The Unsigned Guide is the UK’s leading music industry contacts directory & career guide, produced specifically for music students, emerging bands & artists and aspiring music managers, producers or indie start-ups.
First published in 2003 as a printed directory, The Unsigned Guide is now an online resource full of contacts covering all aspects of the UK music business from record labels, music publishers PR companies, recording studios and artist managers to radio stations, blogs, venues, gig promoters, festivals and music distribution. View all 50 areas of the music industry that The Unsigned Guide covers here. Every contact listing contains information detailing exactly how it is relevant to an unsigned or emerging artist.
By searching The Unsigned Guide, students can create their own team of industry contacts to assist with practical assignments, as well as their own music releases and potential career paths beyond further education.
By searching The Unsigned Guide, students can create their own team of industry contacts to assist with practical assignments, as well as their own music releases and potential career paths beyond further education.Save ‘Favourite’ contacts, articles, blogs and industry reports that are relevant to a variety of modules or coursework. Create ‘Projects’ and organise your saved information within The Unsigned Guide for any number of uses; ‘Midlands band tour’, ‘Recording studio work experience’, ‘Solo EP - release campaign’, ‘Managers to approach’, ‘Local festival applications’, ‘Setting up my label’...whatever your students need for their music career & studies.
The Unsigned Guide is also the perfect in-class teaching resource - for staff & students alike. Carry out research, search contacts, reference music industry news & articles, gather advice from blogs written by music business experts.
All educational users receive our weekly newsletter full of music industry news & developments, opportunities for emerging and unsigned bands, plus blogs full of advice for grassroots artists and anyone trying to build a career in the music business.
Every member can also take advantage of The Unsigned Guide’s ‘Advice’ area which contains reports, statistics, articles and contributions from major music organisations including IFPI, Association of Independent Music, BPI, Musicians’ Union, PRS For Music, BBC Introducing and many more. Make sure your students have the relevant tools to discover how the music industry is changing & developing, and how best to carve a career in music.
As PRS For Music said "The Unsigned Guide has become the must have for anyone starting out in the music industry." Don’t just take ours & their word for it! Get in touch to set-up a trial login so you can take a look at The Unsigned Guide for yourself.