By Barry Vincent

 

 

 

 

Reggae Links

http://www.chinnasmithmusic.com/ Chinna is a veteran reggae guitarist in the business. He's played with some of the biggest artistes in reggae music.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jamaicans (reggae musicians) The Wikipedia encyclopedia page with info and links about Jamaican peolple that have excelled in their field.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggae Detailed information regarding the history of Jamaican music.

http://www.rhapsody.com/bobmarley Download resource for reggae music.

http://www.rhapsody.com/petertosh The music ofPeter Tosh.

http://www.rhapsody.com/jimmycliff The music of Jimmy Cliff.

http://www.rhapsody.com/tootsandthemaytals The music of Toots and the Maytals

http://www.rhapsody.com/kenboothe The music of Ken Boothe.

 

*Jazz Guitarists

http://www.patmethenygroup.com/ Pat Meteheny is a jazz guitarist that has been doing well for over 20 years. His style is unique and he is a trend setter.

http://www.johnscofield.com/ another brilliant and unique veteran guitarist.

http://www.jazzguitarresources.com/index.shtml Books, Luthiers, interviews, equipment etc.

http://www.fareed.com/ Site for Fareed Haque.

http://www.jimhallmusic.com/ A veteran and jazz legend in his own right.

http://www.henryjohnsonjazz.net/ Brilliant Chicage based guitarist that has played with many big names.

http://www.stevekhan.com/ Another gifted guitarist out of New York.

http://www.redhotjazz.com/django.html Dedicated to gypsy guitarist the late Django Rheinhardt.

http://www.adamgood.com/transcriptions/ Jazz solo transcriptions resource.

Jazz Links

Coming soon...............

 

Resources for Independent artists

There are many sites that are setup for unsigned artists online. Some are free and take a percentage of your sales and some are paid (monthly and/or yearly)....and usually take non of your sales revenue. A few of the the biggest sites are Itunes.com.

North America:
Avatar - http://www.avatarrecords.com
CD Baby - http://www.cdbaby.com
Digital Musicworks - http://www.digitalmusicgroupinc.com
Digital Rights Agency - http://www.digitalrightsagency.com
IDEA - http://www.ideadistributors.com
Independent Bands - http://www.independentbands.com
Ingrooves - http://www.ingrooves.com
IODA - http://www.iodalliance.com
IRIS Distribution - http://www.irisdistribution.com
Redeye Distribution - http://www.redeyeusa.com/
The Orchard - http://www.theorchard.com
Tunecore - http://www.tunecore.com
Virtual Label - http://www.virtuallabel.biz

Europe (and where located):
AWAL (UK) - http://www.awal.co.uk
Artspages (NO) - http://www.artspages.org
Believe Digital - http://www.believedigital.fr
Consolidated Independent (UK/Europe) - http://www.ci-info.com/contact/rfp.html
Dicentia (DE, DK, FI, NO, SE) - http://www.dicentia.com/en/contact/contactus/
DiGiDi (DK) - http://www.digidi.dk
Edel (DE, IT, PT) - http://www.edel.com
Flowphonics (UK/Europe) - http://www.flowphonics.com/
IC records (IS & UK) - http://www.hillmedia.co.uk/icrecords.htm
Kiver (IT) - http://www.kiver.com
Kontor New Media (DE) - http://www.kontornewmedia.com
Kudos (UK) - http://www.kudosrecords.co.uk
N.E.W.S (BE) - http://www.newsdistribution.be/contact.aspx
Phonofile Danmark (DK) - http://www.phonofile.dk
PIAS (Benelux) - http://www.pias.be
Pinnacle (UK) - http://www.pinnacle-entertainment.co.uk
SoulSeduction (AT) - distribution@soulseduction.com
State 51 (UK) - http://www.state51.co.uk
The Music Business Organisation AS (DK) - http://www.mbo.dk
Uploader (UK) - http://uploader-music.com
Vital (UK) - http://www.vitaluk.com
Zebralution (DE) - http://www.zebralution.com

Australia & New Zealand:
AmpHead Entertainment - http://www.ampheadmusic.com
Muscadium - http://www.musicadium.com
Show Off Recordings - http://www.showoffrecordings.com

Japan:
Rightsscale - http://www.rightsscale.co.jp
Pryaid - http://www.pryaid.co.jp

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