booking agencies 180 record labels - didn't know there were so many did you? 20 studios websites They publish Jazz Uk 40,000 -the country’s biggest circulation magazine -you can download it free from the site It has interviews, profiles and news, CD and live reviews. JazzUK’s comprehensive national gig guide is also available at the site Also they sell three different books. UK Jazz bands, £5.80, UK jazz promoters £8.60 and UK Musicians at £7.50 Get yourself listed and buy the promoters book.
If you want to find out about a jazz player go to this very good site for biogs of over 200 jazz musicians including, a lot of British players, - who knows you may be mentioned? The site now gets between 6,000 and 19,000 hits each day. www.jazzprofessional.com The Jazz Professional website is produced and presented by Ron Simmonds, a career trumpet player who has played everywhere. It is a labour of love this site, no commercial interest. Like Jazz Enthusiasts neither of us try to sell you anything.
For your wedding gigs and functions you can get a free listing or keep them as an agent, excellent site www.wedding-services.demon.co.uk
Absolute Musicians offers a big range of UK Jazz bands ranging in styles from 1920's jazz, swing, blues and big bands, to salsa, and latin jazz. www.absolutemusicians.com
www.jazzmoods.co.uk this booking agency site is excellent, showing 16 top artists
www.musicforlondon.co.uk just what it says about 20 goups or individuals are listed
www.jazznights.co.uk Absolute must for your artists profiles, listing, festivals
www.jimsjazzmag.co.uk Band listings, gigs. This is an East England site and a good page as a reference if you want to put your band site on the internet. You could do the same thing in your region.
www.splut.com List of musicians web site. We get lots of hits from them.
www.allaboutjazz.com very good all round USA site, might list you. We get many hits from here too.
If you want to see how a jazz band should promote itself on the web properly look at this brilliant band site. They are going solidly for the money. I'd hire them (except they play Traditional, still you can't have everything) www.jazzband.clara.net
To find a record company Go to jazz services site >labels> and there is one long long list of them. Quickly search them, 30 boring minutes, kick out the one man bands (ugh! sorry) and you might find three or four. You can do the same thing with promoters, media contacts, retailers who may sell your cd. This site is the good for wedding gigs and high value functions www.weddingservices4u.co.uk
A site which lists all the downloading sites, streaming music sites, band sites, music promotion sites is www.enorgis.com/onemillion.html There are plenty of them. Just spend and hour and go for it. Put tracks from your cd on this site and sell them direct yourself. Good site for professionals. www.peoplesound.com Good us site for selling your independent label jazz cds, www.jazzloft.com You might also try www.allegro-music.com This is a USA distributor. www.jazzconnect.com In this artists site you can download a track before you buy. But they also run competitions, such as a Vocal Jazz Competition. You can listen on line to the entries and vote in addition to professional jazz judges. For musicians in trouble There is a musicians benevolent fund for those in need. www.mbf.org.uk
Learning to play jazz
www.iaje.org The International Association for Jazz Education, founded in 1968 is the big one in jazz education world-wide. Brilliant site, very good bulletin boards, good journal. Active memberships above 8,000 teachers, musicians, students, music industry representatives, and enthusiasts in 35 countries. Go and join.