Music

Theories, performance, and criticism of sounds having melody, harmony or rhythm; music technologies.

Sub-headings:

Audio Equipment & Technology

Electronic devises for creating or listening to music.

Genres

Musical styles.

Performance

Music presented for the public's enjoyment.

Music Blogs

Find out who's spinning what about music on the blog scene, be it popular, classical, indie rock, jazz . . .

Musicians & Composers

Resources in this category:

allmusic - AMG
http://www.allmusic.com/

Search this incredibly "comprehensive music reference" database by artist, album, song, label, style, and more. Read essays, reviews, and blog posts from AMG editorial staff and expert contributors. Learn about and listen to any music style's seminal artists and albums. Offers videos too.

American Music Resource
http://www.amrhome.net/

AMR contains 800+ bibliographies, lists and text files about all styles of American music and related issues. The collection is indexed by subject-name (i.e. the last names of composers) or topic-name (e.g. Electro-acoustic music). Site is under development.

Common Sense Media
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/

Offers ratings and age-appropriateness levels for parents and educators who are making decisions about media resources for children. Includes movies, Web sites, television shows, video games, books, and music. Available in Spanish.

Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame
http://www.empsfm.org/

The Experience Music Project presents interpretive, interactive exhibitions in popular music, including rock, jazz, country, hip-hop, and more. Also provides calendars for live music events and shows. View memorabilia and artifacts, and listen to musicians tell their stories. The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame is the first museum in the world about science fiction.

Gnod
http://www.gnod.net/

Find new authors, music, movies, or people based on what you know you like. Creates weblike maps for your favorite bands, with the names closest to the center providing the best match. Also creates maps for books and movies.

Last.fm
http://www.last.fm/

An Internet radio site that allows users to listen to samples from albums in the database, and request music stations based on bands/artists of their choice. Stations tell you the types of artists chosen for the station. Also offers basic album and artist information, as well as music videos.

Live365.com
http://www.live365.com/index.live

A Web directory of 6000+ Internet radio stations run by real people--not by computers generating playlists. Browse stations by genre, search for stations that play certain things, or browse recommended stations. You can also create your own broadcast.

The Media History Project
http://www.mediahistory.umn.edu/

Promotes "the study of media history from petroglyphs to pixels." Includes an excellent timeline of media history covering art, music, television, the Internet, and video games from pre-history to today, along with an article archive on media resources.

Metacritic.com
http://www.metacritic.com/

Tons of reviews and criticism for film, DVDs, music, games, and TV. Media are given ratings to help you decide what was great, and what was not.

Music Publishers' Association of the United States
http://mpa.org/

Provides links to information about music publishing regarding agency lists, resources, copyright issues, publications, legal information and awards. Also discusses music copyrights and information for music educators.

Pandora
http://pandora.com/

Internet radio service that helps users find new music they might like. Create stations based on favorite artists! Pandora will generate and play songs that have similarities to the chosen artists. Stations are saved to user profiles, so they are available every time you log in.

Real Guide
http://guide.real.com/

Real Guide is a source for free music, music videos, downloads, mp3s, movie reviews, trailers, celebrity video, free games, and more. Also provides music and entertainment news.

ReverbNation
http://www.reverbnation.com/

Explore music, watch videos, and find out about bands and tour dates. Listen to free streaming audio, find popularity rankings, and discover featured and local artists in all music genres. For musicians, agents, and venues, the site offers free online marketing and social networking tools.

Song Lyrics on Yahoo! Music
http://music.yahoo.com/lyrics

Can't make out what the latest, greatest pop song lyrics are? Yahoo's "comprehensive database of music lyrics" can help you out. Lyrics are searchable by track title. Also lets you search the main Yahoo! Music page.

Tourdates
http://www.tourdates.co.uk/

Independent European music site that offers breaking music news, videos, articles, and blogs. Offers streaming media and free downloads for users and services for artists.

UBL: The Ultimate Band List
http://www.ubl.com/

A large list of artists, reviews, and charts; very well indexed. Focuses mainly on popular music, but also has listings for classical, jazz, country, etc. Also contains a calendar of events and browsable lists of bands and music samples.

Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary
http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/

A dictionary for musical terms. Definitions are given, along with audio pronunciations for each word. Terms are listed in the left-hand navigation in alphabetical order. Also offers some video illustrations of terms.

Wolfram|Alpha
http://www.wolframalpha.com/

Wolfram Alpha quickly locates facts, graphs, definitions, tables, numbers, formulas, and other data. Use the "Examples" page to browse and see all the different topics covered.