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Twin Peaks recording studio I'm not putting this link here for the good of my health, it's for the good of your's. An experience, as well as an excellent studio, run by people with ears and loads of music business experience (Adam Fuest ...... musician, producer, engineer, gear reviewer for hi tech music magazines and Adele Fuest (nee Nozedar) former pop star and head of A&R / PR for some record companies as well as owner of others). You can probably get to Twin Peaks by helicopter from Heathrow quicker than you can get into London by taxi or train. The studio's isolated amongst some of the best scenery in the British Isles. If being in big cities makes you unhappy, and you want to be happy when you record .......

www.mauricedickson.co.uk I saw Maurice Dickson perform at the 2003 Peakstock Festival in Wales. He's the finished article with 20 years of gigging playing different guitar styles behind him. If you want an act who'll nail mainstream AND folk audiences, book him while you can. He's going to be very busy for a long time. It's obvious a huge amount of thought and sheer hard work has gone into his act not to mention the quality of the equipment he uses. If you have any reservations about booking him, buy his "The Jester's Dance" CD from his web site. This bloke should top the bill since not many acts will want to go on after him.

www.findit.co.uk Useful if you want to buy and / or sell stuff in the UK.
C J Harper works as an entertainer in the UK. If you want to know something of his experiences, he's kept a kind of "road" diary you might find of interest.
Key Signature. A British agency I've never actually worked for but they seem really nice.
Andy Martin singer songwriter. Nice bloke I've been in touch with for a while. Try and hear "Roads To Casablanca" from his latest CD. It's a good track.
TomSmithOnline writes some nice stuff about Jon Asher's music and that's enough to get a link here!!

AMAI Norge Very reliable entertainment agency based in Tønsberg, Norway. After gigging as a piano act for about twenty years now, I've done more work for Zoltan Aszalos (he runs the agency) than anyone else. Great attention to detail regarding contracts.

Splut a useful site for information about the UK.

UnsignedFM used to have some files of Jon Asher's music. Maybe they're still there.

Pan Agency Jon Asher page some information on Jon Asher and some of his gigs.

generaldealer.net online house clearance with loads of sheet music and music and camera equipment.

Vonheim gjestehus, Helgheim, Skei I Jølster, Norway. Cheap accommodation for anyone wanting to visit Jostedalsbreen, Northern Europe's largest glacier about 15 minutes drive from the house or go riding, white water rafting, fishing, rock climbing etc. in Norway. Probably Europe's most accessible glacier (any Glaciologists, please correct me if I'm wrong).

Live on Stage Web site and magazine devoted to the Hull club and pub entertainment scene where I might well be working if I wasn't gigging elsewhere.

Richhoncho's Songwriter Resources and Links catalogue of unfulfilling experiences in paying for advice on how to make a fortune from songwriting. (see below)
Mainfeature Records. Dec Cluskey tutored some or all of their acts apparently according to this link or to quote a bit from the page at the end of that link "who ensures HMV support at alllevels for anything we do...working with Dec Cluskey ("The Batchelors" and "Serious Writers Guiild") and DH Promotions in the uk to get artists properly developed, funded, photoshoots, videos, proper demos, first gigs, appearances at festivals and roadshows across the uk(incl. publicity,local radio airplay and merch), online(videos,airplay,webgroups,merch. etc etc)...see this space for more!"

hanne@ringnett.no Hanne Sofie, a nice and clever girl, web literate and good with graphics. A useful contact for anything web orientated in Norway and a founder member of a web users' pressure group there.

sim2u.com GSM pre pay mobile phone SIM cards for the UK, Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

LINKS TO CELEBRITIES' SITES
HOW TO BUILD AN ATOMIC BOMB In case the entertainment business is no longer revolutionary enough for you. Please note that you would probably die from radiation sickness before you ever got a bomb built. Lots of fun for all the family.
COPYRIGHT LICENSING AGENCY Everything you need to know about copyright.
MOVIES.COM A lot of graphics.
INTERNET ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK Hollywoody but huge!
MANDY'S FILM AND TV PRODUCTION DIRECTORY Plenty of information for those working in the film and TV industry.
VIZ Probably more revolutionary to those of you outside of the UK but if you want a good laugh, this might help. Been around too long in the UK to still be side-splitting but if you've never sampled the humour, you might laugh your head off. Can be a little naughty at times and beware of the Geordie dialect in some of the stories ("Geordies" are from the Newcastle area of the UK's North East).
SIBELIUS ACADEMY MUSIC LINKS More links to thousands of music web sites. Finnish origin. This site is GREAT! An example of selfless application to the greater good of those involved in music in whatever shape or form .... but they don't have a link to THIS site ..... I'm not bitter!
THE AGENTS' ASSOCIATION (UK) WEB SITE The Agents' Association is one of the trade bodies for entertainment agents in the UK. I have TWICE completed and returned the site's artiste's questionnaire and I've never been listed as an act so maybe you shouldn't bother.
ALT.MUSIC LIST Worth a visit.
DOTCOM Fun, educational and maybe even useful.
THE MOST FAMOUS ARAB SINGERS IN THE WORLD The title of this site is self-explanatory isn't it!
SOUND CHASER MUSIC SOFTWARE Midi Software, Hard Disk Recording, Notation Programs, Interfaces / Soundcards. Free catalogue available upon request.
CASSETTE HOUSE Producers of CDRs, Cassettes and DATs based in the US as far as I know.
THE MUSIC INDUSTRY PAGES Probably based in the US too. I've never visited this site. Tell me if it's any good! DISC MAKERS This is another US based company that produces CDs with a supposed three week order turnaround. LEIGHS COMPUTERS Computer music specialists who ship worldwide. Too much gear to list here.
MIBAC MUSIC SOFTWARE Music tuition software.
TURTLE BEACH Soundcard manufacturer's web site.
UBI SOFT ENTERTAINMENT Learn and play music software.
MUSITEK MUSIC RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGIES Some clever stuff here. Produce Midi files from sheet music! SEK'D US / SOUNDSPIRATION SYSTEMS More computer music software.
YAMAHA Need to know something about a Yamaha product? .......
THE INTERNET UNDERGROUND MUSIC ARCHIVE If you want exposure for your band on the internet, this could be useful. Quite mind boggling!
QIC (QUARTER-INCH CARTRIDGE DRIVE STANDARDS INC. The tape technology for PC users.
CAKEWALK More music software from this well known manufacturer.
MACROMEDIA Yet MORE music software from yet another well known manufacturer (I have no idea how many more of these links there will be!).
CREAMWARE German made PC-based hard disk audio recording and editing system.
MIDIFARM Some very cool bits of Midi gear.
MIDI COMPOSERS' EXCHANGE Upload MIDI files for free to this site.
MUSICIAN'S WEB Be there or be sine.
SSEYO WEBSITE ENTRY PAGE .... from the makers of KOAN.
DOLBY HOME PAGE Nothing to do with Thomas (what's he doing these days anyway?). Shhhh!
EDIROL CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA Appears to be heavily connected with Roland. Sound Canvas and Midi files plus probably loads more.
THE CHART INDEX Lots of charts from diverse sources.
UK RECORD LABEL DIRECTORY
BREAKS.COM Breakbeat, jungle, hardcore, hardstep and darkside. I like a nice tune!
THE INTERNET MUSIC PAGES US based music industry pages.
ROCK MALL FAVOURITE GUITARIST POLL Vote for your all time favourite guitarist.
UNIVERSITY OF YORK MUSIC TECHNOLOGY GROUP
MAKING MUSIC'S WEB SITE Making Music IS a useful musician's magazine. This is their web site!
DOING IT YOURSELF Self help for musicians covering differing subjects.
BLUESNET
THE WONDERWALL UK alternative music site.
READING 96 Big UK festival. Let's hope this site is valid year on year or this link is useless.
ELECTRIC FACTORY Another on-line Midi resource.