Band
Career Development
Chamber Music
Choral
Composition & New Music
Conducting
Education (Teaching)
Instrumental
Jazz
Musicology
Music Industry
Opera
Orchestra
Voice
BAND
American Band Masters is an organization committed to the advocacy
of concert band performance.
American
School Band Directors Association is an organization of school band directors intent upon promoting instrumental
music through
educational programs.
Drum Corps International in a non-profit organization
serving the world's junior drum and bugle corps and related activities.
Marching.com is a site devoted to high school, college, and drum corps news and
information. Includes resource directory, competition scores,
and more.
The Midwest Clinic is an annual convention providing extensive
resources to music educators and performers.
World Association for Symphonic
Bands and Ensembles is the only international organization of wind
band conductors, composers, performers, publishers,
teachers, instrument makers and friends of wind music.
Other Band
Links
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
American Federation
of Musicians is the largest organization
in the world representing the interests of professional musicians.
Membership
required.
Career and
Experiential Education Center Contains
career exploration, job search, and internship information.
College
Music Society is a consortium of college, conservatory, university,
and independent musicians and scholars interested
in all disciplines
of music. Its
mission is to promote music teaching and learning, musical
creativity and expression, research and dialogue, and
diversity and interdisciplinary
interaction. Includes
job postings. Requires membership.
Dictionary
of Musical Careers includes concise profiles of over 30 music careers. Sponsored
by MENC.
Music Career
Resources This Berklee site includes: general
industry directories, business and artist management
resources, promotion
and marketing resources,
job search links, musicians referral services, and
music industry book recommendations and sales. It is an excellent
place to
begin your music
career research.
CHAMBER
MUSIC
Chamber Music America is dedicated to promoting
artistic excellence and economic stability within the profession
and to ensure
that chamber music,
in its
broadest sense, is a vital part of American life.
CHORAL
American Choral Directors Association is the preeminent
choral music organization in the US. Site includes
links to the
Choral Journal
and other research
publications. Directory of National Office and
links to regional and state chapters. Convention
information.
ChoralNet provides a central portal
to online resources and communications for the global choral
music community.
Chorus America provides information,
publications, conferences, consulting, training programs, surveys,
networking, and
awards to support choruses
in North America.
International Journal of
Research in Choral Singing Contains downloadable articles.
Musica International
Database of Choral Music virtual choral library.
Other
Voice & Choral
Links
COMPOSITION & NEW MUSIC
American Composers Alliance is
a membership organization dedicated to protecting
the rights of its members
and promoting the use
and understanding of their
music. It is the oldest national
organization of its kind. ACA will publish
any work
submitted by a member of ACA; most
importantly, the composer retains the copyright.
American Composers
Forum is committed to supporting composers and developing
new
markets for their
music. Through granting,
commissioning,
and performance
programs, the Forum provides composers
at all stages of their careers
with valuable resources
for professional
and artistic
development.
American Music Center is a national service and information center
for new music.
Includes composer
database
and new music radio,
jukebox and
information
on grants.
American Society of
Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is a membership
association
of more than
285,000 U.S. composers,
songwriters,
lyricists,
and music publishers of every
kind of music. Through agreements
with
affiliated international
societies,
ASCAP also represents
hundreds
of thousands of
music creators worldwide.
ASCAP is the only U.S. performing
rights organization created
and controlled by composers, songwriters
and music
publishers,
with a Board of Directors elected
by and from the membership.
Bang on a Can is dedicated to commissioning, performing,
creating,
presenting
and recording contemporary
music.
Broadcast Music Inc.
(BMI) is a performing right organization:
It collects license
fees on behalf
of its songwriters,
composers and
music publishers
and distributes
them as royalties to those
members
whose works have been performed.
Center
for the Promotion of Contemporary Composers is a
service organization
dedicated to providing
a single
comprehensive
resource for composers.
European
Conference of Promoters of New Music is concerned
with the promotion
of contemporary
music,
especially
music composed
after
1950.
Meet The Composer is committed to increasing
opportunities
for composers
by fostering
the creation, performance,
dissemination, and
appreciation of their
music.
National Association
of Composers/USA is
devoted to the promotion
and performance of
American
concert hall
music.
New West Electronic
Arts & Music
Organization is
dedicated to the
promotion of music
that involves the
creative
use of computers
and electronics,
and to
building a diverse
community among
electro-acoustic
composers throughout
the
world.
New York Foundation
for the Arts’ mission
is to serve individual
artists, promote
their freedom to
develop
and create, and
provide the public
with opportunities
to experience and
understand
their work. Includes
information on
grants and fellowships.
Other
Minds is a global New
Music community
where composers,
students,
and listeners
discover and
learn about innovative
music by composers
from all
over the world.
Society for Electro-Acoustic
Music in the United
States is a national
organization
of composers,
performers, and teachers
of electro-acoustic
music representing
every part of the country
and virtually every
musical
style.
Society of Composers
Inc is dedicated to
the promotion
of composition,
performance, understanding
and
dissemination of new
and contemporary
music.
Other New Music
Links
CONDUCTING
American Band Masters is an organization
committed to
the advocacy of
concert band
performance.
American
Choral Directors Association is the
preeminent choral
music organization
in the
US. Site includes
links to the
Choral Journal
and other research
publications.
Directory of National Office
and
links
to regional
and state chapters.
Convention information
included.
American
Symphony Orchestra League provides leadership
and service
to American
orchestras while communicating
to the
public the
value and importance
of
orchestras
and the music they
perform.
Conductors
Guild is the
only music
service
organization
devoted exclusively
to the
advancement
of the art
of conducting
and to serving
the
artistic
and professional
needs of conductors.
Musica International Database of
Choral Music virtual
choral library.
EDUCATION
(TEACHING)
American
Choral Directors
Association is the
preeminent
choral
music organization
in the
US. Site
includes links to the
Choral
Journal and other
research publications.
Directory
of National Office
and
links
to regional
and state
chapters. Convention
information.
American
School
Band
Directors Association is an organization
of school
band
directors
intent
upon
promoting
instrumental
music through
educational
programs.
American
String
Teachers
Association is an
organization
committed
to
promoting
excellence
in string
and orchestra
teaching
and playing.
ChoralNet provides
a central
portal
to online
resources
and communications
for
the global
choral
music community.
College
Music
Society is
a consortium
of college,
conservatory,
university,
and
independent
musicians
and scholars
interested
in all
disciplines
of
music.
Its
mission
is to
promote
music teaching
and learning,
musical
creativity
and expression,
research
and dialogue,
and diversity
and interdisciplinary
interaction.
Includes
job postings.
Requires
membership.
International
Association
for Jazz
Education is an organization
devoted
to the
continued
worldwide
growth
and development
of jazz
and
jazz
education.
International
Foundation
for Music
Research an organization
committed
to
advancing
active
participation
in music
making
across
the lifespan
by supporting
scientific
research,
philanthropic
giving
and
public
service
programs
from the
international
music
products
industry.
Marching.com is a site
devoted
to high
school,
college,
and drum
corps news
and information.
Includes
resource
directory,
competition
scores,
and more.
The
Midwest Clinic is an
annual convention
providing
extensive
resources
to
music
educators and performers.
Mimi
Zwieig
String
Pedagogy offers
downloadable
(for
a fee)
violin
lessons.
Mimi
Zwieig,
Indiana
University.
Streaming
video,
printable
PDF
version, online
forum
and "chat
room",
events
calendar,
Live
- master
classes,
concert
videos.
Music
Educators
National
Conference is the
National
Association
for Music
Education.
Music
and
Entertainment Industry
Educators
Association is an international
organization
that
was
formed
in
1979 to
bring
together
educators
with
leaders
of
the music
and
entertainment industries.
The
primary goal
of
MEIEA® is
to
facilitate
an
exchange
of
information
between
educators
and
practitioners
in
order
to
prepare
students
for
careers
in
the
music
and
entertainment
industries.
Music
Teachers
National
Association is
the largest
association
of
independent and collegiate
music
teachers
in
the United
States.
It
is
an organization
committed
to
advancing
the
value of music
study
and
music making
to
society
and
to supporting
the
professionalism of music
teachers.
The
association maintains
two
subsidiary programs:
MTNA
Professional
Certification
Program
and
the MTNA
Foundation.
National
Association of
Teachers of
Singing is
the
largest
organization
in
the
world
that
focuses
on
information
for
singing
teachers.
The
site
has
many
links
to
helpful
information
including
an
index
to
Journal
of
Singing
articles,
links
to
related
organizations,
and
information
regarding
the
forming
of
a
Student
NATS
chapter.
Excellent
site
to
get
some
insight
into
opportunities
for
those
interested
in
becoming
voice
teachers.
National
Guild of
Piano Teachers is the
largest nonprofit
organization of
piano teachers
and students
in the
world. Part
of the
American
College
of Musicians,
it works
to present
opportunity and
awards to
pianists of
all experience
levels
World
Association for
Symphonic Bands
and Ensembles is the
only international
organization of
wind band
conductors, composers,
performers, publishers,
teachers, instrument
makers and
friends of
wind music.
Other
Education Links
INSTRUMENTAL
American Band Masters is an organization committed to the
advocacy of concert band performance.
American Symphony Orchestra League provides leadership and service to American orchestras while communicating
to the public the value
and importance of orchestras
and the music they perform.
Guitar Foundation
of America is the largest multinational
guitar organization providing serious guitarists worldwide a full
range of educational, literary
and performance resources and opportunities.
International Association
for Jazz Education is an organization devoted to the continued worldwide
growth and development of jazz and jazz education.
Mimi Zwieig String
Pedagogy offers downloadable (for a fee) violin lessons. Mimi Zwieig,
Indiana University. Streaming video, printable
PDF version,
online forum and "chat room", events calendar, Live
- master classes, concert videos.
Music Teachers National Association is the
largest association of independent and collegiate music teachers
in the United States. It
is an organization
committed to advancing the value of music study and music making
to society and to supporting
the professionalism of music teachers. The association maintains
two subsidiary programs: MTNA Professional Certification Program
and the
MTNA Foundation.
Musical America site is divided into three sections,
Industry News, Directory Articles, and Listings, and includes both
subscriber-based and free areas.
The annual print publication features over 14,000 detailed listings
of worldwide arts organizations.
National Federation of
Music Clubs provides opportunities for musical study, performance and appreciation
to more than 200,000
senior,
student and junior
members in 6,500 music-related clubs and organizations nationwide.
The NFMC is chartered by the Congress of the United States,
and is the only
music
organization member of the United Nations.
National
Guild of Piano Teachers is the largest nonprofit organization of piano teachers
and students in the world. Part of the American
College of
Musicians,
it works to present opportunity and awards to pianists of
all experience levels.
Violin Master Class developed by Kurt
Sassmanshaus at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Free downloads
of video mini-lessons
on virtually any aspect
of technique, practice charts and practice planning,
monthly listing of competitions
and
auditions, graded repertoire lists, performance files
(video of performances, practice advice for and extensive list
of repertoire), and a "chat room" for
teachers.
Other Band Links includes links to other U.S.
and international sites. Military bands, too.
Other Wind,
Percussion & Band
Links includes links to professional societies for numerous instruments
and ensembles.
Other
String and Orchestra Links includes numerous
string pedagogy sites.
JAZZ
International Association for Jazz
Education is an
organization devoted to the continued worldwide
growth and development
of jazz and jazz
education.
JazzTimes.com is
an online magazine providing articles, reviews, and links.
Jazz Transcriptions contains
numerous solo transcriptions of the leading jazz performers, past and
present.
MUSICOLOGY
American Musicological Society is a professional
society of musicologists.
Society for Ethnomusicology is an association devoted to the support of ethnomusicology
and to the study
of music-making
all over the
world.
MUSIC
INDUSTRY
Directories
About.com is a combination online resource
directory and e consultant service whose “Guide
System,” featuring 23 content channels,
promotes original content from more than
475 topical advisors( aka. Guides) The
Guides are the
heart of the About.com experience, sharing
their passions across 50,000+ topics
and offering actionable information and
advice
that is always useful, practical
and personally relevant. Its robust library
almost one million pieces of original
content represents one of the largest
of its kind
on the Web today. Includes
links to a wide variety of resources
and testimonials from the pros.
Applause Careers
in Music is largely a directory of music
industry links. However,
this site’s Career Services portal
may prove to be a useful career development
resource. An additional focus is on selling
you an Artist’s Guide and/or
Production Guide that contains information
and contacts for jobs in these domains.
Also includes message board and links
to other music related sites related
to career,
publishing, production and performance.
Gigslist.org is a combination resource directory and
job search site. Its Arts Job Bible
advertises listings
for
Union, Non
Union, Fully
Paid, Low
Pay, and
Internships: Auditions, Production, Post
Production, Casting Calls, Crew Calls,
Grants, Scholarships,
Exhibition Calls,
Exposure Calls,
Reality
TV Talent and
Crew Calls and Auditions, Screening Calls,
Competitions and Awards, Recording Studio,
Music Industry,
Voice Overs, Administration
and Executive and
Legal, Sunts, FX, Animation and Video
Games. Also includes loads
of industry news,
tips, production directories, unions,
guilds, casting director lists, funding, and other
resources. Fee
required.
Music
Business Solutions is a
site created by Peter Spellman, author of The Musician's
Internet:
Online
Strategies
for Success in the
Music Industry
(2002, Berklee Press), The Self-Promoting
Musician: Strategies for Independent
Music Success (2000, Berklee Press) and several
other
music business development guides. These
guides are used
by music entrepreneurs
in over twenty
countries around the world. Site includes
music industry articles, consulting,
and a free resource directory for a
variety of music related entities.
Sonic
Switchblade is a free resource directory that compiles
information on: agents and managers,
artists, duplication (cd/cassette duplication), music stores
(equipment and cd
stores), press (magazines,
ezines, newspapers), publishers, radio
and tv, record labels , resources
(fan sites, directories,
searches),
studios (recording, rehearsal) and
venues (clubs, pubs, etc.).
1212.com claims to be the largest database of music industry related web information
(links) in over
50 countries.
Includes: artwork,
hosting, search
engine registrations,
directory services, banner advertisements,
email
campaigns, bulletin boards. An excellent
resource for internship
planning.
Yahoo
Entertainment provides
music industry resources through its entertainment
directory.
This directory
is a human
edited hierarchical
directory
that charges companies for $299
per year to be listed. Non-commercial
sites can be suggested
and listed at no charge. This directory
caters primarily to bands and freelance
pop musicians.
Music Business Registry focuses on marketing printed registries
of contact
information
for various music,
television and
film industry entities.
i.e. A&R, publishers,
producers, legal services,
managers, agents,
record companies, engineers,
etc. Fee required.
Getsigned.com was created in
1997 to be a place where aspiring
artists
of
all kinds
could find,
in one
convenient location,
all the necessary
tools
needed
for musical success.
Select Industry
Sites
Audio Engineering Society is
a professional society devoted
exclusively
to audio
technology.
Billboard.com is
the internet arm of Billboard magazine,
the world's
premier
music publication.
CD Baby is an online distribution service for your music.
Future of Music Coalition is a not-for-profit collaboration
between
members of
the music, technology,
public policy and intellectual
property law
communities. It seeks to
educate
the media, policymakers,
and the public
about music
/ technology issues, while
also bringing together
diverse voices
in an effort
to come up
with creative solutions
to some of the challenges in
this space.
The
FMC also
aims to identify
and promote
innovative
business
models that
will
help musicians
and citizens to benefit
from new technologies.
Harmony-Central is a leading
Internet resource for musicians,
supplying
information from
news and product
reviews,
to classified ads and
chat rooms.
Los Angeles
Music Network was created to promote
career advancement,
continued education
and
good will among
music industry professionals.
We sponsor
industry gatherings,
workshops, private dinners and seminars
with
top executives;
publish
bulletins which
feature
interviews and
business coverage of
the music
industry;
and provide professional
development opportunities
and career services,
such as job listings
and a Mentor Network,
to our
members.
Mix is the world's
leading magazine for the professional
recording
and sound
production technology
industry. Mix covers
a wide
range of topics
including:
recording, live sound
and production, broadcast
production,
audio
for film and video,
and music technology. In
addition, Mix includes
coverage
of
facility design and
construction, location recording, tape/disc
manufacturing, education,
and other topics of
importance to audio
professionals.
Music
Biz Academy states two primary goals:
to teach musicians
how to
use the Internet
to their
financial
advantage, and
to arm musicians
with
all
the information
they need to move
their music career forward
with or without
a major
label record deal.
Includes musician
services, a musician's guide
to the web,
music business tips,
and consultation
on use on
of the Internet as
a promotional tool.
Music
Biz Advice contains music business
advice
and lifestyle
tips for working
musicians, songwriters,
indie artists,
and behind-the-scenes
music industry
professionals from the local
to international
level.
Music Business
Journal is edited
and operated
by JoJo
Gould
and Jonathan Little,
music industry
lecturers, writers
and researchers
based in
the United Kingdom.
This independent
online resource
is
essentially educational
in nature, and
has been conceptualized
and developed
in order to
increase global
understanding of
all
issues pertaining
to the music
industry. Due to
its location, Music
Business
Journal
has a greater emphasis
on the UK market
than others.
Music
Dish is an e-journal
that
tackles the emerging
issues facing
the online
music industry
as it
enters the digital
era. Renowned
for its
analysis by
industry experts
and audio interviews
with
leaders
in the new industry,
the publications
also features
one of the largest
indie
review
sections
and columns
on succeeding
in this
controversial & precedent
setting industry.
MusicDish is part
of a network of
innovative music
sites published
by Tag It, a New
Media firm founded
in 1997, and includes
Mi2N, the largest
online industry
newswire. Be sure
to
check out the “Partners” link
for additional
resources.
Music
and Entertainment
Industry Educators
Association (MEIEA®) is an international
organization that
was formed in 1979
to bring together
educators with
leaders of the
music and entertainment
industries. The
primary goal of
MEIEA® is
to facilitate
an exchange of
information
between educators
and practitioners
in order to
prepare students
for careers in
the music and
entertainment
industries.
Music
Law provides free
information
on music
copyright, publishing,
contracts, and
more.
Music Publishers
Association addresses
itself to
issues pertaining
to every area of
music
publishing with
an emphasis on
the
issues relevant
to the
publishers of print
music for concert
and educational
purposes.
Recording.org is a multifaceted
site including
articles,
reviews, and
discussion forum
on topics such
as pro audio,
sound engineering,
mastering,
DAW and
acoustics.
Recording
Artists Coalition (RAC) is a nonprofit,
non-partisan
coalition formed
to represent
the interests
of recording
artists
with regard
to legislative
issues
and to address
other
public policy
debates.
Recording
Industry Association
of America
(RIAA) is
the trade
group that represents
the U.S.
recording
industry-hence the
decidedly
corporate perspective.
Its self-proclaimed
mission is
to foster
a business
and legal
climate that
supports
and promotes
its members'
creative
and financial
vitality.
Its members are
the record
companies.
On behalf
of its member
companies,
the
RIAA works
to protect
the
value of
music.
Save the
Internet
Coalition is
more than
a million
everyday
people
who have
banded together
with
thousands
of
non-profit
organizations,
businesses
and
bloggers
to protect
Internet
freedom.
StarvingArtistsLaw.com is
a site
for artists
and writers
looking
for self
help legal
information.
Tape Op is a “creative music recording magazine.” One
year free subscription offered.
Taxi is an
independent
Artist & Repertoire
company
specializing
in
giving
artists,
bands,
and
songwriters
real
access
to
the
people
in
the
music
business
who
have
the
power
to
sign
deals.
Internships
MusicInternships.net provides
information
for
over 1000
potential industry
contacts.
Fee
required.
Career
and Experiential
Education Center Contains
career
exploration,
job
search,
and
internship
information.
Los
Angeles Music
Network listing
of unpaid
internships.
1212.com claims to
be the
largest database
of music
industry related
web information
(links) in
over 50
countries. Includes:
artwork, hosting,
search engine
registrations, directory
services, banner
advertisements, email
campaigns, bulletin
boards. An
excellent resource
for internship
planning.
Song-Writing
The Nashville Songwriters
Association International (NSAI) consists of a body of creative minds, including songwriters from all
genres
of music, professional
and amateur, who are committed to protecting the rights and future of
the profession of songwriting, and to educate, elevate, and celebrate
the songwriter
and to act as a unifying force within the music community and the community
at large.
Song Scope is an independent songwriter song shopping and pitching
web site. Since 1999, songwriters the world-around pitch songs listed
their
personal
SongScope catalog to industry requests via broadcast email and web.
Intellectual
Property, Royalties and Their Collection
American Society of Composers,
Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is a membership association of more
than 285,000 U.S. composers, songwriters,
lyricists,
and music publishers of every kind of music. Through agreements with
affiliated international societies, ASCAP also represents hundreds of
thousands of
music creators worldwide. ASCAP is the only U.S. performing rights
organization
created and controlled by composers, songwriters and music publishers,
with a Board of Directors elected by and from the membership.
Broadcast
Music Inc. (BMI) is a performing right organization: It collects license
fees on behalf of its songwriters, composers and
music publishers
and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have
been performed.
U.S. Copyright Office executes governmental mandate to
promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for
limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their
respective
writings and discoveries. Provides “how-to” information
on copyright and licensing.
Harry Fox Agency (HFA) is the foremost mechanical
licensing, collections, and distribution agency for U.S. music publishers.
Royalty
Logic is an independent music copyright management organization dedicated
to providing a simple and efficient way for copyright owners
to grant, and
for digital music services to obtain, permission to utilize musical
copyrights in full compliance with copyright law.
SESAC is a performing
rights organization with headquarters in Nashville and offices in New
York, Los Angeles, and London.
Sound Exchange Inc. is a dynamic, nonprofit
performance rights organization embodying hundreds of recording companies
and thousands
of artists
united in receiving fair compensation for the licensing of
their music in the
new and
ever- expanding digital world.
OPERA
Metropolitan Opera homepage
Opera America is a service organization that
promotes the presentation of opera at the highest standards by supporting
opera company administrators
and trustees,
university opera workshops, and arts presenters.
Operabase has documented
operatic activity worldwide since 1996, with over 180,000 performances
on file. It records the work of artists in
over 600
theatres, and publishes season information to opera-goers in 7 languages.
Opera
News Online is an online journal sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera
Guild. Fee required.
Stage Agent provides information about American
opera and musical theater auditions.
Other Opera Links
ORCHESTRA
American Symphony Orchestra League provides leadership and
service to American orchestras while communicating to the public the
value
and importance of
orchestras and the music they perform.
Musical
Chairs provides online
listings of orchestra jobs for all instruments. Includes conducting
and administrative positions.
Orchestra Careers provides an employment
and resume search service through membership in the American Symphony
Orchestra League. Membership
required.
Other
String and Orchestra Links includes numerous string
pedagogy sites.
VOICE
American Choral Directors Association is the preeminent
choral music organization in the US. Site includes links to the Choral
Journal
and other research publications.
Directory of National Office and links to regional and state chapters.
Convention information.
Aria Database is a diverse collection of
information on over 1000 operatic arias. Includes translations and
aria texts of most arias
as well as a collection
of MIDI files of operatic arias and ensembles.
Art Song Update contains
event listings, reviews, essays, and other related information.
ChoralNet provides a central portal to online resources and communications
for the global choral music community.
Chorus America provides information,
publications, conferences, consulting, training programs, surveys,
networking, and awards to support choruses
in North America.
International Journal of
Research in Choral Singing provides downloadable articles.
Metropolitan Opera homepage
Music Teachers National Association is the
largest association of independent and collegiate music teachers in
the United
States. It
is an organization
committed to advancing the value of music study and music
making to society and to supporting
the professionalism of music teachers. The association maintains
two subsidiary programs: MTNA Professional Certification
Program and the
MTNA Foundation.
Musica International Database of Choral
Music virtual choral library.
National Association of Teachers
of Singing is the largest organization in the world that focuses on information
for
singing teachers.
The site has
many links to helpful information including an index
to Journal of Singing articles,
links to related organizations, and information regarding
the forming of a Student NATS chapter. Excellent site
to get some
insight into
opportunities for those interested in becoming voice
teachers.
Opera America is a service organization that promotes the
presentation of opera at the highest standards by supporting
opera company
administrators and trustees,
university opera workshops, and arts presenters.
Operabase has documented operatic activity worldwide since 1996, with over 180,000
performances on file. It
records
the work of
artists in
over 600
theatres, and publishes season information to opera-goers
in 7 languages.
Opera News Online is an online journal
sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera Guild. Fee required.
Stage Agent provides information about American opera and musical theater auditions.
Other
Opera Links
Other
Voice & Choral Links
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