For Composers

Society of Composers, Inc.

The Society of Composers, Inc. is a professional society dedicated to the promotion of composition, performance, understanding and dissemination of new and contemporary music. Members include composers and performers both in and outside of academia interested in addressing concerns for national and regional support of compositional activities. The organizational body of the Society is comprised of a National Council, co-chairs who represent regional activities, and the Executive Committee.

Sound Junction.

How do musicians compose music? Where are the ideas from? What do they do with them? How do you end up with a piece that works?

For Film

David Beard Music Production.

Film music composer and production company.

For Musicians

Indie Music

Indie-Music.com Where Serious Musicians Surf!

For Songwriters

Performing Songwriter Enterprises and its various media initiatives focus on celebrating music, shining a spotlight on songwriters, reinforcing the importance of music and arts education and affirming the value of music and its creators in all of our lives.

Indie-Music.com Where Serious Musicians Surf!

SongU.com

SongU.com provides multi-level song writing courses developed by award-winning songwriters, song feedback, mentoring, one-on-one song coaching, co-writing, unscreened pitching opportunities and more. You will find all the tools you need to succeed as a songwriter-all online.

Songwriter Magazine

Songwriter Magazine Interviews

Songwriter Universe Online resource for songwriters

Songwriter Magazine Interviews

Songwriters Guild of America

The Songwriters Guild of America is the longest running and most prestigious groups of its kind.

Songwriters Resource Network

Songwriters Resource Network is a trusted news and education resource for songwriters, song lyricists and music composers everywhere. The mission of Songwriters Resource Network is to inform and empower songwriters by providing reliable information about all aspects of songwriting, lyric writing, composition and music publishing. Our goal is to help aspiring songwriters improve their craft, find contacts and songwriting opportunities, and succeed in the music business.

Forums, Message Boards & Blogs

Composers Forum

Composers Forum Unite! Meet composers from all over the world. Share ideas, thoughts, tech insights, job opportunities, and business knowledge!

Just Plain Folks Music Organization

Community of over 51,500 Songwriters, Recording Artists and Music Industry Professionals

Sputnik Music Forum

Community of musicians and music lovers

The Muse's Muse

The Muse's Muse is devoted to discussion and information having to do with the craft of songwriting.

Licensing

Harry Fox Agency

HFA is the foremost mechanical licensing, collections, and distribution agency for U.S. music publishers.

Magazines

American Songwriter

The magazine provides indepth interviews with up and coming, established and legendary songwriters; interviews with publishers, producers, A&R executives and other industry representatives who have something of interest to say to our readers.

Film Music Magazine

A Global Media Online Publication

Film Score Monthly

The Online Magazine of Motion Picture and Television Music Appreciation

Guitar Player Magazine

Great resource for Guitar Players

Guitar World

Contains terrific resources for every Guitar Player

Movie Scope Magazine

Contains terrific resources for every Guitar Player movieScope Magazine is a 80-page, full-colour hardcopy magazine published 6 times per year. movieScope provides a fresh perspective on the collaborative nature of filmmaking (from writing to producing, directing and acting) by offering informative content, sourced from an insider's point of view.
Each issue features contributions by key industry professionals and established professional journalists and filmmakers from Hollywood, UK/Europe, the Indie film scene and other global movie hotspots. The result is an informative, entertaining read filled with practical advice, encouragement and behind-the-scenes information.

Music From The Movies

The online home of the best film music magazine in the world'

Music Tech Magazine

Music Tech Magazine is the most practical magazine and website around for producers, engineers and recording musicians. Their commitment to carrying the best hands-on pro advice and technique in every issue guarantees that you'll improve your music with a subsciption to MTM.

MusicSight and Sound

Discover the best world cinema

Songwriting and Composing Magazine

The Guild of International Songwriters & Composers, is the UK's premier music industry songwriting organization and has been publishing Songwriting and Composing Magazine since 1986 which is read by songwriters, composers, lyricists, music publishers, record companies, management companies, promotion companies etc, and the music industry in general internationally.

The Musician's Guide to Recording

Disc Makers and The Music Player Network have teamed up to produce The Musician's Guide to Recording, a FREE publication packed with tips and articles designed for anyone involved in audio recording. Whether you're a musician, engineer, or producer, you'll benefit from the in-depth information about writing, recording, mixing, mastering and more.

BBC Music Magazine

Get all the latest stories from the world of classical music.

Professional Rights Organizations

ASCAP

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a membership association of more than 400,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers of every kind of music. Through agreements with affiliated international societies, ASCAP also represents hundreds of thousands of music creators worldwide. ASCAP is the only U.S. performing rights organization created and controlled by composers, songwriters and music publishers, with a Board of Directors elected by and from the membership.

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)

BMI collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed.

As a performing right organization, or PRO, BMI issues licenses to various users of music, including television and radio stations and networks; new media, including Internet services and websites and mobile technology businesses such as ringtone and ringback providers; satellite audio services like XM and Sirius; nightclubs, discos, hotels, bars, restaurants and other businesses; digital jukeboxes; and live concert venues.

BMI currently represents some more than 6.5 million compositions - a number that is constantly growing. As a result, BMI has, over the years, implemented a number of technological innovations in its continuing effort to gather the most accurate information available about where, when and how its members' compositions are played or performed, as well as ensuring that royalty payments are made in as precise and timely a manner as possible

SESAC

Performing rights organizations (there are three of us in the U.S.) are businesses designed to represent songwriters and publishers and their right to be compensated for having their music performed in public.

MISC

The Music Business Registry

We have been publishing contact directories for the Music Industry since 1992 - that's all we do to make sure you have the best contact information available for the people you need to reach in the Music Industry. Below are the different directories we publish as well as some other publications that we know are of value to Music Industry Professionals and Musicians alike.

MasterWriter

Masterwriter is simply the most powerful collection of writing tools ever assembled in one program. Whether you're writing a song, a poem, or a novel, MasterWriter will unlock all the English language has to offer, to help you express yourself in a more unique and meaningful way.

Music Studio

If you're serious about making music, ACID Music Studio is the perfect tool for original song creation, audio recording, MIDI production, studio-quality mixing, and effects processing. Share your songs any way you want - burn CDs, upload to the Web, or export to MP3 for portable devices such as the PSP® or iPod®. With built-in tutorials to guide you, you'll be composing, remixing, and mastering like a pro in no time.

SongFrame

Spice up your songwriting! SongFrame Songwriter's Toolkit software places a rich set of musical tools at your fingertips all aimed at improving your songwriting. Work out chords, progressions, melodies, lyrics, rhythms and song form using expert tools, and save your finished work to a form easily imported into your favorite DAW or sequencing application - complete with all your guide tracks and even markers showing every song section and chord change.