As a musician resources geek, I’m always a little giddy when I find an incredibly useful site for musicians. My favorites are Hypebot, Music Think Tank and The Savvy Musician’s blog, among others. So I was really excited to stumble upon MusicMoz. This volunteer-supported website is a directory of thousands of music websites.
MusicMoz creates pages of links on specific music categories. MusicMoz’s format is similar to Wikipedia and the Open Directory Project in that the pages are managed by volunteer editors. Much of MusicMoz is for fans of music, with categories on specific bands, genres and lyrics. But the real meat is in its resources for aspiring musicians.
Unsigned Band Resources was the first category I was drawn to. This category, alone, has 195 links to websites. And the directory is always growing. I noticed detone8.com is not listed yet, so I know of at least one more site I hope will be added.
MusicMoz’s site structure divides topics into smaller, more specific categories, until you can find a manageable list. For instance, there is a list of agents and managers that cater to folk musicians.
Not knowing about this resource-heavy site sooner has me calling my music geek cred into question.
The only real drawback I see is the directory could use more volunteers. Some categories, like Clubs and Venues in the United States, have very few links and no editor. But because it is a volunteer maintained site, anyone can pitch in and help add links. MusicMoz is doing its part to educate on the music industry and simultaneously giving you the ability to help improve it.
Brett Lohmeyer is an editor for detone8.com, and in the day you can find him at