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Jazz websites have become a hot asset to new Jazz artist as well as established Jazz artist.  As the manager for a new independent Jazz guitarist, Dave Percell, it has become essential to hang out and become familiar with some of the best Jazz websites on the internet.  Two of my favorite Jazz sites are The Jazz Network and AllaboutJazz.com.  These two sites have been incredible resources for me.

It’s true that “Who You Know” can make or break an artist, and that is why I love The Jazz Network.  We have connected with not only other Jazz artist/musicians, but the variety of producers, Radio stations, podcasters, and publicist  that are literally at our finger tips has been a huge blessing.  We have connected with Radio stations broadcasting both in the US, Australia, and the UK in which some of them fish for fresh Indie artist from this website to assemble their playlist and broadcast on air and online.  The Indie Showcase is just one radio station that has aired Dave Percell recently and of course is a contact that we met through The Jazz Network. As with other profile sites you can take advantage of meeting new friends, sending invites to upcoming events to your friends, play your tracks and music on your profile site through the use of their online MP3 player, post bulletins, join groups, and so much more.  The connections on this site is amazing.

Allaboutjazz.com is one the most Jazz artist/musician friendly sites around. Where do I start with this site? Their is just so much you can do. They aren’t their just to make money, they are their to help artist promote their Jazz music, and it’s evident with the amount of free resources and exposure they give to Jazz musicians.  Every day this site features a daily MP3 download that gives an awesome amount of exposure to the artist.  It is featured on their home page, and picked up by other article sites, bloggers, and online news websites. It was honor to be able to have Dave Percell’s song “Eternal Traveler” featured on this site as it drove an enormous amount of traffic to our CD Baby Site as well as Dave Percell’s Myspace and official website.

Article writing is a great key to internet marketing, which is yet another reason to fall in love with this website. All About Jazz allows you to submit articles on Jazz artist, upcoming events, festival, general news etc. and feature it; which is again picked up by multiple websites thus sending traffic to your other websites.  In case your wondering this is all 100% FREE EXPOSURE! Yes people FREE EXPOSURE! The industry resources include music bloggers, publicist, Production companies, and many more …. and yes again its free……AND it includes the contact information to who you need to contact within these companies.

There are many more reasons to love these two Jazz websites, but hopefully what I wrote so far will cause you to go there and start exploring these sites for yourself because they will be a great asset to your musical career.

There are so many music sites and blogs out there that it is often hard to keep track of them all. Everyone wants to be the first person to write about or feature a .mp3 from the hottest new band, which can often lead to many blogs featuring the exact same content. If you are looking for the best music review and news sites on the internet to see what is hot and what new artists and records to check out, here is a list of the top three music review and news websites on the internet.

Popmatters.com

Popmatters has been around for almost a decade now and has proven to be one of the more successful music, arts and film websites on the internet. At first, Popmatters largely focused on music, but has recently spread out to cover all aspects of pop culture, from film to comics to video games. Some of the best writing about music and art I have read on their site. Many of their writers are unpaid and freelance which often attracts a different style and quality of writer, but Popmatters is good about picking only the best and featuring only the best articles and stories on pop culture and music. Their best of the year lists regarding music are often much more unique and varied than the usual end-the-the-year lists that pop up.

Cokemachineglow.com

Not sure how they have gotten away with using the surely copyrighted term “Coke” but hopefully they never get caught because Coke Machine Glow is one of the most unique and clever music review and news websites on the internet. Coke Machine Glow doesn’t cover one style of music but brings the same intelligence and wit to their reviews of metal, hip-hop or noise music. If you are looking for verbose, but witty writing that doesn’t adhere to any standard form of music criticism, Coke Machine Glow is a great website to bookmark in your browser

Pitchforkmedia.com

One of the most successful and popular music and news review sites on the internet, Pitchfork Media is often seen as one of the most influential sites on the internet, integral to making or breaking a band. Their 1-10 review score ratings have become coveted and feared in the music world, often seen as an instigator in sales of the particular record, more prized than a brand new BMW body kit. Often criticized for their smarmy reviews and overly verbose reviews, Pitchfork Media is nonetheless a powerful influence on the music industry, whether you like it or not, so it is always interesting to see what they are doing, and what new band they are pulling for.