an influential trade body and an authoritative source of industry information. In addition to producing the quarterly industry statistics and overseeing the certified awards, we promote the interests of our members through a wide range of activities including lobbying government, negotiating with other music industry bodies, organising the British stand at international trade fairs and taking action against copyright infringers.
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British Arts
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CMJ
The College Media Inc. Network connects music lovers with the best in new music through print and interactive media, as well as live events.
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The Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has policy responsibility for museums, galleries and libraries, the built heritage, the arts, sport, education, broadcasting and the media and tourism, as well as the creative industries, the Millennium and the National Lottery.
updated 14/09/04
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Festivalmania
A new site providing information about music festivals, musicians and artists throughout the UK.
updated 20/07/07
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Gighit
Gighit.com is a stopping point for Gig goers, Clubbers, Promoters, Bands DJ's to name but a few. They want to let the punters know what's happening so they can go out and have a good time - and at the same time be a source for free promotion for bands and DJs. Thr site has details on clubs, bars and plenty more focusing on Brighton & London but still covering the whole of England, Scotland and Wales.
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IFPI
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation representing the international recording industry. It comprises a membership of 1400 record producers and distributors in 76 countries. It also has national groups in 46 countries. IFPI's international Secretariat is based in London and is linked to regional offices in Brussels, Hong Kong, Miami and Moscow.
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IMRO
Irish Music Rights Organisation is a national organisation that administers the performing right in copyright music in Ireland on behalf of its members - songwriters, composers and music publishers - and on behalf of the members of the international overseas societies that are affiliated to it. IMRO's function is to collect and distribute royalties arising from the public performance of copyright works. IMRO is a not-for-profit organisation.
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IAEL
International Association of Entertainment Lawyers was officially founded in 1977 at MIDEM, the main international trade fair of the music business held each January in Cannes. Over the past twenty years, the IAEL has come to fulfil a unique role for lawyers involved in the industry throughout the world. It has expanded enormously in terms of both the numbers of its members and the scope of its activities. Nonetheless, continuity of membership combined with the energy of its officers, past and present, mean that the Association's style remains distinctly personal.
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Law Society
The Law Society is the professional body for solicitors in England and Wales. They serve society by working to improve access to the law. They provide services and support for solicitors themselves. And they set the standards that underpin the profession's reputation as the best independent professional advisers.
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MCPS
The Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society Ltd currently represents around 15,000 composers, songwriters and music publishers whenever their copyright musical works are recorded. Acting as an agent on behalf of its members, MCPS negotiates agreements with those who wish to record and distribute product containing copyright musical works. MCPS collects and then distributes "mechanical" royalties generated from the copying of music onto many different formats (CD, video, computer games, ringtones etc). MCPS is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Music Publishers Association.
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MOBO Awards
Since its inception in 1996, the MOBO Awards have experienced phenomenal growth. The event was created to honour contemporary urban music, regardless of colour or creed. The first ceremony took place at the New Connaught Rooms - a modest 400-seater in the heart of London's Covent Garden
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Musicians' Union
The Musicians' Union was founded over 100 years ago in 1893, and has a proud history of service to musicians of all types. The music profession and the music industry have seen constant evolution and change over the years. And the Musicians' Union has evolved and changed with them, with one aim in view - to offer you the musician a better service and a democratic organisation. You can help to shape its policies but only if you are a member.
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Overplay
Overplay, the music site dedicated to the development and exposure of unsigned bands and artists. Overplay gives bands, artists the platform to be seen and heard and the tools to sell their music online. In overplays music community you'll find like minded unsigned bands, artists and have your details available for venues, promoters, record companies and management.
updated 10/07/06
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Oxford Bands
Similar type of site to Josaka, but targeted at Oxfordshire
updated 14/09/04
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PAMRA
The Performing Artists Media Rights Association - the UK's collecting society for performers. For the uninitiated that means they pay out money to qualifying performers for the broadcast of their recorded performances. The right to receive 'royalties' for recorded performances is a relatively new one for performers in the UK. It came into law on 1 December 1996. The new law works like this: if you are a qualifying performer and have made a commercial recording since 1946 then you may be due some money if your recording was broadcast or played in public since 1 December 1996 in the UK. As an organisation, P@MRA is better able to defend performers' rights and earnings than individuals can and it is dedicated to this task.
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PLASA
The Professional Lighting and Sound Association is a diverse organisation operating within the entertainment technology industry. Their website aims to be the prime source of information for entertainment, presentation and event technology professionals worldwide. If you're on the technical side of showbusiness, the PLASA website is for you.
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PPL
Phonographic Performance Limited is a music industry collecting society representing over 2,500 record companies, from the large multinationals to the small independents. They collect licence fees from broadcast and public performance users on behalf of the record companies. This licence fee revenue, after deduction of running costs, is then distributed to our record company members and to performers. They grant licences for the use of sound recordings in the UK to all broadcasters - which includes the BBC (television and radio), independent television broadcasters and production companies, commercial radio, and cable and satellite channels. In the public performance sector, they license the whole range of users which includes clubs, pubs, hotels, restaurants and shops, as well as individuals such as exercise instructors and dance teachers.
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PRS
The Performing Right Society is the UK society that administers the performing right in the musical works of composers, songwriters and music publishers. It currently has around 35,000 members and, during 2000, collected licence income for them - from UK public performance and broadcasting, and from international usage - totalling over £242 million.
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Rocking the Blues
Originally for blues and blues/rock information for Bucks, Beds, Herts & Berks, Rocking the Blues are now in the process of expanding the site to cover the UK with blues info with some regional pages. This is also the site for the Rocking the Blues at Tring festival and other Rocking the Blues events. The site aims to promote blues, with info on national and local bands, where you can go to see live blues in your area and links to anything else blues.
updated 14/09/04
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Unsigned REVOLUTION
Website allowing unsigned bands to sell their music direct to their fans. They handle all the payments, with 70% of the sale going to the band. Introductory offer - upload up to 5 tracks free of charge!
updated 02/07/07
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Venuesandbands.com
At a glance Venuesandbands.com is a website that introduces venues to bands. They provide the tools and functionality for venues and bands to fully interact with each other from their home or office, directly with anyone in the UK.
updated 21/04/06
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