Genre:

HardRock

 

Resources for Artists, Bands and Music Fans

Equipment

Local & Regional Info

Indie CDs Online

Web Resources

Protect your Music and Name:
Library of Congress:   Copyright registration and information. 
U.S. Trademark Office:   Trademark and Service-mark information.

Broadcast Music Inc.:  Performing Rights Registration Service Organization.

Taxi:  The Independant A&R Leader

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Ventura County Bands and Music Supporters

• Goldmine Recording Studios:  1393 Callens Rd, Ventura
• Golden Mastering: 1721 E. Main St., Ventura
• Rough Edge / Fresh Blood: Ventura County local Musicians and Music Reviews
• Ventura County Reporter:   Ventura County's News & Entertainment Weekly.
• Ventura Music Scene:  Your connection to Ventura County's live music scene

Regional Music and Recording Equipment

• Coast Recording:  Recording studio that sells sound and recording equipment. They also have a large inventory of previously owned equipment
• Guitar Center:   A musician's best friend
• Recycler:  Music Classifieds
• Westlake Audio:  Recording studio that sells sound and recording equipment

Ventura & Santa Barbara County Record Stores

• Salzers Records and Tapes:  5777 Valentine Rd, Ventura.  "Largest Selection of CDs."
• Seven South Record Shop:  Santa Barbara

Our Online Internet CD Resellers:  

• CD Baby: Selling indie musician's CDs to the world (800 Buy-My-CD).
  CD Baby reports to Sound Scan a national company that researches statistics on CD/tape sales and reports its findings to its members and to Billboard Magazine. The charts are based in part on this research. There is no charge to be listed." 220 North Central Park Avenue, Harstdale, NY 10530, Phone (914) 328-9100, Fax (914) 328-0234.
• Garage Band: Unsigned and Indie Music, Reviews, and more.
• Tower Records: Online CD Retailer
  

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Web Resources for Artists, Bands and Music Fans

• Artistopia:  The Ultimate Music Artist Resource site
• Audio Launch:  Unsigned Artist Promotion
• Band Connection: "Saving the world, one band at a time"
• Band Radio: Resources for unsigned bands with searchable directory
• Band Promotions: Musical index, information about and contacts for Artists and Bands
• Band Utopia: Screaming over the sound of a 60Hz Humm
• CD Ripper: Powerful, yet easy to use and fast, CD ripper for MP3, WMA, WAV, and OGG audio output.  CDDB auto-save, auto-tagging, and folder creation from CDDB artist/album info are just a few of its features
• Djembe African Drum: Ika's site on Djembes Hand percussion African Drum by bali-treasures.com
• DMOZ: Open Directory
• Dot Bands: Global band index
• Epitonic: Presents and promotes unsigned bands
• Garage Band:  Unsigned and Indie Music, Reviews, and more
• Get Signed:  Guiding tomorrow's superstars
• Hard Radio: Online Hard Rock Radio
• Hot Bands: Music Resource
• Indie Group: Resources for unsigned bands
• Indie Find: The webs foremost indie music search directory
• Indie Music !  The best place for musicians online
• IndieGo Music Center:   Music promotion & global distribution
• Just Plain Folks: Where musicians and songwriters from all areas network together
• LAMA: Los Angeles Music Access - Independent Artist Database
• Listen: Find your music
• Los Angels Musicians: Part of the community musician.com family
• Local Band: Directory of local bands listed by region and locality
• Local Band Network: Listings of unsigned and indie bands
• LyricsTrax:   Song lyrics - rock rap country music, mp3 downloads plus music news a trivia
• Magic Bus Music Forum: Taking music further
• Media Factory Show: Musician Promotional Pages
• Mixposure:  Site features band ratings, reviews, awards, contests, show dates...
• The Mode: Listings of musicians and artists by country, state and area code
• Music & More: Unsigned bands, musicians & songwriters directories
• Music Articles:  Dedicated web site to just Music Articles
• Music Dish: Online news and reviews
• Music Distribution: Music Distribution, MP3 Hosting, etc.
• Music Plus TV:  Exposure for independent, unsigned and undiscovered artists
• Music Web Directory (NMUSA): Where Musical Minds Meet
• Music Network USA:  Music Web Directory
• Music Pages, The:  Band Index
• Music ROM: All genres, new releases, interviews, concert reviews, unsigned band reviews
• New Music Label: Your Ticket into the Music Business
• Open Here: Open Directory 
• Planet Radio:   Showcases new and independent bands from around the world
• Ralph World: Band and Musician searchable database
• RateOurBand:  Band Information and music downloads
• Rising Music: Music Network
• Rock Band: Listings of unsigned and indie bands from all over the world.
• Rock City News: Local band listings
• SoMusical:  Band and music listings
• Song Scope: Online independent songwriters song shopping catalog
• Stomping Ground: Indie music resources, links and band listings
• Tower Records:   Online CD Retailer
• Ultimate Band List:  Listings of unsigned and indie bands
• Unsigned Indie:  Dedicated to unsigned and independent artists, of all styles
• Unsigned Rock Zone:  International Music Portal for unsigned rock bands/artists