If you are not a good singer then you can just use this site to discover new artists, listen to their songs and rate songs. You may also connect with other users, create and join fan clubs, events, polls and more.

Features:

• Place for amateur singers to promote their music by posting their song videos, build fan base and meet fellow new artists.
• Fans rate song videos, discover new music, connect with friends, create fan clubs, events, polls and more.
• Top 20 voted songs will enter a live concert competition and compete for a $1 million prize.
• Free, sign in as an artist or as a fan.

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On the left it asks you to enter the artist name. Once you hit enter, it shows four expandable tabs – Artist Info, Similar Artist, Tour Info and Links. Artist info gives you general information about the artist. Similar artist gives you links to tour plans of similar artists. Tour Info is the main tab where you find the tour plan which is plotted on the right. Click on a date and you get the tour details popped up on the map.

Features:

• See artists tour dates and plans on the map.
• Tour info for the next few months covered.
• Also get similar artists’ tour information.
• Click on a tour date to know more about it.
• Similar tool: OnePageArtist.

Check out TourMapr@ www.tourmapr.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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When you perform a search for a particular artist the information is nicely presented on a single page. The info includes artist’s biography, latest news, related YouTube videos, tour dates along with tour maps, latest songs and links to buy tracks on Amazon.com. There is also an option to play and listen to selected tracks online for free.

Features:

• Get information and related media for any music artist.
• Search the website by artist, song or album title.
• Gathers data from 4 different web resources: YouTube, Last.fm, Google Maps and Amazon.
• Read biography, check out latest news, watch related YouTube videos.
• Listen to songs online.
• Check tour dates tour maps.
• Check out latest albums and click through to buy them on Amazon.com.
• Free, no registration necessary.

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To set alerts on new track releases first you need to register on the site. Then select how often you want to be notified, add artists or import the artists from your Last.fm account by providing your username and finally pick the type of releases you want to be notified of (albums, singles, compilations). That’s it!

Features:

• Track new music releases of your favorite artists.
• Get notified by email when they release a new single or a CD.
• Import artists from your Last.fm account.
• Sign up to get started.
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User create profiles pages and upload their video and image efforts. The uploaded media is judged by site members through a Digg style Fame and Shame voting system. The best works have the chance to enter placement on Taltopia’s Wall Of Fame or even get featured on the homepage.

Artists can apply to casting calls or auditions within their local zip code and take part in contests sponsored by companies or site’s users. Site has it own currency called Famebucks, which can be earned through increased activity on the site or bought through Paypal, which is used by members to self promote or support other artists.

Features:

• Online community that connects aspiring artists (actors, comedians, models etc) with their fans and entertainment industry professionals (casting directors, media companies).
• The site has more than 100,000 registered members to this date.
• Artists create profile pages, upload their own media efforts (pictures, videos) and are judged by the community by a digg style Fame and Shame voting system.
• Artists can enter contests, get their works featured in the Hall of Fame or apply to local casting calls and audition within their zip codes.
• The site is free, premium paid account with additional features is also available.

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- the related music from Imeem,
- photos from sites like Yahoo photos and Flickr,
- latest news about that artist from Google News and
- videos from Youtube and Yahoo Videos.

Hence it acts like a one stop shop for finding the best stuff from any artist.

Tunechimp uses information from the following websites to get the required information.

• Y! BOSS News Search
• Y! BOSS Image Search
• Y! Music
• Flickr
• imeem
• Last.FM
• YouTube
• MTV
• Google News
• LyricsFly

Check out TuneChimp @ www.tunechimp.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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