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Brooklyn Rider - a notable quartet with several critically-acclaimed albums to their name. Many references to them exist on Wikipedia already, they deserve a page.
The Jerusalem Quartet - world renowned, world traveling, award wining ensemble which continues to improve; with multiple award winning recordings.
Classical composers
Requests for articles about classical composers are on a separate page, and should be added there.
Judith Weir, her opera The Black Spider does not have a wikipedia page.
Conductors
Dean Burry, a Canadian composer who wrote the operas A Creature of Habit, Pandora's Locker, Isis and the Seven Scorpions, The Vinland Traveller, The Hobbit,The Brothers Grimm, Shanawdithit, and Unto the Earth: Vignettes of a War. http://www.deanburry.com/index.html
Dave Stelfox, British music critic, journalist and DJ. Specialises in roughneck rap, bashment and deep house with a funky twist
Ed Ochs, American music journalist, former Billboard Magazine Special Issues editor
For Folks Sake Excellent folk music website popular amongst fans and the industry. Surprised it's not on here yet. [6]
Guy Dammann, Classical music critic and commentator, academic. Writes mainly for The Guardian. Also writes for The Observer, New Statesman, Economist [7]
Heathen Harvest - Biggest webzine for post-industrial and related underground music [8]
Hipster Runoff or CRLS - A popular ironic blog about music, alt culture. Been featured in many articles and posts.
Ian McCann NME/Q/Face writer and reggae author and sleevenote writer
Mika Bashir- Polish nationality,american musicologist,critic,philosopher and manager
Moxie and Mayhem - Music blog with emphasis on indie, folk, and alternative. Interviews up-and-coming bands, reports music news, and reviews CDS. Growing gathering. [10][11]
Francis O. Leach, D.M.A. The Dances for Solo Piano of Paul Creston: A Pedagogical and Performance Overview (University of Oklahoma-Dissertation, 1994)
Tourdates.Co.UK - A fast growing social community for signed and unsigned artists in the UK and abroad with over 10k artist profiles, the UK's original unsigned chart. The site also hosts content for LondonTourdates magazine.
Pinpoint Music – music webzine that focuses on music reviews and live concerts. Features include professional music videos (both live and set) and photography. [15]
Festivals, concerts and awards
Symphony - KJSCE - Annual Cultural Festival of K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Vidyavihar, Mumbai
Diskoteka 80 - song festival of 80's songs who takes place every year in moscow
Jumpin' Chupacabra Fest An Orange County, California based music and arts festival, focused on giving the public access to cheap and easily accessible shows and performances.
Contemporary Andalusian - traditional Moorish-Andalusian music in contemporary composition, like Piazzola's nuevo tango. Started in 1980s Spain and defined by the Al Andalus Ensemble of Tarik & Julia Banzi (www.Andalus.com)
The genre - A sub-genre of mash-up (The style of multiple samples all from different artists and albums often with more than 5 artists per song an example of this is Girl Talk)
Focusrite Forte - mixing console, very specialized and intricate, only two were produced
Footswitch - A device used to control multiple functions of an amplifier
Gaskell Guitars Australian guitar manufacturer that manufactures left handed guitars only of guitar models that are extremely rare or impossible to find in left hand by other manufacturers.[30]
Moog guitar a revolutionary guitar which is able to control the strings through th pickups. First electric guitar capable of sustaining a note for as long as desired
Aquiles Báez - Venezuelan multi-instrumentalist and educator
Salomé de Bahia - French-born Brazilian singer who recorded Stevie Wonder's "Another Star" and whose genres include Latin, dance music, and Acid Jazz* Kerin Bailey - Australian Jazz Composer
Bill Banfield - Scholar, author, composer, musician, Berklee faculty member
Jake Hertzog - Jazz Guitarist. Won Montreux Jazz Festival guitar competition, band leader of Nickelodeon's The Naked Brothers Band, and has produced two major albums
Jaroslav Jakubovic - Czechoslovakian saxophonist, composer, and arranger.
Bruce Johnstone (baritone saxophonist) - a member of both Maynard Ferguson's & Woody Herman's bands. Recorded 3 albums with Ferguson and held the #3 spot in Downbeat Mag's Readers Poll for 10 years.
Jonathan Harnum - Jonathan Harnum is the author of "Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music", "Sound the Trumpet: How to Blow Your Own Horn", and "All About Trumpet: A Fun and Simple Guide to Playing Trumpet"
Latin chord progression - The "i bVII bVI V" chord progression (e.g., E-minor D-Major C-Major B-Major), routinely used in Latin American music
Literalism (music), a late-20th century method of composing music using physical representations of elements of musical composition to create everything from classical orchestral pieces to apparently formless moments of noise
Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras (One of the oldest youth orchestras in the nation, founded in 1947. Directed by Kayoko Dan, Phoenix Symphony's former assistant conductor.)
The ASCAP Foundation[46] A non-profit arts and culture non-profit foundation - legally separate from ASCAP - that gives out prestigious awards to budding songwriters that have gone on to become big stars (such as John Mayer and Lin-Manuel Miranda)as well as supporting music education and appreciation to underserved communities.[47]
Amati Studios[[48] A group of mid-range recording studios based all over the UK, which also provides famously cheap in-house mixing and mastering services
bandFIND.com[50] A social utility for the Entire music industry, from Joe to Pro. They are attempting to completely renovate the Music Industry. Providing a bridge between the analog business model (that has devastated the industry) and the digital music future.
CanadaJams - Canada's Live Music Showcase - [52] - A cross section of the music scene in Canada, with video, audio, photographs, reviews and information on our artists, our venues, and our industry.
ChristianMedia.ca - ChristianMedia.ca was a national community of CanadianChristians and an online database created by David M.R.D. Spencer in the year 2000. ChristianMedia.ca provided the history of Canadian Christians working, volunteering and ministering in music, radio, televison and media in Canada. Members continue to believe in Jesus Christ as the Messiah and Son of God. They are motivated to share the Good News through arts, media and music. References: "ChristianMedia.ca" David Spencer's Media Spin. 1 September 2009. 17 August 2010. http://media.davidspencer.ca/wiki/ChristianMedia.ca and "ChristianMedia.ca" Archive.org 17 August 2010 http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.christianmedia.ca
Deja Vue - This is a mess - it currently points to 'Deja_Vu redirected from Deja Vue' - and there is a whole mess of interacting conflicting disambig pages in the middle of it all! What is this organisation supposed to be anyway? 2008-19-31
Earn It Yourself - (EIY)[57][58] - E.I.Y.is an all-encompassing philosophy and musical movement that allows a band, company, or person to set his/her own goals and reach whatever level of success he/she desires, so long as they have achieved their success by sticking to their values and learning what it takes to reach their goals through a hands-on, do-it-yourself approach.
Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame - currently a redirect; hosts performances and educational programs, and has inducted more than 100 jazz musicians into its hall of fame over 22 years.
Purple Audio - Funktion-One PA Hire company offering quality PA Systems for Festivals, Concerts & Touring [74]
RADIO.BLOG.CLUB - Was once a social music website, but has been down for several months for "a short break before coming back with a still more innovating and more equitable service." This quote, as well as the website itself (once it returns) can be found at their website: [75].
Renaissance Workshop Company - The Renaissance Workshop Company (RWC) is not only an Early Music workshop making musical Instruments to the highest standards: The company has saved many rare and some relatively unknown instruments from extinction and is one of the main figures in popularizing the use of replicas of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque instruments for historical performance. Their website is: [76].
Rockcorps - RockCorps is a pro-social global production company that uses music to inspire people to volunteer and get involved in their community. I work for them so cannot edit a page but here are 3 independant sources which describe RockCorps: [77][78][79] and their own website: [80] and [81]. There are several wikipedia pages that reference RockCorps [82][83][84][85]
Selectadisc - Independent UK record store, with branches in Nottingham, London and online.
Tunguska Electronic Music Society created by several musicians and composers on the threshold of centenary of the Tunguska phenomenal catastrophe, in order to capture the public attention to such an extraordinary event.
VogueFM International Online Radio Station and Online Community.
Voices of Eden Gospel Choir - Gospel choir founded in 2005 at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
CFBG CFBG: Campaign for a Better Greensboro, concert venue & community center promoting rock/alternative music in Greensboro, NC. Also a Dance Studio. [92]
Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz, sound engineer and producer of classical records, usually together. multiple grammy winners. AKA Mark J. Aubort, AKA Elite Recordings, Inc.
Abstract Minds,They are Producers of the game-hop genre and works with dj green lantern I found out about game hop on wiki actually
Jonnytrickz, well known music producer and ceo from the uk.Founder of JMG Music
Fred Meggs, Emmy award winning Composer/Producer and Musician. Won Emmy for music composition of theme for Sacramento Kings. Over 5,000 pieces composed and aired on television and radio.
Adrian Bradford - multiple JUNO award-winning and Grammy nominated record producer and live audio engineer
Alias 5 - Electronica Producer, has produced for The Nightcrawlers, Everthing But The Girl, The Chemical Brothers, Darren Tate, Nimmo & Bayer to name a few.
Austin John Marshall - Producer, songwriter, husband of Shirley Collins, English folksinger, produced her albums (1964-70) Folk Roots, New Roots; Anthems in Eden; Love, Death and the Lady
Bill Halverson - Audio Engineer, Producer, worked with Eric Clapton, Cream, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Beach Boys, etc.
Lev Berlak - Producer, Audio Engineer has worked with Too Short, Richie Rich, Tupac Shakur, Don Cherry, tony toni tone, Ect.
George Richey - Music Producer / Managed Tammy Wynette
Gilde Flores (gilflo) Musician/Producer from major to indie, work on MTV's Adventures in Hollyhood.
Hulon E. Crayton II - Lonnie Crayton is a music producer, songwriter, talent manager. Works through Premier Booking & Management Co., Premier Musique Group, and Crayton Corp.
Michael Jay (producer) - record producer/songwriter. Worked with a fair number of notable artists on relatively big albums.
Jef Moll - American producer, engineer, editor, mixer. Member of producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette's recording team.
Jizza Pro - Successful young producer of RnB and Pop. Based in London, UK where he owns a recording studio.
Jody Spence - American musician, songwriter, producer, engineer, drummer - Younger brother of Judson Spence. Founding member of power-pop band "the Semantics"; Millard Powers, Bill Owsley, Ben Folds
Josh Farrell, producer and co-owner of Hell's Kitchen Studio, former founding member of New Jersey Punk band Bigwig
Jon Woodroffe - Recording studio owner, sound engineer, record producer.
Ken Whiteley - Producer for all of Raffi's records (and played in Raffi's band), along with producing records for Fred Penner and other notable Canadian musicians. Also an accomplished musician himself with many records. "He is an active record producer, having worked on more than eighty albums. His productions have resulted in 11 Gold or Platinum albums, 22 Juno nominations, 2 Juno winners and 2 Grammy nominations, with total sales in excess of 8 million copies." --http://www.kenwhiteley.com/
Mick Kluczynski - Event Production Manager. His career spanned from 1965 to 2009 and included working as a member of the Pink Floyd "Quad Squad". His later work included the event production of the BRITS awards between 1995 and 2009.
Template:Mike Smith - Produced, Recorded, and Mixed "Denovo" Las Vegas, Nevada. USA.
MIDI Mafia - Produced 50 Cents "21 Questions" Fantasias "When I See You" Sold over 20 million albums
Trevor Kustiak Record producer, produced both Evans Blue albums, The Melody and the Energetic Nature of Volume (2006) and The Pursuit Begins When This PORTRAYAL Of Life Ends (2007), as well as their upcoming third album (2009). Also producer of upcoming debut album from Rains (Stories, 2009). Co-owner of The Pocket Studios in Toronto with Mari Dew and Mike Turner. Former guitarist/songwriter in Cool For August.
VersA Beatz - South London based Hip Hop, R&B Producer
Wayne Bennett AKA Wayne Lotek AKA Lotek - Producer of the 2009 Barclaycard Mercury Prize winning LP "Speech Therapy" by Speech Debelle, has also produced for Roots Manuva on a number of his albums including the 2002 Mercury Prize nominated album "Run Come Save Me" as well as releasing music as part of Lotek HiFi and as a solo artist
Johnny R Goode III - Lighting Designer from the US. Lighting Director - Skydog Gypsy 2001 thru 2002 . Lighting Director - The Disco Biscuits 2002 thru current. Lighting Designer - Austin City Limits Festival 2004, 2005, 2006. Lighting Crew Chief - Willie Nelsons Family Picnic 2005. Lighting Board Operator ESPN Boxing 2005. Lighting Designer - Progressions DVD , The Disco Biscuits. Won a Jammy - Tour of the Year 2008, DVD of the Year 2008 - Lighting Designer. Lighting Board Operator - Snoop Dog, Sheyril Crow, Robin Williams, Lewis Black, Robert Randolf, Pat Green, The Roots, The Duo, Keller Williams, Antibolis, Al Green, Paul Wall, Slim Thug,
Accent Records (US) - Accent Records has supplied the public with a rich heritage of music since 1954 when the LP "Lonesome Horn", by clarinetist Drew Page, was released. Other artists on the Accent label: Buddy Merrill, David Powell, Nick Lucas, Bill Roberts, The Wheelers, Kirby Hamilton, Richard Christopher,Jay Thomas, Encore Duo, Warren Doyle Smith aka "Smitty", and Don Malena. [129]
Beacon Records - publisher of LPs such as the 1957 album "My Pussy Belongs To Daddy", not to be confused with the new Beacon Records that launched in 2010.
Beech St. Studios - Recording Label for the Long Beach, NY area established in 2006.
Colemine Records - Independent label from Middletown, OH, started by Terry Cole. Artists include, Rideout & Terry Cole, The Jive Turkeys, Tough Junkie, Ikebe Shakedown, and Othello & DJ Vajra.
Connoisseur Society, audiophile classical music label. referenced 12 times on WP (there are probably more albums from them listed here, just without proper id). amongst many of the questionable labels in this list, this MUST have an article eventually.[139]
Dolph Hamster Music - Independent Record Label, artists include: Napolien, Morning Departure, The Anarchists Pogo Party, SpyGame, AC Violator, The Apocalypse Method, and S&M. [150]
Eyeless Records- Indie Label from Champaign, IL, that supports mostly teen bands, all of which are alt. rock and metal. Formed by the lead singer of Mr. Eggy, Nick Pitingolo, In 2008.
Familia Records Latino rap record label from the 90s that featured artists like Lil Rob, Mr. Shadow and Down aka Kilo. Also, the originators of the term Chicano Rap.
Historic Recordings.co.uk British-based label whose products have been reviewed in Gramophone magazine (UK) & Fanfare (US). Founded in 2009 by Paul Terry.
Nike, Inc.[169] - Nike+ Original Run - A music series commissioned by Nike, Inc. that includes new original works from De La Sol, Aesop Rock, Crystal Method, A-Trak featuring Kanye West, LCD Soundsystem, and others.
Puma Strut - EST: 2000 - Independent record label based in Brighton UK. Specialising in Funk fuelled Hip-Hop inspired by the original elements of the culture. Brain child & labour of love of old school DJ/Producer - Macca aka DJ Beathoven - [171]
PRETTY BOY RECORDS- St. Louis Mo- Owned by Producer Pretty Boy who has worked with Akon, Nelly, Kelly Rowland, Tyra B, Talib Kweli, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Yolanda Adams & Jibbs
Redefinition Records- [174] Label is co-owned and operated by Washington DC based artist Damu The Fudgemunk. Redefinition Records is an indie label that distributes music on vinyl, CD and digitaly (digital through The Orchard). Previously somebody made a page with this name but it was a group that did not legally own the company name nor conduct business as Redefinition Records, LLC, and as a result, the page was removed for not being notable or wiki worthy.
Sinnbusrecords[179] A Berlin based independent label, publisher, concert-promoter and artist-collective featuring indie, post-rock and electronica. Artists: Bodi Bill, Alarma Man, Audrey, SDNMT, Ter Haar, Troy von Balthazar, Beach, Monotekktoni, Kam:as, Torchous, Ampl:tude, Kinn, Barra Head, Toboggan, I Might Be Wrong, Masonne.
Take Root Records - San Francisco-based independent label [190] owned by Nate Perry. Signed artists include Bellavista [191], Minipop [192] and The Ettes [193]
ZZK Records - Buenos Aires-based independent label dedicated to Cumbia and electronic styles.
Recording studios
The Grill Recording studios - The world famous Grill Recording Studios located in Oakland California since 1993.
Hakisac Studios - The legendary London studios in which Moon Girls recorded their first album and which is host to much of London's emerging underground experimental music.
Edna Mae Burnam, well-known and respected composer of children's pedagogical piano books, including the Dozen a Day series, and the Step by Step Piano Course.
Hear and Play Music Group - specializes in the delivery of video based tutorials on learning contemporary piano playing with particular attention to the Gospel music genre. The company website claims to teach the students the ability to learn any song by ear after the tutorials have been completed. Hear and Play Music Group currently serves over 189,200 musicians in over 120 countries and provides up-to-date information and resources for gospel musicians all around the United States. (website)
A Very Potter Musical is a highly popular video series on Youtube, which has recently garnered media attention because of the addition of one of its' main characters, Darren Criss, to the cast of the popular American television show, Glee.
