Guide to other websites

All Music Guide This guide covers many types of music including rock, country, jazz, blues, world music, folk music, rap, raggae, gospel, and easy listening. www.allmusic.com

ARTISTdirect Connects popular music fans directly with information about their favorite artists worldwide. Includes an A to Z artist index, plus an easy to use search facility.
www.artistdirect.com

British and International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech Provides information and advice on any aspect of the amateur festival movement. www.festivals.demon.co.uk

British Choirs on the Net Contains links to British choirs' websites, details of workshops, organisations with music for hire or sale, and links to other relevant sites. www.choirs.org.uk

British Music Information Centre The resource centre for British contemporary classical music. Provides details of scores, music contacts, composers and concerts. www.bmic.co.uk

Eastern Orchestral Board Development agency working with professional orchestras in the eastern counties of England.
www.eob.org.uk

Mean Fiddler Website provides details of venues, festivals, news and listings of forthcoming events. www.meanfiddler.com

META Music information - support organisations, health & safety, copyright & royalties, policymakers, contacts, audience research, contracts, business and funding.
www.metamusic.org.uk

New Musical Express Long established magazine providing the latest news, reviews and features of the pop world, classified ads and concert ticket sales. www.nme.com

Operabase Search for details of opera performances since 1999, find opera houses, or browse the listings of festivals from around the world.
operabase.com/index.cgi?lang=en

Performing Right Society The PRS collects licence fees for the public performance and broadcast of musical works.
www.prs.co.uk

Royal Festival Hall and Hayward Gallery The website for the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, Hayward Gallery and Poetry Library.
www.rfh.org.uk

Sound Sense Provides details of musicians working in your area (of interest or geographical area), and facts about the benefits of community music in healthcare. www.soundsense.org

Youth Music is about all sorts of music for all sorts of young people from garage to gamelan, jazz to jungle, brass to bhangra, folk to funk. www.youthmusic.org.uk