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Music

The music business is a global industry that reaches people all over the world. It starts with the artist side, when a musical composition is created and performed, but behind, there is a whole industry with many different jobs that supports it during its way to the audience. That is, the business side of the music industry.

This category is for websites related to the business side of making music.

Please submit your site to the most appropriate subcategory possible, taking into account the main activity reflected on it.

Websites in this category must be in English. Bilingual ones may be submitted here as well as to the appropriate World subcategory.

The ODP does not list redirection or vanity urls. Please submit the url of your server.

Please submit artists, bands or personal webpages to the appropriate subcategory in Arts: Music.

Submissions for sites under construction will be deleted.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Agents and Managers

Jobs/Services included under Agents and Managers Category are:

A&R(Artist and Repertoire): They are primarily responsible for finding and signing new talent and acting as the point person at the record company for the recording process.

Artist Managers: They are responsible for the whole artist's career. The services usually include: getting and negotiating deals, finding a booking agent, setting the strategic orientation, receiving and filtering requests, and many others.

Booking Agents: They generally make possible for an artist to perform at a concert venue, getting opportunities of live exposures to the audiences.

Tour Managers: They are in charge of securing everything related to taking artists and their acts on the road will run smoothly.

This category is for companies or agencies offering musicians services of:
A&R (Artist and Repertoire), Artist Management, Representation, Booking and Tour Management .

Please submit your site to the most appropriate subcategory possible depending on the main activity.

Websites in this category must be in English. Bilingual ones may be submitted here as well as to the appropriate World subcategory.

The ODP does not list redirection or vanity urls. Please submit the url of your server.

Submissions for sites under construction will be deleted.

Thank you for your cooperation.

By Region

Websites related to the business side of making music listed geographically.

This category contains only @links to equivalent categories under the Regional tree of the Open Directory. Please don''t submit here.
Submit to the more appropriate sub category in Business: Arts and Entertainment: Music depending on your main activity. You can also submit your website to a Regional category depending on your location . Thank you.

Composers and Arrangers

Dedicated to business aspects of making music, particularly sites that are aimed at music professionals and of individuals or studios whose listings focus on soliciting business for themselves.

This category is for sites dealing mainly with the commercial aspects of composition.

Sites focusing artistic aspects of composition, as well as composers'' personal pages should be submitted to the appropriate category under Arts: Music: Composition: Composers.

Websites in this category must be in English. Bilingual ones may be submitted here as well as to the appropriate World subcategory.

Submissions for sites under construction will be deleted.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Consulting

Consulting includes firms offering all kind of professional services to the music industry, such as Business Development, Marketing, Financial, Legal, and many others.

This category is for companies or professionals that offer consulting services to the music industry.

Websites in this category must be in English. Bilingual ones may be submitted here as well as to the appropriate World subcategory.

The ODP does not list redirection or vanity urls. Please submit the url of your server.

Submissions for sites under construction will be deleted.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Directories

Online Guides and Directories related to the music business, including the comprehensive ones and those focused on a certain specialty within the industry.

This category lists Music Industry Directories .

Websites in this category must be in English. Bilingual ones may be submitted here as well as to the appropriate World subcategory.

The ODP does not list redirection or vanity urls. Please submit the url of your server.

Submissions for sites under construction will be deleted.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Employment

Jobs' offer and demand in the music business.

This category lists job opportunities and personal websites offering professional services in the business side of the music industry.

Websites must be in English. Bilingual ones may be submitted here as well as to the appropriate World subcategory.

The ODP does not list redirection or vanity urls. Please submit the url of your server.

Submissions for sites under construction will be deleted.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Engravers

Music engravers accept handwritten music and use computer software to make publishable quality pages of music notation, replacing engravers of old who engraved music on metal plates for printing presses. Music engraving is also called music typesetting, music copying and music preparation.

Please submit sites of music engravers. If music engraving is only one of several services we will usually deep link to the engraving page. Sites not in English should be submitted to the appropriate World category.

Instruments

Manufacture and services related to music instruments .

This category is for websites related to the business of music instruments.

Online stores offering retail sales should be submitted to the appropriate subcategory of Shopping: Music: Instruments.

Sites of retail stores and services, such as tuning and repair, with a local scope should be submitted to the their locality in Regional.

Sites of wholesalers and distributors should be submitted to Business: Arts and Entertainment: Music: Wholesale and Distribution: Instruments.

Sites of manufacturers should be submitted to the appropriate instrument subcategory of Arts: Music: Instruments: Manufacturers.

Sites of builders and artisans should be submitted to the appropriate instrument subcategory of Arts: Music: Instruments: Makers.

Labels

Music Labels are companies with a primary business: the creation of CDs, LPs, MP3 files, or other audio media. They work with a number of different artists, in one or more styles or genres.

Because of the number of very small labels which appear, and disappear, overnight, businesses listed here are selected because they have a portfolio of several artists, conduct business in a particular city, and distribute their audio material in stores, as well as from their website.

This category is for websites of Music Labels.

If your Label specializes in a particular style or genre , please submit your site to Labels: Specialty .
In that case, please submit the site to
the most appropriate subcategory, taking into account
the style or genre which best suits your work .

Websites of labels that promote the work of a single band or artist should be submitted to Shopping: Entertainment: Recordings: Audio: Music: Individual Promotions , if they focus on online sales. Those that don''t focus on online sales should be submitted to the appropriate category under Arts: Music: Bands and Artists.

If your company promotes artists, and represents the independent CDs or MP3s created by the artists (but is not a Music Label for other reasons), please submit your website to Business: Arts and Entertainment: Music: Production.

Websites of music Wholesalers and Distributors must be submitted to Business: Arts and Entertainment: Music: Wholesale and Distribution: Recordings.

This category is not for stores or mail order catalogs.

Websites of companies focused on Retail Sales must be submitted to Shopping: Entertainment: Recordings: Audio: Music.

Websites in this category must be in English. Bilingual ones may be submitted here as well as to the appropriate World subcategory.

The ODP does not list redirection or vanity urls. Please submit the url of your server.

Submissions for sites under construction will be deleted.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Licensing

They research music rights and secure all licenses and permissions for the use of copyrighted works and recordings for television, motion pictures, commercials, corporate productions and the Internet.

This category lists sites of companies that offer music clearance and licensing services.

Websites in this category must be in English. Bilingual ones may be submitted here as well as to the appropriate World subcategory.

The ODP does not list redirection or vanity urls. Please submit the url of your server.

Submissions for sites under construction will be deleted.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Production

Production involves the integration of different roles that make recordings possible. It goes beyond Artists and Recording studios . A key role is played by Producers , who make the musical decisions before, during and after the recording sessions, manage the whole process and control the results. From the technical point of view Audio engineers , are the professionals who apply their skills to achieve the best quality of recordings. They handle recording, edition, mixing, and mastering processes.

This category is for companies or individuals offering a variety of Record Production services.
Websites listed here represent businesses focused on the whole record production process.

If this is not the case, please submit your site to the most appropriate subcategory possible depending on your specialization.

Websites in this category must be in English. Bilingual ones may be submitted here as well as to the appropriate World subcategory.

The ODP does not list redirection or vanity urls. Please submit the url of your server.

Submissions for sites under construction will be deleted.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Promotion

Promoters are responsible for artists´ presence in the media, specially TV and video, and other promotional places.

Publicists are focused on obtaining coverage and interviews for their clients, developing relations with the media and positioning the artists through their personal angles or stories.

Event Planners are responsible for organizing events with the participation of musicians.

This category is for firms that offer Promotion, Publicity and Event Planning services.

Websites in this category must be in English. Bilingual ones may be submitted here as well as to the appropriate World subcategory.

The ODP does not list redirection or vanity urls. Please submit the url of your server.

Submissions for sites under construction will be deleted.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Tour Support

For companies assisting touring productions, as well as sites with tips for roadies and other tour workers.

Wholesale and Distribution

Here you can find websites of wholesalers and distributors of music products such as recordings, instruments, accessories, and publications , but not of retailers .

This category is for firms that sell and distribute in large amounts products related to music .

Websites in this category must be in English. Bilingual ones may be submitted here as well as to the appropriate World subcategory.

The ODP does not list redirection or vanity urls. Please submit the url of your server.

Submissions for sites under construction will be deleted.

Thank you for your cooperation.