INTERNATIONAL AMMO -
RESOURCES & SUPPORT

INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORIES

IMMEDIA! has an industry directory with most of the contacts needed to break into the Australian market. If you want to crack this market, get this directory! They also hold conferences and seminars and run a website with tons of info about the Australian music business. (http://www.themusic.com.au)
http://www.immedia.com.au

International Showcase, The Music Business Guide is considered "the bible" for international contacts for the music industry. It covers all of Great Britain and has sections on Europe, South America, South Africa, Australia, and Japan. Listings include: record companies, music publishers, artist managers, producers, venues, promoters, booking agents, tour support services, recording studios, festival organizers, and much, much, more.
http://www.musicregistry.com

HELPFUL SITES

http://www.timeanddate.com has the time and date for anywhere in the world. Before you call anywhere international, check this site to find out what time it is in that country. You don't want to piss someone off by waking them up, or waste a call because the office is closed for the night. It enables you to know when to call people in different countries during their business hours.

There are hundreds of festivals in Europe. Many of them pay for artists to perform and are open to artists from other countries. Here are some sites that list European festivals:
The European Festival Association   http://www.yourope.org/
UK Music Festivals http://www.harrogate.co.uk/harrogate-band/festival.htm
The Czech Association of Music Festivals http://www.czech-festivals.cz/mhfb-eng.html
http://www.aecinfo.org/lfest.html
http://www.euro-festival.net/Festivals/index.cfm
http://www.spektours.com/europemusicfest.htm
http://www.hostelseurope.com/festivals.php

HELPFUL ORGANIZATIONS

Many of the organizations in foreign markets have websites in the language of their country and no English translation. I included them here in case you know someone who speaks the language or can dope your way through like I did.

Association of Independent Music (AIM)
44-208-994-5599
Lamb House, Church Street
London W4 2PD UK
http://www.musicindie.org

Music Industry Network Canada (MINC) provides services to Canadian artists and offers a list of music industry contacts. It also has an industry calendar.
http://www.mincanada.com

Northern Ireland Music Industry Commission offers all sorts of support to musicians in Northern Ireland.
http://www.nimusic.com

AIR (Australian Record Industry Association) helps Australian indies with their own labels and put on seminars. Most Australian indie labels are listed here.
http://www.air.org.au

New Zealand Music has a supportive site too. Their directory includes info about agents, songwriting, venues and much more. Most countries have organizations and can be found online.
http://www.musicnz.co.nz

Export Music Sweden has lots of info on Swedish labels here.
http://www.exms.com

Federazione Dell'industria Musicale Italiana is the website for the Italian music industry.
http://www.fimi.it/

Danish Independent Record Labels lists all the independent labels of Denmark
http://www.dup.nu/v2/contents.php?SectionID=2&1118618094

The Netherlands has 2 music sites. Both are in Dutch but they have good info if you can find your way to it.
http://www.dutchsound.nl
http://www.conamus.nl/

INTERNATIONAL MUSIC CONFERENCES

MIDEM is the largest international conference. It's held every January in Cannes, France. This is where all the top international music biz people flock to. It's expensive to attend but can be worth the trip if you have music that's very marketable for international markets and use savvy in connecting with people who can facilitate that.
http://www.MIDEM.com

Popkomm takes place in Berlin. It offers opportunities to showcase in a variety of venues. It's less formal and cheaper than MIDEM and also offers many opportunities to meet the international music business community.
http://www.popkomm.de

International Songwriting Support

The British Academy of Composers is a trade association for songwriters in the UK. They help protect a copyrights and offer benefits and services to all songwriters.
http://www.britishacademy.com

The Australian Songwriters Association (ASA) is a national, non-profit, member organization that supports Australian songwriters.
http://www.asai.org.au

KODA administers copyrights in Denmark.
http://www.koda.dk

There are similar organizations in other countries to our Performing Rights Society. Here are some of them:
Australia: APRA (The Australasian Performing Right Association Limited
http://www.apra.com.au

Canada: SOCAN (The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada)
http://www.socan.ca

France : SACEM - Societe Des Auteurs Compositeurs Et Editeurs De Musique
http://www.sacem.fr

CISAC  - Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Auteurs et Compositeurs  
http://www.cisac.org

Germany: GEMA (The German Society For Musical Performing Rights and Mechanical Reproduction Rights)
http://www.gema.de

Italy: SIAE - Societa Italiana Degli Autori ed Editori  
http://www.siae.it

Japan: JASRAC - Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers  
http://www.jasrac.or.jp/ejhp

Spain: SGAE  - Sociedad General de Autores y Editores  
http://www.sgae.es

Sweden : STIM  - Svenska Tonsattares Internationella Musikbyra
http://www.stim.se

UK :   PRS (The Performing Right Society)
http://www.prs.co.uk

PAMRA (Performing Arts Media Rights Association)
http://www.pamra.org.uk