Musician Social Sites

• HitSquad
  It is like Digg for musicians, you can submit articles, vote on articles and good stuff gets to the frontpage.
• WeAreTheMusicMakers – Sub-Reddit
  A Reddit category just for music makers, good news and discussions are regularly posted here.
• Recording Questions
  It’s like Yahoo! Answers but for musicians, ask questions and someone might answer you to help out.

Musician Forums

• GearSlutz
  A forum for talking about gear with people who like gear. Great place for people who need info on hardware topics.
• DubStep Forum
  Not just for people who like DubStep because the production category has some great posts that would apply to musicians from all styles (link points to Production category).
• IDMForums
  Another forum that has a good production section with lots of great topics for musicians to scan through.
• Harmony Central Forums
  Very popular forum for musicians with some great categories for individual instruments.
• Future Producers
  Music producers forum, very popular and good topics.
• Virtual Instrument Composers Forum
  Forums swaying more towards virtual instruments and talk about DAWs.
• Mac OS X Audio
  A forums for musicians who use a Mac, but not bad for those who use PC too as many topics apply to both.

Musician Tutorials

• Audiotuts+
  Fairly new site that has lots of tutorials to do with audio recording and production created by people who get paid to make them.
• Ricci Adams’ Musictheory.net
  Lots of lessons to learn music theory and a few useful utilities.
• Sonic Academy
  You need to pay for some stuff, but there are some free tutorials available and if you upgrade you won’t be disappointed.
• Production Advice
  The advice is pretty good too with well written regular articles mostly on mixing music.
• War Beats
  Great video tutorials, most are showing you techniques using FruityLoops and the videos can also be found on YouTube.
• Music Tech Tutorials
  Lots of tutorials collected from around the internet and sorted into categories for you.
• Tunetorials
  Loads more tutorials using various music making software collected from around the internet.

Musician Magazines

• Sound on Sound
  Top magazine for recording music, good forum to check out. Some things need a subscription but there is plenty for free.
• MusicRadar
  Another great magazine style site with lots of great articles for all sorts of musicians.
• Electronic Musician
  Music magazine site which has regular interviews with music industry insiders, tutorials and reviews.
• Remix Magazine
  Another magazine which reviews music gear and with articles. Not much on remixing though that you would expect from the name.
• Mix Magazine
  A magazine aiming more towards the studio or live mixing rather than the actual music making.
• Future Music
  A very popular magazine which contains news based more towards new hardware, software and music products.
• Pro Audio Review
  Magazine with reviews of music hardware.

Musician Blogs and Web Sites

• Create Digital Music
  Very popular blog that contains news about new hardware and other music industry news.
• Key Of Grey
  Nice blog with lots of news and interesting articles.
• NoiseAddicts
  Although there has been a small drop in new posts recently, it’s still not a bad blog for Noise Addicts.
• Wire to the Ear
  Regularly updated with interesting posts and many videos.
• Home Studio Corner
  A blog by Joe Gilder for the Home Studio enthusiast.
• Audio Geek Zine
  A blog for Audio Geeks with regular new updates.
• HipHop Makers
  A blog aiming more towards the musicians who like to make HipHop beats.
• Musformation
  Lots of tips and news for musicians of all sorts.
• Berklee Music Blog
  Blogs by the teachers from the famous Berklee College of Music.
• Music Think Tank
  Another blog with posts about the music industry and musicians.
• Indie Music Tech
  A look at new technology that can help the indie artist.
• We Are Listening Blog
  Music industry news, many of which applies to indie musicians.
• Ask a Sound Guy
  Ask the Sound Guy a question and he will answer with a blog post. The blog also includes music news of interest to musicians.
• Recording Review
  Articles and news about recording gear and tutorials.
• Audio Cookbook
  A blog with a slant towards the experimental side of audio production and sound design.
• Pro Sound Web
  A site for music professionals with news and information.
• Waveformless
  A freeform discussion of electronic music and the techniques and gear used in making it.
• SonicState.com
  A large and old site with lots of info, news and reviews.
• HypeBot
  A blog about news within the music business.
• The Indie Digest
  Articles to do with media and how it affects you as a musician.
• DJTechTools
  A blog serving musicians who love to DJ. Good forum on there too.
• TweakHeadz Lab
  Learn about home and project studios, helping you pick the right gear.

Music Hardware Sites

• Gear Junkies
  News about releases of music gear.
• Rekkerd
  News and articles about new releases of music software.
• Matrix Synth
  A blog with lots of posts about synths and the technology behind them.
• Synthtopia
  Another blog dedicated to synthesizers.
• Synth Gear
  A site all about the wonderful world of electronic music and electronic instruments.
• Vintage Synth Explorer
  Find out about synthesizers from the past.

Music Contests

• OurStage
  Win cash, festival slots, magazine coverage and more when you get top places in the fan powered charts.
• Remix Comps
  Site for finding out about all the latest remix contests.
• Music Comps
  Keep in the know about contests that involve music, songwriting and more.
• LaptopRockers
  Another site that lists remix contests and also has music industry news.
• MixMatchMusic
  A site which allows you to create your own remix promotion.

Music Collaboration

• Indaba Music
  Collaborate with other musicians in their on-line software.
• Kompoz
  Another site which allows collaboration between musicians.

Audio Samples

• The Freesound Project
  Share and find sounds licensed under creative commons licenses.
• CCMixter
  Stems of music licensed under creative commons licenses.
• Acapellas4U
  Big database of downloadable acapellas for personal use and Mashups.
• SampleSwap
  Big database of free to use sounds.
• Looperman
  Lots of free to download loops, new ones added nearly everyday.

Software

• KVR Audio
  Huge site which lists virtual instruments and effects. Lots of patches are available too.
• HitSquad Shareware Music Machine
  A database of software which is useful for musicians.
• Gersic
  Database of free software plugins for those who love plugins and love free too.

Online Sound Distribution

• SoundCloud
  Great site and online software for sharing tracks around the internet, free for upto a certain amount of songs.
• BroadJam
  A web community for indie musicians and find opportunities.
• BandCamp
  Allows you to upload your music and distribute or sell easily.
• ReverbNation
  Lots of tools for musicians including Facebook integration and some nice web mp3 players.
• OurStage
  Win cash, festival slots, magazine coverage and more when you get top places in the fan powered charts.
• Fairtilizer
  Site which you can upload music, take part in the community and get nice players for your homepages.

Shopping

• Musician’s Friend
  Online shop for instruments, hardware and other music gear.
• zZounds
  Another great shop for musicians who need more gear and stuff.
• Instrumentpro
  Yet another fantastic online shop that stocks lots of musicians gear.

Online Distribution

• CDBaby
  Will make up cheap CDs and distribute your music to all the top online stores including iTunes.
• TuneCore
  Upfront fee but you keep all of the royalties when they sell your music through all the top onlines stores including iTunes.
• Zimbalam
  Another place that will get your music into some of the top online stores.
• OOiZiT
  Allows you to sell your music on your online profiles and keep the royalties.
• RouteNote
  Sell your music in Digital Stores for no upfront payment.

Music Marketing

• Bob Baker’s Indie Music Promotion
  A blog by Bob Baker with articles about self promotion for the indie musician.
• MusicMarketing.com
  A blog detailing how to sell more music and make more money from being a musician.
• Artistshouse Music
  A site with lots of information on creating a sustainable career with music.

Guitar

• Guitar Noize
  A blog and news site for the musician who loves guitar.
• I Heart Guitar
  A blog for those who just love the guitar.
• Guitar Site
  News, reviews and more for guitarists.
• Effects Bay
  A blog all about those great effects that you can use with your guitar.

Other

• Musician Wages
  A website about making yourself a career as a musician.
• GroundZero Projects
  An online music community for DJs, producers and music junkies.
• BandCentral
  Online tools to manage your band on the internet with both free and paid for accounts.
• Join My Band
  Post adverts to find new band members or find bands which require your music skills.
• MobBase
  Make your very own iPhone app for your band and get it into the iPhone app store.
• Band Metrics
  Get detailed statistical reports about your band by following your stats.
• BandZoogle
  Allows you to make a professional looking web site for your band without the need to be a complete internet geek.
• AudioMastermind
  A directory of links to music sites for musicians.

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