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SITE MAP   



I don't know that I'm a big fan of the "site map" concept. To me, a web site over time becomes a sort of swirling, nearly living entity; the interweavings fostered by internal links are there to explore, and by their nature resist any sort of linear checklist.

That said, I know that some people like to see what's what in as list-like a fashion as can be created. For those people, here is my effort to lay out the available pages of Fingertips in something resembling a site map. I try to keep this thorough and updated but some pages may slip through the cracks still.



Home page


Introduction -- What Fingertips Is and Isn't
. . . . . Original Introductionary Essay
. . . . . . . . Fingertips only deals with legally available music
. . . . . . . . The music industry sideshow
. . . . . . . . What, exactly, is Fingertips music?
. . . . . . . . Fingertips is about music, not hipness
. . . . . . . . Is quality subjective?
. . . . . . . . The web in the 00s is like radio in the 60s


Using Fingertips


Latest site additions


This Week's Finds
. . . . . Introduction to This Week's Finds
. . . . . . . . Why so much good music is out of the mainstream
. . . . . This Week's Finds Archive page
. . . . . . . . Information about Amazon buy links on Fingertips


Select Artist Guide
. . . . . Introduction to the Select Artist Guide
. . . . . . . . Fingertips Rules of Thumb page


Music Site Guide
. . . . . Introduction to the Music Site Guide
. . . . . . . . Why so many free songs on the web are not very good
. . . . . . . . Why a separate page for very small record companies
. . . . . Minor Hubs page
. . . . . Smaller Labels page
. . . . . Local and regional publications page
. . . . . Upload free-for-alls page
. . . . . . . . Why mediation is a good thing
. . . . . List of blogs that link to Fingertips


Fingertips Top 10
. . . . . Introduction to the Fingertips Top 10
. . . . . . . . Fingertips Rules of Thumb page
. . . . . Retired Top 10 songs page


Master Artist List
. . . . . Introduction to the Master Artist List
. . . . . Artists formerly on the Master Artist List


Album Bin
. . . . . Introduction to the Album Bin

Fingertips Commentary Intro Page
. . . . . "Got to Do What You Should"
. . . . . "The Sound of a Brand New World"
. . . . . "The Future (or not) of the Album"
. . . . . "The Secret...okay, a different one"
. . . . . "Foulplay"
. . . . . "14 Arguments for the Elimination of Pop Music Critics"
. . . . . "Alarmed"

Information about weekly updates

Donation information

The Fingertips Store

The Prize Closet
. . . . . How the Prize Closet works

Contests page

Frequently asked questions

List of blogs that link to Fingertips

Musicians With Blogs page

Recommended Sites page

14 Arguments for the Elimination of Pop Music Critics

Contact page

Credits page









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