You can be included in the MusicBizList.com directory FREE if
you are any type of performance artist from individual musician or band to stage actor or even a juggler.
You can also be included if you are associated with the industry in other ways
including as a Session or Dep Musician, Teacher and Technician.
Your profile can include a standard photo, additional 10x8in b&w or colour photo and audio sample.
You can also advertise your current bookings and keep potential bookers up to date by using the availability diary.
You can include your own contact details or if you prefer to work through an agent then
you can include your agents details. Potential bookers can contact you by phone or email.
Your actual email address never appears on the site and is therefore protected against spam.
You can use the site to advertise to prospective bookers FREE in your home region and for a small fee
advertise your availability in other regions or throughout the whole country and be reviewed for inclusion in the
professional register.
To help emerging artists we have also included a selection of flyers, posters and business cards that can be printed
from the site and include your contact details and bookings. This publicity also includes a unique ID
and anyone with the flyer can simply visit the site, type the ID into the Keyword/ID box and will
instantly get your full profile including all public bookings.
Click here to register
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To find an artist click 'Search' on the top menu.
Basic Search
To use the basic search simply click the basic search link on the search page, enter what you are looking for and click search.
If you want to narrow your search to include a town or region then please include this
at the end e.g. 'blues band rochester' will return all blues bands registered as available to
play in Rochester.
Advanced Search
If you know the type of artist required then select this from the 'Type' drop down list within the search page.
Once 'Type' has been selected a relevant list of sub-types is displayed. To select a specific sub-type, un-tick
the (all) box to the left of the sub-types and then use the scroll bar on the right of the box to find the
sub-types required. You can leave the 'Types' list selected at
'All Types' and then select from the full list of subtypes. This works well for common subtypes like 50's, 60's
in which case every type of 50's or 60's act is returned regardless of weather they are a band or duo etc.
If you are looking for an artist you already know then you can search
by entering any part of the artist name. e.g. stones will return all
artists with ‘stones’ in the name and if you are looking for a tribute band
then enter the name of the original artist. It's also worth entering the original artist name in the
keyword search at the top of the screen if the advanced search does not return a desired artist.
If you have been given an MusicBizList flyer or business card you can enter the unique ID number in the Keyword/ID box to
return full details of an artist and their bookings.
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Please feel free to link to us from your web site if you are registered or not.
If you do not have a profile on MusicBizList then please mail us your web address with the link on.
We can't promise to add links back to all sites we get requestes from but we will always review a request.
If you are a registered artist then mail us when you include an MusicBizList hyperlink on your web site and
we will convert the web address on your profile page to a hyperlink back to your
web site.
Standard Hyperlink
http://www.MusicBizList.com
Link Image
Please feel free to use the following
MusicBizList logo. Right click on it to save on your pc
or just include the following line on your web page.
<a href="http://www.MusicBizList.com">
<img alt="MusicBizList.com" height="65" width="150" border="0" src="http://www.MusicBizList.com/Styles/Default/Images/mbl_link.gif">
</a>
Link Description
Please include what you feel is appropriate but you could include - "MusicBizList - The music biz directory of emerging artists"
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Fill in the all the details on the registration page. You can
tick up to 6 sub types from the list. If you tick more only the first 6 will be recorded.
If you are a tribute artist you can include the original artist in your 'Stage/Act
Name:' e.g. 'No Satisfaction - Rolling Stones tribute.'and your audience can
search using the original artist name as well.
Once you have saved your
details you are given the option to upload a sound clip and photo and the
opportunity to upgrade to full member. Current full membership offers and details are
available once basic registration is complete. Click the back button to return to
the registration page.
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Keyword search allows you access any artist whose name or profiles contain the keyword you enter.
If you have the artist ID, You can also enter the ID in the keyword search box to open the specific profile.
It is generally advisable to use the full search facilities when entering more specific criteria.
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We recommend 44100Htz with a bitrate of 128kbps as a maximum. If you wish to produce your own sound clips there are many ways to do this:
1. From vinyl, tape and CD you can load from an amplifier output through your auxiliary-in on your sound card and depending what software you have can save it direct to MP3 format or wav. format and convert later.
2. You can also record live through your amplifier in the same way using a microphone or direct to your sound card if it has a microphone input.
3. CD's can also be copied direct from your CD-ROM using 'ripper' software.
You can download many free programs from the Internet to rip and edit your clips – and there are some that are basic and easy to use on www.mp3machine.com
Once on the site:
a) select ‘CD Ripper’ category from main page and then your operating system – there are many to choose from but Alto MP3 Maker 3.12 worked well for us.
b) there are also MP3 editors found under the ‘Editor’ category and we found MP3 Sound Cutter 1.35 demo the easiest to use.
Once you have edited and saved your clip on your PC you can use the browse button on the sound upload page to find it and upload to your profile.
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This page allows you to generate a html link
that can be inserted in your own web site. Bookings you enter using the
MusicBizList facility will then appear as if they are part of
your own web site.
To match the format of your site you can select
colors and make adjustments to the text sizes from the drop down lists for the
corresponding areas of the page. The 'Link Text' box at the bottom allows you to
customise the link as it will appear on your website. For example ‘My Band Name
– current bookings’.
Once you have completed your selections, click the
'Create Link' button to generate the link and a sample link that will appear at
the bottom of this page. You can then click this sample link to see the finished
page. If you go back to make adjustments - you will need to click the 'Create
Link' button again to update the link and the sample link button again to see
the changes.
When you are satisfied with your web page you can
then copy and paste this link into the appropriate place on your web page.
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If you are an Agent or Manager you can also register for FREE.
As an agent you can add your artists details
including a photo and sound track and have your contact details appear against
their profiles. You do not need to enter any Artist contact details to
register them but you do need their agreement. Artists you enter are available
in national/regional searches when the specific types and styles you give them
is searched. The artist will also appear when the relevant category is
searches. You can use the Entertainment Diary to manage the bookings of all your
acts or just to be kept informed of your acts availability.
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To add a booking select the country and region and then fill in as
much of the rest of the information that you have. If you have already made a
booking at the venue then click the 'select from your venue list' link - this
will save you filling in the details again. Please note to select from a venue list you will
need to have popups enabled on your browser. Once you have entered all required details click
save.
If you tick the private booking link the booking will not appear on your profile or in
the what's on search. It will however continue appear on your edit bookings page and you own web site date sheet.
To update a booking find the booking on the booking sheet and click
edit. Make any changes and click the update button.
To Delete a booking find the booking in the booking sheet and click
the delete link.
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