Masterclass -- German Music Industry

Our German market Masterclass pulled together some amazing insights. Many of those who attended where interested to be able to access the specific website links that were discussed during the masterclass. Here we have a short list, which will continue to grow over the next couple of weeks.

Key Links

here are the blogs, etc usuefull for marketing your tour/band in Germany:

myspace

facebook

StudiVZ www.studivz.net (apaprently the network most important for high school students)

Intro (street press) www.intro.de

Musikexpress (music mag) www.musikexpress.de

Visions (indie rock/alternative music mag) www.visions.de

Stadtkind (Berlin specific) www.stadtkind.de

Plattentest www.plattentests.de

Last FM www.lastfm.de

Laut www.laut.de

Tonspion (lets you upload one mp3) www.tonspion.de

Key festivals (although not really relevant to newcomers….)

Rock am Ring/Rock im Park (www.rockamring.de) organised my Marek Lieberberg (www.mlk.com)

Hurricane/Southside (www.southside.de) organised by FKP Scorpio (www.fkpscorpio.de)

Highfield www.highfield.de (FKP Scorpio)

Area4 www.area4.de (FKP Scorpio)

heaps of festival links: www.festivalguide.de