Subject: Free Pint No.55 - Classical Music, Researchers and Futurize Free Pint "Helping 27,000 people use the Web for their work" http://www.freepint.co.uk/ ISSN 1460-7239 3rd February 2000 No.55 > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = IN THIS ISSUE EDITORIAL TIPS AND TECHNIQUES "Classical Music Web Sites" By Martin White BOOKSHELF "Futurize Your Enterprise: Business Strategy in the Age of the E-Customer" Reviewed by Tom Szczepanik FEATURE ARTICLE "Researching the Researchers - Finding Market Research Agencies on the Web" By David Mort FREE PINT BAR SUMMARY FORTHCOMING EVENTS http://www.freepint.co.uk/events FREE PINT FORTHCOMING ARTICLES CONTACT INFORMATION ONLINE VERSION WITH ACTIVATED HYPERLINKS http://www.freepint.co.uk/issues/030200.htm > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = SECTOR ANALYSTS SOUGHT FOR A LEADING MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY IN THE UK Egon Zehnder International seeks high-calibre candidates preferably with a first or second degree in information management, as Sector Analysts in the financial services and technology practices. 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We'll be constantly adding new details as we receive them, and so check back regularly. http://www.freepint.co.uk/events We bring you the usual cosmopolitan mix of content in today's Free Pint, starting with a look at Web sites for lovers of classical music. If you're fed up with researching, then our Feature Article tells you how to find someone to do it for you. To help you prepare your business for the e-revolution we also review a book by popular author David Siegel. We finish as always with a round up of what's been happening over the last two weeks at the very popular Free Pint Bar. This research forum is growing at the staggering rate of 50% more new messages every two weeks, and so if you haven't checked it out yet then now might be the time. You can post your own Web-related questions or discuss hot topics with other readers. I was recently asked if you're allowed to print out Free Pint and read it on the train to and from work. Yes, indeed. 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One of the characteristics of classical music is its capacity for almost limitless sub-segments, with sites specialising on particular instruments, composers, categories of work, individual works, and performance issues, venues, artists, publishers, agents, and so on almost ad infinitum. In the end I have to admit that what follows is quite a personal selection of mainly portal sites, but fortunately for me, and for Free Pint subscribers, the Free Pint Bar is always open for additional contributions . Classical Music Web Ring ------------------------ There are a number of web rings in existence which offer site owners the ability to submit their site URLs using a straightforward registration form. The list of these can be found at if you have not come across the concept before. There is no apparent quality check on sites. The list of all music web rings is at . The classical music head page can be found at and claims to provide access to over 1000 sites. I am sure that many find these web rings useful, but I find them unwieldy and unpredictable in quality, but they can help uncover some of the very specialised sites that other portal sites may miss. Portal sites ------------ In my view one of the best entry points to classical music sites is the BUBL site . Each of the 15 sites has a brief annotation, and an indication of when the site was last checked out. However BUBL does not stop there. Going up a level to provides a further 30 music-related sub-headings, including (just to do the B-C section) baroque music, brass instruments, British composers, church music and classical music composers. The award for the best annotations goes to Paul Baker, who runs the ClassicalUSA site at . The links provided by Paul may not be many in number but each has a personal annotation which indicates that a lot of care has gone into the selection. Although nominally a US site the global coverage is good. To locate the web sites for performers the definitive site is probably the WWW Virtual Library for Music compiled by Gary Daum at the Music Department of the Georgetown Preparatory School in Washington. . The main sections cover soloists, conductors, ensembles, orchestras, choirs/vocal ensembles, opera, and management agencies. The main virtual library site is at . A good UK source for links to musicians world-wide is provided by the British and International Music yearbook . Another comprehensive site is maintained by Yale Fineman, the User Services Librarian at the Music Library of Duke University, North Carolina . The site has a search engine, but the main categories of links are composers, chronologies and necrologies, nationally and regionally oriented pages, organisations and centers for scholarly research, electronic journals and newsletters, genre-specific pages, and databases. Running a close second to Duke University is the William and Gayle Cook Music Library at the University of Indiana . I'll also mention the list of links from Princeton University in passing, though they are nowhere near as comprehensive as the Duke and Indiana sites . In the UK the Royal Holloway Department of Music (part of the University of London) has its Golden Pages . There are seventeen classified sets of links, including bibliographic aids, online journals and composer home pages, and nearly 300 unclassified links arranged alphabetically, each with a brief annotation. Yahoo has a good structure for classical music and there are around 30 sub-headings under this main heading. To shift away from US/UK sites, there is a very good Spanish site at which is not quite as comprehensive as some of the sites above, but does of course cover Spanish classical music. There is also a German site at but this has not been updated since August 1999, so you should approach this with care. A Dutch site that concentrates on links to pages about composers is also worth bookmarking . Record companies and recordings ------------------------------- There are two sites which are especially good at identifying record companies: Gramophone is probably the leading magazine for record (CD!) reviews. Until recently it was privately owned, but last year the company was acquired by Emap, a major UK publishing company, and there are already signs of serious investment. The site also has a selection of links, categorised under classical record companies, fan/artist/composer, orchestras, opera, stage and screen, and record dealers. The site also lists the magazine's CD of the Month. The Audio A-Z index on the site is not an index of reviews of CDs however, but a list of equipment reviews. Useful all the same. A site that I return to again and again is the BBC's Radio 3 site . Radio 3 is the classical music channel of the BBC, and as with all the BBC web sites the care and attention to the design and the content of the site is of the highest standard. One valuable feature is a list of recommended recordings, based on the CD Review programme broadcast every Saturday morning on Radio 3. Over the years it is rare that I have disagreed with the recommendations, mainly because the reviewer presenting the programme is able to play excerpts from the recordings, and make a much sounder (Sorry!) case than in a printed review as to the merits of the selected recording. Don't forget that the Amazon coverage of classical music gets better every day at and . Some specialised sites ---------------------- This is very much a personal selection of sites that I use as an organist and church choir director. For links to sites on early music and performing practice try . For musicians, issues of performance practice are of special importance, and there is a site dedicated to this topic . This year we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the death of probably the greatest composer of them all, J.S.Bach, and you will find just about everything you ever wanted to know about the composer on a combination of and . There is even a site that analyses the canons and fugues of JSB . That brings me on to organs and organists, my particular interest. If you have the patience to work though the home pages of the web design company then provides access to quite a wide range of US organ sites, including the American Guild of Organists. The UK equivalent is the Royal College of Organists at . This is a well designed site with an excellent list of world-wide links of relevance to organists. Finally there is the Royal School of Church Music . > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Martin White has been earning a living as an organist for about ten years longer than as an information scientist. One objective in setting up Intranet Focus Ltd last year was to be able to retire early enough to be able to have the time and energy to gain a Fellowship of the Royal College of Organists. His favourite composers are Bach, Rachmaninov and Durufle. Martin can be contacted at . > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Related Free Pint links: * Read this article online, with activated hyperlinks * Discuss this article with the author now at the Free Pint Bar * Article in Free Pint No.48 reviewing popular-music Web sites > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVERYTHING YOU EVER NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT DOING BUSINESS IN EUROPE BUT DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO ASK. 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Tools and methodologies required to develop an on-line presence aimed at meeting consumer needs are outlined in the four parts of this business management book: Principles, Practice, Prototypes and Predictions. 1) In 'Principles', Siegel argues that e-customers are the most powerful economic force you have ever seen; that markets are 'conversations', where companies currently provide ways for customers to talk with employees and in future will allow customers to talk with other customers. The web can facilitate this. 2) The section on 'Practice' is also covered in part at the highly recommended companion web site: . 3) 'Prototypes' covers eight fictional case studies. He suggests that a management-led company relies on management's vision to set the course whereas a customer-led company listens to its customers strategically. I would prefer real case studies - Virgin, for example, which is putting its entire businesses on the net. 4) 'Predictions' (covering examples such as job seekers, students and lawyers) are of how "the Customer-Led Revolution will sweep away businesses that still cling to Old World strategies" and of "e-customers as the most powerful economic force you have ever seen. They will change your business in ways you can't imagine. Or they will leave you behind." This book will help any business manager who does not want to be left behind. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tom Szczepanik writes in a private capacity. Professionally he is involved with implementing e-commerce and advises Internet start-ups. 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Relatively healthy economic conditions encourage more spending on external research and, to exploit this expanding market, more companies and individuals are offering market research services - Yellow Pages lists over 3,000 organizations claiming to do market research. Many of these companies and individuals do not specialise in research, are not professionally qualified, or are not controlled by any industry codes of conduct. For potential buyers of research services, finding the right service can be difficult but one of the best ways to track down appropriate companies is to use the industry trade associations and professional bodies. Members of these bodies are normally required to abide by minimum industry standards or codes of conduct. Most of the UK and pan-European market research associations and industry bodies have developed Web sites in the last 12 to 18 months and a number of these offer free access to membership directories and/or details of the expertise, subject specialisms, and research specialisms of individual member companies. Details of the major sites are given here along with some information on similar sites in the USA. There are also details of some independently produced sites, and other sites which may not contain details of specific research companies but offer other useful information, such as guides to commissioning and undertaking research, or discussion lists. The first group of sites are UK sites, led by the British Market Research Association (BMRA). This is probably the best starting point with more UK companies and more detailed information on each company than other sites. In Europe, my favourite site is maintained by the European Society of Opinion and Marketing Research (ESOMAR) which has detailed information on its members across the world. There is no mention in this article of national associations outside the UK and the USA but the ESOMAR site, and one or two others, have good links to national sites. UK Research ----------- The British Market Research Association was formed in 1998 by the merger of the Association of Market Survey Organizations (AMSO) and the Association of British Market Research Companies (ABMRC). The aim was to create a unified trade body for UK research companies. The Web site has an alphabetical member's list with contact details (including Web sites) on its 243 members but online access to the Selectline service allows potential clients to obtain information on relevant research companies. Users have to register to use the service but this is free and the member's directory can then be searched by selecting up to six keywords for subjects, area of specialisation etc of the research. Choosing the "connect to Selectline" screen option after registering enables the search to be carried out immediately or, alternatively, the BMRA can undertake the search for you and email or fax the results to you. Marketing Society membership is primarily aimed at senior marketing professionals and at the Society's site , there is free access to the Consultants Register. The Register is searchable by geographical area in the UK (region), by keyword, and by category, the latter using a drop-down menu . The results of searches can be viewed on-screen and for each organization, there are contact details, information on the number of consultants, a summary of activities, and more detailed information on main, secondary, and additional activities and services. Other parts of the site are updated regularly and there are numerous events throughout the year open to members and non-members. Details of events up to November 2000 are already on the site. The Market Research Society's site at currently has no details of its members but there are some useful introductory guides to market research, including information on the different types of research undertaken and advice on choosing an agency. A hard copy version of the Research Buyer's Guide (20 pounds to non-members), listing research companies with their activities and expertise, can be ordered on the Web site. There are also details of national and local events and conferences and a copy of the MRS Code of Conduct. is a site developed by Philip Kleinman, an established name in the UK market research industry. The Directory of Market Research Companies is still under construction and only a small number of companies were listed at the beginning of January 2000. The directory can be searched by town, county, or postcode, or by company name and any company can add its details to the Directory by email. Other site features include regularly updated news on the market research industry, a news archive, jobs, and events. There is also an online ordering facility for reports about the market research industry. Another independently produced site is , developed by two individuals Nick Thomas and Ian Paterson. The site has many links to organizations involved in various areas of market research and these include full-service research agencies, consultants, producers of omnibus surveys, suppliers of market research software, and viewing facilities. There are links to numerous sites from agencies while a separate section describes what an omnibus survey is and then offers details of a range of omnibus surveys by sector. E.g. business, consumer, children's etc. Independent consultants are listed by sector and services offered while the viewing facilities section lists facilities around the UK. Other features include a jobs section with details of over 300 market research vacancies, and a bulletin board for market research questions and discussion Other UK Sites -------------- is the Web site of the Association of Qualitative Research Practitioners. There is a hard copy directory listing the 850-plus members but no details on the Web site. There are reading lists, details of events, links, and a discussion forum on the site. is the Web site of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). Institute members are individuals and there are over 60,000 worldwide. There is no directory information on the site but it is a detailed site with sections for jobs, news and events, information and library services, books for sale, training courses. CIM has a Consultancy Department which offers services to various clients and prospective clients can complete a form on the site outlining their requirements. The Direct Marketing Association's Web site at has a free directory with details of over 500 direct marketing practitioners. The directory can be searched by name/place, or services offered, or a combination of the two. The site has a good set of links to global direct marketing associations and related bodies, plus jobs and events. The Web site of the Direct Selling Association (DSA) at has an alphabetical member's list and a list of suppliers to the direct selling industry. Also useful guides to the direct selling industry, code of conduct, network marketing etc. From February 2000, my own company's site at has been offering free access to information about, and links to, all the main market research and marketing association sites in Europe and the USA plus a regular news update about these associations. There is similar information on the main European market research publishers and Web-based sources of published market research. is a series of discussion groups, open to anyone with serious questions about, or comments on, market research. Maintained by CMR Consultancy Ltd, there are various lists including lists covering sampling, online research, and market research software. is a site aimed primarily at small and medium-sized companies looking for marketing advice and help. The Marketing Guild has over 1,400 members in the UK and members have access to various training events, a newsletter, helpline etc. The discussion forum on the site is open to anyone. Also worth mentioning is the Association of Users of Research Agencies (AURA). This is a voluntary association representing buyers of market research and providing a forum for exchange amongst members of their views, experiences, and concerns. It does not have a Web site but it can be contacted c/o ISBA at info@isba.org.uk. European and US Research ------------------------ The Association of European Market Research Institutes represents European market research agencies. Amongst its 80-plus members are some of the largest international agencies and the "mr selector" search facility enables visitors to find companies by country, by research specialisation, and by industry experience. Each company entry has contact details plus notes on the expertise and services of companies and a free-text search option also allows for searches for words in the notes. Alternatively, potential clients can fill in an on-screen form with their research requirements and all relevant AEMRI members will contact them with their details. The site has basic guides titled "What is Market Research?" and "MR Standards" but the news and events pages are only updated occasionally. The most comprehensive site for European research contacts is probably at where the European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research (ESOMAR) offers free access to its Directory of Research Organizations. This is the online version of an established printed directory and it has detailed information on companies not only in Europe but also in other countries around the world. The directory is searchable by alphabetical order, by country, by research methods/techniques used, and by operational fields of research. Detailed entries for each company give information on contacts, employees, turnover, areas of interest, methods used, services offered. The Directory was last updated in December 1999. Other parts of the ESOMAR site are updated regularly including the Events pages, publications pages, and news. There are also good links to market research associations around the world. is the Web site of the Council of American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO). The Council represents full- service survey companies in the US and the membership directory is searchable alphabetically on the site. There are basic contact details for each member plus links to member Web sites. The CASRO site also has useful guides about, and advice on, market research including "FAQs about Online Research", "Survey and You". The Council for Market and Opinion Research (CMOR) represents the US market and opinion research industry. Its Web site at has an alphabetical list of members with basic contact details, including email and Web site addresses. The list can be browsed or searched by letter. The site has introductory guides to opinion research and market research. The Web site of the Marketing Research Association (MRA) in the USA offers free access to the Blue Book On-Line Database. This is the online equivalent of the Blue Book Research Services Directory which lists over 1,200 research companies. The database can be searched by company name, contact, location, primary business activity, and specialisation or combinations of these. Other facilities on the site include an online bookstore, jobs, and details of events. Other European and US Sites --------------------------- The American Marketing Association (AMA) is the professional body for over 13,000 marketing professionals. No directory on the site but news and events and details of publications . from EFAMRO, the International Federation of Market Research Agency Associations within the EU, has only limited information at present. There are contact details for the national representatives in nine EU countries (eg, BMRA in the UK), plus details of EFAMRO Quality Standards. Described as the "Marketer's Portal", has hundreds of links to marketing, market research, advertising, media, and publishing sites. Under the heading "most useful sites for marketing and market research", there is an alphabetical list of worldwide links to associations, research agencies, trade journals etc. This particular section has not been updated for some time and there are still some out-of-date links, e.g. to AMSO, a UK association which no longer exists. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - David Mort is an experienced business information professional with expertise in market research information and statistical data. He has produced a number of guides including the Market Research Sourcebook from Headland Business Information. He is director of IRN Services Ltd., an independent market research and business information company offering a range of services from information broking to field research. On 31st January 2000, IRN expanded its business information and market research capabilities with the purchase of SVP UK Ltd. The IRN Web site at has evaluated links to over 600 Web sites containing market and statistical data plus details of market research associations and market research publishers on the Web. Email: David.Mort@virgin.net. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Related Free Pint links: * Respond to this article and chat to the author now at the Bar * Read this article online, with activated hyperlinks > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >>> DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO'D LIKE THEIR OWN FREE PINT? <<< Allow us to send them a courteous introduction and the latest issue of the newsletter. Simply enter their details. It's quick and confidential. http://www.freepint.co.uk/reco.htm > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = FREE PINT BAR SUMMARY http://www.freepint.co.uk/bar Here is your summary of what's been happening at the Free Pint Bar over the last couple of weeks. To read a discussion thread you can: - Just visit the Bar. It's free to use and easy to access at: http://www.freepint.co.uk/bar - Read this summary online where all the links are activated: http://www.freepint.co.uk/issues/030200.htm#bar - Add the message number (no brackets) to the end of this address: http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read= For example, to read message 1432 you would visit: http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=1432 > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ah, the intoxication of knowledge. Ok, information. Several postings on the Bar this past two weeks have emphasized the availability of business and industry information (1805). Not just European but Middle Eastern (1669) and Asian (1837) too. No less bountiful are sites and resources on Web site marketing (1760), promotion (1691, 1719, 1767, 1684) and development (1826). And sometimes consultancy can be obtained for just a few curlywurlies (1686). One Bar recidivist brought up the familiar subject of Webtrends only to get the lowdown straight from the manufacturer (1761). Was there ever a Cones Hotline for the Information Superhighway? If you regularly experience net delays you can check the traffic situation (1695). If your line is the problem there is plenty of advice on that too (1708, 1742). On that subject, how many people have an ISP on their Friends and Family list? Advice was also forthcoming on annotating bookmarks (1732), saving Internet pages as files (1745), tools for alerting one when a site's content has changed (1787), free ISPs compatible with MS Outlook (1831) and how to capitalise on a database of email addresses (1854). There were exchanges on the legal considerations when using trade names in metatags (1824), cheap credit card processing for ebusinesses (1847), and the very popular subject of frames versus tables (1782). And have you used a search facility on your site (1842) or tried the one on the Free Pint site? Share the experience with us. No doubt some of you will be able to help out with questions arising in the Bar. Do you know about CIHost.com (1700), email backups (1704) or upgrading IE 3.02 to IE 5 (1705). We have all filed things but has anyone ever used a flexible set of rules for naming files (1715)? Do you know about running Flash4.exe from a different exe file (1812)? How about establishing which domain names are registered to a company (1815), creating brand extensions of magazines online (1823), copyright issues in inter-library document supply (1825) or magazine mastheading on cable and terrestrial channels (1838)? Would you like to be a speaker at a web content conference? Do you know anything about building a portal? And if you are from uk2.net, somebody needs your help (1809). Hardly a metaphysical question, but when you delete something from your recycle bin, has it really gone, or can it be recovered (1891)? If you ever burned to know what a favicon.ico is (1701), where to find recruitment sites (1711, 1822) or how to work online (1754), the meaning of c-visa (1752) or the distances between London postcodes (1814), do join us in the Bar. Are you researching the Boer war (1730) or rural poverty (1873), would you like to know where to find out about journal subscription agents (1808) or the reasons why people do and don't buy online (1866)? Can you recommend an excellent web design agency (1852)? There must be lots. It's a coincidence that someone should post a query about saving information from the Web (1745), as that was the subject of an article in Free Pint this time two years ago. There was also an article about engineering resources and the list given there has been supplemented considerably since. 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