Popular Interesting Helpful Music Web Sites
• American Idol - (Jan 2008) - U.S. singing competition TV show, broadcast on the FOX network.
• Nashville Star - (Jan 2008) - country music competition TV show, broadcast on the USA network.
• Karaoke World Series 2008 - international karaoke competition, starts in January.
• Fast Track To Fame TV - Internet Music Television for aspiring singers and bands.
• VH1
• MTV and MTV charts and playlists
• CMT.com - Country Music Television official website.
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum - in Cleveland, Ohio.
• Musicians Music Hall of Fame & Museum - in Nashville, Tennessee.
• Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum - in Nashville, Tennessee.
• Rockabilly Hall of Fame - in Nashville, Tennessee.
• Blues Hall of Fame (Est. 1980). Blues Foundation (Blues.org) is the number one blues authority.
• Blues Hall of Fame (Est. 1999). BluesHallofFame.org has little info and content.
• The Vocal Group Hall of Fame & Museum - in Sharon, Pennsylvania.
• American Classical Music Hall of Fame & Museum - in Cincinnati, Ohio.
• International Gospel Music Hall of Fame & Museum - in Detroit.
• Barbershop Hall of Fame & Museum - in Sharon, Pennsylvania. (Barber Shop Quartet Singing).
• Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) & Virtual Museum - National Academy of Popular Music (NAPM).
• Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame - foundation is based in Carlsbad, California. "This remarkable resource contains a full history of jazz; biographies on over 2,000 legends with cross-reference search capabilities to ensure fast and effective results to keyword searches as well as category searches."
More Info Regarding Halls of Fame
» Reggae Hall of Fame no longer has a website. (former site: www.reggaehalloffame.com)
» reggaeinternationalhalloffame.com - not a real hall of fame, just a reggae events and info site.
• Grammy Awards - recording industry's most prestigious award, 105 categories. "awarded by and to artists and technical professionals for artistic or technical achievement,
not sales or chart positions"
• American Music Awards - Nov. 21, 2006. 34th annual.
• ACMA / Academy of Country Music Awards - May 23, 2006. 41st annual.
• CMA Awards / Country Music Awards - Nov. 6, 2006. 40th annual.
• CMT Music Awards - April 10, 2006. annual, for country music videos.
• NAMA - Native American Music Awards (The Nammys) - June 8, 2006. 8th annual.
• MTV Video Music Awards
• Billboard Music Awards and events
• W.C. Handy Blues Awards - May 10, 2007. annually honors artists & nationally distributed recordings.
• Music Awards - many types, listed in Yahoo! entertainment links directory
• 2006 Club World Awards - March 24, 2006. 4th annual. honors nightclubs and lounges that are great in individual ways, and great overall. 19 categories covering every aspect of the club experience including Best DJ, Best LJ, Best VJ, Best Sound System, Best Lighting System, Best Party, etc.
• International Blues Challenge 2007 - 23rd IBC is Febuary 1-3, 2007. "The world's largest gathering of Blues bands!"
• AllHipHop.com - features, news, music and more.
• CausticTruths.com - an alterntative metal magazine and has metal radio, news.
• SoulTracks.com - "Tracking The World's Greatest Soul Music". biographies, news, more.
• MusicStation - list of today's and upcoming music on television.
• allrecordlabels.com - a database of over 23,000 record label/netlabel web sites or Wikipedia links indexed by genre, format, and location.
• Archive of MISHEARD LYRICS - over 4,000 bungled lyrics with their correct lyrics.
• Odd Music "is for anyone interested in unique, unusual, ethnic, or experimental music and instruments."
• Am i Right - "Making fun of music. One song at a time..."
• Lyrics to Christmas Carols
• SXSW 2006 Music March 14-18, 2007. South by Southwest Music and Media Conference (SXSW) annual Austin Music Conference and Festival. This is HUGE, it showcases over 1,200 bands
• MPMF 2006 - 5th Annual MidPoint Music Festival September 20-23, 2006 in Cincinnati USA. over 250 artists from the US and abroad, speakers, panels, workshops,
mentor sessions, exhibitors.
• Bang! Music Festival November 11, 2006 at Bicentennial Park in Miami, Florida. billed as "the Biggest
house music festival in the world".
• One Hit Wonder Central - catergorized lists, artist profiles, forums and more.
• Art of the Mix - take a 1990s lryics quiz; submit or hear music mixes and more
• Oldies Music - all about music from the 50s, 60s and 70s.
• Billboard - most referred to music charts for airplay, sales, etc.
• Smithsonian Jazz
• America's Jazz Heritage
• Classical Net - includes over 3,800 links to other classical sites.
• Classical Music Archives
• Hawthorn's Antique Audio - vintage 78 rpm records, sheet music, antique wind-up phonographs.
• musicunited.org - downloading/copying music - what's legal & what's not, the law ...
• What's The Download - site created by The Recording Academy (Grammy Awards). "a place for music fans, like you, to learn about the issues, to hear artists’ views on downloading, and to create a dialogue between music makers and music fans to help shape an exciting digital music future. The Academy is the voice of more than 17,000 music makers, all of whom have very different viewpoints on issues affecting music. We wanted to make sure that those viewpoints -- and yours -- have an equal place in the current debate."
• Djangos Vinyl - "Since the LP format is still alive and well for DJs and collectors alike, we continue to stock the latest Hip-Hop 12"s, 180 Gram Audiophile re-issue, current releases, as well as hard to find gems from the past. If you're looking for any slab of wax feel free to drop us an email. We'll search our racks at our stores for you're request."
Additional Cool Music Links and Websites
• Yahoo! Music Videos - must be a Yahoo! music member to use this site.
• MP3.com
• The Reel Top 40 Radio Repository - also The Authentic Aircheck Museum of Classic Top 40 Radio
• All Music Guide (AMG) [All Media Guide] - entertainment content databases.
• Ultimate Band List - music portal & search engine with database of more than 100,000 artists.
• Local Band Network
• DigitalCity.com/detroit/live music
• Pro Tools - free wave (music) editing software for your PC.
• Rock music - categorized rock music links.
• Musicians Referral.net - title is self explanatory.
• LOOPLABS - free online music mixer, mix music beats and more.
• Ambassador Charlie Ray - "Ambassador Charlie Ray's Music Management promotes all types of American music and artists all around the world."
• History of Rock Music - "A project to build the history of Rock music. This project aims at building the complete History of Rock Music, all the best rock groups and artist, all the best albums, with your participation."
Music Magazines . books with song lyrics . MP3 Players . iPods
More Helpful, Useful or Interesting Music Sites
• Motown Alumni Association find your favorite alumni and other helpful links.
• OLDIES 106.9 FM - Artists Links "Some sites are Official, some are Fan Club sites and some are Hobby sites".
• The History of Rock 1954 - 1963
• Alaska Jim's Music Charts Current U.S. & International Radio Station Charts and PLAYLISTS
• Worldwide Charts by Country
• MusicMoz (The Open Music Project) new music directory
• GOOGLE's Catagorized Music Directory
• Search The Web for Music over 100,000 categorized current music links
• Yahoo! Categorized Directory of Music Links
• Music Resources
• The Music Review music industry search engine
• Shareware Music Machine.com over 4000 Music Software Titles available for download
• MusicSearch.com "MusicSearch.com obtains most of its links directly through site owners. Unlike 99% of the other search engines, a human being, not a computer (aka robots), views each addition request to MusicSearch.com and verifies each site's content for validity. Our method may decrease the amount of search results, but increases the validity of those results."
• Music Business Website Directory
• Bomp Records "We specialize in original '60s garage punk, '70s punk and contemporary garage and punk music, neo-garage, psychedelic, power pop, dreampop, etc." (including from Michigan)
• Boogie Trax Entertainment
• Urban Organic promotes music, products, events that represent soul in urban life.
• DOSADO.com everything that has to do with square dancing and round dancing, including:
Internet Resource List , square and round dance music index , square dance music & MP3
called square dance music , square and round dance music on CD
• Club Systems International online and print magazine devoted exclusively to clubs and nightlife
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