Music in the Faculty and a specialized "indie" website

I have to admit that I have no idea how I should do my section. I have already affirmed that I want to speak about groups done in the university, but I have no references, because I'm also learning about this topic.

Back To The Seventies

That's why I have searched some information about the music that is listened in the University of Navarra. In the Faculty of Communication, the students have the choice to do practices of radio. The radio station has many programms, but I want to focus on "Plástico 70", aprogramm that make reference to the vinyl records of the 70's ("plástico", or plastic in English, was an alternative name of the vinyl records). Why am I speaking about this section of the radio? Well, I think this is the "approximate" radio station that fits with the origins of underground music movements (origined from 60's to 80's). I recommend to every reader of this blog to listen the different podcasts. There are relevant and famous names from groups and artists like "The Who", "Deep Purple", "Cat Stevens", "Bob Marley", "Pink Floyd" and also explanations of certain styles, like "Punk" or "Heavy Metal".

Photo called "The Sweet balance of Vinyl" by Tobias Zeising

All lovers of the diverse music, please visit the suggested website. It will give you a lot of joyful hours and you will learn a lot about different styles of music.

Oh My God, look at OMB!

Secondly, I have searched in the "Oracle of the Web" (what a wonderful sense of humour) some specialized websites of our beloved independent and alternative music. OnlineMusicBlog is a very good example that offers a lot of possibilities. It has a very simple layout that helps a lot to not to "get lost". The page has a blog with recent news, like new releases of albums, updatings of other websites that allows you to download music, new downloadable software (music programms like "Piano Wizard Premier") or other related content to this kind of music (like the funny list of "The 10 Most Annoying Songs of All Time").

There is also a Music Store where you can download legal (I mean, you should pay) music; even you can shop musical intruments and material if you are an active musician. This section shows the professionality of the website, not only because the clear content of their very reasonable prices, but also because it almost perfect organization.

But the section that has amazed me is The Directory. If you aren't enough satisfied, the website offers you a lot of external links to essential information or software, like The Apple iTunes Music Store, Tickets-selling websites, Sheet Music Websites, Memorabilia (rare stuff like posters, merchandising in general) sites... and so forth. I just don't want to bore you, that's why I have tried to summarize all the aspects of this sophisticated website. I recommend an obligatory visit (sounds kind of contradiction, doesn´t it?).

Logo of OnlineMusicBlog

I hope you find interesting and useful these both websites. The first keep you informed about past and actual groups and styles of music, the second goes beyond and allows you to learn more how to begin a new group, offering equipments and scores. Sometimes, I will use these websites as sources of information, so don't be worried about the important news! (Ladies of the blog, I recommend you to visit them ;D).

Good night, and good luck!