UnSigned Artists/Bands
 

Hello, dose any know where i can get UnSigned Artists/Bands to bradcast on my new unsigned radio! I would like to find a site where i can go on and download the songs for free legaly for me to bradcast.

Thanks Storm
Looking Forward For Some Cool Replys!

surf around here for awhile maybe:
http://www.garageband.com/

It's supposed to be "The web's largest independent music community and home to the definitive charts of the best emerging artists."

RE
 

Ye i downloaded some good songs can i boardcast them without a licance becuase its very hard to get them in the uk?

You need the artists's permission to do this.

Check out CD Baby (CDBaby.com) too. That is a great place to find great independent artists.

You'll also need to ask for permission from the astists, and record label if they are on one, before you broadcast them.

If it's too much work going to each artist and label asking for permission you could secure a webcasting license from SoundExchange. ASCAP, BMI or SESAC webcast licenses may be needed too.

You could also broadcast through one of several 3rd party licensing entities; Live365, LoudCity or SWCast.

Since you're interested in unsigned artists, everyone you contact will probably be very happy you want to play them. So if you are willing to do some legwork you should be ok. Good luck!

licensing isnt that unreacachable in the uk,,

some good reading here.....

http://forums.streamsolutions.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=503

RE
 

God its a to much of a mess on its a absolute waist of time :(

Then you cannot legally stream.

RE
 

Look at this a ste says: "If an artist is 'unsigned', it means that they do not have a record contract. If they are performing any music composed by a member of PRS, then you are liable for PRS payments. While you'll spot a well-known cover version, you may not spot a band covering an album track, for example."

If they are unsigned you need to contact them and have written permission to broadcast them.

RE
 

NoCreativ Commons means you can use there works but you cant make money!

Well now you mention it, i havnt seen anything in this thread about cc :rolleyes:

Releases
 

Storm2k5

Unfortunately you will, as indicated above, need to work with each individual artist to get a signed release to play their music. While music organizations like BMI, ASCAP are great for blanket coverage for member artists, unsigned artists in many cases are not members of these organizations and therefore not covered.

While many artists would be happy for you to play their music I can assure you that many will not be. We run an indie station (primarily windows media instead of shoutcast) and have a rather large filing cabinet filled with thousands of signed releases, one for each artist/album that we play.

Many artists want to really control their music and would not be pleased to find you playing their music without their signed approval - and heaven help you if you allowed it to be downloaded from your site.

We even detail which songs on their albums are theirs and free to play and those that contain samples, voice tracks or covers from other artists where they cannot sign for that use release.

It can be done, but be prepared to put in a lot of grunt work to deal with thousands of individual artists instead of just a few music organizations.

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