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Industry Organisations
Now celebrating its 60th anniversary, the Audio Engineering Society was formed in 1948 by a group of concerned audio engineers. With over 14,000 members throughout the U.S., Latin America, Europe, Japan and the Far East, the AES serves as the pivotal force in the exchange and dissemination of technical information for the industry.
AIM is a not-for-profit trade body established in 1999 to represent the UK independent music industry. Acting for over 90% of the independent market, and with over 800 members from small start-ups to the largest and most respected independents in the world, AIM promotes this exciting and diverse sector globally, leveraging the sector's power as a fifth major to enable its members to grow, grasp new opportunities and break into new markets.
The APRS promotes the highest standards of professionalism and quality within the audio industry. Its members are recording studios, post-production houses, mastering, replication and other music facilities and providers of education and training, as well as audio freelance engineers, manufacturers suppliers and consultants.
The British Section of The Audio Engineering Society.
The Audio Engineering Society is the foremost international organisation dedicated to the increasingly wide field of audio engineering. In the fifty years since it was founded, it has provided the industry with a world-wide framework for the advancement of both the science and art of audio.
The MCPS-PRS Alliance is the main UK collection agency for songwriters, composers and music publishers.They represent over 10 million pieces of music.
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Supporting the rights of independent record labels worldwide, Merlin opens up new media revenue streams to independents that would otherwise not be accessible.
The Music Managers Forum is a worldwide network of professionals dedicated to delivering first class management services to the artistic community, drawing from a wide variety of genres. From organising discounts to industry events and services to lobbying on you and your artist's behalf at UK and European to protect your rights, the MMF will help support you, whatever your level of management experience.
The Music Publishers Association (MPA) looks after the interest of all music publishers based or working in the UK and exists to safeguard and improve the business and legal environment within which its members are operating.
The Musicians' Union represents over thirty thousand musicians working in all sectors of the music business. As well as negotiating on behalf of our members with all the major employers in the industry, we offer a range of services for professional and student musicians of all ages.
PPL is a music industry organisation collecting and distributing airplay and public performance royalties in the UK on behalf of over 3,500 record companies and 47,000 performers.
The Producers & Engineers Wing is the division of the Grammy Organisation in the U.S. which represents producers, engineers, remixers, manufacturers, technologists, and other related music recording industry professionals. It is comprised of more than 5,500 members.
Industry Services
Whilst not offically linked to Avid, the AIR Users Blog provides a very useful resource for all users of Avid's AIR plug-ins, as well as technical advice and support for Pro Tools users. There is a busy forum, over 250 video tutorials, and a tremendous library of free patches for all the plug-ins. It's well worth signing up to, and it's free for MPG members! Click here to register.
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"Unique, up-to-date, on-line Search engine and Directory for Recording, Mastering and Rehearsal Studios throughout the UK. Enables users to find a Studio with the particular spec they need (eg. Mixing desk, price range, location and equipment) and lists contact info and direct links to each Studio's own website. Also includes 'last minute' downtime offers, News items and Classifieds. Advertising space available for related services." |
Eskal-8 Music Publishing
A UK publishing company, open to submissions from writers in the pop / country / RnB / Instrumental genres.
Producer, engineer and artist management
Highly reccommended hire company for vintage keyboard gear, including Hammond organs. The company also does excellent restoration work on Hammond organs, Leslie cabinets and all vintage keyboards and analogue sythesizers.
Ithinkmusic enables a community of independent record labels, artists and retailers to create and sell a catalog of music to the public.
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London Connected is a skills and business development programme helping London's music businesses and entrepreneurs to take advantage of opportunities presented by digital technologies. This could be helping a record label to develop its digital strategy and increase its digital music sales, or helping a graduate to get a job or work placement in the digital side of the music business, or helping a musician to learn how to promote and sell their music online... there is a range of different types of support available to meet the varied needs of all of London's music businesses and entrepreneurs. The programme is managed and delivered by the Association of Independent Music (AIM), supported by £650,000 from the London Development Agency (the LDA), the Mayor of London's Agency for Jobs and Business. |
MusicTank, a business development network for the UK music industry, owned and operated by the University of Westminster - it's purpose; to engage with industry, innovation and change across the music business.
Intellectual property site - download free legal agreement documents
Rentmystudio.co.uk is a brand new and innovative service which aims to provide a comprehensive search facility for those in need of the perfect studio. The site enables studio owners to rent out their studio to artists searching for the ideal place to be creative. Whether it be for music, photography, dance, art, film or any other creative use, Rentmystudio.co.uk provides "spaces for creatives".
The music industry is all about fences. Those who are on the inside, and those who are on the outside. SellaBand wants to break down all the fences. Everybody with a passion for music can be on the inside.
It's your music. It's your choice.
THE LEADING CREATIVE RESOURCE FOR MUSIC PUBLISHERS, SONGWRITERS, A&R, PRODUCERS,
ARTISTS AND MANAGERS - ANYONE IN THE BUSINESS OF PITCHING OR SEEKING SONGS
Studio Referral Service, run by Ellis Sorkin, will find and recommend the perfect studio to meet your specific needs. S.R.S. is a link between artists, producers, engineers, record labels, film companies, ad agencies, anyone who uses a recording studio and the studios themselves.
The premier online community for UK music industry professionals.
Publications
Pro Audio Magazine
Encompassing coverage of all sectors of the industry: live sound, commercial audio/install, recording/post production and broadcast, Audio Pro International will be published ten times a year and distributed free-of-charge to key decision makers in the UK, Europe and worldwide.
UK magazine and record label - a mine of information about blues artists, live shows, album releases, etc.
The magazine for broadcast sound technicians
Pro Sound News Europe is the leading, longest-established monthly news title for the pan-European professional audio community. And now there's PSN-e, the weekly digital update, delivered to your inbox every Tuesday.
Resolution is the descerning audio practitioner's magazine of choice.
Interesting Websites
A very useful site, which lists the credits for thousands of albums
AllMusic content is created by professional data entry staff, editors, and writers. The network of writers includes over 900 music critics who review albums and songs and write artist biographies.
Always useful and a great example of excellent design
Not a site for downloading techno loops, but a great source of information and advice about record production and the workings of the music industry, including many video interviews with veteran players, including Chris Blackwell, Randy Newman, Dave Stewart. and many more...
Last.fm connects you with your favorite music, and uses your unique taste to find new music, people, and concerts you'll like.
this is a great site all about things Bill Gates
Podcast: On The Beat at KCRW.com
Each week, industry veteran Celia Hirschman considers the changes and trends in the music business and reports in this engaging podcast. She also runs the UK-based record label One Little Indian in North America.
Information Services for the Audio Professional
PROAUDIOGUIDE.COM provides audio professionals worldwide with convenient, central access to first-hand information about professional audio products and pro audio companies. Custom-tailored websites guide users to up-to-date information directly at the sources with the best knowledge: The Pro Audio Industry Companies.
US Production Search Engine
Extensive video and photo resource website, with a wealth of interviews with high-profile record producers and engineers, and a selection of studio features.
Exensive and established website featuring a multitude of engaging and contraversial reports and interviews, many with high-profile artists.
The Peoples Music Awards... the future of new music. The music awards and website are dedicated to the promotion and development of unsigned and newly emerging music artists, and aim to give all the unsung heroes the glory and recognition they deserve
The Unsigned Guide is a must have for unsigned bands, emerging song-writers, musicians, music managers and music students.
It is crammed with fully updated information and essential music industry contacts. Record company A&R staff, publishers, digital distributors, recording studios, producers, guitar shops, festival programmers, press titles and management companies.
Record Labels
Independent record and management company, based in Toronto, Canada. Home of Feist, Broken Social Scene, The Dears, Hidden Cameras & The Stills.
Incredibly supportive, artist-based, independent record company, founded in 2000 in Toronto, Canada, by Shauna de Cartier.
Six Shooter Records profile
Equipment Manufacturers
Graham Hinton's pro-audio & MIDI design company
The definitive new supplier of modern, cutting edge sound suites. They supply a wealth of highly flexible and unique music samples, in all the latest formats.
Innovative new material for the creative producer. Utilizing state-of-the-art modern studio equipment, and years of experience. Click here for a special offer.
Prism Sound has been supplying successful high quality analogue and digital studio products for 21 years. Originally set up as an R&D consultancy developing designs for pro and consumer audio companies, Prism Sound now manufactures its own high-end recording and mastering products, as well as audio test and measurement equipment and networked audio logging systems.
Paul Frindle (ex-SSL, Sony Oxford) - analogue/digital design guru has set up a new company to design plug-ins for Pro Tools
Al Smart's creative pro-audio design company
Educational
Based in the heart of London, Alchemea College of Audio Engineering is one of the world’s leading colleges of sound engineering, music production and post-production training. Alchemea is a Digidesign Pro School and an Apple Certified Training Centre. It offers full time, intensive audio courses, as well as short courses in Pro Tools, Logic Pro 8, Final Cut Pro 6, Reason 4, Ableton Live 7, mastering, mixing, recording and music composition.
The MPG and APRS have combined their educational efforts to create JAMES (Joint Audio Media Education Services), set up to support Education and Training it also represents a valuable resource for anyone wishing to find out about courses and career paths within the Music and Post Production industry
