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• Primary Jewish Music resources on the web

• Professional Organizations

• Rights and Licensing Organizations

• Copyright Information

• Publishers and Distributors

• INDIE Music Resources

• Israeli Music Online

• Producers, Arrangers, Recording Studios (specializing in Jewish music)

• Other Useful Resources

• Interesting and Off-Beat Sites

• Composers, Songwriters, Performers, And Other Hava Nashira/Hanashir Community Members' Websites
   

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Looking for Jewish Music Resources on the Web? Visit these sites first:

• Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute -Where Hava Nashira Happens!
• Jewish Music Web Center at Brandeis University Libraries
• Zemer Lach - The Jewish Song & Lyric Database
• HebrewSongs - from Australia - a great resource
• Hotshabbat.com - the best of the newest!
• TotShabbat.com - Totally self explanatory! New music! Free Downloads!
• Milken Archive of Jewish Music (eventually they'll get around to including our genre of music!)

Professional Organizations:

• American Conference of Cantors
• Cantor's Assembly
• Guild of Temple Musicians
• Women Cantors Network
• Harmoniyah - the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation Music Network

Rights Organizations

(CAP = Composers, Artists/Performers, and Publishers of Music)

• ASCAP American Society of Composers, Arts, and Publishers
• BMI A second U.S. CAP Rights Organization (headquartered in Nashville)
• SOCAN (Canadian CAP Rights Organization
• SESAC European Artists Rights Organization
• ACUM Israeli CAP Rights Organization (English Page)
• Harry Fox Agency U.S. Mechanical and Digital Licensing Organization
• Creative Commons  is a nonprofit organization that offers flexible copyright licenses for creative works.

Copyright Information

• Jewish Law and Copyright An excellent article on Copyright and Jewish Law
• Church Music Publishers Association
• Copyright for Music Librarians, Music Library Association
• Search Performing Rights Societies, Music Publishers' Association
• SongFile Community Licensing for Mechanical Reproductions (via Harry Fox Agency)
• Ten Big Myths About Copyright Explained
• University of Pittsburgh Copyright Information Site
• Jewish Association for Business Ethics Intellectual Property Page
• Stanford University Copyright and Fair Use Site
• University of Texas System Crash Course on Copyright
• University of Minnesota: Copyright Decision Map
• Cornell University-Copyright Term and the Public Domain
• Harry Fox Agency Digital Licensing FAQ
• Harvard University: Digital Music: Problems and Possibilities
• The RIAA Copyright Information Page
• The Future of Music Coalition
• Music Licensing on WikiPedia
• Columbia University Law School Library Music Plagiarism Project

Publishers, Distributors:

• CDBaby - Indie Distributor Sells recordings by many Jewish artists
• Hatikvah Music International - Great source for buying Jewish Music
• JewishMusic.Com -see Tara Publications
• OySongs Jewish-music-only download site. CD-quality mp3 downloads and full albums. Also transposable, playable sheet music for download, in the Sibelius Scorch format.
• Eglash Creative Group is run by Joel Eglash of oySongs.com (and formerly with Transcontinental Music.)
• Tara/Jewish Music Home Page - Jewish Music and More
• Transcontinental Music - the music publishing arm of the URJ
• Sounds Write - is now a division of URJ Books and Music

INDIE Music Resources

• Musician's.Net INDIE Resources
• TAXI
• Just Plain Folks

Israeli Music Online:

• Walla (in Hebrew) -Streaming Music and Custom Mixes of all Kinds
• Israeli Music Online (from The Israeli Hour at Rutgers University)
• RadioTower.com Search Results for Israel (Streaming Radio and Music feeds)
• Radio Hazak
• iGuide's Entertainment:Music links page
• ACUM's English Site (ACUM is Israel's Artist's Rights Association)

Producers, Arrangers and Recording Studios

• Fran Avni - Producer, Arranger - www.franavni.com
• Adrian A. Durlester - Arranger, Accompanist, Recording Studio - http://www.durlester.com/services.htm
• Eglash Creative Group is run by Joel Eglash of oySongs.com (and formerly with Transcontinental Music.
• Sam Glaser - Producer, Arranger, Recording Studio - Glaser Music Works
• Scott Leader - Producer, Arranger, Recording Studio - Leader Music Lab
• Josh Nelson - Producer, Recording Studio www.joshnelson.net
• Craig Taubman - Producer, Arranger www.craignco.com

Some other useful resources

• Ari Davidow's Klezmer Shack
• Church Music Publisher's Association Copyright Page
• Digital Tradition Folk Song Database (not strictly Judaic)
• CAJE Music Network Online Discussion Page
• Chazzanut Online Great Liturgical Music Resource
• CMC-Creative Musicians Coalition
• Daniel Macks- Service-Song Archive
• Discmakers
• ELLIE'S TORAH TROPE TUTOR
• Finale - The Art of Music Notation
• Golden Land Connections - Booking Jewish & Israeli Artists
• HebrewSongs - from Australia - a great resource
• HotShabbat.com - the place for the latest Jewish Music
• International Lyrics Server
• Israel Gimel - Free MIDI Jewish & Yiddish Music Library
• Jewish Liturgical Music - The site for Jewish Liturgical Music.
• Jewish Music Institute - Britain's Jewish Music Resource
• Jewish Music Research Center - from Hebrew University
• Jewish World Music
• Jewish Entertainment Resources - Now with Concert Listings!
• The Jewish Music Network - Main Menu
• Jewish World Music - Jewish Music - An Overview
• Modzitz Music Page - Niggunim Galore (RealAudio)
• Navigating the Bible - Contents - with Audio!
• Radio Hazak-Israeli Music on the Web
• Tot Shabbat Website created by Robin Selinger
• Save The Music Yiddish Page
• Save the Music Ladino Page
• Sibelius Music
• Synagogue 2000
• Synagogue 3000

Some Interesting Sites:

• Bob Dylan's Jewish Blues (Jeff Klepper's Dylan Website)

Composers, Songwriters, Performers, And Other Hava Nashira/Hanashir Community Members' Websites
(in alphabetical order by LAST or GROUP name, sort of...)

• Peter and Ellen Allard
• Fran Avni
• Lisa Baydush
• Beat'achon Home Page
• Beged Kefet
• Stacy Beyer
• Joe Black
• Mark Bloom
• David Broza Home Page
• Reb Shlomo (Carlebach) Home Page
• Reb Shlomo Carlebach's Music
• Chai Notes (Jewelry and More by Fran Moss)
• Michelle Citrin
• Susan Colin
• Doug Cotler's Home Page
• Dangerous Kid (aka Jay Rapoport)
• Karen Daniel
• Doda Mollie (aka Mollie Wine)
• Steve Dropkin
• Eglash Creative Group is run by Joel Eglash of oySongs.com (and formerly with Transcontinental Music.)
• Judy Frankel Artist Profile
• Jules Frankel
• Debbie Friedman Home Page
• Tracy Friend
• Jeremy Gimbel & Brad Lennox (Shira Tirdof)
• Judy Caplan Ginsburgh
• Sam Glaser Page
• Robyn Helzner
• Linda Hirschhorn's Web Sites
  • http://lindahirschhorn.com
  • http://weddingcelbrant.org
  • http://vocolot.com
• Sue Horowitz
• Dan Jurkowitz (OySongs link)
• Audrey Katz
• Neal Katz
• Kdam Eurovision - The Israeli Eurovision site (currently not working)
• Steve Klaper
• Jeff Klepper
• Shira Kline
• Janeen Kobrinsky (incredible artwork) - check out her Judaica section!
• Kol B'Seder
• Komar Music (Eric Komar) - Transcriptions Services (and some hot new music)
• (Rabbi) Larry Karol
• Scott Leader
• Carol Boyd Leon's Web Page
• Ira Scott Levin
• Cantor Lisa Levine
• Sheldon Low
• Lupert- It's The Website  (Hava Nashira   Alumnus & Poet Laureate Rick Lupert)
• Magevet's Home Page
• Mah Tovu
• Danny Maseng's Home Page
• Steve Meltzer
• Josh Nelson
• NelSongs
• Dan Nichols Web Site (www.jewishrock.com)
• Pizmon Jewish A Cappella
• Jay Rapoport - see Dangerous Kid
• Rick Recht
• Marc Rossio (aka The Marvelous Toy)
• Sababa (Robbi Sherwin, Steve Brodsky, Scott Leader)
• Beth Schafer
• Rebecca (Schwartz)
• Elaine Serling
• Robbi Sherwin
• Shir Harmony (Rochelle Potak and Bob Emmerman)
• Shir Synergy (Barry Astrow, Lisa Baydush, and Audrey Katz)
• Shirona
• Greg Siegle
• Judith Silver's Page - Britain's Jewish Songbird
• Julie Silver
• Peri Smilow
• Craig Taubman's Home Page
• Nomi Teplow
• Visions
• Vocolot
• Yom Hadash
• Zamir Chorale of Boston
• Rabbi Shawn Israel Zevit

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