Band-In-A-Box related sites:

Band-In-A-Box related sites:

• PG Music Inc. The authors of Band-in-a-Box
• Norton Music's Home Page I had to link myself here ;-)
• Prestige Music Services The UK distributor of Norton Music products

• Band-in-a-Box Group, a FREE, e-group that has formed for (1) discussion about Band-in-a-Box and (2) an exchange of files [.sgu, .mgu, etc.]. Please join us.
• Band-in-a-Box files to download by Charlie Gleason
• Band-in-a-Box Music Group devoted to songs and styles. Written in French, but easy to navigate even for those who do not read French
• The Band-in-a-Box project, plenty of songs to download!
• BB Finder home page: a song manager for Band in a Box
• Dave Butler's Music Page MIDI tunes made with Band-in-a-Box
• Indigo2 Musik + Computer the Danish distributor of Band-in-a-Box
• KBA (Knowledge Building Activities) Software offers a home study music course that utilizes Band-in-a-Box
• Music and Midi Tools shareware style and song picker uitilites for use with Band-in-a-Box, featuring "The Song Librarian" and "The Style Librarian"
• The PG Musicians Web Site
• Rio Jazz by Matt Finley has BiaB song downloads -- Brazillian and Brazillian style jazz tunes! (click the Downloads link)
• The Song/Style Launcher for Biab, by Stefan Kuske
• Wes's Wonderful World (and you thought that "www" meant "world wide web") have some fun and listen to the music

• alt.binaries.band.in.a.box usenet (newsgroup). If you can't get it by clicking the link, paste the address into your newsreader. If your internet service provider does not carry this group, politely ask your ISP to do so.

Wind Synthesis Sites

Lately, I have been playing more wind synth on the gig than saxophone. I am using a Yamaha WX5 Wind Controller and a Yamaha VL70-m sound module plus the optional MFC10 foot controller. By subscribing to the Windlist (Listserv) I have made a lot of friends who share the same wind synth passion with me (Akai EVI/EWI and/or Yamaha WX7/WX11/WX5) and here are their sites plus anything else I figured was worthy to include.

• The International Wind Synthesis Association is on a mission to promote wind synthesis - if you play a wind MIDI controller, this is a must visit site
• Windlist and the Windlist Archives - another must visit site

• The following are alphabetized by the first word in the page title (it was the easy way out):

• Art's Wind Synth Page Wind Synthesizers, Wind Controllers, WX11, WX7, VL1m, VL70m and related wind synth topics are covered on this web site
  including the WindWorks Design web page, home of the Brain Box for Akai Wind Controllers and FREE VL1 and VL1-m editor.
• Gard Eriksen's Home Page EWI, sax and links.
• Global Studios featuring Peter Gordon
• Guy Zumpetta's Music and MIDI page
• Kenny B's web location
• Mark Glinsky's page has enough synths pictured to be a synth museum!
• Patchman Music - I bought some VL70-m patches from them and they are great. They have patches for many other synths too!
• Ron Cole has a dissertation titled "The Electronic Valve Instrument: Nyle Steiner's Unique Musical Innovation" on his site.
• The Clay Konner band and Clay Konner's EWI page
• The Official Dan Mackey Web Page. includes the "Digi-Tet digital ensemble"
• Erik Klein's "The Synthophone Zone"
• The VL70 expert editor page by Leon Clarke
• zZounds Music Discovery Center A clickable world map helps illuminate musical traditions and instruments from around the world

MIDI files:

• Batish Institute of Indian Music & Fine Arts
• Bomi, a very prolific poster to the a.b.s.m. newsgroup has put up these fun pages, MIDI papa's, Diane & Bomi's Music Quiz, and Diane & Bomi's Christmas Page
• Catt's Jukebox 50s and 60s MIDI tunes
• The Classical MIDI Archives
• Eugene's Midi Collection Classics, Rock & Pop, Russian and Movies are featured.
• Free Piano Lessons on-line. Learn how to play piano!
• Freestyle 101 -- free MIDI drum patterns, it is like having an on-line drum machine!
• Garyw0001's MIDI home page Big Band, Broadway, Movie, TV and more
• Golden Oldies Page by Victor D. James
• Hindi Midi files by desi connections
• Israel Gimel - Free Midi Library
• Jewish and International MIDI Page orchestrated and sequenced by Michael Greenspan
• Jewish MIDI Music - Ahavat Israel
• MIDI Karaoke Library
• Kmel MIDI music Mel Webb is one of the nicest guys on the net and a producer of great MIDI files ... also visit his Bluejean Baby page and his Sinatra Tribute -- Mel's wonderful tribute to the man.
• KWest many MIDI files from Key West, Florida (a/k/a The Conch Republic)
• The Midi Archive The MIDI files have been temporarily removed, but there is a lot of other great MIDI stuff there
• MIDI CITY MIDI files by authors from all over the world PLUS the MIDI CITY shopping mall
• MIDI Composers' Exchange, the oldest and largest site for original MIDIs and is part of Steve Allen's Musical Homeboy Page
• MIDI farm directory of many MIDIs
• MIDILAND, some nice MIDI files from Brasil covering many different styles of music
• Midi-Mania a huge collection of MIDI files
• MidiOpera for all you Divas and Domingos out there. Sing along with Robert.
• The MIDI Place, in Denmark.
• Midi Works Ca. a nice page by Les Gorven
• P.S.A.L.M. a Christian MIDI site by Elizabeth & John Tolson.
• Ragtime midi files MIDI files
• Rock and Roll MIDIs from the 50s to the 80s
• Songs Of Praise, Christian MIDI files by Gilberto Barreto and friends.
• Standard MIDI files on the net The Most Complete & Best-Maintained List of Sites with MIDI Files
• WEST VIRGINIA, OH OUI.... A French man in West Virginia? Cool! MIDI files and other goodies can be found here.
• Allen Zagel's Home for Polkas, Waltzes, Ragtime and other treats

• alt.binaries.sounds.midi usenet (newsgroup). If you can't get it by clicking the link, paste the address into your newsreader. If your internet service provider does not carry this group, politely ask your ISP to do so.
• alt.music.midi usenet (newsgroup). If you can't get it by clicking the link, paste the address into your newsreader. If your internet service provider does not carry this group, politely ask your ISP to do so.

Miscellaneous music related sites:

• 120 Years of Electronic Music Electronic Musical Instrument 1870 - 1990
• All Music Guide is one of the best, free, music resources on the Internet.
• America's Shrine to Music Museum I cannot say enough nice things about this place. Hundreds of rare, historic and/or one-of-a-kind musical instruments are on display. If you are ever anywhere near SE South Dakota, do your self a big favor and visit this shrine. This site is a 'must see' -- click on the link and enjoy. And as an associated site, the Shrine has put up a Brief History of the Conn Company that is definitely worth your time.
• ASCAP, BMI and SESAC
• Audio Compositor converts MIDI files to WAV files
• Automated Composing System composes music and creates a MIDI file. Micro Tuner enables micro tuning of MIDI devices. These are freeware, please feel free to download.
• Bardstown Audio, home of excellent sample libraries in Giga format!!!
• Multimedia Beethoven Online Encyclopedia
• Cadenza a site specializing in contemporary and classical music and in resources for musicians.
• Cyber Sax includes photos of wonderful vintage saxophones
• David Bailey Music Studio. Music Lessons, Musical Instrument Repairs, Arrangements, Engraving, Original Compositions, Band-in-a-Box links and more. David is a musician, a music teacher, an instrument repairman, a gentleman and a scholar.
• The Delta Blues Museum giving the music men the recognition they deserve
• First Attack Free Samples/Software/Links and more. Mostly in German but easy to understand and navigate for everyone.
• Gary Ewer's Easy Music Theory, Musical Definitions, Transposition Chart, Donwnloadable Music Paper, and more!
• Grant's Contrabass Maniac Page for lovers of low pitched, unusual instruments like the Sarrusophone
• The Music of Gustav Mahler on Record
• Harmony Central MIDI links, free classified ads, and more
• HD6, Your Music Site has databases of song lyrics, guitar tabs, and more
• H.E.A.R. Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers -- A non profit organization dedicated to helping musicians keep their most important musical instrument, their ears.
• Jazz Links Links to Jazz resources available on the Web
• Jeff Jordan's World of distractions includes an entry point for the sax ring
• Lyrics World will help you get the words to that song
• The Macintosh MIDI User's Internet Guide
• Media Tech MIDI Brainz products, the Drum Wizard & the Muzical Wizard (shareware downloads)
• Millennium Productions of Florida, is a well equipped, 24 track recording studio and Ron is a great engineer. If you are located in the Treasure Coast of Florida area, check it out for your next disk.
• Music Biz Yellow Pages The "Directory" is a true industry yellow pages featuring over 325 categories with 26,000 listings and is completely cross referenced
• The Musician's World Net links to many music resources, a Band Automatic Name Generator ;-), and more useful and/or fun stuff for musicians
• Many song lyrics are published at MYTHS.COM
• National Academy of Songwriters a non-profit organization that provides songwriters at all levels of achievement with the resources and education necessary to successfully build and maintain a career in the field of music and the business of music.
• National (US) Endowment for the Arts home page.
• Neanderthal Flute: Oldest Known Musical Instrument?
• Omega Pages Music, Compunews and too many other fun things to list here, check it out
• Reed Kotler provides tools to help you learn your favorite recordings by ear
• Rick Barda's Jazz Education Website provides Jazz and Contemporary Music Instruction
• Robert Swinton, Classical and Acoustic Guitar. Robert is a friend of mine. He has an active performing and teaching schedule.
• The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame home page
• Need a website? Need help? Let Dana and Mark Lemna at Skybiz help.
• Style Disk Warehouse for portable keyboards like Technics and Yamaha!
• U.S. Copyright Office - forms, information and more
• The Upscale Pro MIDI Player® - New and FREE.
• The Used Gear Price List by Mark Pulver. How much is your old synth worth anyway?
• WCLV radio in Cleveland, home of Adventures In Good Music with Karl Hass, Weekend Radio with Robert Conrad, and one of the finest symphony orchestras in the world, The Cleveland Orchestra
• Have fun with the New Wolverine Jazz Orchestra (Sydney, Australia)

Music Magazines and 'zines

• Billboard Magazine because "It ain't number 1 until it's number 1 on Billboard."
• EM Online Electronic Musician Magazine
• Keyboard Central Keyboard Magazine

Pages with links to more music links:

• Award World liked my site enough to include it!
• Essential Entertainer's Links by Jim Coston
• International MIDI file links
• J.Botti's Music World
• Ted Keener's home page hosts the Columbus Folk Music Society and has some great folk music links
• The Magic Page includes a MIDI link page and a grossly over-animated page (just for fun)
• MIDI links
• Standard MIDI Files on the Net
• Ultimate MIDI Page

Museums

• Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave Paintings
• Mark Harden's Archive The most beautiful collection of art masterpieces on the Internet.
• The Salvador Dali museum in St Petersburg
• World Of Escher
• The Louvre (English language site)
• MoMA The Museum of Modern Art in New York
• The Natural History Museum in London
• The Royal Ontario Museum, The Canadian museum of art and science
• Shmuela Padnos, famous artist, former sax student of mine, good friend, and a great girl.
• The Sistine Chapel (Cappella Sistina)
• The Smithsonian Institution - - and their magazine too (America's Attic)
• All of Vincent Van Gogh's paintings
• World Art Treasures
• World Wide Art Resources

Astronomy and space exploration:

• Cassini's Voyage to Saturn. The very controversial probe is on its way to Saturn.
• another nice one is the Lehigh Valley Amateur Astronomical Society
• The Nine Planets Tour (and their moons too.) A multimedia tour of our solar system
• NASA The United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- their directory of project home pages - and the Hubble Telescope images
• RKA the Russian Space Agency's page (in English)

Computer Mags:

• PC World, (one of my favorite PC magazines)
• PC Magazine on the Web. Links to all Ziff-Davis publications including an archive of free PC Mag Utilities
• and Macworld for the Mac folks

Find someone on the net:

• and the Cedar National Address Server will also correct an address to U.S. Postal Service specs
• The Big Book specializes in businesses and
• Who Where allows you to find someone by his or her interests, college, hobbies, languages spoken
• Worldpages gives you many search options
• World Telephone Directores many countries are represented
• Yahoo! People Search

Freebies:

• Send someone an Electronic Cartoon "Toongram" Card
• or an Electronic Greeting Card
• and Marlo presents Awesome cards
• or one from Blue Mountain Arts
• or another E-Card, this one from Shenandoah Greetings, (formerly "Blue Mountain")
  Want More? Egreetings - Greeting-cards.com - Regards.com - American greetings - Hallmark - TheGreeting Card.com - Tease Me Greetings - Retro Card Depot - DGreetings.com - awesomecards.com - Club Greetings - Astor Cards - The Jazz Club - The Musical Cardshop - Zing - All-Yours Greeting Cards - IVillage - Blab.com - Gcards.com - Cool Cards - Nice Cards - Cybercard - Meet and Greet - JasMedia - 2 Ecards - Just-So Literary Postcards - Space Day - Ze-Card
• or an Electronic Post Card
• A variety of freebies can be found at PocketStuffer

Freeware, Shareware, Internet tools and other computing goodies:

• Freeware Home, the name says it all.
• Jumbo One of the largest shareware/freeware sites on the web for most computer formats -- with a search engine
• The Macintosh MIDI User's Internet Guide
• Tucows The ultimate collection of (PC) Winsock software/internet aps/and shareware
• Shareware.com the first and still one of the best plus their other site download.com
• Stroud's Consummate Winsock Applications Huge collection of Internet apps for Windows
• Windows95.com Shareware and tutorials for Windows 95 (because it is becoming a Windows World)
• Winsite Enormous collection of Windows Shareware

Humor, cartoons, jokes and other fun sites:

• King Features click "Comics" for dozens of newspaper cartoons
• Nathan Mates' Humor archive that archives usenet humor
• Trendy Interactive Magic this page is a "Must See"
• United Media Comics another newspaper comics page, all different from the "King Feature" selection
• and the HumorLlinks.com has a few laughs for you including song parodies and top 10 lists

Literature:

• Banned Book Page some classic books were once banned, ranging from Ulysses to Little Red Riding Hood. (amazing)
• The Internet Classics Archive, hosted by MIT
• Literary Kicks a wonderful page about the Beat Generation, Kerouac, Ginsberg, Cassidy and others are here, in their own words. Dig this crazy web-pad, daddy-o.
• Mysterious Manuscripts
• George Orwell's political writings.
• Oscariana The life and times of Oscar Wilde
• Project Gutenberg electronic texts of many literature classics

Maps:

• Mapquest find out where it is
• also, check out the Xerox Parc map viewer
• Map Blast
• and Maps on Us
• Terraserver Detailed Satellite photos of any spot on the globe ... find your backyard! ... this is a MUST SEE
• Let Tripquest map the best route from here to there for you - and give you driving directions!!!

Quotations:

• Quote of the Day
• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Reference:

• 800 dictionaries in 160 languages.
• Atlas of the World what more can I say??? -- " You are here" ;-)
• A&E's Biography A searchable online database puts 15,000 of the greatest names, past and present, at your fingertips.
• Elements of Style William Strunk's classic usage reference work is on line
• Computer Virus Myths and Hoaxes Rob Rosenberger puts good times back into the "Good Times" hoax and many others
• Dictionary.com
• National Geographic that yellow bordered magazine has a great website
• The Old Farmer's Almanac
• A rhyming dictionary online!
• Travlang's Translating Dictionaries how do you say it in another language?
  You can also click here to learn a new one!
  or go to Alta Vista's site where you can even translate a web page!
• Urban Legends Reference page. Find out if that urban legend is true or not.
• And a second Urban Legend page. Because sometimes you just need two!
  Yahoo, a third another one and yet another
• U.S. Population statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Census
• What happened in history on any particular date search tool by Scope Systems, look up your birthday

Science:

• BIRDNET provides information about ornithology, the scientific study of birds.
• The Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute home of Washoe the world's most famous "talking" chimp and her family. These intelligent primates communicate with humans using American Sign Language and have taught us quite a bit about themselves.
• Communication with Parrots Parrots, and other talking birds, have fascinated mankind since Aristotle. Once thought to be mere mimics, these creatures are now known to possess remarkable intellectual abilities.
• Oxford University's Museum of the History of Science
• Scientific American Magazine

Search tools:

• I know, everybody lists search engines, but the All In One Search Page has quite a few, all in one place and here are some more: Alta Vista - AOL net find - CNET - Deja News (for searching usenet newsgroups) - Electric Library - Excite - Hotbot - Google (my current favorite) - LookSmart - Lycos - Web Crawler - Yahoo!
• Beaucoup search engine links 1,000 general and content specific search engines!!!

Time:

• U.S. Naval observatory master clock to tell what time it really is

World Travel (some places I have been to and some I want to see):

• Easter Island
• Galapagos Islands
• Florida's Everglades National Park, and another Everglades page. The 'glades is one of my favorite spots in which to "get away from it all".
• The Grand Canyon is a must see if you get to the American (US) West
• The Great Barrier Reef
• Halifax Harbour Cam provided by Brooklyn North Software. Halifax is a great tourist destination, I enjoyed my stay there very much.
• Maya Ruins slow server but cool stuff
• Roadside America is a collection of tacky roadside exhibits in the US. It'll tickle your funnybone, especially if like me you like to drive your car.
• Classical Rome
• South African National Parks
• For great deals on travel and/or free frequent flyer miles, go to Norton Music's travel page (shameless plug)