Information for Unsigned Bands Musicians Songwriters and other Indie Music Artists. Mike is fortunate to be able to let you know about the following music websites that offer promotion, exposure, networking, guidance, copyright information and more to those who create and perform music.
Do you write songs? You'll find great songwriter info at Addicted to Songwriting, which includes interviews, links and articles on songwriting.
Want to get some awesome recording software? Trick out your home studio? Find a recording studio? See Audio Recording Center.
Start Your Own Record Label
Music Business Toolbox is a complete guide to start your own record label and manage them.
Sonicbids
"helps bands get gigs, and promoters book the right bands. Our community includes over 150,000 bands, singers, songwriters, and performers of all kinds, and 14,000-plus music buyers of all kinds, including promoters, licensors, festival programmers, and much more."
TAXI
independent A&R company. "Helps unsigned bands, artists and songwriters get record deals, publishing deals, and placement in films and TV shows".
ArtistPR.com
music promotion and publicity for unsigned bands and artists. "a one stop music promotion company and consultancy that can help you get the Industry exposure you desire while saving you thousands of dollars and wasted years of traveling down dead end roads."
OurStage - OurStage is where the world's music fans come to discover, enjoy and reward the best emerging artists - and where the world's artists come to find their fans, get amazing gigs and launch their careers. upload your music and videos, fans vote, win prizes. offers a $5,000 monthly grand prize to the highest ranked OurStage artist.
SoundClick
Free website to promote your band on the internet, unlimited song uploads, free MP3 store: sell your songs as digital downloads, free artist page, more. features signed, plus hundreds of thousands of unsigned bands.
JamBase
all about live improvisational music. "contains a comprehensive tour date search engine a tens of thousands of performances by over 30,000 bands playing in over 50,000 venues around the world. More than just a database, JamBase has evolved into the community hub that each month connects over a half a million fans of improvisational music. Also functions as a music marketing and promotions company. In addition to marquee names, we work daily with the best independent concert promoters, venues, and record labels across the country."
IAC - Independent Artists Company
24/7 KIAC Radio (internet), artists and personal page owners can create Stations and/or have their music on Stations, plus charts, forums, community, listeners, more.
ReelMusician.com
"From those just starting out to accomplished vocalists, ReelMusician.com offers strategic vocal coaching, career coaching along with jingle demo's for jingle singer's and song demo's as well as artist development strategies. Mr Gauger is well versed in both session work as well as the business side as a former agent with the infamous William Morris Agency."
Flextones - Realtones
gives "Independent & Unsigned Artists another avenue to boost their sales of music. Another goal is to give the fans and listeners more choices of ringtones and wallpapers, other than the music heard on the television or radio. FlexTones.com offers fans from all around the world the option to purchase their favorite Artists RealTones or Wallpaper for their phones."
Indie Charts
Unsigned Artists video and radio show streaming music 24/7. most genres, create a profile or submit your music and video.
PittRadio: Indie/Underground Music Playlist Community - Artists can manage their own profiles and music, fans can create their own playlists from thousands of songs.
Fractured Atlas
"non-profit organization that serves a national community of artists and arts organizations. We help artists and arts organizations function more effectively as businesses by providing access to funding, healthcare, education, and more."
Celtic Knight's Garage Band Radio
A web site designed to bring Artist and A&R together. It helps create market research and projected returns, your music gets heard by people that can vote and leave comments on your music, they can join your fan base and buy your music and merchandise increasing your net income.
LiveBluesWorld.com - Blues songs, videos, members, events, forums, more. sort of a myspace and facebook for blues artists.
openmikes.org
open mic nites in the United States, search by state or zip code. Also has resources for musicians, singers and songwriters.
NoteWay Media - websites for musicians, bands, entertainers and performing artists.
Emergenza - Emergenza USA
"The largest international concert organizer for unsigned bands"
Music Rights, Copyright, License, Publish, etc.
BMI Broadcast Music, Inc.
"BMI is a performing right organization: It collects license fees on behalf of its songwriters, composers and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed. BMI currently represents some 6.5 million compositions."
ASCAP American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
"ASCAP is a membership association of more than 275,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers of every kind of music. 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."
SESAC
"performing rights organization designed to represent songwriters and publishers and their right to be compensated for having their music performed in public." It's the smallest of the three U.S. performing rights organizations.
RIAA Recording Industry Association of America.
"trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry. Its mission is to foster a business and legal climate that supports and promotes our members' creative and financial vitality. Its members are the record companies that comprise the most vibrant national music industry in the world."
DMCA Summary
U.S. Copyright Office summary of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998.
