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RainMusic Review is a bi-weekly newsletter featuring reviews of the best independent music and pianist resources on the Internet. This is an archive of past editions.
Reviews this issue include The Classical MIDI Collection, AudioVideoweb.com, Gigmasters, Mish Mash, WORM Productions and Jazz Solo Transcriptions Online.
Our featured article this issue is "What's So Hard About Making it as a Musician?"
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RainMusic Review - Issue #8 - 01/15/99
RainMusic Review is a bi-weekly newsletter featuring reviews of the best independent
music and pianist resources on the Internet. These sites are reviewed weekly at RainMusic.com, and then archived
via this newsletter.
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Reviews this issue include The Classical MIDI Collection, AudioVideoweb.com, Gigmasters, Mish Mash, WORM Productions
and Jazz Solo Transcriptions Online.
Our featured article this issue is "What's So Hard About Making it as a Musician?"
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CONTENT OVERVIEW
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- RainMusic Site News & Info
- Pianist Resource Reviews
- Indie Resource Reviews
- Free Sheet Music
- Featured Articles
- Special Announcements
- Submitting Your Site, News, or Announcement to RainMusic.com
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RAINMUSIC NEWS & INFO
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NEW CONTEST!
Name a song and win a free CD. Details at http://www.rainmusic.com/pianomusic/contest.htm
DAVID NEVUE WRAPPING UP NEW CD
Midnight Rain artist David Nevue is putting the finishing touches on his new CD entitled "The Vigil."
The album, Nevue's 4th CD of solo piano music, is due out in March of 1999. For more details, see http://www.rainmusic.com/pianomusic/dnevue.htm
PROMOTE YOUR MUSIC ON THE INTERNET! 1999 EDITION!
This in-depth guide to online music promotion will provide you with the tools and knowledge you need to generate
some very real CD sales from your web site! Written by a musician for musicians, this guide is the culmination
of several years of online music marketing experience. If you want to sell your music merchandise online successfully,
don't be without this powerful tool! Get full details at http://www.rainmusic.com/promotion/promote.htm .
Here's what Derek Sivers of CD Baby (http://www.cdbaby.com) had to say about our music
promotion study:
"I bought this as soon as it came out, just out of curiosity, and it turned out to be a great reminder/buttkicker
kind of book! Some things in it will be obvious for most of us, but many MANY things make you say, "Oh yeeeah!
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Free Sheet Music Resources: http://www.rainmusic.com/pianomusic/free.htm
Feedback: email management@rainmusic.com
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PIANIST RESOURCE REVIEWS
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The Classical MIDI Collection
If you have an interest in MIDI music, don't pass up this vast collection of classical music. MIDI libraries
include Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic, Twentieth Century and a whole lot more. Search by composer, style, or just
browse. This very attractive site also provides instructions and online support for listening to compositions in
the MIDI library as well as an online reference guide to publications on sequencing and MIDI basics. The Classical
MIDI Collection is probably one of the finest online collections we've seen. Don't miss it!
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INDIE RESOURCE REVIEWS
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AudioVideoweb.com
Need a professional to create your audio or video sound files for you? That's exactly the service AudioVideoweb
provides. They will also host the content for you on their servers if you wish. Clients who purchase their audio
services are entitled to a free web page as well.
Gigmasters
Gigmasters is a well designed site specifically targeted to clients looking for musicians or performers
for their venue or special event. While we doubt many of our readers are actually interested in booking an artist,
you might be interested in giving yourself a free listing in this International directory. Already, the Gigmasters
database contains close to 5000 entries searchable by music style or event type. Listings are free, though an "enhanced"
membership is available which will feature your CD in Gigmasters online store. Finally, the site does feature a
bulletin board service for musicians looking to buy, sell, or hook up with other musicians.
Mish Mash
Musicians, if you'd like to get your new CD reviewed and beef up your press kit, check out Mish Mash.
They'll review music from any genre in any format (CD, cassette, vinyl, 1/4" reel-to-reel, or even DAT). Got
a video? You can send that, too. See site for details.
WORM Promotions
WORM bills itself as "the promotion company for the small band. Specifically, WORM specializes in graphic
design work for business cards, buttons, t-shirts, flyers, handbills, printed ads & stickers. WORM can also
provide you with moderate scale reproduction as well as booking and distribution if you happen to be in the Richmond
Virginia area. Here's the best part... their prices are dirt cheap. Seriously, folks, we're talking logo designs
for $5. You can't beat that. Our only complaint is the site contains no examples of their work with the exception
of the WORM Promotions logo. None the less, for the price, who cares? If you need some quick and dirty graphic
design, check 'em out.
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FREE SHEET MUSIC
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Jazz Solo Transcriptions Online
Jazz pianist Ilia Sandalov knows good music, and has spent a great deal of time creating
"solo transcriptions" of many of this centuries most popular Jazz artists. You find music by Charlie
Parker, Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck and more. While most of these transcriptions are for sale, you will find a
number of free items in *.pdf format ready to download. Important note: most of these piano solos are not entire
scores, but rather one-line sheets that contain the principal improvizational line. Of particular interest, we
recommend checking out Ilia's "Jazz Dictionary", a set of excerises containing patterns commonly used
by the jazz masters. A Jazz student playing these exercises in all 12 keys can significantly enrich his or her
improvisational skills.
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FEATURED ARTICLES
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What's So Hard About Making it as a Musician?
A great article summing up the frustration of a typical musician. Includes 10 things that keep musicians from making
a living with their music. The first in a new series of articles by Chris Knab of Forefront Media & Music.
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Attention Pianists!
We want to hear about your favorite piano related web sites! If you know of a site we should review here, don't
be shy. Let us know about it! Let us know what you're interested in. Are
you wanting to find more sheet music? More piano related graphics? What grabs your fancy? Help us serve you better!
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SITE RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommend a site for us to review at http://www.rainmusic.com/submit_site.htm . Please note, we're specifically looking for items relating to musician resources, music promotion
tools, articles, and opportunities. We're not interested in band pages. Thanks!
ANNOUNCENTS
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