RELATED LINKS
Songwriter & Recording Artist Resources
Networking • Seminars • Classes • Speakers
Film Music Network
www.filmmusic.net
Monthly L.A. area meetings; guest speakers; networking; resources; composer resources
Los Angeles Music Productions
www.lamusicproductions.com
Seminars; area meetings; guest speakers; pitches
NARIP - National Association of Record Industry Professionals
www.narip.com
Monthly meetings; networking; resources; guest speakers;
Chapters in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco, New York, Phoenix, and London
Copyright • Sample Licenses & Contracts
Intellectual Property & Legal Issues
Film Music Magazine
www.filmmusicmag.com
Film, TV & multimedia magazine
U.S. Copyright Office
www.copyright.gov
Download copyright forms & instructions
Songwriter101
www.songwriter101.com
The business of songwriting
What is Copyright?
www.whatiscopyright.org
Answers to your questions about copyrights
Copyright Resource Center
www.mpa.org/copyright/copyresc.html
Info on all aspects of copyright
Georgia State University Library
www.library.gsu.edu/research/sub.asp?ldID=35&guideID=0&subID=190
LOTS of links and resources RE the music business
Indie Rock Café
indierockcafe.net/music_copyright1.htm
General copyright and performance rights links
NOLO: Law for All
www.nolo.com
Legal information & forms for all sorts of legal issues
Public Domain Info Project
www.pdinfo.com
Identify & Search for Music in the Public Domain
Lolly Gasaway, University of North Carolina
www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm
When works pass into the public domain -- a chart
FindLaw
e.findlaw.com/entertain_legal_guide/General/resources
Legal Resources/Links, including copyright
Int’l. Intellectual Prop. Alliance
www.iipa.com
ALL intellectual property issues
Starving Artists Law
www.starvingartistslaw.com/industries/music_law.htm
Music Law/Issues: Resources, Links, Sample Agreements
The Firm
www.thefirm.com/articles/produce2.html
Producer’s Agreement
Performance Rights, Composer,
Songwriter & Musician’s Organizations
BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.)
www.bmi.com
Performance Rights Organization
ASCAP (American Society of Composer Authors and Publishers of Music)
www.ascap.com
Performance Rights Organization
SESAC (Now known only as SESAC, the acronym is from the original name:
Society of European Stage Authors & Composers)
www.sesac.com
Performance Rights Organization
NARAS
www.naras.org
The Recording Academy
Singer/Songwriter Resources
(General, Creative, Marketing & Supplies)
iFanz
www.ifanz.com
“Your fanz are your future” … a MUST for artists
McCartney Multimedia
www.mccartney.com
Products & Services for the artist; marketing tools
SingerSong
www.singersong.com
Run for, and by, singers & songwriters; Resources
SingerSongwriter
singersongwriter.ws
Run for, and by, singers & songwriters; Resources
The Muse’s Muse
www.musesmuse.com
Mostly creative & marketing info/resources + Links
Songlink
www.songlink.com/hres.html
Music Industry & Songwriter Resources: Links Page
John Braheny
johnbraheny.com/res/index.html
Music Creators Resource Page & Links
NY Public Library Music Division
www.nypl.org/research/lpa/mus/mus.resources.html
Music Resources & Links
Cassette House
www.tape.com
Blank Recording Media at good prices, including bulk
London Film School Resource
http://www.london-film-school-warning.com/
Film & TV Resources
Entertainment Jobs In Film Production And Television Production
www.filmstaff.com
Filmstaff.com is where people go for entertainment jobs.
Soundtrack.net
www.soundtrack.net
The Art of Film and Television Music.