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Click here for information on our Saturday, August 8, 2009 panel discussions and performances.  Podcasts (recorded audio) from the panel discussions are available here.

The CBUS Sound Project had three goals:
 
1) to understand what works well in the Columbus music scene,
2) to identify what needs to be improved, and
3) to take some initial steps towards a better scene.

We planned to accomplish these goals by first conducting a survey and then hosting several workshops and events.  These were tailored as much as possible to needs defined in the survey results.  In addition, information on useful resources will continue to be collected and posted on this page. 

This effort was made possible through the OSU Urban Arts Space, its Idea Lab program, and the generous support of the Efroymson Family Fund.

Resources

Online:

Audiotuts+: Tutorials

Broadjam (Several services for independent musicians)

CD Baby (Largest online distributor of independent music)

Crucial Music (A production music library)

Disc Makers (CD and DVD duplication, manufacturing, and replication)


Electronic Musician: Tutorials

Excerpt from the Book Gigging for a Living: Candid Conversations with Independent Working Musicians

Film Music Network

Home Recording Studio Advice: Buying your first microphone (a pro's perspective) - A video with Ronan Chris Murphy

Indie Band Manager Database Software

Mix: Professional Audio and Music Production (Magazine with, among other things, guides on microphones, studio monitors, etc.)

Pump Audio (A production music library)

Recording (The Magazine) Resources: Glossary, Beginners' Guides, Etc.

ReviewYou CD Reviews

sflogicninja's YouTube Channel: Tutorials for Apple's Logic Software

Sivers.org (Wisdom from the founder of CD Baby)

Sonicbids (Mostly booking)


SonicTransfer: Electronic Music Tutorials

SoundClick: Artist Music Community

Sound on Sound Tutorial Articles on Recording

Taxi A&R: Music Business FAQs & Articles

Taxi A&R (Music submission service)

The Indie Bible (Directory of music industry websites)

The John Braheny Blog: Expert Advice for Songwriters and Bands

The Vera Project (A Music-Arts Center in Seattle Run by and for Youth)

TweakHeadz Labs: Learning about Home and Project Studios

VersusMedia (Connecting Musicians and Filmmakers)


Wix (Free Flash website builder)

89.3 The Current (Minnesota Public Radio)


Columbus and the Region:

CD101.1 FM Radio - The Alternative Station

Cheap Advice on Music from Local Engineer, Author, & Musician Mark Bendig

Columbus Alive's List of 100 Best Columbus Albums in the Past 30 Years

Columbus Alive: Music Articles

Columbus Music Co-Op

Columbus Music History: a privately operated non-profit site dedicated to documenting, preserving and sharing the musical treasures of the Columbus (Ohio) Area

ColumbusUnderground.com: Music Articles

ComFest

Cowtownmusic.com

Creative Columbus: a picture of the creative economy of Central Ohio (a report)

Cringe.com

Donewaiting.com


Dublin Arts Council

Fifth Avenue Fretshop

Goodale Park Music Series

Grandview Heights Public Library: Live Music All Year Round

Greater Columbus Arts Council

Jazz Arts Group

Music Loves Ohio (A Columbus Non-Profit Focused on Youth)

Ohio Arts Council: Ohio Artists on Tour

Ohio Arts Council: Grants and Programs


OSU Urban Arts Space (Has Frequent Music Shows)

Skylab Gallery (Has Frequent Music Shows)

The Columbus Chamber Music Society

The Columbus Dispatch


The Other Paper: Music Articles

The Recording Workshop - Chillicothe, Ohio

The SoHud Music Collective

WCBE (90.5 FM)

Wild Goose Creative

Wonderland Columbus

WOSU Public Media

Note: As of 2011, the previous CBUS Sound Project website (http://www.geography.osu.edu/grads/rklein/idealabproject.html) no longer exists.