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Want to take your music further? In 'How to...' we've brought together over 100 in-depth guides and features packed full of help and advice! Full Fat Guides - Big and easy guides for newcomers to the music industry | Getting signed | Who does what in the music industry? | Money in music - getting paid | CD price - where the money goes |
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Starting Out | Find people to work with | Form a dance group | Professional singing auditions | Improve your vocals | Song writing basics | Improve your practising skills | Why playing live is important | Get first gigs | Develop your stage prescence | Choosing a band name | Choose tracks for a demo | Get ready to approach record labels | Get training from The Prince's Trust (Remember, this BBC) | Download music |
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Recording | Choose tracks for a demo | Home recording – the basics | Home recording – the equipment | Home recording - buying a mixer | Choose music software | Make a vocal demo | Find a recording studio | Get ready to go into the studio | Make the most of a session | Make the most of the mix | Mastering | Find a producer | Clear Samples |
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Performing Live | Why playing live is important | Get Live Gigs | Rehearse | Get Ready For A Gig | Soundcheck | Make the best of a gig | Play London | Put on a showcase gig | Play gigs nationally | Publicise your gigs | Set up a gig night | Buy a PA |
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DJing | Get DJ kit and technology | Make a good mix tape | Get your first DJ gigs | Get work in city bars | Get work in city clubs | Mix and scratch workshop | Start out as a VJ | Start your own night |
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VJing | Starting Out | Hardware and software | Performing live | DJing: 7 guides to get you started |
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Digital Audio | Guide to Downloading | Guide to Podcasting | Make a website | Essentials for your website | Distribute your music online | Use MP3 sites |
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Music Distribution | Produce small numbers of CDs | Mass Produce CDs | Press Vinyl | Use distributors for DIY releases | Use distributors for a record label | Send Out Demos | Promote your releases | Start A Label | Use MP3 websites | Essentials for your website | Make a website | Promote your website online | Distribute your music online | Write TV/Film music | Work as a TV/Film composer |
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Music Promotion | Control your image | Use a mailing list | Put together a press pack | Send out demos | Approach the media | Promote live gigs | Promote your releases | Hire professional PR companies |
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Management | Work to support yourself | Sign On | Apply for grants | Work as a session musician | PRS | PPL | MCPS for people releasing their own material | MCPS for label owners | MCPS for people signed to a label | Other collection agencies | Approaching publishing companies | Types of publishing agreements | Publishing agreement main terms | Find a manager | Start out as a manager | Management agreement main terms | Production deals | Production agreement main terms |
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Message Boards | Rock, Indie & Punk | Dance | Experimental & Leftfield | Chart & Playlist | Making Music | One Life | Hip Hop | Drum n Bass | R & B | Desi Beats |
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BBC Virtual Sttudio | "Make your own music here. We've got two bits of kit that can have you making tracks and playing with sounds in minutes." | Sample Bank - Over 1,000 samples for you to download and use in your own music | Basics - Tips and ideas to get you going | Sequencer - Make your own tunes in our four track | Mixer - Find out what the effects on a mixing desk can do | Virtual Theremin - Turn your desktop into a Theremin with the help of BBC Science | Escapades - Be an Artist Manager, PR, Agent, or A&R | Hands On - Drumming experience | Musicians' Stories | Your Charts | Internet Radio | BBC Programmes | BBC Performing Groups | Discovering Music | Jazz Library | Music Matters | Words and Music | New Music | Classical | World Music | Radio 3: Music Games | Philharmonia Orchestra - The Sound Exchange - Free sample library of orchestra and single note samples |
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META Directory | Search the META Directory to find Venues, Music Business, Commerce, Record Companies, Publishers, Distributors, Organisations, Promoters, Colleges and Academics, Broadcast Media, Print Media, and Arts Management in your part of the UK. |
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MED Directory - An annually updated database of professional contemporary music courses in the UK. |
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Music Tank - Directory of businesses and organisations who offer support to music makers and companies. |
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