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| ARTISTS & BANDS | RADIO AND ONLINE STATIONS |
| LOCAL MUSIC VENUES | SHEET MUSIC |
| LYRICS | SHOPPING |
| MP3's & DOWNLOADS | OTHER RESOURCES |
| MUSIC NEWS |
| Google's Bands and Artists links: Thousands of bands and singers are listed alphabetically, helping you find their official websites and other sites devoted to them. | MTV's Bands A-Z: Browse thousands of band names alphabetically or by genre, and find interviews, news, concert and tour information, videos, biographies, and more. | |
| Homemade Music: This site is devoted to promoting and selling independent, home-recorded music. Categories include "Computer", "Classical", "Noise", "Swing", "Hip Hop", and "Poetry/Spoken Word", and many more. They have a magazine with compilation CDs, you can listen to their weekly radio show online, and you can even submit your own recordings. | Pollstar offers touring information by artist, venue, or city, ticket sales, concert t-shirts and photos, and a notification sign-up that will alert you when your favorite artists go on tour. | |
| Launch-Music on Yahoo-Artists: type in the band name in the search box to find news and interviews, record and concert reviews, photos and videos, and more. See who the top 10 most requested bands are, and browse by type of music from country to hip-hop. | Rolling Stone: Type the artist or band name into the search box on the top right-hand side of the screen to find band biographies, news such as tours or new albums, videos, photos, record reviews, and more. | |
| Ground Zero - Spartanburg, SC | Music Farm - Charleston, SC | |
| The Showroom (Hub-Bub) - Spartanburg, SC | Tremont Music Hall - Charlotte, NC | |
| Coffee Underground - Greenville, SC | The Orange Peel - Asheville, NC | |
| The Handlebar - Greenville, SC | Coast to Coast list of SC venues | |
| The Bi-Lo Center - Greenville, SC | Coast to Coast list of NC venues | |
| The House of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC | Coast to Coast list of GA venues | |
| Lyrics | ||
| Google's Lyrics links: find lyrics by specific artists, by decade, or type of music. Also includes specialty sections such as Christmas music, humor, kids songs, and links to tablature sites. | pureLYRICS covers pop, rock, country, blues, and more. There are currently over 20,000 songs indexed here. | |
| The Lyrics Search Engine: covers pop, rap, rock, and more. Type in the artist's name, or name of the song, or scroll down to see an alphabetical list of artists. Also shows the top 5 songs and artists of the day. | Sing365: is an enormous site with tens of thousands of song lyrics from every genre of music including classic rock, blues, pop, rap, hip-hop, country, and more. | |
| Alltheweb has an audio search box that will bring up links to MP3's, MIDI, and other downloadable music, as well as general music sites with artist and song information. They also offer an "offensive content" filter that can be easily turned on or off. | MP3.com has downloadable music and videos, news and reviews of thousands of artists and songs, new album and tour updates, and information about MP3 players as well as how they work and what MP3's are all about. | |
| Download.com has a free download section of music from all types of genres and artists. | MP3Board lets you search for MP3's, and also covers laws and news about copyright and patents concerning downloadable music. | |
| EMusic is a downloading site that requires payment, but offers a lot of music from independent artists. | Peoplesound showcases existing and emerging artists by offering thousands of free MP3's to download. Has a searchable database of genres of music such as Alternative & Punk, Blues, Country & Folk, Classical, Dance and Electronica, Jazz, Pop, Rock & Metal, R&B/Soul/Hip-Hop, World & Reggae and more. | |
| Ithaki.net is a meta-search engine, and has a special MP3 feature which allows you to search dozens of search engines for only MP3's. Just change "The Web" in their drop-down box to "MP3" and then type in the name of the song or artist you're looking for. It also has a MIDI option, too. | Rhapsody Music downloads page also lets you search for only MP3's, and lists the top 10 most popular MP3's. There are also links to artist and music news, videos, lyrics, and more. | |
| Billboard: Daily music news, charts, music downloads, and artist features for rock, pop, country, R&B, jazz, world, and hip-hop. | New York Times Music News | |
| CCMplanet: Contemporary Christian music news with artist biographies, interviews, downloads and more. | Pitchfork Media offers news on a variety of independent and lesser known artists. | |
| Google's Music News links: over 70 links to music news sites on the internet. | Spin Magazine has news, Webcasts, interviews, reviews, and features on films, music, and games. | |
| MTV News covers music, movies, and politics. | Vibe covers hip hop/urban culture with a focus on music. Read articles, interviews, and reviews. | |
| Radio and Online Stations | ||
| Epitonic features independent artists, both signed and unsigned, and a multitude of genres. Offers videos, and free downloads and MP3s. | Pandora features a free online music station. | |
| Launch Radio Station Guide: Launch lets you personalize what you listen to by rating songs. Ban the ones you hate and hear the ones you like more often. | RadioLocator is a comprehensive radio search engine that links to over 10,000 radio web-pages in over 90 countries. Browse by format, country, or enter state, zip code, or call letters to find a specific station. | |
| Sheet Music | ||
| 8Notes.com: Free sheet music pieces for piano, guitar, violin and other instruments and free lessons. Directory of free sheet music pieces on the internet. | Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection: a collection of over 29,000 popular American songs from 1780-1960 in sheet music format, housed at Johns Hopkins University. Online searchable database, including images of works in the public domain. | |
| Free Sheet Music Guide: a large selection of free sheet music organized by category, such as Popular, Christian, or Classical, or by title or instrument. Also has an extensive list of titles for sale. | Music for the Nation: this collection of American Sheet Music in the Library of Congress includes popular songs, piano music, sacred and secular choral music, solo instrumental music, method books and instructional materials, and music for band and orchestra from 1820-1860, and from 1870-1885. | |
| Historic American Sheet Music: Duke University's Historic American Sheet Music Project provides access to digital images of 3042 pieces of sheet music published in America between 1850 and 1920. Browse by decade, content, as well as illustrations and advertisements that appeared on the covers of the sheet music. | ||
| Shopping | ||
| CD Baby: music from over 100,000 independent artists and over 15 genres, including blues, hip hop, rap, country, folk, pop, rock, jazz, Latin, and classical. | Googles' Music Shopping links: find links to online stores that carry CD's, instruments, DJ equipment, tickets, videos, software, and more. | |
| Gemm: Looking for rare or out of print LP's, CD's, or 45's? Gemm has over 16 million titles including imports, collectibles, independent artists, and other hard to find music. They also carry books and videos. | The Open Directory's MusicMoz shopping links: links to sites offering music lessons and instruction, recordings, equipment, instruments, and more. | |
| Other Resources | ||
| Google's Music links | An Overview of Music (from Wikipedia) | |
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