Music

Favorite Artist: Andreas Vollenweider (Harp), Kenny Wayne Shepherd (Guitar), Jonny Lang, Les Paul, Eric Johnson (Guitar) also try ericjohnson.com which seems to be under construction, Jean Michael Jarre (Keyboards), and Rick Wakeman (Keyboards).

Favorite Composers: Jimmy Webb, John Lennon, Mel Torme, and Rufus Wainwright had a interview on Sessions at West 54th, or check out his streaming RealVideo at Rufus' Performance from the Conan O'Brien show.

Favorite MIDI Files: Virtual Insanity ver. I, Virtual Insanity ver. II, Tubular Bells, and Eruption by Van Halen.

Radio Stations: KDAV the live on the web oldies station in Lubbock, Texas home of Buddy Holly, and sometimes KATT Rock Station in Oklahoma City listen with Windows Media Player on Broadcast.com.

Favorite Music Links on the Net: Austin City Limits, MP3, Blues Page, The Piano Page, CellBlock12 Partners in Crime MIDI files, Midisoft, and Sagebrush Systems. Winamp with streaming Shoutcast.

Musical Comedy: Weird Al: The Saga Begins, and The Pentiums behind the scenes. Listen to Weird Al Radio on Shoutcast.

Lyrics:

Top Ten Lyrics

MP3s:

Napster best source of MP3s on the net, download the application, then share all of your MP3s. You can take a look at Napster Frequently Asked Questions if you just want to check out what it is all about.
Napigator (on ZDnet Downloads) - let's you connect to the napster server of your choice, vist the Napigator Web-site for more information.

The South by Southwest also has a lot of new and up comming band MP3s in their Showcasing Band List, this link starts with the A's, 1000+ bands last time I checked, most have MP3s.

Austin, Texas Local Music Scene:

Clubcast went out of business in May 2000, if you're looking for that link it's gone.
Austin MP3's (downloadable)| List of Songs | List of Artist | Top 20
Big Jam with occasional Live Web Casts from Austin, Texas
austinrocks.com - Home | Austin Texas - "The Live Music Capital of the World" guide to Austin Music on Other Sites
Local Licks Live CDs 1990-? | Local Links Live CD Release Party Pictures (Push Monkey)
Best of Austin | | Music | Musicians | Bars and Night Clubs
a&r world Artist and Musician Referal
The Austin Chronical | Music Section (weekly)
SXSW South by Southwest Music Festival & Film Conference
The Austin Music Network with (occasional) Live Web Cast
The Austin Music Commission
Texas Music Office in the Governor's Office
Austin City Limits as seen on PBS
Music and Arts from Austin, Texas
Music City from "The Live Music Capital of the World"
Texas Music Museum
Wild about Music Art inspired by Music and Musicians
Mojam's Concert Listing in Austin, Texas within 20 miles.
The Music Matrix information on local bands, live video clips, audio samples, and contact information.
Idle Time photos of early 80's Austin, Texas, punk scene includes Big Boys, Dicks, Butthole Surfers and others.

Other Music Scenes:

GarageBand.com bands just being born (vote for favorite)
Independent Underground Musician Association
Memphis | Beale Street & Beale Street Cam

Music Theory Links:

Compare these two links-
Guitar Chords Find that Chord! (Sucks! Just basic chords, needs more chords!)
Damn good guitar chord maker!

Computers / Music / Musician Equipment:

Recordlab formerly MidiSoft, get the Free 8-Track-Multitrack Recorder (Internet Recorder). The web pages seemed to be goofed up, just click on through, then rename your download to a .exe extention to get it to install, then get the DirectX effect plugins from AnalogX.

I also use Cakewalk Software sometimes when I play play the keyboard via. MIDI. I have also been doing some recording with RealProducer Basic and RecordLabs 8-Track Recorder.

Music Related Links:

RollingStone music magazine online, previous cover gallery, WebCasts, and chat.
KCRW Santa Monica.
6767-Menu Page
Minipops cool little graphics of pop music artists.
Moviehead watch old movies or listen to music online.
ZDNetMusic digital music news, discussions, and downloads.