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| Establishment Sites |
| PPLUK | PPL (for owners of sound recordings) | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| BPI | Principally represent labels, but hold open invitation workshops, resources etc. Their brief is basically to promote British music. | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| The Official Charts (UK) | All about the technicalities of getting in the charts | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
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| Online Music Distributors |
| BroadJam | US$10 fee per song uploaded. Artist gets 89 cents for every 99cent download. | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| PulseRated | UK distributor. Free to join. Artist gets 30% of sales (less VAT blah blah). Min payout £25. Material may be promoted on satellite/online radio. | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| AWAL | AWAL can get your music on iTunes | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| KarmaDownload | UK. Singles sold at 89p. Artist gets 50% of sales. Min payout £10. (Sales of ISRC tagged tracks count towards national download chart (?)) | 0.0 (0 votes) | | Vote |
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| Community Sites |
| UKBands.net | Fantastic community site for unsigned bands and their fans. | 4.3 (3 votes) | | Vote |
| LastFM | MySpace stylee. Specifically for music. | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| Bandwagon | Run by Virgin. They will sell your music as ringtones. Looks pucka, but do read the T&Cs before uploading music. | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| Glasswerk | | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| MySpace | Everybody's at it | 2.3 (3 votes) | | Vote |
| Brave New Bands | | 0.0 (0 votes) | | Vote |
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| Promoters / Nights / Venues |
| Twelve Bar Club | Superb bijou venue in London for solo/accoustic acts (but you can squeeze a rock band inside!). | 4.3 (3 votes) | | Vote |
| E-Festivals | Listings of UK Festivals | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| Go Ape | Bath - Thursday night at moles, plus links to other regional promoters | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| BlythenRock | New festival starting August 2006 looking for unsigned acts | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| Pleasure Unit | Indie nights at the Pleasure Unit, Bethnal Green (London) | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| Plum Promotions | London Promoter (Betsy Trotwood, WaterRats,Plan B) | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| Platform Music | London Promoter (New bands at the Rock Garden, showcases) | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| AllSound Promotions | Artist management and promotional services based in Essex, UK. Services include after-show party arrangement, charity events, local and national tours and press relations. | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
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| Recording Studios / Mastering |
| AlphaProAudio | Mastering (accept internet submissions). UKBands.net affiliated. | 4.3 (3 votes) | | Vote |
| GlassTone | Recording studio (Bath) | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| RNR Music | Recording (London) | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| Optimum Mastering | CD & Vinyl mastering (Bristol). Did a lovely job on nately's Mr Pope remix 12" | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| Independent Pressing | Vinyl pressing - good rates for small volumes. | 0.0 (0 votes) | | Vote |
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| Gig Listings |
| Gigwise.com | | 3.0 (2 votes) | | Vote |
| International Gig Guide | | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| GigList.com | | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| National Gig Guide | | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| GigGuide.co.uk | | 0.0 (0 votes) | | Vote |
| Ents 24 | | 0.0 (0 votes) | | Vote |
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| Industry Resources/Articles |
| How to have a number 1 the easy way (KLF) | Thought provoking article that may really help you understand what you want, and how far you will have to go to get it. The industry landscape may have changed a little since this was published, but human nature has not! Gold. | 4.0 (2 votes) | | Vote |
| AllRecordLabels.com | A database of over 21,000 record label/netlabel web sites or Wikipedia links (they say) | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| Hitquarters.com | Pay for promotion service. | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| SoundNation | Welsh music online mag | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| Generator.org | Music industry resources, media database | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| Bardscrier | Articles | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| Magnatune | Free(?) music promotion services | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| Archangel | Free(?) music promotion services | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| Taxi.Com | Pay music promotion service | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| MusicJournal.Org | Publishing FAQ | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| CD Baby | For a simple $35 setup, CD Baby can get your music selling worldwide on cdbaby.com, Apple iTunes, Tower Records, Yahoo Music, Best Buy, Rhapsody, and more. (They say). | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| Music Business Resources for Students | About Record Contracts | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| CCMixter | remixing site | 0.0 (0 votes) | | Vote |
| BlackRocket | Short to the point article on getting out there, avoiding pitfalls etc. | 0.0 (0 votes) | | Vote |
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| Podcasts/Blogs |
| Headphone Sex | Well written music blog covering many gigs/genres. | 4.0 (2 votes) | | Vote |
| Eclectic Chair | Podcast. DJ Lamp played a nately song but we haven't been able to find him to say thanks. Where are you? | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| PulseRated | Online radio for unsigned bands plus promo portal (under construction I think) | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| Smoke Radio | University of Westminster web radio station. Claim 2000 listeners a week and want unsigned bands to send them music. Never replied to our email though. | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| Insomnia Radio | California based Indie cast | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| AceCast.Com | indie various (rock/dance etc.) | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| WirelessFM | Internet Radio (advertised for music on UKBands.net) | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| GreenDragon | Cool guy, (affiliated with UK Bands.net). Nately's track Condescension was submitted and played October 2005 | 2.0 (2 votes) | | Vote |
| Penguin Radio | Podcast directory | 0.0 (0 votes) | | Vote |
| RockAir | Internet Radio (advertised for music on UKBands.net) | 0.0 (0 votes) | | Vote |
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| Promtional Items |
| Merchandise Mania | Various merch, including lighters | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| AK Printing | Various merch, including lighters | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| WestSky (lighters) | Various merch, including lighters | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| ArgonPromo | Various merch, including matches | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| PunkButtons | They make buttons. | 2.0 (2 votes) | | Vote |
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| Unusual |
| GSR Guitars | Will send your CDs to people who buy guitars! | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| Negativeland | Guide to getting screwed over by your representatives and agents | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
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| Nately Links |
| UKBands.net | Nately on UKBands.net | 4.0 (2 votes) | | Vote |
| LastFM | Nately on LastFM | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| Bands at the grand | Mini review of Nately@The Clapham Grand | 3.0 (1 votes) | | Vote |
| MySpace | Nately on myspace | 2.0 (2 votes) | | Vote |
| Bandwagon | Nately on Bandwagon.co.uk | 2.0 (2 votes) | | Vote |