Links
Affiliated companies
- Barfly
- Running several well-established venues around the country hosting gigs for the best up-and-coming talent around
- Campus Media
- The holding company which owns Get Real! and Student Broadcast Network. Channelfly owns a large share of Campus Media
- Channelfly
- The parent company which owns SBM, SuperVision, Popex and The Fly along with other music related interests
- Get Real!
- Running highly targeted and successful student marketing campaigns
- Pollination Music
- A new, fresh music publishing company
- Popex
- The fore-runner of Celedaq, Popex is a website based on following the fortunes of the world's pop and rock stars
- Student Broadcast Network
- Broadcasting the best new music to the majority of universities around the country
- Super Audio CD
- The latest high quality audio format allowing stereo and surround sound recordings to be listened to in unprecendented clarity
- The Fly Magazine
- One of the UK's premier music magazines
- Passport: Back To The Bars
- It's for charity.
Record Production
- Music Producers Guild
- A professional body representing the interests record producers in the music industry
- Record-producer.com
- Lots of useful information on the music industry, production techniques, details of record producers and tips for budding artists
- Recordproduction.com
- Interviews with top producers, equipment reviews and tips for record production
Useful books
- All You Need to Know About the Music Business
- A very useful book which gives a very good overview of all aspects of the music industry. Highly recommended
- The Music Management Bible
- Another very good book which gives a thorough grounding in music management and many other areas of the music industry. Also available from the Music Managers Forum
General Music Resources
- Allmusic.com
- A useful resource for finding out details about any established artist, track, musician or producer
- Click Music
- Daily round-up of music-related news
- Encore Newsletter
- An electronic newsletter from American company Celebrity Access which covers news and developments in the music and entertainment industries
- FX Rentals
- Audio equipment rental, sales and repairs
- Harmony central
- A useful resource for musicians
- Hit Quarters
- A website presenting the world's top record company A&R managers, publishers, managers and producers, including their contact info & track records.
- Hit Sheet
- An independent journal for key people in the music industry which previews and promotes great music from established, breaking and unsigned artists. It also features news, views and vital statistics on all music matters.
- Music Week
- The music industry weekly magazine
- RPM Directory
- American directory website which lists contact details for many producers, mixers, recording services and related companies
- Record of the Day
- A newsletter and website from an independent company providing a daily digest of music industry-related stories together with soundclips of the best new music. Useful for picking up on new music before it becomes high profile.
- Showcase
- Directory website which lists contact details for all the music-related services and companies you'll ever need
- Songlink
- Website and managazine which lists details of artists who are currently looking for songs
- Taxi
- American web-based resource which apparently can help budding artists make contact with the A&R managers and publishers in the record industry
- Yahoo UK Launch / Dotmusic
- In depth coverage of music-related news and features
- We Are Listening
- We Are Listening provides you with professional resources to ensure that your music is being heard by the right people.
Industry Bodies
- British Phonographic Industry Ltd
- The industry body which represents record companies
- Music Managers Forum
- Representing music managers interests, hosting industry events and providing useful advice, training and resources for managers and artists
- Musicians' Union
- Representing musicians interests
- Performing Right Society
- The collection society which collects UK income for the performance of songs on TV, radio and in venues and distributes it to songwriters
- Phonographic Performance Ltd
- The collection society which collects UK income for the performance of recordings on TV, radio and in venues and distributes it to songwriters
- Royalties Reunited
- A website run by PPL which aims to reunite unclaimed performance royalties with their rightful owners. Take a look if you've ever performed on a recording which was a hit.