Blogs & Information Sites
One of the great (and free!) ways to keep up to date with industry trends and learn tips of the trade is to read blogs. Below is a list of music blogs that may be of interest.
| CATEGORY | BLOG | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|
| Arts | About Last Night | Terry Teachout on the Arts in New York City |
| Arts | Lies Like Truth | Chloe Veltman on how culture will save the world |
| Arts | Life's a Pitch | For immediate release: the atrs are marketable |
| Arts | RogerEvansOnline | Music, humane letter, and media |
| Arts | Straight Up - Jan Herman | Arts, Media, & Culture News with 'tude |
| Arts Management | Butts In The Seats Blog | Musings on practical solutions for arts management |
| Brass | Bone Zone | A web resource for trombonists |
| Brass | Horn Insights | Jeffrey Agrell's horn blog |
| Brass | Horn Notes | Thoughts on playing and teaching the horn |
| Brass | Horndog Blog | Random Notes of a French Horn |
| Brass | Hornplaying | Thoughts, ideas, and ramblings about hornplaying |
| Brass | ITEA News Blog | International Tuba Euphonium Association blog |
| Brass | Matthew Guilford | The first bass 'bone blog on the planet |
| Brass | TromboneLessons.com | Podcasts by Tom Gibson |
| Brass | Trumpet High Notes | Suggestions,products,tips, and tools for today's brass player |
| Brass | Trumpet Lessons | A place for helpful trumpet tips |
| Brass | Trumpet Matters | Trumpet issues |
| Brass | Tuba Blog | Meet my music life |
| Brass | Tuba News | Tuba issues |
| Brass | Tuba-Euphonium Blog | Tuba & euphonium issues |
| Career | Musician Wages | The website for working musicians |
| Career | My Auditions | Career Opportunities within the performing arts industry |
| Classical music | Alex Ross: The Rest is Noise | Articles, a blog, and a book by the music critic of The New Yorker |
| Classical music | Café Aman | Contributing editor at Gramophone and musical omnivore |
| Classical music | Classical Covert | Classical music for non-classical people |
| Classical music | Classical Greg | Classical music issues |
| Classical music | Classical Music Wire | Tuning In to All Things Classical |
| Classical music | Iron Tongue of Midnight | Lisa Hirsch's Classical Music Blog |
| Classical music | Jessica Duchen's Classical Music Blog | Music and writing, with ginger, in London, UK |
| Classical music | Marcus Maroney - Sounds Like New | The world of art music today |
| Classical music | Naxos Direct Classical Music Blog | Music for Everyone-Classical, Opera, Jazz, DVD |
| Classical music | On An Overgrown Path | Classical music issues |
| Classical music | Post Classic | Kyle Gann on Music After the Fact... |
| Classical music | Soho the Dog | Classical music and other entertainments |
| Classical music | Sandow | Greg Sandow on the future of classical music |
| Classical music | So I've Heard | Words and commentary by Alan Rich |
| Classical music | Sticks and Drones | Two conductors, on the beat |
| Classical music | Rosebrook Classical | Classical music issues |
| Classical music | The Best Classical Music Videos | Videos of classical music performances |
| Classical music | Through These Ears | Thoughts and musical issues |
| Entrepreneurship | Artisthouse Music | Helping musicians and music entrepreneurs create sustainable careers |
| Entrepreneurship | Entrepreneur the Arts | Innovation through artistry |
| Entrepreneurship | Savvy Musician, The | Home Base for Music Careers |
| Guitar | Classical Guitar and Philosophy in New York | Classical guitar lessons, video posts, observations, recommendations and philosophies by guitarist, Kevin R. Gallagher |
| Guitar | Classical Guitar Blog, The | Classical guitar lessons, tips, tricks and interviews |
| Harp | Harp Blog, The | All about harps |
| Harp | Laurie Rasmussen - Harpist | Harp issues |
| Jazz | Just Jazz | Your center for jazz learning |
| Jazz | Bob Griffin's Jazz Piano Project | The wonderful world of jazz |
| Jazz | Jazz Beyond Jazz | Howard Mandel's freelance Urban Improvisation |
| Jazz | Jazz Lives | Jazz -- energized, passionate, swinging -- is what this blog chronicles |
| Jazz | Jazz.com | All the latest happenings in the jazz world with opinion and commentary |
| Jazz | JazzSpot | Blog about jazz, the history of jazz music and jazz musicians |
| Jazz | Rifftides | Doug Ramsey on jazz and other matters... |
| Jazz | Straight Note Chaser | A blog covering all things jazz - the music, the artists, the performances - from both yesterday and today. |
| Jazz | The Jazz Suite | A podcast dedicated to jazz |
| Keyboard | Piano Street's Classical Piano Blog | Your guide to the classical piano world. |
| Keyboard | Allegro Molto | A place for the discussion of life and music |
| Keyboard | Piano Teacher's Retreat | Relax, share, and laugh |
| Keyboard | PianoMorphosis | Bruce Brubaker and all things piano |
| Keyboard | The Collaborative Piano Blog | Encounters with classical music, collaboration, chamber music, opera, administration, & technology |
| Keyboard | Well Tempered Blog, The | ...The piano, classical music, and more... |
| Music business | Music Business Solutions | Helping musicians, songwriters, and industry careerists start & grow successful music businesses |
| Music business | Music Biz Academy | For Independent Musicians in the Business of Selling, Promoting, or Doing Music on the Internet |
| Music-general | Baltimore Sun Classical Music Blog | Critic Time Smith writes about the sonic art |
| Music-general | Band Weblogs | Music reviews, commentary, interviews, band press, new releases, and more |
| Music-general | Culture and the Arts - ArtsBeat Blog | The New York Times blog on the arts |
| Music-general | Musical assumptions | Music is a mystery...The only thing I can really do when I try to say something about music is assume |
| New Music | Sequenza 21 | The Contemporary Classical Music Community |
| New Music | NewMusicBox | The Web Magazine of the American Music Center |
| Nonprofits | Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media | A place to capture and share ideas about nonprofits and social media |
| Opera | Mostly Opera | All things opera |
| Opera | Opera Chick | Opera and beyond |
| Opera | Parterre Box Present La Cieca | Unnatural acts of opera |
| Opera | Prima la Musica | A Life Operatic in Sydney, Australia |
| Opera | Trill | Florid passages |
| Orchestra | On the Record | Exploring America's orchestras...with Henry Fogel |
| Orchestra | Adaptistration | Drew McManus on the orchestra business |
| Orchestra | Musical Chairs | Orchestra job directory |
| Orchestra | Polyphonic.org | The Orchestra Musician Forum |
| Percussion | Percussion Music Online | Promoting new music written for percussion. |
| Psychology | Bullet Proof Musician | How to beat the crap out of performance anxiety. |
| Strings | Abu Bratsche | Musings of a lead viola operator |
| Strings | Cello Geek, The | Cello issues; many videos |
| Strings | Jason Heath's Double Bass Blog | All things double bass |
| Strings | The Violin Site | Resources for Violin Teachers, Students, and Performers |
| Strings | Tuscon Bass Player | Blogs, lessons, videos, & more |
| Strings | Viola in music | Everything you always wanted to know about the viola and never dared to ask |
| Strings | Violinist.com | Violin issues |
| Teaching | Percussion Education | Tips on teaching percussion by Kevin Tuck |
| Teaching | Music Matters Blog | Creative, practical, and up-to-date resources for the independent music teacher |
| Teaching | Music Teacher's Blog, The | Help and resources for music teachers |
| Teaching | PracticeSpot | Ideas & resources for great music lessons |
| Teaching | Richer Music Teacher | Make your passion your living |
| Technology | Hugh Sung - Music Meets Tech | Helping musicians adopt technology to enhance their art and life |
| Woodwinds | Clarinet Cache | Clarinet related issues |
| Woodwinds | Bassic Sax Blog, The | Just Your Basic Blog About Sax, Music, Life, & How They Come Together |
| Woodwinds | Bassoon Talk | All that pertains to bassoons and bassoon music |
| Woodwinds | Bret Pimentel, Woodwinds | Saxophone, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, folk and ethnic woodwinds |
| Woodwinds | Buzzing Reed, The | Confessions of an Orchestral Clarinetist |
| Woodwinds | Cooper Wright Reeds | Oboe issues |
| Woodwinds | Flarp | The Oboe Blog for Happy Oboe Players |
| Woodwinds | Jen Cluff's Flute Blog Index | Canadian Flutist and Teacher |
| Woodwinds | Larry Krantz Flute Pages | Flute issues |
| Woodwinds | oboeinsight | Reed on! |
| Woodwinds | Pete Thomas's Blog | Saxophones, fundraising, etc. |
| Woodwinds | Saxophone Blog, The | All things saxophone |
| Woodwinds | Sherman Friedland's Clarinet Corner | The definitive clarinet resource |
| Woodwinds | Urban Flute Project | "...one freaking fabulous BLOG!" |
Selection Criteria
There are thousands upon thousands of music blogs on the Internet of varying qualities. For one to be listed here, it should meet the following criteria:
- The site should be relevant to musicians.
- The content should be fairly extensive.
- The content should focus on information of the trade. No blogger diaries.
- The writing should be high quality.
- No university sites. We don't want to be seen as advertising for a particular school.
To submit a blog or other helpful website (that meets these conditions) for possible inclusion, please let us know.