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Where I'm Going (By Dressing Up As A Dragon)

I’ve included some legal/law websites in this list as well some for the most obvious reasons and others because they are friends’ websites. For example, one should never get too serious about the creation and dissemination of music without thinking about----COPYRIGHT andTRADEMARKSo I included the U. S. Copyright Office and the U. S. Patent & Trademark Office.Now I am pondering a few more things with respect to the nature of my Resources:1. Should the Resources be more focussed and contain fewer non-music sites, or2. Should the Resources contain more sites that are not primarily music or entertainment industry, and if #2 holds, then3. Resources will be more a reflection of me as I love to connect things that some think are not so connected. For example, all of us intersect daily with law, business, technology and communication. That seems to give me the kind of carte blanche to just post away, and fun away!

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John Lennon - "I Got Resources On My Fingers!"

Tonight I've added a new section to www.emichaelmusic.com - one called, "Resources." It will be a living document. I'll update it frequently and I look forward to adding readers' suggestions as well. I've been compiling resources like this for years and dividing them into categories. I've posted these in various places. The College Music Society has posted my resources for the past 5 or 6 years. I've also included some of these in some of my course syllabi at different universities. As of tonight, the first installment resides here at my site.The first of my Resources is a list of music and entertainment industry sites that I visit - almost all of which I value. Some might be included for good reasons - because I like or love the content at the sites, others because I feel that they should be there, and still others because they will irritate or irk people. And why not? Doesn't the Bible suggest that we should afflict the comfortable?

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