Music resources

Experts in the field

• Professors
• Musicians nearby

eHow Article on Starting a Music Business

• http://www.ehow.com/how_2352378_start-music-business.html

Music forums

• http://www.muzicforums.com/forum.php

• http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/

• http://www.music-discussion.com/forum.php

Music industry magazines

• Computer Music
• Electronic Musician
• DJ Times
• Future Music
• DJ Mag

Record stores

• http://www.davesrecordschicago.com/
• https://www.permanentrecordschicago.com/

Concert venues

• Riviera Theatre
• Park West
• The Vic

Recording studios

• Gravity Studios
• Rax Trax Recordings
• Soma Electronic Music Studios
• Gallery of Carpet Recording
• Kingsize Sound Labs

Seminars/conferences

• Midwest Music Conference
• New Music Seminar 

Radio

• Talk to radio hosts

Television documentaries

•  MTV, etc.
• Any other documentaries in particular genre
• "Moog" directed by Hans Fjellestad talks about the rise of the synthesizer