Music websites

1-800-MUSIC-NOW was a short-lived venture by MCI Communications to open a music store operated through automated telephone prompts. It also introduced what would have been one of the first ever serious attempts at an e-commerce music store. ...more on Wikipedia about "1-800-MUSIC-NOW"

Album-a-Day is a project run by Tom7, founded in 2001. Musicians must write either 20 minutes of music or 30 total songs within a 24 hour period, taking no ideas from before that period, and not allowing any re-writes of any music once recorded. It is a project set up to reward creativity and quick thinking, instead of the usual musical process of rewrites and polishing. ...more on Wikipedia about "Album-a-Day"

The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. AMG was founded in 1991 by Michael Erlewine as a guide for consumers and published its first reference book the next year. AMG's database is licensed and used in point-of-sale systems in record shops and in most online shops that sell music. The database consists of: ...more on Wikipedia about "All Music Guide"

ARTISTdirect, Inc. is an online music distribution company established in 1994. ...more on Wikipedia about "ARTISTdirect"

BlankTV is the largest online uncensored punk, hardcore, ska, indie and alternative music video channel. The website launched in January, 2000 as a partner with LOAD Media in Hollywood, using the proprietary LOADtv video delivery system. ...more on Wikipedia about "BlankTV"

Broadcast.com was a web radio company founded as "AudioNet" in 1995 by Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner. ...more on Wikipedia about "Broadcast.com"

Drowned In Sound is a UK based music webzine dedicated to new music. It started as The Last Resort but was relauched as Drowned In Sound in 2000. It is run by Sean Adams, programmed by Matthew Wilson and edited by Colin Roberts. The site is mostly based on contributions from unpaid writers and has an integrated forum to allow for discussion and comments on interviews, news and reviews. It also includes a user rated database of artists and bands as well as details for most live music venues (big and small) in the UK. Aside from space for comments, there are separate forums for general discussion, music related discussion and advertisements for people requiring bands or musicians. ...more on Wikipedia about "Drowned In Sound" www.shortopedia.com, it's as simple as that! shortopedia

Drum-world.com was set up in the year 2003. Since then it has become a central location on the Internet for drummers to discuss drum related information. ...more on Wikipedia about "Drum-world"

Gigwise.com is a UK based online music magazine featuring news, reviews and features on indie, rock and electronica acts from the UK, US and Europe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gigwise.com"

Global Dj Broadcast is a weekly internet radio show run by Markus Schulz. ...more on Wikipedia about "Global Dj Broadcast"

Hellven is a music group and netlabel involved with the demoscene. Founded in 1998 by Xavier Dang (aka "mv"), the group has showcased the work of many popular artists in the scene. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hellven"

Jay Ziskrout was the first drummer for Bad Religion, forming the group with schoolmate Brett Gurewitz in 1980. He performed on the band's debut release Bad Religion - 6 Song EP and about half the tracks on their debut full-length album How Could Hell Be Any Worse?. He decided to leave the band with only half of the songs recorded due to a misunderstanding regarding the band's new press photos. So, since the album was only half complete, they needed another drummer and Jay's drum roadie, Pete Finestone, took over drums to complete the album and subsequent releases. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jay Ziskrout"

KMRK-FM is a radio station in Jefferson City, Missouri. The station broadcasts at 100.1 FM, airing a rock format with the brand name Megarock Radio. ...more on Wikipedia about "KMRK"

MemphisRap.com is company with a mission to "bridge the gap between Memphis Rap Artists and their fans". It operates an acts as a portal, record store, community, as well as a tool allowing artists to build, and present their music on an international level. It was founded by University of Memphis students Hosea Mays, Jr and Charla Littlejohn in March 2000 and has remained independently owned. The company is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. According to Alexa Internet, which is a Amazon company, MemphisRap.com is the top speciality rap/hip-hop website on the Internet. ...more on Wikipedia about "MemphisRap.com" Go crack a http://www.shortopedia.com! Music_websites

Midweek Mayhem is an online heavy metal radio show hosted by Chris Akin and Curt Briscar. ...more on Wikipedia about "Midweek Mayhem"

MP3.com is a web site operated by CNET Networks providing information about digital music and artists, songs, services, community, and technologies. ...more on Wikipedia about "MP3.com"

Mxtabs was one of the most popular online music tablature websites, offering free tablature for guitar, bass guitar and drums, along with music reviews ( sputnikmusic.com, instrument lessons and a music forum, located at musicianforums.com.) ...more on Wikipedia about "Mxtabs"

OverClocked ReMix, also known as OC ReMix or OCR, is a website dedicated to reviving computer and video game music from the past and re-interpreting it with new technology and capabilities. The site's mission statement explains how its members seek to prove that such music "is not disposable or merely just background, but is as intricate, innovative, and lasting as any other form." ...more on Wikipedia about "OverClocked ReMix"

Poesybeat is an online collaborative artform whereby participants combine music and poetry together into a new musical style. The authors of the music and the poetry often have never met one another. The premiere site for this style is poesybeat.org, a not-for-profit site that promotes the poesybeat artform. ...more on Wikipedia about "Poesybeat"

PopText is an mp3 blog hosted on blogger.com's Blogspot network and created and maintained by its London based author Abigail McDonald. The blog's title and concept is based on the neologism "Poptext". This word was originally taken to relate to a cynical or irreverent review of a popular song but the definition on the blog itself now has it possibly referring to pop reviewing in general or even to mp3 blogging in general. Usage of the word has spread with various interpretations to other blogs and it has been referenced and used in articles in the press. Its uses are currently mostly within the blogging community and in discussions of this community, though the popular music webzine Pitchfork Media has used the term in a single review ** . ...more on Wikipedia about "PopText"

PureVolume is a website for rising bands and musical artists to promote themselves. Each artist/band has its own miniature website which usually includes news, photos, upcoming shows, background/ biographical information, contact information, and music for free listening and downloads. Over 150,000 artists house such profiles on PureVolume, most of whom hover around the rock genres, particularly alternative rock, indie rock, and punk rock and its subgenres. ...more on Wikipedia about "PureVolume"

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Rate Your Music is a metadata database where musical albums, EPs, singles, videos and bootlegs are rated and reviewed by users. These data are then used to generate music recommendations for users and to create rated lists of music albums. Weighted averages are used to calculate the ordering for these lists; regular members who write reviews and rate more albums have a greater weight applied to their ratings. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rate Your Music"

SquareSound is a website dedicated to the music and composers of games created by Square and Square Enix. The site features album information for all soundtracks published for Square, Square Enix, tri-Ace, and Basiscape, as well as coverage of the soundtracks that many current freelance composers produced after their employment or collaborations with Square and Square Enix. Also featured is a composer compendium, a significant number of album reviews, fan-arranged sheet music and MIDIs relating to popular games, and a music news service. The site relies considerably on submissions from staff members and contributing visitors, though is partly an information site as well. ...more on Wikipedia about "SquareSound"

VGMix is a website dedicated to ReMixes of video game music. ...more on Wikipedia about "VGMix"

The Videogame Music Archive, also known as VGMusic.com or VGMA, is a well-known website that archives MIDI sequences of video game music, ranging from tunes of the NES era to modern pieces featured in Xbox, Gamecube and PS2 games. Currently, there are over 20,000 MIDI files hosted on the site. ...more on Wikipedia about "VGMusic.com"

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