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Music Industry e-Resources

Associations & Discussion Groups

APRA. The Australasian Performing Right Association Ltd
Writers & publishers' rights. Contains links, articles, employment. "The first copyright collecting society set up in Australia, APRA represents 30,000 writer & publisher members & 1 million international composers."
ARIA. Australian Record Industry Association
Contains news, statistics, code of practice, the ARIA  Awards & links
Association of Independent Record Labels (AIR)

"AIR has a current membership of 170 labels representing 70% (est) of the Australian independent recording sector. Membership includes Shock, ABC Music, Roadshow & MRA, representing a comprehensive range of genres including pop, indie rock, jazz, blues,classical, world,  dance & country."

Australian Institute of Eastern Music

"The aim of the institute is to further the music of Asia in Australia through regular performances, teaching & social events."

AMRA - Australian Music Retailers Association
“To provide music retailers an objective voice, to negotiate and protect their rights & interests improve industry communication and knowledge & promote an environment which sustains & develops profitable sales”
Melbourne Composers League
"The League is intended to promote both the indigenous & contemporary art, musics of Victoria as aspects of music within the Asia-Pacific region."
Links to Industry Associations
US centric guide to Industry Associations - Via University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Reference Works
Encyclopedia Britannica

Search under <music industry >
Search under <music business> There is also an internet search search option

Guitar Nine Glossary of Terms

Understanding terms used in the recording studio

Online Dictionary
Searchable online resource

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Events and Conferences
Aussie Bands Page

Includes many international acts performing in Australia

Gig guide for:
Michael Coppel Presents, The Frontier Touring Company, TicketMaster Online, TicketTek Australia, The Basement, Live website.

Contemporary Music Events
Homepage
IMMEDIA Conferences and Events Listings
Entertainment & music awards and conferences in Australia

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Australian Sites
Australasian Music Industry Directory
Published by IMMEDIA which promotes Australian artists & companies
Centre for studies in Australian Music, University of Melbourne
Homepage
Classical music sites directory
Homepage
Dee Cee Productions

Local recording industry links, studios, engineers, producers, technical professionals

Grainger Museum
"The museum contains not only a large quantity of material from his own life, but much material concerning his musical contemporaries, particularly the lesser known ones - such as the Frankfurt Group & Australian women composers Mona McBurney, Florence Ewart & May Brahe".
Mono
Australian Music Directory- search by artist, label. Also has news & reviews
MOVE  records
Australian classical music label
Music Theatre Australia

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International Sites
bmi.com
"BMI is an American performing rights organization that represents approximately 300,000 songwriters, composers & music publishers in all genres of music."

Chronology of Modern Music, Art and World Events By Larry J Solomon©2000

Lists major original composers from 1827 to the present day
Librarian's Index to the Internet -Music Links Copyright © 2001 by Librarians' Index to the Internet
Annotated list of links, arranged by music style and other topics such as instruments & musicians. Library of California
Music Journals Magazines
Complied by William and Gayle Cook Music Library Indiana University School of Music. A list of over three hundred journals available on the web, ranging in interest & standard
Music Law 101
American site containing articles of use to those involved with the music industry

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Government Links

The Department of Communications, Information Technology and The Arts

Do an index search through the alphabetical listing for <music> or click on links from dept of arts, then choose from the list in the drop down boxes
Melbourne Symphony
Includes programs available to tertiary students studying music. Select <education> then <twister>
Music Council of Australia
Homepage
Music Industry Legislation Via Austlii
Select the <full search form> and search under <legislation databases> for topics such as fair trading, intellectual property, defamation & censorship
oz music show
JJJ Wednesday night from 10pm to 1am
"Richard Kingsmill  interviews the best rising talent this country has to offer & features new work by the land's biggest acts.There's a live performance recorded in the Triple J studios each week, latest touring information & occasionally a classic (need RealPlayer)
www.freeza.vic.gov.au

Victorian Government's Youth Music website

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List of Music Industry Periodicals on the Web
Academic Search Elite
(Connecting from home: activate your student email account first & then use that password & username) Your Username is your Student ID number preceded by an ‘s’ For example: s1234567. The format for entering your date of birth as your password is as follows: ddmmyyyy

Contains the following Titles:
Perspectives of New Music
Musical Quarterly
Music Educators Journal
Notes
Teaching Music
Music Review
Musical America
American Music
Canadian Composer
Computer Music Journal
Current Musicology
Early Music
Music & Letters
Popular Music
Popular Music & Society
Journal of the American Musicological Society
19th Century Music
Journal of Musicology
Rolling Stone
Stereo Review

Australian Music Centre Publications

Includes new Sounds Australian journal articles and other online resources

Australasian Music Research

Published by the Centre for studies in Australian Music, University of Melbourne. Partial full text of past issues are available.

Billboard.com

Music magazine with searchable index. Updated daily (Also available through Academic Search Elite)

Bob Baker's The Buzz Factor

Free articles and tips on how to promote your music to Industry (U.S.)

Centre for Studies in Australian Music Review (University of Melbourne)

A biannual publication of the Centre for Studies in Australian Music Review (formerly Newsletter) to disseminate information on Centre activities & provide a forum for reviews of recent publications in Australian music

cmj.com

New music monthly, articles from current & archived issues

Digital ProSound
Online Audio Engineering magazine containing news, feature articles & other resources
themusic.com

updated weekly, includes ezines, news & reviews

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