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Music and business resources for bands, musicians and music industry personel have been split into several sections.
These include information on finding and protecting your band name or trademark, musicians health organisations, music associations, insurance companies specialising in coverage for musicians, musical instruments and events, unions protecting the rights of musicians and start up resources for self-employed musicians.
Also browse Vocalist's Singers & Musicians Resources section.
Music & Performance Unions
Names, Trademarks & Copyright
Online Music Resources
Start Up Business Resources
UK & Worldwide Travel Resources
Useful Resources
Music & Performance Unions
British Musicians' Union
Looks after members rights, provides free information, advice and contract checking service plus a host of other services for musicians, singers and music teachers.
Equity
The British Actors Union takes care of its members, negotiates fees, contract and legal services.
Performing Artists' Media Rights Association
Performing Rights Society
PRS (UK), 29-33 Berners Street, London. W1T 3AB, Tel: 020 7580 5544 Fax: 020 7306 4050, E-mail: info@prs.co.uk. Collects and pays royalties to composers, songwriters and publishers for public performance and broadcast of copyright works. They also organise regular informative workshops with expert speakers on all business aspects of the music scene. Also home of:- The Performing Right Society Foundation, Tel: 020 7306 4044. PRS set up this charitable organisation to encourage, promote and sustain music creation and its performance, of all genres, at all levels of activity.
PPL (Phonographic Performance Ltd)
1 Upper James Street, London W1R 3HG, Tel: 020 7534 1000 Fax: 020 7534 1111. Collects royalties on behalf of record companies and performers, licensing broadcast and public performance of sound recordings.
UKisHelp.co.uk
UK helpline for European Unions Information Society Programmes
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Names, Trademarks & Copyright
If your baffled by copyright issues visit the Vocalist.org.uk Copyright, Royalties & Trademarks page.
10 Big Myths about copyright explained
Band Name Generator - Can't think of a name for your band? Give this a try!!
The Band Register UK - provides free worldwide search and registration of your band name.
British Music Rights
Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 (c.48) UK
Ladas & Parry - registering your Trademark
Music Law Offices
Musicians' Intellectual Law & Resources Links
Performing Rights in UK - gov findings
Platopress UK - The Copyright Pages
Protecting the Name of Your Band
Swarming Midget Band Name Archive
The UK Patent Office enable you to check all registered companies and patent your product.
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Online Resources
Australian Music Centre Ltd 1st Floor, 18 Argyle St, The Rocks, NSW 1000, Australia. E-mail: info@amcoz.com.au
British Music Information Centre, 10 Stratford Place, London W1N 9AE, E-mail: bmic@bmic.co.uk. Has thousands of 20th century British works, both vocal and instrumental manuscripts, printed material, composer websites and current events.
Business Directory - B Music Yellow Pages Online
Canadian Music Centre Chalmers House, 20 St Joseph Street, Toronto, Ontario M4Y 1J9, Canada. E-mail: info@musiccentre.ca
Harmony Central worldwide online resource for musicians and bands
HelpForBands - Total Help for unsigned bands & artists
Internet Music Resource Guide
Ireland Contemporary Music Centre 95 Lower Baggot St, Dublin 2, Ireland. E-mail: info@cmc.ie
Music Resources from Artslynx
Music resources on the World Wide Web
New Zealand Music Centre PO Box 10-042, Wellington, New Zealand. E-mail: Sounz@actrix.gen.nz
Pipeline Productions - Band Register Listings, Musicians Info
Public Domain Music
RLWCC, INC. - Music Information Online
Scottish Music Information Centre 1 Bowmont Gardens, Glasgow G12 9LR, Scotland. E-mail: smic@glasgow.almac.co.uk
Welsh Music Information Centre - c/o ASSL, University of Wales College of Cardiff, Cardiff CF1 1XL, Wales. Fax: +44-1222-371921
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Start Up Business Resources
Better Business UK
Business Advice Online - UK Small Business Service
Cash or Car the choice made easy - cash alternative, cash option, personal contract purchase, P11D, company car tax, savings,
Citizens Advice Bureaux report a rise in consumer debt - NACAB
Freelancers - UK Freelancers & Company matching service
Real Deal - UK Channel 4 Better Business Site
Smart Eric - UK Freelancers to Company Projects
TCA - UK Teleworking Info & Services site
Working Solo - Small Business_Solo Worker Info
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UK & Worldwide Travel Resources
Embassy World - Worldwide Embassy Listings and Web Addresses, Maps & Telephone No's!
Multimap.com_ Online Maps to Everywhere.
UK Street Map
UK directory search for Camping & Caravanning
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Useful Resources
192.com the largest UK directory enquiry service.
411 web.com
BT PhoneNetUK - UK online phone directory
BUBL Information Service Home Page
Free Pint - research & info site - best on the net!
Jim Shead's Home Page
GK Soft - a host of information on governments for a wide range of countries. Includes information about each country, languages, flag, human rights issues, tourist info, regional, local, multi-governmental institutions and more.
Infoplease - US orientated but has extensive world info too
The Met.Office Home Page (UK)
open.gov.uk - topic index
Resource Information Service
UK Area Codes A - G
UK Std Dialing Codes
Useful Pages - Index
xrefer - Reference Search Engine & Site (US)
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