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I don’t know anything about music. In my line you don’t have to.
Elvis Presley
Buys and sells tickets to concerts and other events. Search for concert information by artist, city, or venue. Also features an artist of the week, tour gossip, and information on new and top ten tours.
Online CD store. Presents a catalog and other offerings within multimedia, surround-sound, and high-end HIFI. Contains more than 62,000 titles.
Alafia is a Tampa Bay mail order music house. They take orders by phone, fax, or mail. Order from the list of music for all parts of the orchestra, chamber music, or even music software.
The publisher of Alfred’s Basic Guitar Method, this company promises over 12,000 titles in its catalog, with over 500 new additions each year. The site contains tips for musicians of all stripes, from piano to drums. Also has links to Alfred dealers, guitar sites, and music software information.
With this search tool, you can look for music via the artist’s name (individual or group), and/or album title. Searches Web and Usenet groups.
This is one of the companies famous for offering tons of CDs for a small amount of money in the Sunday paper. Well, the offer still stands online, and you’re free to sign up for membership, browse the list of artists and albums, and fill up your cart with goodies. Contains full membership details, including your responsibilities after getting your large, cheap batch of music. You can now decline the selection of the month by email, thus saving that precious stamp.
Boom Theory specializes in Spacemuffins, which are electronic and electro-acoustic drums. Spacemuffins are upgradable, so they’ll never be obsolete. Read the interesting and lengthy saga behind the creation of Spacemuffins and check out the entire product line and price structure.
Claiming to be the world’s largest music store, CDnow promises a huge selection, low prices, secure credit card transactions, and fast delivery. The site says delivery usually takes place within three to six working days for US orders, or less than three weeks for foreign orders. Read reviews, listen to RealAudio clips of your favorite tunes, and more.
Another of the “get a lot for a little” music vendors. The music catalog is large and the site is well organized, and it’s connected to Columbia House’s clubs for videos and CD-ROMs. Music is categorized nicely and is easy to find.
Dale specializes in choral and organ music, boasting over 100,000 titles in their musical warehouse. They’ve taken the time to chart their products nicely in tables, including a description of the piece. They also sell sheet music by most major publishers and contain links to many of those publishers.
The official site of Fender Guitars, this site says that the history of this 50-year-old company is nothing compared to its future. Find Fender dealers around the world, check out the guitar and bass setup guide (written with Fender products in mind), and see the full product line (unfortunately, without suggested retail prices).
The Global Electronic Music Marketplace claims over a million new and used CDs, LPs, and other memorabilia. The site is competitive, so if you’re selling or buying, gauge your price accordingly. Search for that missing piece of your musical collection or sell that hard-to-find classic you found in your parents’ attic.
This Canadian family has set up a site with lots of information and a sense of humor thrown in for good measure. Browse the large selection of sheet music (make sure to check the latest releases), new and used instruments, and the rent-to-own plans for instruments.
Irvington Music buys and sells hard-to-find classical and opera LPs and reel-to-reel recordings. Search their large database by composer, instrument, or recording medium. Also send them the information about a recording you’re looking for, and they can help you track it down.
Serves as a guide to jazz record stores worldwide, arranged alphabetically by location. Includes useful information on shops’ strengths in terms of formats and new/used, bargains, and more.
The company famous for its amps, Marshall has set up a cool site loaded with Shockwave effects. Check out the new and classic product lines, and find amp tips such as the lifespan of valves and tricks to properly set your impedance settings.
Peavey has many irons in the fire, and drums is one of the big ones. See the product line and hear RealAudio recordings of the pros banging on Peavey drums. Take a virtual tour of the factory and see how the drums are made.
Pitter Patter specializes in musical recordings for children. Categories include country/blues, classical, rock-n-roll, and lullabies and also include a special section for toddlers. See album covers and listen to sound clips from songs. Pitter Patter is also a secure site, and thus is one of the few stores that accepts online orders.
Like it or not, Ticketmaster is one of the largest ticket brokers in the world, selling over 60 million tickets per year. Visit the site to see where your nonrefundable convenience surcharge is going. Search the national listing of events, and check out the seating plan of your venue to find out exactly where your seats are.
Provides management and marketing services to unsigned musicians and bands. Includes company background, artist roster, and contact information.
Do you want to hear new music? Here is an online service that does not offer sound byte clips—it offers entire songs. Virtual Radio provides a listener programmable station. Includes index by band with musician biographies and songs. This is a cool site.
Links to chart current chart toppers in all categories—singles, albums, mainstream rock, modern rock, country, adult contemporary, R&B, rap, Latin tracks, and more.
Contains press releases on the latest news in the recording industry.
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