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I've been doing heaps of research (hours and hours of it) just recently on music related stuff and thought it would be good to share some links.
General Stuff
Open Directory or DMoz - this is a european-based site that is edited by volunteers (like Wikipedia) There's a lot of music links here but some of the pages are now sadly out of date.
MusicMoz - this is the same deal as the Open Directory but specialising in music. As its newer it's not as advanced but I think will eventually outstrip the dmoz site in terms of focus and specialist info. (I've applied as a volunteer editor here.)
Victorian Sites
I'm looking at going over in the next few months so a lot of my current research is based around this and also breaking venue sites into Melbourne Metro and Victorian Country files. The following are mostly media-related and I've got an emphasis on gig guides
Indie Initiative - is a national site but has a weekly gig at The Greyhound Hotel in St Kilda. The mailing list is good and quite informative.
Beat Magazine - was one of the first free street-zines all the way back in the 80's. Still very good for Melbourne news.
Buzz Magazine - covers Tasmania as well as Vic/Melbourne Metro. I write for this mag ocassionally and Peter the editor is very approachable if you're a Vic/Tas muso with something to say.
Ballarat Indie Music - very informative and lots of other info such as podcasts, venues & artists.
The Dwarf - has come a long way since it's inception in Hobart a few short years ago, and the Melbourne section is now the recommended gig guide by Indie Initiative.
Melband - is probably the front runner in the list at the moment. Friends of mine have used this with great success since moving across the water earlier this year.
Melbourne Gigs - is just that and also has reasonable listings of individual venues.
PBS 106.7 FM - has a very good gig guide and used to welcome contact from new artists - as all community radio stations should!
Triple R FM - another good radio station and gig guide.
I think that'll do for now but I'll put more up later. Believe me - there's literally hundreds of 'em!
General Stuff
Open Directory or DMoz - this is a european-based site that is edited by volunteers (like Wikipedia) There's a lot of music links here but some of the pages are now sadly out of date.
MusicMoz - this is the same deal as the Open Directory but specialising in music. As its newer it's not as advanced but I think will eventually outstrip the dmoz site in terms of focus and specialist info. (I've applied as a volunteer editor here.)
Victorian Sites
I'm looking at going over in the next few months so a lot of my current research is based around this and also breaking venue sites into Melbourne Metro and Victorian Country files. The following are mostly media-related and I've got an emphasis on gig guides
Indie Initiative - is a national site but has a weekly gig at The Greyhound Hotel in St Kilda. The mailing list is good and quite informative.
Beat Magazine - was one of the first free street-zines all the way back in the 80's. Still very good for Melbourne news.
Buzz Magazine - covers Tasmania as well as Vic/Melbourne Metro. I write for this mag ocassionally and Peter the editor is very approachable if you're a Vic/Tas muso with something to say.
Ballarat Indie Music - very informative and lots of other info such as podcasts, venues & artists.
The Dwarf - has come a long way since it's inception in Hobart a few short years ago, and the Melbourne section is now the recommended gig guide by Indie Initiative.
Melband - is probably the front runner in the list at the moment. Friends of mine have used this with great success since moving across the water earlier this year.
Melbourne Gigs - is just that and also has reasonable listings of individual venues.
PBS 106.7 FM - has a very good gig guide and used to welcome contact from new artists - as all community radio stations should!
Triple R FM - another good radio station and gig guide.
I think that'll do for now but I'll put more up later. Believe me - there's literally hundreds of 'em!
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