Topics: Arts : Music
Music is an art form consisting of sound and silence expressed through time. Elements of sound as used in music are pitch (including melody and harmony), rhythm (including tempo and meter), structure, and sonic qualities of timbre, articulation, dynamics, and texture. This category categorizes sites by musical style and instrument, as well as by topics such as bands and artists, composers, theory and history.
Anti-Music
Sites devoted to ridiculing, mocking, satirizing, and ranting about music genres, bands, and artists.
'N Sync,
Aguilera, Christina,
B-Witched,
Backstreet Boys,
Beatles,
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Arranging
Composing and arranging music are loosely related, in that somebody sits down and writes out the music, but they are completely different concepts.
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Awards
Here are the web sites of organizations that honor musicians for their talent and success.
Dove Awards,
Grammy,
MTV Video Music,
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Bands and Artists
This category is for bands and artists. No sites are listed in this category; they are all listed in subcategories.
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Charts
Sites in this category contain information on the ranking of songs, albums, artists, and so on.
Polls,
Regional,
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Chats and Forums
Chat rooms, forums and bulletin boards that are about music.
Bands and Artists,
Instruments,
IRC,
Mailing Lists,
Regions,
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Classifieds
Sites offering classified advertisements for musicians and music lovers.
Instruments,
Recordings,
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Clubs and Venues
This category lists places to listen to music, whether it's by a live band or played by a DJ.
Africa,
Asia,
Europe,
Middle East,
North America,
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Collecting
This category is for web sites about the hobby of music collecting as well as for Internet resources that would be useful for music collectors.
8-track,
Buyers,
Compact Disc,
Guidebooks,
Magazines and E-zines,
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Composition
Sites in this category are related in some way to the art (and sometimes science and business) of composing music.
Competitions,
Composers,
Organizations,
Resources,
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Computers
Organizations and people (researchers, professionals, and hobbyists) who focus on computer music and want to present their recommendations, discoveries, or advice.
Organizations,
Personal Pages,
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Concerts and Events
This category is for one-time or reoccurring/annual concerts and musical events.
Benefits,
Classical,
Country,
Dance,
Easy Listening,
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Directories
For categorized listings of sites about music. Directories relating to particular aspects of music may be listed in subcategories of Arts/Music or of this category itself.
Bands and Artists,
MP3,
Musician Resources,
Rock and Pop,
Singers,
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DJs
For DJs, mixers and producers whose work is relevant at the national or international level, and whose site is in the English language.
Associations,
Chats and Forums,
Directories,
Education,
Equipment,
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Education
Sites for musical instruction techniques and methods are listed here, along with links to Regional categories where local music teachers may be found.
Academic Departments,
Courses and Lessons,
Directories,
Methods and Techniques,
Organizations,
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History
Sites about the history of music, including persons, works, and styles, are listed here.
18th Century American,
19th Century American,
20th Century Pop,
Baroque,
Castrati,
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Instruments
For sites about specific instruments and their families. Subjects include musical range and tone, technical specifications, history, and instrument making, manufacture and repair.
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Lyrics
This category features sites that focus on song lyrics.
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Alternative,
Artist Specific,
Bluegrass,
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Marching
For music related to marching. Subcategories include military, school, and volunteer marching bands as well as drum corps and twirling.
Colorguard,
Drum and Bugle Corps,
Equipment and Resources,
Marching Bands,
Mummers,
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Movies
Resources for music used in motion pictures and the people behind it: film composers.
Composers,
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The,
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Musicology
Musicology is a systematic study of music in all of its forms of appearance. Musicology exists as an academic discipline that studies primarily composed and notated music, and is taught in universities across the world.Musicology, as a discrete field of study, has its origins in an article by Guido Adler published in 1883 in Germany.
Education,
Ethnomusicology,
Journals,
Musicologists,
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Music Videos
This section contains websites relating to music videos, with a focus on promotional short-form videos, like the ones you may see on MTV or other music networks.
Directors,
Networks,
Production Companies,
Reviews,
Streaming,
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News and Media
For the means of dissemination of information about music as opposed to the music itself.
Books,
Magazines and E-zines,
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Organizations
Associations, organizations, and societies specializing in some aspect of music. Most music organizations are non-profit in status, and all have regular meetings and / or conferences and a board of directors who oversee operations.
By Composer,
By Instrument,
By Performer,
By Style,
Censorship,
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People
A place to find composers, performers, historians, all the people associated with music.
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Personal Pages
Personal pages where the main focus is music. This category covers general pages that are too broad for any of the other Music categories.
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Regional
This category serves as a routing point made of shortcuts to the various and numerous regionally-specific categories on the music in general at the Open Directory Project.
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Resources
For sites offering comprehensive information about music, or reference information that doesn't fit into any single music subcategory.
Competitions,
Downloadable Music Sheets,
Information Centers,
Libraries,
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Reviews
This category for general sites that feature music reviews.
By Artist,
By Release,
Concerts,
Dance and Electronica,
Folk-World,
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Songwriting
Contests, online discussions, ezines, magazines, workshops, associations, and other resources for songwriters about the music business and the art, craft of songwriting.
Contests,
Organizations,
Publications and Media,
Resources,
Songwriters,
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Sound Files
This area is for web broadcasting stations (streaming) and sound file collections, full-length songs only, please.
ASF,
Classical,
Jazz,
MIDI,
MOD,
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Styles
This category holds subcategories for various styles of music, as well as sites concerned with the way genres, types, and styles may be organized.
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Technology
For the ways in which technology and engineering support musical performance and recording, as well as means of musical expression arising directly from technological processes.
Amplification,
Audio Playback,
Audio Recording,
Instruments,
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Theory
Sites offering music theory, both specific and general, are listed here. Music theory is "a branch of study that includes many different methods for analyzing, classifying, and composing music and the elements of music." (You will find a good writeup of music theory at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_theory )
Magazines and E-zines,
Theorists,
Tuning Systems,
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Trading
Links for people interested in trading live recordings for various groups/artists. Sites about the trading of copyright commercial recordings or about the selling (not trading) of recordings do NOT belong in this category.
Bands and Artists,
Cassette Tape,
CD-R,
Covers,
DAT,
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Vocal
Dictionary definition of Vocal: "for or produced by the voice: the vocal organs, ie the tongue, lips etc.
A Cappella,
Courses and Lessons,
Singers,
Singing,
Speaking,
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Weblogs
A music weblog (blog) is run by an individual (or a small group of individuals) and covers topical issues in and around music.
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Women in Music
Find information, news, pictures, organizations, and personal pages about women in music. Also, explore sites about many women bands and artists.
Bands and Artists,
Composers,
Directories,
Image Galleries,
Magazines,
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