Links - Helpful links for Scottish composers and music arrangers
About the fiddle
Fiddle Hangout Forum/Community for fiddle lovers.
Fiddling Around The World A great information resource for fiddle playing and instruments around the world.
Artist & Repertoire Company
TAXI is the world's leading Independent Artist & Repertoire Company. As a matter of fact, we invented independent A&R more than a decade ago. Since 1992, TAXI has specialized in giving artists, bands, and songwriters real access to the people in the music business who have the power to sign deals.
Bagpipes
Caber Records Scottish Bagpipes Music - The Weavers of the Tartan is a bagpipe band playing traditional Scottish songs with contemporary appeal. Download free bagpipe mp3's.
Composer Support/ Opportunities
My hit online A&R tip sheet for music publishers and songwriters
The Society for the Promotion of New Music From contemporary, jazz, classical and popular music to that written for film, dance and other creative media, spnm is one of the main advocates of new music in Britain today. spnm was founded in 1943 and continues to fulfil and build upon the brief that spurred its existence: to promote and advance the education of the public by encouraging the understanding, appreciation and development of music composed by living musicians born or resident in the UK, and of music generally as expressed in any other medium or form.
Education
Hofnote The site aims to help music students develop better intuitive understanding and feel for music and to improve all aspects of aural training.
Fčisean
Fčisean nan Gŕidheal The National Association of Gaelic Arts Youth Tuition Festivals
Festivals
Bute Jazz Festival Scotland's Premier Traditional Jazz Gathering
Bute Live ButeLive promotes and encourages live performances of music and the arts on the Isle of Bute.
Shetland Folk Festival A non-profit, volunteer driven organization dedicated to presenting the best folk music from around the globe to the local community and visitors alike.
Sound Festival North East Scotland's festival of new music
Folk Clubs/ Societies
Crail Folk Club A cosy folk club on the coast of Fife showcasing new and established talent from the world of folk music. Something for everybody in a friendly atmosphere. Floor singers welcome.
Edinburgh University Folk Society Organised Ceilidhs, Concerts and a Folk Festivals.
Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin The internet's only traditional music site aimed specifically at young people! Here you can find all the information you need about Traditional Music in Scotland and beyond.
Kelso Folk and Line Music Club Weekly Sessions, and Concerts through the year.
Music at Craigie Folk Club in Ayrshire
Penicuik Folk Club and Festival Weekly folk club gatherings and monthly concerts.
The Santa Clara Valley Fiddlers Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of traditional types of American music such as old-time, bluegrass and gospel music, as played on the fiddle and other acoustic stringed instruments.
Folk/Trad. General
A Traditional Music Directory A large archive of traditional, folk, and roots music with lyrics, sheet music and midis. Includes Bluegrass, Old-time, Irish, Scottish, Country dance, Session tunes etc. Also many folk music reference & research works
A Traditional Music Library A large archive of traditional, folk, and roots music with lyrics, sheet music and midis. Includes Bluegrass, Old-time, Irish, Scottish, Country dance, Session tunes etc. Also many folk music reference & research works.
Coda Music/Mound Music Traditional and Contemporary Folk Music Specialists with music shop on The Mound in Edinburgh, since 1997
Folk USA A website dedicated to the enjoyment of folk music
Folking.com The Home of Folk and Acoustic Music
TradMusic.Com Fully interactive website designed by musicians for musicians. Aimed specifically at enthusiasts and players of traditional music worldwide, it includes artist profiles, global gig guide, discussion board, luthiers list, online shopping, links and good news aggregation.
Guitar Sheet Music
Forrest Guitar Ensembles - a wide range of music composed or transcribed for guitars and other instruments. Very suitable for guitar ensembles in schools, for amateur groups and for more advanced performers
Glenn Weiser Celtic Music Glenn has four volumes of Celtic music arranged for solo guitar and a volume of Celtic arrangements available through his website. He also has a free online tunebook with over 500 Celtic tunes, plus links, Glenn's celtic guitar MP3s, and more.
Instruments
Celtic Chords - a great shop for all your instrument needs. Houses probably the biggest collection of Traditional CDs in Scotland.
Troubadour UK Instruments for the travelling musician
Music CD's and MP3s
Music In Scotland dedicated to promoting music and musicians with a Celtic connection to a world-wide audience. Select from the best in Scottish, Irish, Cape Breton, World, French, Spanish, Gaelic ........
Scotloads Music Website for Scottish Music CDs and MP3s
Music General
Musicians Page Fabrizio Ferrari's musicians page - The new musicians world!
Free sheet music, live musicians search engine, free services, etc. Musicians and Music Lovers are welcome.
Free sheet music, live musicians search engine, free services, etc. Musicians and Music Lovers are welcome.
Musiclopedia A rapidly expanding information research portal for everything related to music
Serenade For Strings a specialised mail order and online supplier of sheet music to individuals, music tutors, schools, colleges and other educational establishments
Singer/Songwriter Directory A world-wide site dedicated to singer/songwriters. You can find links to official home pages as well as fan sites, to well known artists as well as starting musicians
Steve Neslon Musician/Teacher/Performer/Engineer and Producer. Ayrshire/ Glasgow.
Our fresh and dynamic approach to music tuition is in demand. Steve teaches guitar, saxophone, keyboard, and bass with group, or one to one participation. Steve also runs a fully functioning recording studio which offers support to produce a final cd, originating from a basic idea with performance and production advice along the way.
The Big Bands Database Plus A World of Musical Information
The Local Music Directory A directory of musician and music business website links organized by category
USAmusician.com has free classified ads for new and used guitars, amps, drums, keyboards, woodwinds, brass and orchestra instruments. Free band webpage, postings in music calendars, musician's network, bulletin board and resource section.
Virtual Sheet Music Classical Sheet Music Downloads using Adobe.
Music Transcription Services
Continuo Music Services Laurence Beard has provided a great deal of transcription work of a high caliber. Thank you for your wonderful work, Laurence.
Music 4 Musicians Alison Pryce has provided a vast amount of transcription work for this site! Her service is very fast, very reliable and she is a pleasure to do business with. Thanks for accommodating our every request, Alison.
SMARTassMusic James Treweek's transcription work has been quick, efficient, very affordable and is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Music Venues
Lauries Acoustic Music Bar houses The Acoustic Music Centre! This is Glasgows home of live Traditional Folk music, World Music, Jazz and Bluegrass - right in the heart of old Glasgow,and part of the Merchant City.
Performing Artists
Anne Lederman Canadian fiddler extraordinaire, singer of songs old and new, composer, improvisor and multi-instrumentalist, she revitalizes old traditions, embraces new ones, and creates music that brings it all together.
Canada's Calvin Vollrath Great fiddle playing, sounds, CDs, Music, photos, concert and fiddle camp info.
Fiddlers 3 Fiddlers 3 have been named “Ontario Best Performer/Entertainer 2007” and “Entertainer of the Year 2006” by Festival & Events Ontario.
Paul Anderson tarlandfiddler.info - the official website of Paul Anderson brings the lastest information about Paul's gigs and activities, and will in time also include stories and an expanding photo gallery.
Photography
Chris Sharratt kindly provided our website banner photograph. His photography is superb so please do check out his site.
Douglas Hamilton supplied composer profile photos for Lorna and Isabel. He is lovely to work with. Thanks for your patience during our photo sessions, Douglas.
Publications
Fiddle On Fiddle Magazine
Fiddler Magazine a quarterly magazine devoted to all fiddle styles; the website includes excerpts from the magazine and links to hundreds of fiddle-related sites
Radio
Celtic Radio Visit Highlander Radio for the best in Celtic music!
Internet Talk Radio - Internet Streaming Media Broadcasting - Internet Radio Station from Voice America Voice America offers Internet talk radio shows and popular programs on a variety of topics. Listen to Internet radio broadcastings or host your own Internet talk radio show on.
Scotland's Music and Musicians
"Northeastceilidh" the email list for ceilidhs and traditional music and dance events in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, Scotland
aberdeen-music The music scene of Aberdeen, Scotland
Cultural Connections A site specialising in promoting Scottish traditional music.
The Quaich Regularly updated information on Scottish Folk Music including lyrics, folk clubs, artists, events, shops and general folk music links
Scottish Country Dance Resources
The Strathspey Server Scottish country dance and music resource
Scottish General
Haggis Head North America's Scottish Portal. Haggishead is the source for Scottish books, castles, golf, music, travel, links, celtic, whisky, battles and more.
US Scots Connect to thousands of Scottish-interest websites, allocated among 40 categories.
Web Designers
Plexus Media Words can not express how grateful we are to these guys! They've built us an amazing website!
