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Forums

• Studio Central Excellent place to learn the in's and out's of setting up a studio or have your music reviewed by other professional engineers
• Harmony Central Great forum with loads of info as well
• Audio Forums Long-time gurus on this board, but there isn't half as much traffic as somewhere like studio-central.
• Northern Sounds Talk with developers and seasoned pros in tight with the industry.
• Electro Musician Find reviews on hardware synths, listen to music, play music, and just talk with other music lovers
• Synthtopia Very similar to Electro Musician, but worth checking out.
• Student Film Makers Good place to get in touch with new and upcoming film directors and producers.
• Young Composers Talk with oother Composers and musical creative types on the nature of the craft.
• Songwriter Forums Another place to share and discuss musical works (It's changed a bit though over the last year).
• Music Banter Very busy forum for all kinds of genre oriented discussion.
• Apple's Logic Forum Find answers and discussions related to Apple's Logic Sotware.
• Cubase Forums Come and join the never-ending "love" with me at the Cubase forums. :)
• Acapellas4U Forums and a good source of popular acapellas.

Exposure

• Soundclick A good way to store and sell your music and participate in site chart ratings.
• Soundcloud Similar to Soundclick.
• Our Stage Another place to store and sell your music and participate in competitions.
• The Silent Ballet Listen to music, discover new artists and promote your own Albums from SB Reviews - all FREE.
• Tune Core Sell your music on iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster and more!
• Pump Audio Upload your music and get paid royalties for it's use amogst broadcast and other mediums.
• The Indie Bible Good for networking and small exposure.
• Versus Media Paid subscription to receive possible film and video project work as a composer.

Gear Resources

• Apple It really isn't all hype, these machines are seriously powerful and intuitive.
• Steinberg I have my gripes with Cubase, but it is still top of the chain when it comes to making music! Sorry Protools lover.
• Sony Trusted name with stable and award winning solutions for music production.
• Sam Ash Direct Sam Ash is proud to be America's largest family-owned music business.
• Native Instruments Great instrument for a great price and an awesome base to start your arsenal of sound from.
• M-Audio Good audio interfaces, but the monitors not so good. Look elsewhere for monitors.
• MOTU Mark of the Unicorn makes and distributes a good selection of audio interfaces and software.
• Celemony Melodyne is one of the best audio pitch shifting tools on the market - if I dare say, the best.
• Universal Audio Pure quality plugs and hardware, the price is a little steep though.
• Waves A lot of people trust Waves' excellent lineup of plugs, and when you break it down they are actually quite cheap.
• East West and Quantum Leap Famous sound libraries that cover all kinds of genres and styles.
• Yellow Tools Great line up of realistic sample libraries.
• Sonalksis From what I've heard these audio processors run with the best of them.
• Sweetwater Great selection at affordable prices.
• ZZounds Love this company, and would recommend starting here when doing product research and pricing.
• Musician's Friend No friend of mine but some people have reported good things. Not very good customer service.
• Sample Logic Rising star in the instrument world, offering very unique and easy to use patches for Kontakt player.
• Stillwell Audio I actually use some of these plugs with excellent results. Just goes to show that the little guy does have something to offer.
• Sine Vibes Neat assortment of patches for varioius platforms (software and hardware).
• Bela D Media Great vocal samples.
• Digital Sound Factory Think soundfonts - if you use them, check this place out.
• Guitar Center Great prices and an excellent selection.
• Spectrasonics Big name in an ever changing industry, offering an awesome product line to meet just about need a musician, producer or composer might have!

Free Stuff

• Free Sound Project Large selection of user donated recordings and samples, all search-able and categorized.
• Soundsnap Various free stuff by different people.
• Kjaerhus Audio Big categorized database fully search-able for VSTi's and more.
• Don't Crack - Mac VST/AU plugs Various free and paid plugs for the Mac platform. Search the site for Windows stuff too.
• Voxengo Selection of plugs mainly for Windows users, some are free and others will cost you.
• Free Loops Just like it says.
• VST Planet VST plugs.
• Tweak Bench Free VST instruments and effects.