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The Washington Area Music Association (WAMA) was a regional music industry not-for-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. WAMA's activity centers on highlighting the area's cultural contribution by assisting regional musicians with becoming recognized on a national scale. The organization was dissolved in September 2017.

The organization offered its members a variety of professional development services, including seminars, directories for networking, assistance with obtaining barcodes for recordings, and the production of live music events. WAMA also organized the Washington Area Music Awards (Wammies) (a regional music award), and releases and promotes compilation recordings that feature songs from different member artists.

Sources

"WAMA Crosstown Jam" piece at The Washington Post's MP3 Site
WAMA Website - no longer active

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-'''The Washington Area Music Association (WAMA)''' is a regional [[music industry]] [[Non-profit organization|not-for-profit organization]] based in [[Washington, D.C.]]  WAMA's activity centers on highlighting the area's cultural contribution by assisting regional [[musician]]s with becoming recognized on a national scale.
+'''The Washington Area Music Association (WAMA)''' was a regional [[music industry]] [[Non-profit organization|not-for-profit organization]] based in [[Washington, D.C.]]  WAMA's activity centers on highlighting the area's cultural contribution by assisting regional [[musician]]s with becoming recognized on a national scale.  The organization was dissolved in September 2017.
-The organization offers its members a variety of [[professional development]] services, including seminars, directories for [[Business network|networking]], assistance with obtaining [[Universal Product Code|barcodes]] for recordings, and the production of live music events.  WAMA also organizes the [[Washington Area Music Awards|Washington Area Music Awards (Wammies)]] (a regional [[Music Awards|music award]]), and releases and promotes [[Compilation album|compilation recordings]] that feature [[song]]s from different member artists.
+The organization offered its members a variety of [[professional development]] services, including seminars, directories for [[Business network|networking]], assistance with obtaining [[Universal Product Code|barcodes]] for recordings, and the production of live music events.  WAMA also organized the [[Washington Area Music Awards|Washington Area Music Awards (Wammies)]] (a regional [[Music Awards|music award]]), and releases and promotes [[Compilation album|compilation recordings]] that feature [[song]]s from different member artists.
 ==Sources==
 * [http://mp3.washingtonpost.com/holidays02/xtown02.shtml "WAMA Crosstown Jam" piece] at [http://mp3.washingtonpost.com/ The Washington Post's MP3 Site]
-* [http://wamadc.com/wama/ WAMA Website]
+* [http://wamadc.com/wama/ WAMA Website] - no longer active
 [[Category:Music of Washington, D.C.]]