Unsigned Not Wasted : Connecting Indie Musicians and Music Fans
Ranked #1,023 in Music, #30,535 overall
DIY Music Marketing Tools for the Social Web
If you're looking for ways to connect, develop, and market your music projects, this lens provides much of the research you're likely to need.
- Artists can explore specialized tools and services designed to promote, spread and sell their music products.
- Fans can find new ways to discover artists, share good music, and benefit from Artist partnerships.
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This is a living lens where the ink never dries and The Great Unsigned are free to roam. Decide for Yourself and start the adventure!
Unsigned Not Wasted concept and curation by David Holmes. Collective intelligence by The Tribe.

Dave's Imaginary Sound Store - Amazon store for related books and music products.
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The Music Matrix
Music 2.0 Tools
UNW's twin lens focusing on music discovery tools and services.-
The Music Matrix - Your Daily Music Discovery Mashboard
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A music discovery mashboard you can use to explore social music sites, news, photos, videos, widgets and conversations. Some of the things you can do here Start your adventures in the digital music landscape using the latest Music 2.0 apps. Surf t...
Dashboards
media aggregators, news, bookmarks
Digital Music Intelligence
Internet music buzz aggregators
Media dashboards for scouring breaking music news, audio streams. market trends and social buzz.
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Addictomatic: Inhale the Web
Searches the best live sites on the web for the la more...1 point
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Mediaspheres Explorer
A powerful widget with aggregated news feeds, stre more...0 points
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Dave's FeedRaider: Music Business
Aggregated media feeds in a choice of key topics w more...0 points
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Alltop, Music
Music headlines pulled from around the web.0 points
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Mediaor - music 2.0 news and views from across the web
Discussion and news covering the future of music d more...0 points
Techmeme Music Headlines
Digital music developments
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byBlogs Buzz
Fresh posts about DIY music and unsigned bands
- A broken record | WalesHome.org
- In a scan for reviews of unsigned Welsh bands it quickly becomes apparent that their music is available for free online, and without permission. For DIY labels this is a good thing; exposure is a lifeblood of any band seeking to find a ...
- An Indie Epicenter in Paris Reopens - Globespotters Blog - NYTimes.com
- Six months of tranquil nights for neighbors of Paris's most famous indie rock venue may be over. The Flèche d'Or, a longtime meeting point for unsigned bands and music lovers, reopens tonight. ... ?It has a slightly more D.I.Y. feel to it.? And for those who complain about the noise, Mr. Aouizerate thinks that this is simply a part of urban life. ?We should be able to have venues that let locals and tourists listen to live music,? he said. ?Paris isn't a country town.? ...
- The Rural Alberta Advantage adds more Fall / Winter tour dates |
- Herohill.com proclaimed the RAA ?the best unsigned band in Canada?, and I Heart Music.net deemed Hometowns ?a near-perfect album?. The band's reputation for stellar live shows garnered them a sellout crowd at the 2008 North By Northeast festival, ... The inspiring DIY success story of the Rural Alberta Advantage has continued to gain momentum and attract fans and followers, with a breakthrough performance at eMusic's showcase at the 2009 SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, ...
- So Long Arletta: DIY band to know | ChangeUpMagazine
- Based now out of Lynchburg, VA, power-pop-rock conglomerate So Long Arletta is being thrust into the spotlight since their mention in last month's Alternative Press magazine as the area's best unsigned band. ... The band's music is available on iTunes for just $.87 cents a piece. When it comes to money, Scheren realizes, ?we save money because we understand that we need to make more, so we need to work harder.? The four men of So Long Arletta work harder and harder each ...
Music Business News
Picks from the @mediaor tweetstream
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- sendmemobile
- Hypeify – a music tech company name generator http://ff.im/-bZvUJ via @mediaor [love these random name generators LOL]
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- plugola
- Live Nation, iTunes To Offer Concert Videos http://ff.im/-bXfEq RT @mediaor
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- mattmacnaughton
- RT @mediaor: [L.A. Times Tech Blog] Is 'Pulp Fiction' screenwriter Roger Avary tweeting from jail? http://ff.im/-bUvL3
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- conradbuck
- [hypebot] Report: Spotify Paid Lady Gaga $167 For 1M Plays http://ff.im/-bTcNr (via @mediaor)
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- musicmetric
- RT @mediaor: [hypebot] Interchangeable Identities: The Collision of Culture, Technology, and Self http://ff.im/-bSveH
Delicious Music
Todays most popular social bookmarks
- YouTube - The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody
- YouTube - The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody
- Grooveshark -- Listen to Free Music Online -- Internet Radio -- Free MP3 Streaming
- Pitchify - Spotify links based on the best Pitchfork reviews
- Music library disaster? How to rip songs from your iPod
- SoundCloud
- How-to: get music, videos, and photos off your iPod or iPhone (OS X) -- Engadget
Unsigned Bands Promo List
Artist Awareness Amplifier
Share your unsigned or indie label artist links here and vote for your favorites.
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Ours to Destroy
A unique juxtaposition of introspective folk with more...1 point
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BEMIS - MySpace
MySpace music profile for BEMIS with tour dates, s more...1 point
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The Union Records - DIY Database
Indie Record Label based in Portland, Oregon with more...1 point
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INTERVURT - MySpace
A five piece from London, Uk. Likened to Muse, U2, more...0 points
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Your Favorite Enemies - MySpace
A six piece Alternative Rock band from Montreal, C more...0 points
Mission Criteria
learn more about the UNW project
Unsigned Defined (Wikipedia)
The term "unsigned artist" is used in the music industry to refer to a singer, songwriter, musician, or band that has no affiliation with a record label. Many unsigned artists sell their music and music-related merchandise without the financial support of a record label, while often seeking a recording contract through the recording of demos. The difference between an unsigned artist and an aspiring artist is that aspiring artists in most cases do not sell their music commercially. Recently, the internet has helped promote independent artistic material. Artists tend to post their music on websites such as MySpace, ILike and yourdub, and sometimes have their music played on podcast shows like Kooba Radio, Tom Robinson, Indie Launchpad and Low Slung. In recent times, artists such as Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead, who once had major label record deals, have started to release their music independently.
Independent music (Wikipedia)
In popular music, independent music, often generally abbreviated as "indie", is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing.
Independent labels have been known to strive for minimal influence on the artist they represent, avoiding the artist-cultivating behavior of many major labels. Artists represented by Independent labels have been known to be focused more on producing music than becoming wealthy and/or well known. These artists use more off beat styles to create music since they are not hindered by the record label.
UNW Project Aims
How this lens can help you
- Aid new music discovery, distribution and promotion.
- Connect unsigned artists, managers and fans with the best Music 2.0 tools and resources.
- Promote new opportunities for artist/fan interaction.
- Help independent musicians prosper and profit from their creative work.
Do-it-Yourself
Why waste your talent being a puppet for The Man when you can follow your own direction, build your own fan base and foster the respect you deserve from the people that count? The DIY ethic can be applied to finding self-reliant solutions for music production and commerce using the growing Web 2.0 infrastructure. Many artists have already achieved success using self-promotional business techniques to build a fanbase.
Web 2.0
Successive waves of disruptive technologies continue to change the way we find, share and pay for music. The Social Web offers a multitude of ways to build brands, collaborate and spread ideas. New Open Business models are emerging built around openness, free services and free access. For musicians this represents an unparalleled opportunity to explore creativity, retain artistic control and exploit Long Tail economics.
Music Marketing Solutions
Unsigned Not Wasted helps independent artists find free to low-cost music marketing solutions. People can locate, track and share information about a range of DIY music tools including sites for collaboration, flexible music licensing, media distribution and artist promotion. Targetted web feeds deliver the unsigned buzz from blogs and social networks.
To learn more about this DIY medium of communication, and the shift in economic value of the web, see the Music 2.0 section below for a short introduction. Also check out Chris Anderson's streaming audiobook: Free: The Future of a Radical Price. Detailed information on these topics can be found via the books on this page and via DISStore.
Participation
Sharing and rating information
Anyone can participate by adding artist and music resources to the interactive lists (plexos). These lists can be shared on webpages by grabbing the RSS feeds or widget codes.Vote for what you Value
Individual list items can be voted on to rank them up, as can the overall lens at the top of the page. If you want to help unsigned bands and promote music difficult to find using corporate media outlets, vote for what you believe in. Every vote counts!
This way we all get a say in developing the project and sharing cool stuff. Feel free to spread the Unsigned Not Wasted meme however you wish. Use the lens 'Contact Me' link if you want to share media such as graphics, info etc. You can also share messages with the wider web community in the comments area at the bottom of the lens.
Music 2.0
using the machine
About Web 2.0
The second generation of the Web
"Web 2.0" refers to a second generation of web development and design, that facilitates communication, secure information sharing, interoperability, and collaboration on the World Wide Web. Web 2.0 concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-based communities, hosted services, and applications such as social-networking sites, video-sharing sites, wikis, blogs, mashup and folksonomies.
From Wikipedia - Web 2.0
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Music 2.0 Resources
Directories, lists, groups and initiatives focusing on music and the web 2.0 platform.
The Small Print
hosts, terms, conditions
Music Media Hosts
Reading the Small Print
The creation and distribution of music has become widespread due to the abundance of Internet technologies and new online media services (Social Media/Web 2.0).The sites used to host and distribute music online differ widely in their end user agreements and Terms of Service. Some sites are 'friendlier' than others for content creators, depending on how the creator/copyright holder permits the work to be used and whether or not they get paid.
It's important to recognize that many music sharing sites can sell or license uploaded works to third parties without financial compensation to the creator.
For people sharing free music under flexible licenses like Creative Commons this is extremely important because their choice of license is often determined by requirements involving pre-cleared authorization, user flexibility, and various copyright protections, including non-commercial use. These copyrights can be superceded or nullified by agreeing to the TOS of the music hosting service. Superceded terms may be perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable and transferable so it's helpful to know what the user may be giving up before accepting the terms.
Most music sharing sites have some kind of involvement with commercial partners such as advertisers, licensees, sponsors, affiliates and the like. This includes aggregators and search engines that spider, index and offer music elsewhere.
When choosing a host it's often a case of finding a balance between the features on offer and the Terms of Service, especially in the grey area of non-commercial use licenses. When using a third-party hosting service it's worth remembering the role partnership deals play in the financing of their operations. It's wise to read the TOS, privacy policy and copyright policy first to determine the reputation and suitability of the service. An alternative is to host the files on your own server or use a suitable paid web hosting provider.
Opinion
The Royalty Scam
New York Times article by Billy Brag.
These crazy musicians still think they should get paid for recorded music Techcrunch's Michael Arrington riffs on the Billy Bragg article with interesting reader comments.
Record Label 'Infinges' Own Copyright, Site Pulled
Open Music
copyleft, creative commons, free culture
Open Music Tools
The shift to copyleft, creative networks
In music circles this type of Free Culture movement is known as Open Music because it applies the concept of Open Source computer software to music. The social web makes it possible for everyone to participate in the creation, distribution and promotion of Open Music.
Copyleft licensing enables the free circulation of pre-cleared media and derivative works on the Internet. A healthy Remix Culture is important for creative work that involves sampling, remixing, podcasting, and web-mashups.
The first decade of the twenty-first century has seen a steady growth in the use of CC licenses. New creative networks have emerged, circumventing the limitations "conventional" copyrights impose on digital information. Most notably the collaborative music community, ccMixter, the first free remix site designed for independent musicians using CC licenses. Magnatune was one of the first digital music labels to develop the Open Music approach and both services continue to innovate in this space today.
Below are some tools that make it easy to find similar free and legal media resources for your own projects.
- Copyleft Music MP3 Aggregator
- An mp3 aggregator for netlabel and CC licensed music releases. Audio links can be streamed using the a>
- Open Music Search
- A Google custom search engine indexing dozens of key Open Music Resources. Use it to find Copyleft, Creative Commons, Open Source, and Public Domain works. Including media files, software, blogs, and creative networks. You can also grab the widget for your own web projects and Google startpages.
- Creative Commons Search
- Provides multiple engines for searching main Open Media hubs with the option to filter searches by desired source, media type, and Creative Commons license. Use it to find free music, videos, images, and other media.
- Open Media Directory | Ourmedia
- A free resource for finding legal, podsafe music and video. The hand picked resources are designed to help artists, podcasters, bands, DJs, remixers, music bloggers and creators of video content working with Copyleft, Creative Commons, and royalty-free licenses. (NB this resource is currently offline, a new publication is in the pipeline).
- Open Music Radar
- A news aggregator for fresh copyleft music releases and reviews.
Open Music Hubs
Recommended sites and communities for copyleft and public domain music.
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Music Lyrics
Smart Lyrics currently has 630,000+ music lyrics o more...0 points
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Song Lyrics
Song lyrics database with 750,000+ song lyrics sea more...0 points
P2P Content Distribution
Free network distribution using P2P, bittorent technologies.
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LegalTorrents - Film, Music and Digital Media
An online community created to discover and distri more...0 points
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Mininova Content Distribution
Exposure to more than 35 million people visiting M more...0 points
Opensonics Lens
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Opensonics : Open Music Community News & Copyleft Media Resources
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Focusing on news and developments within the Open Music community. Promoting awareness of copyleft music, open media services, and free software. Community buzz is delivered via a mashup of feeds from leading copyleft media networks including blogs,...
Knowledge
guides & gurus
Video Feature Slot
Music business models
Find Your Voice
By Seth Godin
The only way your organization is going to make an impact is to market in the way only you can. Not by following some expert's rules or following the herd, but by doing it in the way that works. For you. Don't worry about someone else's invented standards for new media, invent your own. Avoid obvious mistakes, don't follow obvious successes.
Find your voice, don't copy someone else's." From Seth's Blog
Imaginary Masterminds
A growing collection of interesting ideas from creative people. Exploring the Internet, creativity, longtail economics, open culture, copyright issues, and future media trends. Video playlist at Youtube/DISSmedia
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How To Be Creative by Hugh MacLeod
MacLeod highlights the value of authenticity and h more...1 point
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Wicked Whammy - Music Needs Management
Future of music industry and Internet music market more...1 point
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How to Become a Creative Genius - Lifehack.org
Six tips for expanding your creativity.0 points
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David Byrne's Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists and Megastars
Today's artists have surprising new ways to reach more...0 points
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Kevin Kelly -- Better Than Free
Eight things that are better than free.0 points
Music Marketing Strategies
Promotional Tactics and Marketing Perspectives
A collection of useful blogs, case studies and individual processes you can use to execute your brand strategy. Including tips from musicians and music strategists. Covering digital identity, marketing campaigns, promotion, packaging, monetization, etc. Video playlist at YouTube/DISSmedia
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The Viral Garden: Open letter to big labels/artists
A 4-point plan for getting a social media campaign more...0 points
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Soup Greens by Lucas Gonze
Lucas shares some thoughts on the decision making more...0 points
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28 Ways to Make Money with Your Website
A list divided into direct and indirect methods, e more...0 points
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A Complete List of the Many Forms of Web Marketing for 2008
A useful overview of the major tools used for onli more...0 points
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Severed Fifth
A music project designed to explore how far a musi more...0 points
The Long Tail of Fans
CC image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ojk007/3814052537/
DIY Music Survival Guides
Insight and ideas on how to survive in the changing music media revolution.
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Music 2.0 - essays by Gerd Leonhard
Music & Media Futurist Gerd Leonhard's best es more...1 point
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This Business of Music Marketing and Promotion, Revised and Updated Edition by Tad Lathrop
Details promotional skills, publicity plans, royal more...1 point
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The Musician's Internet: Online Strategies for Success in the Music Industry (Music Business) by Peter Spellman
This hands-on guide is essential for any musician more...1 point
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The Indie Band Survival Guide: The Complete Manual for the Do-It-Yourself Musician by Randy Chertkow, Jason Feehan
The ultimate resource for musicians looking to rec more...1 point
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PR 2.0: New Media, New Tools, New Audiences by Deirdre Breakenridge
Insight and analysis covering social networking, b more...0 points
Communicating Effectively
Tips and analysis on the art of communicating using digital media.
How to Write in 140 Characters or Less - Stepcase Lifehack
Tips on good, concise writing for microblogging pl more...0 points
Who Needs Headlines? - A List Apart Article
A selection of conventional techniques for writing more...0 points
How Not to Display Your Artwork on the Web - Lines and Colors blog
A list of things you can do to drive visitors away more...0 points
Hardformat - Reaching for the sublime in music design.
A collection celebrating love of brilliant music-r more...0 points
Musicians Twitter Roadmap
Twitter is radically changing the way musicians ar more...0 points
Image Management and Graphic Design Resources
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Image Conscious - Free Online Graphic Design Tools
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Find, explore and share useful graphic design resources for building better blogs, social profiles and professional websites. Discover free online image applications and inspirational visual media you can use in your creative projects. This lens foc...
Making Music Library
Music tips and insights
Recommended books and DVDs on the art of sound and music creation including Music Technology, Philosophy and Aesthetics.
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Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age by Steve Knopper
Chronicles the record industry's relentless rise t more...1 point
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Digital Marketplaces
business, commerce, income
Artist Revenue & Music Sales
Revenue generating web services
E-commerce services where musicians and fans can buy and sell digital content. Musicians can generate revenue through sales of music products and merchandise. Including digital downloads, various media formats, advertising and other forms of monetization.
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CollegeMusicRadio.com
A source for independent Music with streaming radi more...1 point
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iJamr - Sell and Buy Music Online
A music social network for discovering artists and more...1 point
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PLUGOLA - Social Indie Music Community & Marketplace
Indie artists can create a web presence, interact more...1 point
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RippleAudio.com - Royalty-Free Music, Sound Effects & Audio For Media Production
Upload and sell your music to Media Producers arou more...1 point
Fan Revenue & Commissions
Fan partnerships and revenue sharing communities
Revenue sharing opportunities for content creators and music distributors. Business models that offer fans royalties and incentives for promoting artists' music.
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Tagfoot - Revenue Sharing Bookmarks
A social bookmarking and blurb posting site that s more...1 point
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Fandoodle - Music Distribution via Fans & Friends
Artists partner with fans who promote albums on t more...0 points
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iJamr - Sell & Buy Music Online
Make money with your iJamr page by selling music f more...0 points
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Popcuts - Buy music. Make money.
A music store where you have a stake in the music more...0 points
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Qassia - Intelligence Engine
A tool for promoting your websites. It also shares more...0 points
Image Sharing Royalties
Revenue sharing image hosts
Sites that provide income streams for people sharing photos, illustrations, digital artwork, slideshows, etc.
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fOTOGLIF : Share Slideshows
Upload photos and embed slideshows on web pages. s more...0 points
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Shareapic - The pic sharing site that gives back!
A free image hosting and photo sharing service tha more...0 points
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Demotix | The Street Wire
Demotix can broker your photos and videos to newsp more...0 points
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ImageStamper - Stay copyright-safe
A free tool for keeping dated, independently verif more...0 points
Video Sharing Royalties
Revenue sharing video services
Video hosts that provide income streams for people sharing promo videos, viral video clips, podcast episodes, short movies, documentaries, etc.
Merchandise Sales
Online shops and merch distribution
Sites and support for managing online shops, product sales and distribution including: Apparel, CDs, posters and other goods.
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Big Cartel » Bringing the Art to the Cart
For bands, labels, clothing designers, artists, cr more...0 points
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Shopit - Shop, Buy, Build a Store & Sell
Your own shop for sharing and publishing products more...0 points
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RedBubble - Art Gallery and Creative Community
Buy and sell framed prints, posters, canvas prints more...0 points
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Flogd - Sell your stuff anywhere
Sell your CDs and merchandise by placing the code more...0 points
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SmartClips: the best place to buy and sell digital content!
Sell your content through a free branded store hos more...0 points
DIY Designs on CafePress
just sing it Sticker (Bumper)
just sing it. High school or jr. high chorus or glee is the place to put up or shut up. Just sing it.
Live Music
Concerts & Tours
Live performance news, touring tools and venue guides.
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ConcertBuzz - Reviews of Concerts and Shows.
ConcertBuzz is a simple way to find or share revie more...1 point
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Gigfreaks.com - Discover gigs and music you love
Will find gigs you must attend by entering one art more...1 point
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preAmped - Find concerts, music, and friends
A website that brings together music, people, & more...1 point
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Organisatiebureau
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Sonicliving - Live Performance Tracker
Digital to Analog Lifestyle Converter for tracking more...0 points
Gigs and Touring Books
Tour management and publicity
Everything you need to know about life on the road.
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The Musician's Guide to the Road: A Survival Handbook & All-Access Backstage Pass to Touring by Susan Voelz
Both a valuable primer designed to prepare young m more...0 points
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How To Be Your Own Booking Agent: THE Musician's & Performing Artist's Guide To Successful Touring by Jeri Goldstein
This unique step-by-step guide & resource book more...0 points
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The Touring Musician: A Small-Business Approach to Booking Your Band on the Road by Alfred Publishing
Helps performers at all levels of experience to ta more...0 points
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The Tour Book: How to Get Your Music on the Road by Andy Reynolds
Provides practical advice, hints, & tips on ev more...0 points
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Tour:Smart: And Break the Band by Martin Atkins, Cynthia Plastercaster, Suicide Girls, Henry Rollins, Jade Dellinger, The Enigma, Chris Connelly
Every aspect of making a successful tour with a ba more...0 points
YouTube - Indie and Unsigned Acts
Social Networking
media, profiles, playlists
Social Media in Plain English
Social Media in Plain English
A simple story that illustrates the forces shaping social media. This video comes in an unbranded "presentation quality" version that can be licensed for use in the workplace. http://www.commoncraft.com/store-item/socialmedia
Runtime: 224
377671 views
403 Comments:
curated content from YouTube
Flickr Unsigned
Social music images and brand marketing ideas
Watch how musicians promote their online presence/brand image and connect socially through the use of visual media. (Updated daily)
Identity Management
Productivity, promotional and social networking tools to help manage your online identity and media presence.
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Retaggr - your online presence everywhere
An interactive business card with your profile, li more...0 points
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FriendFeed
Allows you to keep up-to-date on the web pages, ph more...0 points
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Facebook - social networking platform
Each Band Page has a music player, video player, d more...0 points
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Ping.fm / Update all of your social networks at once!
Ping.fm is a simple service that allows you to pos more...0 points
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Dandyid.org: share your id
A free service that connects all of your online id more...0 points
Music Communities
General community-style music sites that allow artists and fans to share, rate, discuss and download music. Useful for creating band profiles, promoting projects and social networking.
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RateThisTune.com :: Free Musician And Band Promotion! Get Heard and Get Noticed!
Promote your music here for free! Upload your own more...1 point
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Stage.FM - Find Independent Music
Indie music and video sharing community.1 point
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Jamphetamines - Online Indie Music Community
A free online indie music community for musicians more...1 point
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Songrio.com
A place to discover new music and artists.0 points
Music Playlists & Mixtapes
Playlist sharing communities, DJ mixes and Indie music radio streams.
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ccMixter Playlists
Create and share dynamic audio playlists of music more...2 points
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Project Playlist - Social Music Experiment
A free music playlist site and search engine for s more...1 point
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Grabb.it - Music Player
Search for music, listen, share it, grab it from w more...1 point
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FIQL.com - Music Playlists
Find, share and listen to music playlists in over more...0 points
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inDiscover
Music discovery and playlist recommendation system more...0 points
Music Networking
Forums, groups, contact networking tools
Specialized social tools and Independent creative networks using platforms such as Facebook, Ning, etc.
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Mediaor - Music 2.0 News and Discussion
Discussion and news covering the future of music d more...0 points
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JITTERwall - Ning
Social Networking for Artistes, Producers, Enginee more...0 points
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CC Hits - Ning
A Digg-like community for sharing and rating Creat more...0 points
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NeLaS's ccHits
A ccHits clone that automatically distributes shar more...0 points
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ccCreators
A collective for artists using Creative Commons li more...0 points
Productivity Tools
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Bright Ideas Brilliant Minds - Tools for Exploring Creativity, Open Learning & Human Potential
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A lens for sharing creativity resources, educational materials, and productivity tools. Providing insight on how ideas, imagination and creative thinking transform the world we live in. Discover hundreds of cool sites for inventions and innovations...
Social Media Tracking
Useful media tools and filters.-
Twittersweet Music - Tracking the Social Music Buzz on Twitter.com
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A social media toolkit for publishing and tracking music tweets on Twitter.com. Discover music related conversations, follow popular music channels and find people with similar interests. Add your music related Tweetstreams to the plexo lists for pe...
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Spypoint : Tracking Real-Time Social Media Tools
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The Spypoint lens directs you to collective information streams that automatically refresh in real-time. Public crowdstreams are a quick way to discover what others are sharing and talking about online. Simply launch a crowdstreaming channel from the...
Support Services
Advocacy & Group Initiatives
Action groups, civil liberties and direct democracy.
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CASH Music
Coalition of Artists & Stake Holders. A music more...1 point
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Bum Rush the Charts
An experiment to show that podcasting and new medi more...0 points
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Boycott RIAA
The center for the fight against the tyrant that i more...0 points
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Ning: Unsigned Networks
Search results for unsigned social networks using more...0 points
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Fund and release - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A funding system where the creator is paid accordi more...0 points
Business Advice
Entrepreneurial skills, financial investments, market research
Startup tips and help for budding entrepreneurs including financial services and business tools.
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StartupNation -Tips for Entrepreneurs
Provides real-world business advice to people who more...0 points
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My picks: The best service providers for startups « RobWebb2k
A shortlist of recommended services for startups. more...0 points
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How Search Engines Rank Pages
General tips on domain hosting, linking, site cont more...0 points
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SoundOut - market research
Guarantees accurate, objective and rapid insight i more...0 points
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Slicethepie - Finance
A financing platform for the music industry that e more...0 points
Internet Service Providers
Broadband Services and Domain Names
Recommended broadband service providers representing good value for money and reliability. Domain name business choices.
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Plusnet - Best Small UK Broadband Provider
Offers packages for residential & business bro more...1 point
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Alternative Domain Name Tips For Music Websites, Bands and Labels - Buzzsonic.com
Advice and ideas for one of the most important asp more...0 points
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.music (dotMusic) Domain TLD - Generic Top-Level-Domain gTLD Extension
.music is the web domain extension representing th more...0 points
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Wix.com - Flash music website & Music web design
Create a free Flash music website. Design, Publish more...0 points
Musician Services
Project development resources
Support and feedback for musicians including business services, classifieds, competitions, directories, fund raising, graphic design, and social networking tools.
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Production Advice - Blog & Professional Service
Give us an email, an mp3 and 48 hours, and we guar more...1 point
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JamJunky - Write songs right.
Create a vault containing your songs, then gather more...0 points
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Musiclocated - geolocating musicians and more
MusicLocated is the place where music gets located more...0 points
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Linked Musicians
Live music industry social networking community fo more...0 points
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BandMix.com
Musicians Wanted and Musician Classifieds at BandM more...0 points
Related Lenses
Music Creation Lenses
Lenses about making music and editing audio.-
Virtual Museum of Soundtoys : Web-Native Audio & Music Applications
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A repository of links to online sound-toys and fun music applications. Highlighting interactive works that allow you to create music, explore music history and the science of sound. The collection offers categories for music games, music remixing, v...
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Freesounds : Digital Audio Tools, Sound Sample Collections, Open Music Resources
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A guide to free sound solutions for Digital Audio Editing, Music Creation, and Podcasting. Providing links to free audio applications, sound samples and loops, legal music you can download, share, reuse and remix. Easily find musical works, software...
Media Distribution Lenses
Tools, widgets and RSS feeds for sharing media.-
The Viral Video Directory - Track Popular Videos, Tools and Networks
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A guide to free online tools and services for tracking viral videos. Discover the most popular movie clips spreading on social networks like Facebook, MySpace and YouTube. Easily share your favorite video sites and movie making tools using the specia...
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Widget Finder : A Map for the Widgetsphere
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An easy way to find the widgets you want and the gadgets you need. Discover the best tools to build your blog, feed your space and pump up your PC. Widgets are tools that make it easy for you to customize your web pages, desktops or mobile devices w...
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Feed Pitstop - RSS Tools & Services for Web Feed Management
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A one-stop lens for Web feed discovery, management and promotion. Tune-in to the latest web buzz, generate customized content channels, distribute your own media using the right RSS tools and services. A comprehensive RSS hub for daily news and tool...
Guitar Lenses
Online information, support and gadgets for guitarists.-
Guitar Gadgets : Cool Effects Pedals & Signal Processors for Guitarists
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A guide to exciting toys and gadgets for guitarists. Featuring gadget demonstrations, new and used gear, DIY projects and other cool guitar resources. Designed to help guitarists find the best effects processors available. That means free audio appl...
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Guitar Tools : A Compendium of Remarkable Resources for Guitarists
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A comprehensive guide to online tools and musical knowledge for guitarists. Providing reliable information for both beginners and advanced players, covering acoustic and electric guitar playing across all styles of music. Share your favorite guitar...
Podcasting Lenses
Guides to help you create and find quality podcasts.-
DJ Mix List - Free MP3 Music Mixes via Twitter
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A place to share DJ mixes in MP3 format posted via Twitter and other social music sites. Focusing on independent / netlabel tracks and music licensed under Creative Commons. Discover free DJ mix sets, netlabel resources, free audio software and Open...
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Podvox : Practical Voice Recording Tips & Online Help for Podcasters
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A podcasting resource hub sharing tips and techniques for creating good quality podcasts. Topics are approached in easy to read bite-sized chunks, suitable for people of all experience levels, from basic home recording to advanced podcasting situatio...
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Podcast Plexometer - Share your Favorite Podcast Shows and Podcasting Services
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A simple way to share your favorite podcast shows and podcasting services. You can also keep up to date with the latest podcasting news and social tools. Add your recommendations to the widget lists and vote for the best podcasts on the planet. You...
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Podsafe Content - A Guide to Free & Legal Media for Podcasters
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A guide to freely available audio and video content licensed specifically for use in podcast productions. Learn about the advantages of podsafe content, where to find it and how you can use it. The podsafe ethos fosters a sense of fair play and mutu...
Message Board
UNW announcements and feedback
A place to share news, links and promote your projects.
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- DavidHolmes DavidHolmes Oct 31, 2009 @ 4:44 pm
- a2f2a - the "artists-to-fans-to-artists" blog that aims to explore and encourage dialogue between people who love music and people who love making music. Founded by Billy Bragg and Jon Newton.
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- DavidHolmes DavidHolmes Oct 23, 2009 @ 7:31 pm
- Creative Deconstruction - In-depth music industry news and analysis. Designed to help artists, music professionals and entrepreneurs navigate the new music business and embrace innovation.
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- DavidHolmes DavidHolmes Sep 19, 2009 @ 2:17 pm
- The Indie Digest - Australian blogger Owen Kelly shares his thoughts on future music business models, including The Long Tail of Fans series.
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- DavidHolmes DavidHolmes Sep 3, 2009 @ 2:40 am
- KnowTheMusicBiz.com - an online community and resource center for independent artists and musicians. Provides information on how to build a sustainable career in the rapidly changing music industry.
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- DavidHolmes DavidHolmes Jul 25, 2009 @ 8:16 pm
- Infinite Fan Base - A blog for bands, musicians, and artists working to increase their exposure and make money. Discusses topics related to marketing, technology, business models, and finding new fans.
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- DavidHolmes DavidHolmes Jul 13, 2009 @ 2:38 pm
- Alexa's List of Top Social Networking Sites - The top three at the time of posting this link: 1) Facebook, 2) Myspace, 3) Twitter.
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- DavidHolmes DavidHolmes Jul 13, 2009 @ 1:31 pm
- Web Sites To Upload Your Own Music To - A list of music communities with free audio hosting, artist promotion and profile pages, sorted by size/popularity.
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- DavidHolmes DavidHolmes Jul 6, 2009 @ 4:02 am
- Deleting Music - A blog about how the music business is erasing music culture in the digital age - a scrapbook of material for a book by Andrew Dubber.
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- DavidHolmes DavidHolmes Jun 14, 2009 @ 4:01 am
- Unsprung Media- Bruce Warila's blog presents thoughts on the intersection of music and technology. A good source of ideas for developing music marketing strategies.
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