General Sites AMG All Music Guide
http://www.allmusic.com
Fantastic general music site with more information than anyone could ever possibly need. Industry & Recording Advice GetSigned.com
http://www.getsigned.com
Useful site for budding bands with advice on selling your music, getting radio airplay, finding managers and booking agents and plenty more. Musicians’ Union
http://www.musiciansunion.org.uk
You need to subscribe for the full benefits, but this is still worth a visit for finding out about the technicalities and legal issues relating to recording and touring. HomeRecording.com
http://www.homerecording.com
Useful advice and tips on setting up on your own. Features on recording using both analogue and digital equipment as well as mixing etc. Audio & MP3 Sites Zdnet Net Buyer
http://news.zdnet.co.uk
Good selection of technical downloads, mp3s, audio, players and more. EMusic
http://www.emusic.com
Wide selection of free MP3 downloads good on blues and country as well as contemporary music. Piano & Keyboard Sites Piano Tabs
http://www.pianotabs.net
A how-to site of pop and rock piano, for those who can’t read music. Tab archive quite basic, but requests are taken. Personally, I found the tab system so complicated, I would recommend you to learn to read music instead. Free On-line Piano Lessons
http://www.gopiano.com
Simple site teaching the basics of piano playing, from familiarising yourself with the keyboard to playing simple songs. Also has audio instructions. See also Jazz section of Musical Styles sites Songwriting Sites Lyrical Line Songwriting Resource
http://www.lyricalline.com
Invaluable songwriting resource with articles, Q & A, books, radio, forum & online rhyming dictionary. Useful ‘Write & Wrong’ facility, where you can have your songs critiqued and review others’ work. Jeff Mallett’s Songwriter Site
http://www.lyricist.com
US-based site with songwriting articles, interviews & tips. Large amount of info and links. Guild of International Songwriters and Composers
http://www.songwriters-guild.co.uk
For the professional songwriters and others involved in the music industry, with advice on legal issues, recording, collaboration etc. The Archive of Misheard Lyrics
http://www.kissthisguy.com
Entertaining site where you can trawl through misheard lyrics, some hilarious, some so mundane you can’t believe anyone bothered to submit them. You can also add your own. | 
