Women’s & Independent Music Sources
Holly
Figueroa — founder of Indiegrrl.com, mother of 2, touring songwriter
with a lot to say on almost everything.
Vicki
Blankenship — Dalmatian lover, songwriter and Founder of Indie Music
For Life, Inc. non profit raising money in the fight against cancer. Vicki
lives Indie music.
CD Baby
— The best little record store on the Internet. We love them! Great
service, real people, no jerks. Click
here to purchase both Indiegrrl Compilation CDs and for a catalog of some
of the Indiegrrl members whose CDs are available at CD Baby.
Goldenrod
Music — Music from some of the best women in the business.
Ladyslipper
— Online music store for women’s music.
Musician Resources
Angelic
Music — Angelic Music is a recording, publishing and meeting place
to promote female artists and to provide a place to make contact with each
other for help, support and advice on anything and everything from technical
advice, getting gigs, and promoting shows.
Bandwidth
— Discussion of web design as it relates to bands, labels, and other
music related sites. Everything from adding audio and video; format types,
linking strategies, site promotion, search engine placement. Low volume discussion
list, for novices and professionals alike. Good place to ask the more technical
questions.
D'Addario—
The Players Choice ~ Top quality guitar strings for all your guitars
FestivalNet.com
— 'Music festivals, craft shows, art festivals & fairs in the
US and Canada'
Full
Range Recording Studio — New York City’s only project recording
studio dedicated to recording, informing, and supporting the independent artist
and musician gives discount rates to Indiegrrl Performing Members.
Future
of Music Coalition - Are you a musician without health insurance? Get
the HINT! The Health Insurance Navigation Tool offers free phone consultations
for musicians with insurance agents to get advice on navigating the confusing
process of getting yourself insured. Visit http://www.futureofmusic.org/hint
to schedule an appointment.
GeeK NoiZe
— Digital audio recording software and hardware links directory and
user-to-user discussion forum.
The Harry
Fox Company-Mechanical Licensing — Established in 1927 to provide
an information source, clearinghouse, and monitoring service for licensing
musical copyrights.
The
Indie Bible — The Indie Bible gives Indiegrrl Performing Members
a $5 discount on purchases of the Indie Bible, a resource and informational
book for singer songwriters.
Indiecentre
— Independent label information site.
Indie-Music.com
— Self-help mecca for independent musicians.
Internet
Talk Radio — Internet Streaming Media Broadcasting - Internet Radio
Station from Voice America - Voice America offers Internet talk radio shows
and popular programs on a variety of topics. Listen to Internet radio broadcastings
or host your own Internet talk radio show on.
In Tune
Guitar Picks — Great quality guitar picks from a family and friend
owned and operated business that is a proud sponsor of Indiegrrl. Best prices
on the market and they give Indiegrrl Performing Members a price break by
waving all of the set up fees.
Karen Kane
— Producer/Engineer, recording, live sound, and audio instructor with
3 decades of audio engineering and production experience. Karen has worked
with Tracy Chapman, Janis Ian, Alix Olson, BareNaked Ladies, Ubaka Hill, Ember
Swift, Kay Gardner, Wishing Chair, and Vicki Blankenship to mention a few.
MusicNSW
— Music resource in Australia.
Music
Talks/Full Range Recording Studios — A FORUM for collectively discussing
and expressing thoughts and feelings on music and recording industry issues
within small group sessions. Full Range Recording Studios.
Oasis CD Duplication
— One of our biggest supporters. We encourage anyone who is in the market
to get CDs or tapes made to call Oasis first. Excellent customer service,
reputation, and added benefits that no other company provides. Check them
out.
Planet
Waves — STop quality musicians gear, connectors, items and smart
tools to take care of your instruments.
Rock-n-Roll
Design — "Affordable websites for musicians: Kick-ass designs
with easy-to-use update tools!"
Rock
Poster Review — ”Our story is about the image of rock music.
We're all about sex, money, fame, egos, fashion, art, photography, production,
business, and most importantly, music - just like rock-n-roll.
Schofield
and Company Inc - Never before has there been a tool like this available
to individuals seeking stardom in the music industry. Let us take you behind
the doors and into the minds of label CEO's, A&R's, famous producers,
platinum recording celebrities, and various others to gain step by step guidance
and invaluable information that will assist you on your journey to stardom.
The Loft
Recording Studio — is located high above the tree-lined streets
of historic Uptown Columbus, Georgia only two blocks from the rhythm of the
Chattahoochee River. Created by Songwriters for recording Songwriters, we
invite you to experience, write, record, and package your music in this truly
unique and comfortable environment. As a sponsor to Indiegrrl, we offer Indiegrrl
Performing Members a 25% discount off of studio time, a 25% discount off of
image production services from our in-house graphic partner SeanRox.com (which
includes photography, CD design, merch design), and a free song entry onto
SongScope.com (approx. $30 value per member)on-line song pitching catalog
to assist those writers in your membership that are working to pitch their
music.
US
Copyright Office — Find out how to copyright your songs and download
forms. Everything you need!
Web Sticker
— WebSticker.com is the online division of Freely Creative, Inc a marketing
company specializing in the design and printing of custom stickers, decals,
and bumper stickers. Designing and screen printing powerful promotional stickers
and decals is our specialty. Web Sticker is a proud sponsor of Indiegrrl and
waves all set up costs on custom orders for Performing Members of Indiegrrl.
Associations & Organizations
Chicks
Rockfest — Festivals and tours for bands with one female band member
Indie
Music For Life — a non profit raising money for cancer research
with the support of Indie singer songwriters of all genres through benefit
concerts and yearly compilation CDs.
Just Plain
Folks — An organization of musical artists from around the globe.
Kathode
Ray Music — Artist development, marketing, and promotion consulting
organization dedicated to helping unsigned and upcoming bands expose their
music.
Women's
KISS (Kickass Independent Songwriter Showcase) — Women’s KISS
(Kickass Independent Songwriter Showcase) is an event that celebrates the
range and quality of contemporary, independent, female singer/songwriters.
It offers a multi-artist entertainment experience to the audience. Giving
each person attending a chance to find something they enjoy, while exposing
them to new music.
Outmusic
- Outmusic is a network of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered musicians
and supporters. Performers, composers, lyricists, producers, recording artists,
activists, promoters, press/media and even non-musicians who believe in LGBT
music have joined Outmusic over the years.
Webgrrls
— They generously donated portions of their FAQ and code to Indiegrrl.
Webgrrls is an organization dedicated to helping women in techonology level
the playing field, just like Indiegrrl does with the independent music industry.
If you are involved in technology, you need to visit their site; it’s
fabulous!
Radio
Enchantress
Radio — Radio Free Tunes is a family of internet music stations
that feature independent artists. Station Enchantress Radio features the music
of talented female artists and includes several our members.
NTG Radio
— A noncommercial internet radio station which plays all women all day,
both indie and mainstream. Currently indie artist are receiving about 40%
of our airplay time.
Radio
Locator — List of Radio Stations on the Internet. Links to over
9000 radio stations all over the world.
Woofur.com
— Independent internet radio station based out of Toronto, broadcasting
Absolute Underground and Absolute Indie as well as beats by some of the up-and
coming DJs and artists around.
Publications
Cutting
Edge Voices - CEV is an online e-zine that spotlights independent and
mainstream women artists and musicians through
in-depth interviews, reviews and news postings
Indieguitarists.com
- Web Ezine dedicated to promoting independent guitar players not currently
signed with any major record companies.
Rockrgrl
Magazine — ’The oldest (and BEST) magazine in publication
for women who rock.
Pinknoises.com
— Webzine on women DJs and electronica producers.
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