BACKSTAGE PASS ARTICLE SEPT. 1997

    If you are looking to put sounds on your homepage such as midi files or short wave/aiff files, check out this address. It explains how to do so very extensively http://www.image.dk/%7Epetermad/sound.htm

    Vintage Guitars for sale, plus cool links and unique instrument photo gallery http://members.aol.com/onodono/index.htm

    The International Song and Lyric Registry provides protection of copyright for authors of original songs and lyrics of rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country, folk songs, jazz and pop. http://www.registering.com/songs/

    Would you like to hear how bad the band “Seventh Heaven” can sound? No, not the Chicago band Seventh Heaven. It seems there is a band out in the boonies with the same name inadvertently attempting to trash the image of the name.
http://www.shmusica.com/

    For those of you who were interested in checking out the Chicago based band Seventh Heaven, go here http://www.afternight.com/music/7th

    Looking for a record swap? Vinyl Vendors clams to be the largest searchable database of rare & collectable records, CDs, tapes, etc., on the Internet.
http://www2.vinylvendors.com/VinylVendors/

    The Digital Music Zone site features a selection of schematics, circuits, and recording tips & techniques for the amateur and professional alike.
http://members.aol.com/jorman/index.html

    Looking for real-time remix software for your PC. Whether you are a producer, DJ or just love music, you’ll be amazed to discover how easy it is to get into the groove. Try their free demo
http://www.mixman.com/

    Are you looking for something calming and full of renaissance harmony. A complete fulfilling a-capella wonder. I personally use it to ease my thoughts while web searching or working on a tedious program. http://www.delosmus.com/de31/de3165.html http://www.delosmus.com/favind/ascension.html

    Looking for a great site with Lots of “how-to” advice on putting out your own music. This site hosts a decent amount of contact addresses as well. http://www.wam.umd.edu/~ahacop/Guide/guide.html

    Looking for something to change the image of your band? TowerLighting, has lights for DJ, stage, theatre, bands and claims to have the lowest prices on foggers. They also have a 1-800 number for ordering
http://www.towerlighting.com/

    Are you a musician or do you know somebody who is? Do you or your loved ones need a catchy name for your band? Well, look no further: the following list contains hundreds of carefully-alphabetized suggestions, and one of them may be perfect for your group.
http://www.flash.net/~tvjd/bandnames.html

    Are you just dying to find out if people living in Latvia listen to the same sort of music we listen to in the states? For all you know, your demo might have slipped out of the US and is now listed in the top 10 of chartbusters in Estonia. HURRY now to find out!
http://www.lanet.lv/misc/charts/

    “So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star” A regrettable name but a very cool site. A database driven website for bands. It permits you to post HTML, show dates, keep an e-mail list and message facility to e-mail list. When you post a show date it is automatically e-mailed out and is keep as part of your band’s website.” The only real downside is that it is designed specifically for Netscape 3.0 or better.
http://www.wftech.com/bands/

    Rockhouse Online record store. They do seem to have a fairly open policy towards indies. They were a little vague in a recent e-mail to me as to how to submit, etc., but probably worth a try. http://www.musicmailexpress.com/

    Cool Edit is a digital sound editor for Windows. I’ve used this program on post production of many CD’s that I produce. It can edit a file up to 1 gigabyte in size. You might think of it as a paint program for audio. Just as a paint program enables you to create images with colors, brush strokes, and a variety of special effects, Cool Edit enables you to “paint” with sound: tones, pieces of songs and voices and miscellaneous noises, sine waves and sawtooth waves, noise, or just pure silence. Cool Edit also gives you a wide variety of special effects to “touch up” your sounds: reverberation, noise reduction, echo and delay, flanging, filtering, and many others. It’s like having thousands of dollars’ worth of professional audio equipment all in one easy-to-use software package. Cool Edit has been praised in Morph’s Outpost, Windows Magazine, Electronic Musician, and other publications as the leading wave editor for the Windows platform. http://www.syntrillium.com/cool.htm

    This month’s non related music pick is actually slightly related to music. If you are ever at work and need some soothing chimes to play really soft in the background, Check out the free demo made by the same people that brought you Cool Edit.
http://www.syntrillium.com/chimes.htm

    If you would like to suggest your band’s webpage for future issues, e-mail: Pangier@primenet.com - Dino Manzella

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