Open Mic: Tell Us About the Music-related Sites You Regularly Visit

Oct 20th in General by Adrian Try

The Internet is a great place to keep up-to-date, learn and network. If you're reading this you probably visit the Audiotuts site regularly. What other music-related sites do you find helpful?

Each Tuesday we open our mic to readers and lurkers alike to come out of the woodwork and tell us your thoughts and opinion, your experiences and mistakes, what you love and what you hate. We want to hear from you, and here’s your chance.

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Author: Adrian Try

Adrian is writer and editor for Audiotuts+ and the AudioJungle blog. He has been playing keys and acoustic guitar for three decades, and has six kids. Follow him on Twitter at @audiotuts.

What music-related sites do you visit regularly and why? Do you visit the sites mainly for learning, networking, keeping up-to-date, or something else?

Are you a member on any music-related forums, newsgroups or mailing lists? What value do you get from them? Do you prefer interaction to reading?

Or do you still do most of your reading offline - in books and magazines?


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    raymi October 20th

    i normally listen to http://www.flowmi.com an argentinian site that has a player called Flowcast wherer displays all kinds of music and remixes i loved. They also hace articles for design fashion and new albums that come out on the market

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    Michael October 20th

    I have found http://www.musictheory.net very helpful. I am working my way through a Bachelor of Education with a major in music, and the aural training apps on the website are very useful for helping to train my ear, something that I’ve never worked on before now.

    I have used http://www.scalerator.com a lot aswell, also for personal learning purposes

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    Jon October 20th

    Well as a guitarist I have quite a few sites in my rss reader, but one of my faves is: http://www.iheartguitarblog.com and also musicradar.co.uk is excellent.

    And of course my own site is quite useful to other guitar players ;)

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    surflounge October 20th

    ya mean besides Gearslutz?
    http://www.gearslutz.com/board/

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    Khaled Dostzada October 20th

    audiotuts.com
    musicradar.com
    computermagazine.co.uk
    sonicacademy.com
    beatport.com

    there are not many good audio tutorial sites. In the world of graphics design there are tons of blogs posting tutorials. it doesnt seem like that for music.

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    Esben Lorenzen October 20th

    for tutorials i use Audiotuts.com and youtube.
    for samples i use sampleswap.org and for gear-news i check a danish online musicstore.

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    Eric October 20th

    Latest gear news and stuff via http://www.gearjunkies.com

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    Dan October 20th

    I would have to put in a mention for Podcomplex here… for music technology stuff mainly, but also some DAW guides, promotion, and so on…

    http://www.podcomplex.com/blog/

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    CoryMathews October 20th

    grooveshark.com

    It has a great database of music and plays them in high quality.

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      Evan George October 22nd

      FANTASTIC! Thank you for this reference.

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    LC October 20th

    I like soundonsound.com (and the real magazine when I could buy it).

    I’m found of their articles about the mix or recording details of hit tracks and there is real pros on the forum as well.

    The problem with Gearslutz it’s that anybody write anything and sometimes you wonder if the guys there actually DO music or just talk about the next magic expensive plugin that will solve all your mixing problems …

    http://www.kvraudio.com made me discover real good free plugins.

    And as a final note if you have lots of time I would recommand this thread on the Reaper forum : http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=29283

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    Tom October 20th

    Can’t believe Soundcloud.com hasn’t featured yet. Upload, share adn lisen to the best music around and all for free!

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    Lars October 20th

    I’m reading a quite new blog written by some Scandinavian guys. Marcus Schössow, Ville Lope and a few more.

    Not that much about production (audiotuts is still #1), but useful gear reviews, funny vids, electronica stuff and a pretty nice podcast.

    Adress is http://www.innotune.net

    I also search youtube a lot for tutorials, and read http://www.beatportal.com.

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    Robb Walker October 20th

    http://www.serious-sounds.net/

    Amazing music production forum with a great community….

    http://sf.sva.ee/

    A great online scale and chord finder….

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    LANSTARR October 21st

    I use to be big on harmony central’s keyboards synths and samplers forum. Also the rapmusic.com production forum. But now, I’d rather read blog articles than participate in forums. So I have been looking for some good blogs to subscribe to with articles like those found in Remix, Electronic Musician, and Keyboard mag.

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    sudara October 21st

    http://alonetone.com to share your recorded music.

    Free of advertising clutter & corporate stank – just a bunch of musicians putting their stuff up.

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    Axl October 21st

    http://www.futuremusic.com/blog – soft synths, gear and more

    http://www.innotune.net – gear, producing, podcast and more

    http://www.wiretotheear.com – sound blog

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    Joe Gilder October 22nd

    I’m a big fan of

    http://www.audiogeekzine.com – Great tips and gear talk.

    http://productionadvice.co.uk – Great production advice.

    http://nickstutorials.com – Great Ableton/sound design videos

    http://musformation.com – lots of tips, reviews, news, etc.

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    Jon T October 22nd

    http://homestudiocorner.com
    Joe does a great job with his blog.

    http://homerecordingshow.com
    Weekly podcast for all things home recording

    http://forum.recordingreview.com
    Great very friendly and fun forum

    http://audiogeekzine.com
    my site- articles, tutorials, reviews

    http://productionadvice.co.uk
    Ian gives free advice on your mixes

    http://thewombforums.com
    home of the Mixerman Radio Show. Tons to learn on the forum.

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    Jon T October 22nd

    oops, I forgot http://keyofgrey.com another great one

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    Lalo October 23rd

    i visit http://www.soundcloud.com only when im looking for a good remix and for new music for my blog :)

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    citodala October 23rd

    http://youproduce.net often has interesting news.

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    Vadim January 14th

    http://www.teoria.com/

    I have recently found this site and it looks like a great tool and reference for those who want to learn more theory. Enjoy!

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