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We highly recommend the Indie Bible for every independent recording writer artist! click for information

The Copyright Office

The Songwriter's Guild

NSAI - Nashville Songwriters Association International

ASCAP - American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers

BMI - Broadcast Music, Inc.

Just Plain Folks, a newsletter, a network, an online songwriting community! http://www.jpfolks.com

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www.nashvillemuse.com Find out what is happening with songwriters in Nashville, the home of the 3rd Sunday at 3 PM and The Guitar BQ.

The Muse's Muse Great source of lots of information about songwriting. Free newsletter.

Gary Earl Gary is a producer/engineer/composer with major film, tv, and recording credits, grammy nominated projects. He works on projects in country, pop, rock genres.

Robin Earl Voice coach Robin Earl works with artists and songwriters to improve singing, recording and performing skills. Range, breathing, pitch, artist development, artist demos, cd projects. (50% discount on first session, mention PEAPOD.)

"Your First Cut, A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting There" by Jerry Vandiver and Gracie Hollombe. Learn the step-by-step process it takes to get your songs heard and ultimately recorded. Discover how far along you are in that process, where you need to go, and how to get there!

Barbara Cloyd One of Nashville's greatest nuturers of songwriters and a hit songwriter in her own right, Barbara hosts the Monday night show at the Bluebird Café, books all the Bluebird early shows, and offers Publisher Workshops, writing classes and general information on Nashville.

TAXI Get Your Music To The Right People with TAXI: the Independent A&R Vehicle that connects unsigned artists, bands and songwriters with major record labels, publishers, and film & TV music supervisors.

Songwriters Resource Network News & Information for songwriters and lyricists everywhere.

Music Downloads - Offering MP3 music downloads, musical instruments, shopping, ringtones, guitar tabs, song lyrics, concert tickets and social networking for bands and artists.

Lots of information, constantly adding new original articles, a very good resource for songwriters and lyricists, offers a free newsletter http://www.lyricalline.com

Songwriting advice, resources, organizations, products, services, contests, showcases, newsgroups, chats, e-mail lists, wow! http://www.lyricist.com

The Songwriting Education Resource Site A site containing educational articles on the craft of songwriting, a weekly songwriter's chat and a list of upcoming songwriting courses and seminars in Nashville.

Songwriters Recording Studio

MusicGearReview.com Provides musicians with reader-submitted instrument and music equipment reviews, articles and a music-related directory. The site also features forum communities where musicians can exchange ideas and opinions.

MyGuitarWorkshop - Guitar Lessons and Music Theory Provides guitar lessons, instructions and music theory for all level guitar players. Articles, guitar software and downloads, tabs, guitar links directory, all the guitar chord diagrams, scales and modes can be found in an easy graphical displayer.

Musicianscontact.com - The primary source of employment for musicians nationwide, established 31 years. Jobs and resumes are updated online daily.

 

Recording Connection: an established music industry school where students train for careers as professional recording engineers.

 

Songwriter-friendly web page designers with links to examples of their work http://www.neonflame.com/

SongLink International: Tip sheet for professional songwriters and music publishers. Expensive, but highly regarded. http://www.songlink.com

Christopher Knab teaches workshops in the Seattle area on how to promote and sell your music. http://www.knab.com

Magazine focused on the Performing Songwriter has a special feature on independently released CDs in each issue. Possible promotion tool for your CD. http://www.performingsongwriter.com/

And some songwriting resources:

Digibid.com The online auction of pro gear and musical instruments! Musicians can list up to 3 items FREE each month.

http://www.link.cs.cmu.edu/dougb/rhyme-doc.html rhyming dictionary

http://www.westegg.com/cliche/ The Cliche Finder!

International Lyrics Server lyrics to over 10,000 songs

http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett/ Bartlett's Quotations

http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/strunk/ Strunk's writer's guidelines

http://www.thesaurus.com online thesaurus

http://www.harmony-central.com a megasite for plugged-in musicians.

http://www.starlingtech.com/quotes/ a searchable database of quotations.

http://www.onelook.com access to millions of words in 454 dictionaries.

http://www.gutenberg.net Entire books to download, mostly classics, but being added to constantly.

http://www.celebrityemail.com Celebrity Email will forward your message to your celebrity of choice.

Our dear friends Frankie & Lora Lee have a CD/album that makes a great gift for expectant parents. http://www.familee.com


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