The Americana Music Association is a professional trade organization whose mission is to provide a forum for the advocacy of Americana, to promote public awareness of the genre, and to support the creative and economic viability of the Artists in this field.
ASCAP is a performing rights organization which started more than 90 years ago by a group of songwriters. They are a member-run, non-profit organization that exists to protect its members. ASCAP collects and pays songwriters their rightful performance royalties and helps protect against copyright infringement.
Founded in 1939, BMI represents performing artists and collecting license fees on behalf of over 300,000 composers, songwriters, and music publishers in the United States and abroad. It is a non-profit organization which now has a repertoire of 6.5 million compositions for which it collects and pays out royalties to songwriters and copyright holders...
An excellent, straight-talk comprehensive Musicians' Guide. You'll find tips from the pros on gear, touring, travel, promoting your act, taking care of yourself, managing your band's finances, and anything else you might have questions about...
The International Songwriting Competition has for years awarded cash prizes to the best compositions out there as determined by a prestigious panel of industry professionals...
The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is a non-profit, mobile recording studio outfitted with traditional musical instruments as well as state-of-the-art gear. For over a decade, the Bus has provided free, hands-on programs to hundreds of high schools, colleges, Boys and Girls Clubs, music festivals, concerts, conventions and community organizations.
