much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . march 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message the unsigned guide type private industry music genre publishing founded 2003 founders stef loukes lee donnelly headquarters manchester england area served worldwide key people stef loukes lee donnelly louise dodgson roanne wood products printed publication digital subscription website theunsignedguide.com the unsigned guide is an online contacts directory and careers guide for the uk music industry . founded in 2003 and first published as a printed directory the unsigned guide became an online only resource in november 2011 . it is produced specifically for emerging bands artists music managers and the uk music industry and contains directory listings covering all aspects of the business from record labels music publishers pr companies recording studios managers to radio stations venues gig promoters festivals and music distribution . listings contain a wide range of contact information containing a contact name email address website social media links postal address and telephone number . every listing also includes a paragraph of relevant information about the company or organisation . contents 1 publishing details 1.1 staff 1.2 edition details 2 full contents 2.1 contributions 2.2 full uk coverage 2.3 search facilities 2.4 spotlight blog 2.5 deals & discounts 3 references 4 external links publishing details edit the unsigned guide is published by mcr music . when a printed directory the unsigned guide was published and revised every 12 15 months . now an online only directory the contact listings are constantly updated throughout the year . staff edit editor news features digital content louise dodgson 1 sales digital marketing manager stef loukes 1 research manager roanne wood edition details edit north west edition 1 2003 north west edition 2 2004 greater london edition 2005 uk edition 1 2006 uk edition 2 2007 uk edition 3 2008 uk edition 4 2010 2 the unsigned guide online 2011 full contents edit the unsigned guide directory spans 50 areas of the music industry including artist managers artist managers online management tools creative & branding artwork & design merchandise music photography online merchandise services printers video production web tools & hosting live booking agents festivals promoters venues live tools & resources music awards & competitions tour services media radio stations music pr & plugging national press magazines regional press magazines student media online magazines & blogs regional music websites & forums social media & networking selling & distributing your music distributors digital stores & distribution tools digital music players record shops music publishing music publishers online licensing & songwriting resources record labels record labels online a & r directories recording & production producers recording studios rehearsal rooms mastering duplication equipment hire instrument shops repair online recording & production tools finance law & music business insurance services lawyers legal advice music & business advice music industry news & commentary music training & careers music training & tuition industry seminars & conventions careers & jobs websites online training & tuition resources contributions edit you & the music industry is part of the unsigned guide which contains an archive of music business news blogs industry reports advice & statistics contributed by music industry organisations such as access to music arts council england uk trade & investment musicians union bpi ifpi association of independent music bbc introducing prs for music music managers forum music producers guild full uk coverage edit the unsigned guide s directory listings cover the whole of the uk ; split into 11 regions greater london midlands north west north east east of england south east south west yorkshire scotland northern ireland wales search facilities edit the directory listings can be filtered by area of the music industry region and or city plus a number of specialist filters for relevant categories including genres of music artist managers distributors record labels music publishing producers capacity venues festival application deadline dates festivals radio plugging service provided music pr & plugging type of radio station e.g. national online regional local community radio stations type of student media e.g. tv station radio station magazine student media type of instruments courses provided music training & tuition type of instruments stocked repaired instrument shops repair in house design service provided printers merchandise types of equipment provided rehearsal rooms types of equipment available for hire equipment hire rehearsal rooms secure storage provided rehearsal rooms type of tour services provided e.g. tour management crew vehicle hire sound engineer tour services spotlight blog edit every month the unsigned guide publish their spotlight blog championing the best new music from their talented emerging members . deals & discounts edit subscribers to the unsigned guide to claim exclusive money saving offers and discounts provided by select companies listed in the unsigned guide covering all manner of services such as recording rehearsals pr campaigns photo shoots music video production artwork and web design merchandise and more . references edit a b life before the unsigned guide article . retrieved 2009 05 14 . the unsigned guide faq webpage . retrieved 2009 11 04 . external links edit the unsigned guide website the unsigned guide online website the unsigned guide news service retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the unsigned guide & oldid 697580384 categories british music magazinesmagazines established in 2003british online magazinesmedia in manchesterhidden categories articles lacking reliable references from march 2012all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 31 december 2015 at 12 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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