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digitalmusician.net has introduced a new tool for online collaboration, the Digital Musician Messenger (DMM). The new plug-in makes handling sessions easier and gives ProTools and Logic users access to the community’s recording functions.

The new DMM creates a direct audio/video and chat connection between two sequencers such as Logic and Pro Tools. The DMM is specially [...]

MI7 has launched a new social networking platform for musicians and audio professionals.
With a base of over 100.000 registered users to date, MI7 provides a home and meeting place for active musicians and audio professionals. Members can upload their profile, bio, blog, pics, and songs. The powerful networking features allow members to find each other [...]

iZotope has introduced a new online Artist Community that includes interviews with top music artists, engineers and producers on topics ranging from personal experiences and the creative process to technology and the music business.
“Artists, producers and engineers no longer have to rely on expensive studios and equipment to get great results. Professionally produced audio is [...]

Frankfurt Musikmesse: Digital musician.net (DMN) is a new community web site for musicians and audio professionals. Music projects, capabilities and preferences together with demo songs and photo material can be presented on an individual Artist & Studios homepage. Chats, online forums and a message system allow everyone to keep in touch. Users are able to [...]

iCompositions has partnered with Drums on Demand to give away a package of free loops for GarageBand, Logic, and Soundtrack. The collection, available exclusively for registered users of iCompositions, consists of 90 drum loops, 19 “single hit” sounds for applications such as sound effects, and 9 “loop layers” for building your own drum loops.
The loops [...]

Ari Shohat’s Digitally Imported Radio grew from a Binghamton U. dorm room to a Manhattan office with 15,000 to 35,000 people tuned in to www.di.fm at any time. The network is run by a handful of mostly part-time staff, while dozens of electronic music fanatics and DJs program the site’s channels on their own time [...]

Based on recommendations of friends of the late Sonic Control founder, Ryan Miglierina, Alexander University Inc has purchased the web site with the contractual mandate of fulfilling the young founder’s vision of seeing www.soniccontrol.com become a leading web magazine for composers, songwriters, engineers, producers, and music educators, both professional and amateur. “By pre-defining his target [...]

MacJams.com has announced that it is immediately providing free, unlimited song hosting to all Mac-based musicians.
MacJam’s hosting allows musicians who use Macintosh computers to upload their original creations so that other musicians and music fans may listen, download, and critique the songs.
All songs submitted to the MacJams site are licensed under a Creative Commons license, [...]

Theremin.info covers the theremin from many angles. It has historical information about the life of Leon Theremin, patents, schematics, reviews of early performances, reviews with famous performers, and information on building a theremin.
They have an active forum for theremin enthusiasts, and a gig guide for performers and listeners. A section on the theremin in film [...]

pcAudioLabs is a one-stop shop for anything related to computer-based music production.
They sell music software for synthesis, sequencing, recording, and mastering. They sell computers optimized for music production, along with audio peripherals such as MIDI interfaces, keyboards and controllers, and audio interfaces. If you’re learning computer music, they carry computer-based music tutorials.
One of the best [...]

Music on the Mac is an online community for musicians using Macintosh computers.
While the site features major coverage on Apple’s GarageBand, it also covers Apple Soundtrack, Logic, Reason, and other applications.
The site features very active user forums.

MusicOnTheMac.com has announced its GarageBand Composition Contest. The contest is open to all GarageBand users, and offers a chance to win $1000 for the best original track.
MusicOnTheMac provides the details in their press release:
“With the launch of Apple’s GarageBand, the anytime, anywhere, recording studio, a whole new genre of musician is emerging. We here at [...]

Ready to get your freak on? No reason not to, because Reason freaks have their own site! ReasonFreaks.com is, you guessed it, an online community for users of Propellerheads’ Reason software.
ReasonFreaks is the brainchild of two musician/producers that are fans of Reason, and decided to work together to create an online meeting place for Reason [...]

Download free electronica MP3s at Electronic Scene, an online community dedicated to electronic music.
Electronic Scene features free music downloads, an online store, news, reviews, and streaming electronica radio. You can search for electronica music by category, or just listen to top-ranked MP3s.

Harmony Central covers guitar, bass, effects, keyboards, drums, software, computer music, recording and MIDI. It has an extensive collection of user reviews that can give you a great feel for how well equipment really works for musicians. Other features are guitar tabs, discussion forums, and classified gear ads.