How to find jobs, collaborators, and co-conspirators.

To begin, a shameless bit of self-promotion: If you’ve been hanging around GigHive for a while, then you know we’re all about creating connections throughout the indie music community. Instead of spending valuable time trying to get the attention of a struggling major label, why not get onboard with us, and connect with producers, songwriters, designers – whatever you need to take your career to the next level – through our artist’s directory.

On the other hand, if you’re looking to earn cold, hard cash, somewhere in the area of right now, check out these resources dedicated to helping musicians and artists sell their talented butts to the highest bidder.

CreativeAllies

Brought to you by the band marketing wiz kids over at MusicAllies, CreativeAllies is a place where musicians can go to look for art, and where artists can go to get paid for creating album covers, logos, apparel designs, and concert posters for bands, musicians, music festivals, and rock n’ roll brands of all types.

The new website features a fairly competitive scene. Musicians post jobs at a fixed price (usually between $200 and $500) and then artists can submit their work to be judged. So it’s pretty much an art contest website – winner gets paid, and gets their art published.

CreativeAllies is also open to writing jobs, web design, photography – pretty much any type of collateral a band might need – although at this point, most categories are empty.

MusikPitch.com offers  a new online marketplace for custom songwriting. The Nashville, Tenn. startup gives songwriters a market for their songwriting and music-making talents, and serves as a resource for clients searching for music to use on their next projects.

Based on the success of other crowdsourcing sites like 99Designs, the MusikPitch process is straightforward. Clients state exactly what type of song they need and how much they are willing to pay.

DigiMusicBids.com is the first online marketplace that is geared toward the music business. Independent bands need to take advantage of this great opportunity to grow their projects.

The Web site’s mission is to connect musicians and the people who want to work with them in the music industry.

The online platform gives artists and labels a platform to post projects for services they need completed.