News
- Royalty Week Digital Rights, Money and the Music Business – all wrapped up neatly each week. www.royaltyweek.com
- Hits Magazine Music Industry Insider Stuff www.hitsdailydouble.com/home/home.cgi
- Salon One of the best entertainment news sources anywhere. www.salon.com/ent/index.html
Mechanical Licensing Authorities
- The Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency www.cmrra.ca/default.html
- Society for Reproduction Rights of Authors, Composer and Publishers in Canada (SODRAC) Société du droit de reproduction des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs ou Canada sodrac.com
Public Performance Rights Societies
- Society of Authors, Composer and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) www.socan.ca
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) www.ascap.com
- Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) www.bmi.com
Music Business Conferences
- MIDEM The biggest music business conference of them all www.midem.com
- Winter Music Conference The leading dance/electronic music conference www.wmcon.com
- Canadian Music Week The big Canadian music conference in the winter www.cmw.net
- Amsterdam Dance Event Now one of the most important dates in the electronic music business calendar www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl
Music Festivals
- Detroit Electronic Music Festival Electronic Music at it finest in North America www.demf.com
- MUTEK Music on the cutting edge — you'll find tomorrow's music here www.mutek.ca
- NXNE The Toronto based music festival and seminar www.nxne.com