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!RadioMike, Indie Guru — Need Help navigating Everything Out there for Your Musical Career? RadioMike has Lots of Ideas and Knows where to Find Practically Everything, and he's available for your consulting needs. Just send an email to galahad@thefeveredbrainofradiomike.com and We'll discuss Your Needs. Very Reasonable Rates. And if You have any Filmmaking Friends, tell them RadioMike is their One Stop Music Supervision Shop.

#NOTABLE RESOURCES —

FetchBook.info -- This is The Mother of All book search Engines (over 106 online book outlets). You can Almost Literally find anything Here. Flat out The Best we've seen. Go Here first. Otherwise you'll spend hours looking for the Lowest price like We have.

Indie Band Manager -- With this, you can Enter your own contacts, Organise your bookings, Create a To Do List, plus a Ton of other things like Help you Remeber all of those Important little details so you Don't forget. The Basic program is Free to try and Cheap to buy. The Expanded program, a Bit more pocket change, is worth Every penny and Loaded with Contacts to Get you out where you Need to Be (depending on the Package you choose). Thanks to Breadfoot for this!

Indie Centre -- This, by Rights, should be Listed under DIY, but This is Supreme DIY. It literally has Everything For Everyone,, including Tips and Advice for starting Your Own Label and Getting your CD out There. They are Serious and So are We.

musicSUBMIT.com -- Yet another Brilliant Recommendation from our Friend Breadfoot. This service Makes so much Sense that RadioMike will Probably Utilise It for Our Show very Soon. They Will submit your Presser and Send your Music to Newspaper and Radio contacts All Over The Internet. This just Makes so Much Sense. And it's Just a One-Time Fee of $60.00. They also have some Monthly Services that are Very Cheap.

BOOKING —

New Century Booking -- Hailed by everyone In New York as The Premier Booker, Mike McHugh (known to Those in the Know as McQ) has been around Almost forever and Booking Great Artists into Great New York City Venues. If you want a Gig at a Great Club on Your Trek through New York City, McQ is the Guy you want. if you deliver, He'll deliver.

Cruise Ship Message Board -- The Message Board to end all Message Boards. This is where you can go to Find out the latest opening in the Cruise Ship trade. Find out Who is looking for a Great Singer, Musician, or Band. You still may have to pay a Minimal service Fee but who knows? You just may get Lucky.

Proship Entertainment -- Lots of RadioMike's friends are working the Cruise Ship Trade because it Pays Big Bucks. This one is an Entertainment Employment Agency so they have the inside Scoop on almost Everything. Of course, they Probably charge a service Fee.

Talent Agencies Directory -- This pretty much has Everything. There are talent agencies from All over the World looking to hire you for Concerts, Cruise Ships, Festivals, and Who knows What else. There are listings for Europe, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and all Over North America. RadioMike couldn't compile Anything better than This.

BOOKS —

Guerrilla Publicity -- by Jay Conrad Levinson. This is the Publicity Guru Par-Excellence. And Believe us, This Book has Everything you can Do from the Bottom Up and How to Get there and Stay there.

Guerrilla Marketing -- by Jay Conrad Levinson. The companion book to the above. This guy Knows Everything and He'll tell how to do it All yourself. Either That or RadioMike can Do it All for You. Just Ask Him.

Guerrilla PR Wired -- How to Do it All Yourself, recommended by the highly successful Publicist and Marketing Brains (CinemediaPromotions.com) behind several remastered Incredible Film Soundtracks and Broadway Shows. You Need this Book.

Start and Run Your Own Record Label -- Possibly One of the Best books out there To Help you Take over your Own Little corner of the World. And this Is the Cheapest place to Find it New at a Used Price. RadioMike has this book and Will be Referring to it Extensively In the future. We'll see you in the Headlines.

The Touring Musician -- Another Great book For the DIY Crowd on Doing the Touring thing Yourself until the Big Booking Agencies Finally Take Heed of your Greatness. Hal Galper, the writer Is a Professionally Touring Musician, so he Knows the Drill. We should have this in the RadioMike Library soon.

DIRECTORIES —

The Groove Guide -- Like the Indie Bible and Musicians Atlas, this is pretty much a Database that Covers just about All of your Music Business needs. It May not be as thorough as the other three, so the Best thing is to Get the Rest for a Complete Set.

Indie Bible -- RadioMike has been using this incredible Resource For Many Moons now and We thought it was about Time to let the Rest of You know About it. Their tag line is: "Promote Your Music to The World!" They mean it. This Thing is Loaded with incredible sources to send your Music to.

MidWestBands.com -- Flat out one of the Best Resources we have Ever Seen. Among many other Things, you can get radio airplay here as well as reviews as long as you Register with the site. And the Prices for registration start out Cheap and Free. If your Needs are a Bit Fancier, well they can Certainly Accommodate. Just go and check them out today.

Musicians Atlas -- Really One of the Best out there. Sadly the On-Line Edition is Way out of our price range, but the print version is Very Reasonably priced and has Lots of what you need. It gets Thicker and Thicker Every Year. Hopefully, they will Start listing Web Radio so RadioMike can Start getting a Little more Attention.

Silver Plastic Records -- By far one of the Most Incredible Resource Lists for Submitting your Unsolicited Music to Radio Stations, Physical as Well as the Internet Variety of RadioMike's. This is a Resource that We keep going back to Again and again.

DIY —

ABC Pictures -- Need 500 or 1000 Photos for that Press Kit of Yours? This is the place to go. You send them a Photo, and They send you prints. They come Highly recommended by Ariel Publicity and they are Way Below New York Prices. Tell them RadioMike sent ya.

Ariel Publicity -- When RadioMike has to Whip up a Really great But Quick Bio for any of the Bands he works With, he always goes here first for a Few pointers. Practically Everything you need to Know about putting a press kit Together can be found here. As a Publicist, Ariel is Also Highly recommended.

CD Baby -- The GrandDaddy of Selling Your Own CD direct to Music Lovers Everywhere. They have great Rates, they Aren't Corporate Owned, and Everybody knows Someone who sells their CD there. RadioMike knows Lots. This was started by a Musician For Musicians, not for the Corporate Behemouth.

Indie 911 -- this is The place for the Indie Artist. There is a Rather interesting International Directory of qualified repertoire of independent recordings available for license and an online Radio Program where the Lisencing fees go directly to the Artists(!!!). Sounds like a Very sweet Deal. There is also the Label Services Network which has paid service Features as well As some very Cool free Resources.

Songwriter 101 -- This covers Almost Every aspect of the Songwriting Business from Performing Rights to Cue Sheets and Royalties. They Even have a bit of Legal Advice among the Many other FAQs. We think Y'all might find something useful here Too.

FESTIVALS —

M.E.A.N.Y. FEST -- Somehow, Eric at East-Village.com Hooked us Up with this! Take advantage of it and show this Fest and New York what a Great Selection Of Music RadioMike can present. Here's the Deal: If you Check the RadioMike line on the Submission Form you will Get a $10 discount Rather than Pay the Standard entry Fee. Sounds like a Deal to us.

GEAR —

Musician's Friend -- All Kinds of Musical Instruments at a Cool Discount. RadioMike purchased his Ashiko Drum here a Year or Two ago. And No, He still hasn't learned to play it yet. He's still waiting for someone to come along and say "Here, this is Easy. Let me Show you." Someone should be along Shortly and then RadioMike just might Play out himself.

HELPING OTHERS —

Musicians On Call -- is an Organization of Good Musicians doing Good Works with Good Music. Maybe You Should Join them for a Jam?

LEGAL —

MusicIndustryLaw.com -- An Online Cornucopia of Really Great information on Contracts, Copyright, Technology, and a Load of Other Musicians' Legal and Business Matters. Go have a Look and Read these Very Informed Articles written by Industry Insiders with More Legal Knowledge than All of us in RadioMikeLand.

Volunteer Lawyers For The Arts -- This is the National Directory so Y'all can find one Whereever you are. If you need Legal advice and you Can't Really afford those Ridiculous Fees, This is the place to go. They are Artist-Friendly and understand Your situation. We discovered Them a While ago and have been Recommending them Ever since.

MUSIC LICENSING —

digital miX -- A Recent addition From a Great Friend of Ours with a Lot of Bad Experience with the Big Labels (He doesn't trust them either.). This is a Music Licensing Site that Costs you NOTHING to be registered or Listed, but when a Movie/TV/Advertising/Video Game Production wants to use your Music, the Production Company Pays ALL the fees, you collect 50% and digital miX keeps the rest for overhead, PR and, Advertising. Give them a Shout and tell 'em you are Interested.

MUSIC SUBMISSIONS —

Mosquito Media -- These guys offer some Great Services but Now they are in the CD compilation Business, especially the Beginning of "The Greatest Music You've Never Heard" Series to Give Exposure to some Great Artists, i.e. You. Plus the Money all Goes to a Great Cause. What are You Waiting for? Send them Your Stuff!!!

OPEN MICS —

AbbieGardner.com -- Abbie is the Faerie God Mother of Open Mic Resource Pages. This link has Practically Everywhere you could Possibly want to Play. There are Even some UK links for Y'all.

OpenMics.org -- This site Has a Ton, and It's Searchable. Between these two, you should be able to Find Whatever You are Looking for. Enjoy and let Us know where you're Playing Next.

SELL YOUR SONGS —

Song Expert -- It Won't cost you Anything up front, and you Might even Get a Few Bucks selling your Songs for a Buck a piece. For a few More clams ($20) you can Get what They call Here a Professional Song Critique. This Sounds like a Good idea for Some so you should Check it out and Make up You own Mind.

STUDIOS —

Craig Chin's Studio -- He's Got Lots of gear stuff, is Working on getting a Mobile Rig, and it's all in his Perfectly comfortable apartment. And it's Available for you at Very Reasonable rates. You just have to write him and ask. If he Likes your Material, he Will definitely work out a Deal that's Great for Eveyone. He's also a pretty Incredible musician and Friend so you should definitely Contact him for your Next project.

Palace Recording Studios -- Trust Us when we say these Rates are Reasonable for What you Get. And they May Even be Negotiable. There's a 7 Foot Grand Yamaha Piano in there as well as a bunch of direct boxes. And the Room is set up to take Other Instruments like your guitars and Other equipment like Amps. Give RadioMike a Call and We'll Talk. This all Features the Amazing Sound Engineer, Tom Spahn, who's been in the Business forever and has worked with some pretty Incredible Talent by Anyone's definition.

WEB DESIGN —

((HYYPE)) -- With Over 7 years of experience Designing and Coding web sites for Musicians and Artistic types with Low Budgets, our Friend Eric's stuff Always Looks Damn Good and his Prices are Very Reasonable. Check Him out and Have a Look at that Sample Work Damn Good Stuff. Just tell Eric that RadioMike sent Ya.

Laurie Koster -- is a Rather Unique Web Designer Down in Charlotte Who Absolutely Loves Music and Loves doing Web Design for Cool Bands. She's Damn Good too. Give her a Shout and Tell her We said Hey.

Redcat Web Designs -- This is none other than Pammer from Bionic Finger and Now the Awesome bass player of The Trouble Dolls. She is Also a Very No Nonsense and Very Cool Web Designer. She's done a lot of Very Impressive Sites and her Rates are resonable. You should definitely check her out and tell her RadioMike sent ya.