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Stephen Travis Pope
Computer Music Journal
As the fourth part of our series of notes providing information
resources for the computer music community (the first three parts being
the bibliography, diskography, and taxonomy of our field that appeared
in recent editor's notes), this note outlines some of the publications,
interactive discussions, and software archives that are available
electronically via wide-area computer networks. These "information
services" range from "electronic publications"--periodical newsletters
that are distributed via regular electronic mail--to on-line
interactive electronic discussions (bulletin board conferences), to
network-accessible archives related to computer music. Some of these
services require access to the global Internet electronic network,
while others are freely-available to anyone with a personal computer
and a telephone modem.
For easier reference, I have categorized these resources according to
their mode of access, and divide them into the categories of edited
newsletters, unmoderated "mailing lists," electronic archives, and
on-line "bulletin-board" discussions. There is naturally much overlap
between these categories--e.g., interactive discussion groups that are
distributed via electronic mail--and numerous "information providers"
that offer several kinds of services--e.g., a newsletter and an archive.
It is beyond the scope of this reference list to provide an
introduction to the vast international computer networks; there are
numerous books in print that survey the "electronic super-highway,"
and/or provide introductions to the global "Internet" network and the
basic software tools that its inhabitants use. Several of the most
widely-available (and often free) programs such as the "ftp" file
transfer program (and its electronic-mail-based counterpart "ftpmail"),
the "Archie" and "Gopher" search and retrieval tools, and the "Mosaic"
interface to the "world-wide web" (WWW) are mentioned below. Readers
unfamiliar with these tools are referred to the literature on
wide-area networking.
Much of the information included below was provided by those who manage
these services, and I owe my thanks to them for their response to a
query I sent out in December 1993. Other valuable information was
contributed by Craig Harris (Craig@Well.sf.ca.us), from the Leonardo
Electronic News, which he edits (see below), and from a list of
electronic mail newsletters compiled by Kara Robinson
(KRobinso@KENTVM.Kent.edu).
In the spirit of practising what we preach, all of these past four
editor's notes--the computer music bibliography, diskography, taxonomy,
and this note--are freely available over the Internet by "anonymous
ftp" from the directory pub/computer-music-journal on the network
server computer named MITPress.MIT.edu. Tables of contents and
abstracts of recent issues of Computer Music Journal are also available
there. Readers can see what is there at any time by retrieving the file
Index.t from this directory. Users of these facilities are encouraged
to help keep these documents up to date by sending electronic mail with
corrections and/or additions to me at CMJ@CNMAT.Berkeley.edu.
Edited Newsletters and Electronic Publications
There are a number of electronic publications for our field, ranging
from periodical, edited, wide-focus newsletters such as the
Music-Research Digest and The Leonardo Electronic Almanac, to
unmoderated, irregular, topically-focused publications.
Music-Research Digest
The Music-Research electronic mail redistribution list was established
after a suggestion made at a meeting in Oxford in July 1986, to provide
an effective and fast means of bringing together musicologists, music
analysts, computer scientists, and others working on applications of
computers in music research. Anyone on any of the major international
networks is welcome to submit items of interest. Material is collected
by a "moderator" (Stephen Page) and remailed to every person on the
list in the form of "digests."
As with any forum for discussion, there are certain subject areas that
are of particular interest to the group of people on this list.
Initially, the list was established for people whose chief interests
involve computers and their applications to music representation
systems, information retrieval systems for musical scores, music
printing, music analysis, musicology and ethnomusicology, and tertiary
music education. The following areas are not the principal concern of
this list, although overlapping subjects may well be interesting:
primary and secondary education, sound generation techniques, and music
composition. This restriction on subject matter has recently been
reaffirmed; many readers asked the moderator to reject general articles
on electronic music, and especially electronic musical instruments
(MIDI, synthesizers, "how do I make the frobnyx box work on my
Commodore 12399XL+??", etc.). Such areas are covered elsewhere in the
electronic mail and network world (see below).
To contact Stephen Page, the digest moderator, or to join the mailing
list, write to Music-Research-Request@prg.oxford.ac.uk To submit a
contribution to the digest, write to Music-Research@prg.oxford.ac.uk.
The Leonardo Electronic Almanac
Leonardo and The MIT Press are now publishing Leonardo Electronic
Almanac monthly; it is edited by Craig R. Harris (Craig@WELL.sf.ca.us).
Leonardo Electronic Almanac (LEA) is dedicated to providing current
perspectives in the art, science and technology domains. LEA offers a
variety of viewpoints, covering activities at media arts facilities and
other organizations, as well as work at the individual artist's studio.
LEA presents insights into international activities through columns
that feature artists' statements about their own work, profiles of
media in arts facilities, theoretical and technical perspectives, and
reviews of major events, exhibitions and publications. It is also the
goal of LEA to provide a forum for people to present their work in
progress, in order to solicit input from peers and to facilitate
development. Leonardo Electronic Almanac is comprised of a combination
of juried articles and perspectives, solicited columns and articles,
and an edited news and announcements component. Juried components will
be peer-reviewed by an editorial advisory board, which will also serve
as a soliciting body.
LEA is published and distributed monthly over the Internet, annual
subscription rates are US$25.00. Leonardo Journal subscribers and
Leonardo/ISAST members receive Leonardo Electronic Almanac free. For
ordering information, contact the MIT Press Journals circulation
department; telephone (617) 253-2889; fax (617) 258-6779; electronic
mail journals-orders@mit.edu.
Music Theory On-Line
The Society for Music Theory has recently begun publication of a free
refereed electronic newsletter-Music Theory On-line (MTO). MTO is
described as a "medium for the electronic distribution of items of
interest to the world-wide community of professional and
pre-professional music theorists, musicologists, composers, and
performers, as well as to others concerned professionally or otherwise
with music-theoretical issues." The Society is also maintaining an
archive of past MTO texts in a database format that can be searched
through via electronic mail servers. The MTO mail server's electronic
address is ListServ@HUSC.Harvard.edu. To subscribe to MTO, send an
electronic mail letter to the server with a blank subject line and the
contents "subscribe mto-j your-first-name your-last-name." To get more
information on how MTO works, send a letter to the list server with the
contents "information mto-j" or contact the editor, Lee Rothfarb at
mto-editor@HUSC.Harvard.edu.
Society of Composers, Inc. On-line News
The SCI On-line News (SCION) serves members of the Society of
Composers, Inc. by providing up-to-date information on professional
opportunities. SCION is not a replacement of, but an addition to, the
SCI Newsletter. SCION now represents the fastest method of conveying
time-sensitive material to members. SCI issues SCION on the first
Monday of every month. Any SCI member is eligible to receive SCION at
no extra charge above his or her standard membership dues. To
subscribe, send the message "SUB SCION" with your name, electronic mail
address, and postal address via electronic mail to Reynold Weidenaar
at Weidenaar@acfcluster.nyu.edu.
EMUSIC-L, EMUSIC-D, and SYNTH-L
EMUSIC-L, a forum for the discussion of electronic music, artists,
methods, and other topics related to the composition and performance of
electronic music, including free-wheeling discussions about possible
hardware and software technologies, the psychology and design on
interfaces, tools for composition and performance, and other topics as
they cross the collective mind of the readers. EMUSIC-L is a very
informal and eclectic discussion group. EMUSIC-D is a mailing list
existing solely to announce the availability of digests of the EMUSIC-L
materials on the EMUSIC-L FTP site (see below).
To subscribe, contact LISTSERV@AUVM.AUVM.edu. EMUSIC-D is edited;
EMUSIC-L is not. The list's moderators are Eric Harnden
EHarnden@AUVM.AUVM.edu and Joe McMahon XRJDM@TwinPeaks.gsfc.nasa.gov.
Keywords are: electronic music, instrumental music, computers, and
music composition.
FineArt Forum and FineArt_On-line
FineArt Forum has provided timely information to a large international
audience since 1988. The subscriber list consists of individuals
working in the realm where art, science and technology converge. Issues
provide information about conferences and competitions, calls for
presentations and research, and notices about performances.
FineArt_On-line is both an archive of FineArt Forum, ISEA News,
Leonardo Electronic News, and a variety of longer postings. In January
of 1994 they began posting an on-line gallery. The editor is Paul Brown
(brown@erc.msstate.edu). FineArt_On-line is also available over the
world-wide web by WWW browser at the address
http://www.msstate.edu/Fineart_Online/home.html, by gopher at the host
gopher.msstate.edu with path 1/Online_services/fineart_online and port
70, or by anonymous ftp from the server ftp.msstate.edu in the
directory pub/archives/fineart_online.
Upnews
The critically-acclaimed newsletter, "Update-Electronic- Music-News"
highlights "underground" music, independent and major label artists and
companies; it contains record reviews, interviews, perspectives, and a
host of other topics that differ from issue to issue. Update is also
attempting to close the popular music gap, or mass music gap, by
bringing to the forefront those artists and aspects of the music
industry that are struggling to make their voice heard. Update is
providing artists and other areas of the music industry with an
opportunity to have recordings, music products, and/or music services
presented directly to a large music audience. To subscribe, send a
message with the contents "SUBSCRIBE RMUSIC-L your-first-name
your-last-name" to LISTSERV@VM.MARIST.edu. The list is edited by
Christopher DeRobertis UICD@Marist.bitnet and A. Harry Williams
HARRY@Marist.bitnet.
Grind
This list is edited by Matt Jukins (MPJ@KEPLER.UNH.EDU); keywords are:
grindcore music, death metal music, and heavy thrash music. To
subscribe, send mail to Grind-request@UNH.edu, to contribute, send
articles to GRIND@UNH.edu.
Unmoderated Discussions and Mailing Lists
Music Library Association Mailing List
Indiana University is hosting a mail distribution service for the Music
Library Association. This is an implementation of the "LISTSERV"
electronic mail list server program. Participants can send mail to the
list address that is then distributed to all "subscribers." The list
for the Music Library Association includes mail distribution, mail
archiving, and file/document serving. The managers of this service
intend that it be used for various activities of MLA that can benefit
by wide-scale distribution (such as announcements of deadlines for
NOTES and the Newsletter, news items, general inquiries about MLA
activities, etc.). The list should also be used for reference
inquiries, and other topics of interest to the music library community.
The address of the list server program is
ListServ@IUBVM.UCS.Indiana.edu. Subscription to the list can be
accomplished by sending the server a message whose message body
consists of the line "SUBSCRIBE MLA-L your-first-name your-last-name."
Subscription to the list is free. The address for contributions is
MLA-L@IUBVM.UCS.Indiana.edu. The list's manager is Ralph Papakhian
(Papakhi@IUBVM.UCS.Indiana.edu). Past issues of this newsletter are
also archived at the list server site, and the program has facilities
for retrieving them, or for querying the "database" of all past
messages. Contact the organizers for more details on this.
ISPW Mailing List
Rick Taube at the Zentrum fu"r Kunst und Medientechnologie in
Karlsruhe, Germany maintains a mailing list and ftp site for software
and documents related to the IRCAM Signal Processing Workstation
(ISPW). The electronic mailing list ISPW@ZKM.DE has been established to
provide a forum for the unmoderated discussion of ISPW related topics:
Max, CPOS, hardware, problems and solutions--whatever the user
community wants to discuss. Interested parties should send a request
for inclusion to ISPW-REQUEST@ZKM.de. For more information, contact
Rick Taube, Zentrum fuer Kunst und Medientechnologie, Ritterstr. 42,
D-7500 Karlsruhe 1 Germany; telephone (+49-721) 9340-300; fax (+49-721)
9340-39; electronic mail HKT@ZKM.de.
CCRMA Hearing Seminar List
This mailing list is mostly used to announce talks and seminars of
interest to the hearing and auditory science community around the San
Francisco Bay Area, but there are a number of listeners around the
world who subscribe to the list to keep up on news in the auditory
world. Send subscription requests to Malcolm Slaney at Malcolm@Apple.com.
Auditory Organization Mailing List
An electronic mailing list has been organized by Albert Bregman of
McGill University in Montreal, Canada for those interested in auditory
organization as it pertains to perception of basic sound qualities,
memory, recognition, music, speech, computer-implemented sound
separation, neuroscience, etc. It is being supported to ease in the
distribution of manuscripts circulated for comment, requests for
information (e.g., about software), announcements of meetings,
summaries of work in a particular laboratory, floating of research
ideas ("Has anybody looked at this before?"), announcements of jobs or
notices of availability, notes on the availability of programs of
graduate studies or other training, information about funding agencies,
etc. The organizers expect to include researchers in psychology, music,
engineering, neuroscience, speech science, physics, and other fields,
in educational institutions or industry. To subscribe to the list, send
a letter describing your activities in the field to
in09@musicb.mcgill.ca. When you receive a message that your name has
been added to the list, you will be able to send messages to the
address auditory@vm1.mcgill.ca. For more information, contact Albert
Bregman, telephone (514) 398-610.
SYNTH-L
SYNTH-L, a forum for the discussion of hardware and software specifics
relating to electronic music-making at all levels. More emphasis is
placed upon commercial products; things such as csound are better
discussed on EMUSIC-L. This is a good place to send those SoundBlaster
and "what should I buy" folks who pop up all over the place. The
current population tends toward professionally-oriented products at the
moment, but there is a growing contingent of sound-card and multimedia
users. Discussions tend to questions and answers about hardware and
software specifics; there are a number of persons who have proven to be
experts in the identification of vintage equipment and its
capabilities. To subscribe, contact LISTSERV@AUVM.AUVM.edu.
Music Kit Mailing List
There is a NeXT Music Kit mailing list that covers both user and
developer issues. To subscribe, send mail to
MKDist-request@ccrma.stanford.edu; to contribute, send mail to
MKDist@ccrma.stanford.edu.
Alternate Tuning Mailing List
This mailing list is intended for exchanging ideas relevant to
alternate tunings--just intonation; paratactical tunings; experimental
musical instrument design; non-standard equal temperaments; MIDI tuning
system exclusive specs; concert postings; gamelan tunings and other
non-western tunings; historical tunings; the experimental tunings of
Harry Partch, Lou Harrison, Martin Bartlett, James Tenney, and so on;
software reports; recordings; books; research sources, etc. To
subscribe to the list, send electronic mail to
listproc@eartha.mills.edu The first line of the message should be
blank, and the second should read "SUBSCRIBE TUNING your-name"
Questions about the list can be sent to David Madole at madole@varese.mills.edu
Allmusic
The users of this forum discuss all forms of music, in all its aspects,
from appreciation to performance. To subscribe, contact
LISTSERV@AUVM.AUVM.edu. The list is not edited. The list's moderator is
Mike Karolchik (U6183@WVNVM.WVNET.edu).
Rmusic
This mailing list carries a discussion of the music industry, including
concert and album reviews, trivia, lyrics and artists--all types of
music for all types of people. To subscribe, send a message with the
contents "SUBSCRIBE RMUSIC-L your-first-name your-last-name" to
LISTSERV@GITVM1.bitnet. The list's moderator is Paul Harris
(PHarris@UMKCVAX1.bitnet).
Electronic Archives
Computer Music Journal Archives
A number of texts that have appeared in Computer Music Journal are
available over the Internet by ftp or ftpmail from the directory
pub/computer-music-journal on the network server computer named
MITPress.MIT.edu. These texts include the computer music bibliography,
diskography, taxonomy, and this note, the tables of contents and
abstracts of recent issues of Computer Music Journal, and other
references. One can see what is there at any time by retrieving the
file Index.t (ASCII text) or Index.ps.Z (compressed PostScript). Send
comments to cmj@CNMAT.Berkeley.edu.
International Computer Music Association Software Library
The ICMA Software Library is an attempt to centralize information
concerning (primarily) non-commercial software currently available for
use by computer music researchers and composers. These software
listings are maintained for the benefit of the computer music community
and in no way should be taken as an endorsement of any kind. The ICMA
does not make any warranty as to the accuracy of these listings, nor
does it maintain any control whatsoever over the listed software.
The library is available by anonymous ftp and ftpmail, and is
maintained by Robert S. Newcomb (Robert.S.Newcomb@Dartmouth.EDU). It is
located on the server Dartmouth.EDU in the directory pub/ICMA-Library.
Music Research Digest Archive
The Oxford University Programming Research Group (PRG) provides an
archive service to keep back issues of the Music Research Digest and
other files of interest to the community. There is a file server that
will accept electronic mail requests for these files, send you an
index, and send you any files you are interested in. For information on
how to request copies of these files, mail a message containing the
word "help" at the beginning of the line to
archive-server@prg.oxford.ac.uk, and instructions will be sent to you.
For an index of files, send a message containing "index music" at the
beginning of a line. We have a copy of the archive available in the
USA, which handles requests from sites that are not connected to a UK
network. It uses the same software as the PRG server, and its address
is archive-server@Bartok.sun.com.
Network Archives at IRCAM
There is an archive on the machine named ftp.ircam.fr at the IRCAM
institute in Paris. Because IRCAM is connected to the Internet via a
(relatively slow) 9600 Baud line, users are asked to limit their bulk
transfers to the hours between 10 PM and 8 AM middle European time.
Outside contributions are welcome; users should place them in the
"incoming" directory. Please leave documentation to accompany them.
Please send suggestions, enquiries, bug reports, etc. to manager@ircam.fr.
Leonardo Archives
There is a network archive related to the Leonardo Electronic Almanac
that is maintained on the server MITPress.MIT.edu in the directory
pub/Leonardo-Elec-Almanac. This archive includes back issues of LEA, as
well as many items of expansatory or collateral material relating to
articles that appeared in LEA.
The EMUSIC-L FTP Site
The EMUSIC-L FTP site (formerly located at castrovalva.gsfc.nasa.gov;
now temporarily located at stjohn.gsfc.nasa.gov until the name change
is processed for both nodes) contains the EMUSIC-L archives, an archive
of MIDI documentation, and Macintosh software collected from around the
Internet.
CNMAT Gopher Server
The Center for New Music and Audio Technology (CNMAT) at the University
of California, Berkeley has a network accessible gopher server. It
contains most public CNMAT documents and papers. To access this data,
open a gopher client to the machine cnmat.cnmat.berkeley.edu with a
port number of 70.
MRIS and TIME
The Music Research Information System (MRIS) is a gateway to research
information in the fields of music education, music psychology, music
therapy, and music medicine. MRIS is a project of the Institute for
Music Research (IMR) at the University of Texas at San Antonio and is
sponsored by a UTSA Strategic Initiative Grant. MRIS is the gateway to
CAIRSS, a bibliographic database of music research literature, and
TIME, a bibliographic database of music software and software archives,
as well as remote music services.
The Technology in Music Education database (TIME) is a collection of
information about music instructional software. Software products
including computer programs, hypertext stacks, CD-ROMs, video tapes,
video discs, and music classroom systems are eligible for listing in
TIME. TIME includes publisher's descriptions and independent reviews of
all types of music instructional software as well as availability
information. In addition to the software review database, IMR will
serve as an archive of music instruction software which may be viewed
by potential users.
Any person wishing to include music services in MRIS, post music
announcements, publish software reviews, or archive software should
contact the project coordinator Kimberly C. Walls, Institute for Music
Research, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249
USA; telephone (210) 691-5321; electronic mail KWalls@Lonestar.UTSA.edu.
These facilities are available "dial-in" via 2400 Baud modem at the
telephone number (210) 561-8000, via a gopher server on the machine
runner.utsa.edu 3000, or over the internet using the telnet program
connected to runner.utsa.edu as the user named "imr" with no password.
CERL Sound Group World-Wide Web server
The CERL Sound Group at the University of Illinois maintains the CERL
Sound Group WWW server. This server features information about the CERL
Sound Group and other topics, including: an archive of the Association
for Computing Machinery's (ACM) special interest group on sound and
computation electronic forum; a bibliography of CERL sound group
papers, books about computer music, and books about MIDI; conference
announcements; job announcements; on-line versions of some papers about
sound and computation; and pointers to other sources of information
about sound and music. The server should be available via WWW at all
times at the address http://datura.cerl.uiuc.edu; please direct
comments and suggestions to Bill Walker (walker@cs.uiuc.edu).
Society for Music Theory Archives
The Society for Music Theory (SMT) file server allows subscribers to
the SMT Email Conference to retrieve files through electronic mail.
Email messages containing commands are sent to the file server, which
processes the retrieval command(s) and dispatches the requested file(s)
to the user. The address of the SMT file server is
smt-serv@husc.harvard.edu. To retrieve the index of the archive, send a
letter to the server with the contents,
path your-electronic-mail-address
send index
and nothing else. Address questions to Lee Rothfarb at
SMT-Editor@HUSC.Harvard.edu.
Music and Brain Information Database (MBI)
The goal of the Music and Brain Information Database (MBI) is to
establish a comprehensive data base of scientific research (references
and abstracts) on music as related to behavior, the brain and allied
fields, in order to foster interdisciplinary knowledge. The relevant
topics include: the auditory system, human and animal behavior,
creativity, neuropsychology of music, effects of music on behavior and
physiology, music education/medicine/performance/and therapy,
neurobiology, perception and psychophysics.
The database is available via telnet from the Internet on the server
MILA.PS.UCI.edu by logging in as the user "mbi" with password "nammbi."
For further help contact the MBIC Coordinators c/o Norman Weinberger,
Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of
California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92717 USA; telephone (714)
725-2628; electronic mail MBIC@MILA.PS.UCI.edu.
Computer-Assisted Information Retrieval Service System for Music (CAIRSS)
CAIRSS is a bibliographic database of music research literature in
music education, music psychology, music therapy, and music medicine.
Citations have been taken from 1,354 different journal titles; 18 of
which are primary journals, meaning that every article ever to appear
is included. The system is available via telnet over the Internet at
the servers utsaibm.utsa.edu (at the "TS!vt100,3278" prompt, press
"RETURN"; at the UTSA logo screen, type in "library"; at the library
logo screen, press "RETURN"; at the catalog screen, type in "cmus") and
runner.utsa.edu (log in as user "imr" with no password. Several
additional services will soon be forthcoming, including an
inter-library loan service and a CAIRSS Thesaurus. For more information
on CAIRSS, please contact Don Hodges at DHodges@Lonestar.UTSA.edu;
telephone (210) 691-5317; fax (210) 691-4381.
On-line Discussions, News Groups, and Electronic Bulletin-Board Systems
HMSL Forum
The HMSL Forum is a bulletin board/conference designed to provide a
medium for sharing information between users, experimenters and
designers of the language HMSL (Hierarchical Music Specification
Language), developed at Mills College in Oakland, California USA. HMSL
is a language designed for small computers, in real-time interactive
composition, performance and experimental environments. Readers of
Computer Music Journal may be familiar with the language from articles
by its developers, including Larry Polansky and David Rosenboom. One of
the aims of the Forum was to provide a support environment for
beginning users of HMSL, for many of whom this is their first exposure
to programming, as well as for interaction between more advanced users
as a stimulus for ideas. The discussions and files available provide a
good guide for novices as to the sorts of directions taken by the
designers and users of HMSL, the sorts of interests that have been
pursued and what the HMSL environment is capable of.
The HMSL Forum runs on a bulletin-board system in San Francisco,
sharing messages and files in an Echomail conference several other
sites and bulletin boards. It is accessible by modem at (415) 928-8240,
at modem speeds up to 2400 baud. Participants geographically closer to
the East Coast of the USA can avoid high telephone charges by
participating through the Echomail conference on one of the New York
BBSs (the NRA Gateway and the Dwight High School system). Long-distance
callers can also use PCPursuit, Telenet's low-cost after-hours national
network, to call the San Francisco number.
The WELL's MIDI Conference
The MIDI Conference is accessible on the WELL (Whole Earth 'Lectronic
Link), an on-line service based in Sausalito, California USA. The
conference provides information, support, and a software library for
MIDI users at all levels of experience. The conference is hosted by
Carter Scholz and Warren Sirota. Discussions are not moderated; the
hosts are there for housekeeping purposes. Participants are free to
contribute to any topic, and to create new topics.
Typical topics include questions and answers about specific MIDI
equipment and software; for example, Yamaha Q&A, Ensoniq VFX, and new
sequencers, but discussions have encompassed nearly every aspect of
electronic and computer music, whether or not it is related to MIDI.
Some recent topics include: ICMC 1989, notation software, good
listening in the electronic domain, call for suggestions on MIDI
microtonality, music languages for micros, and beyond MIDI. The
orientation of the conference is, by circumstance, perhaps more
market-oriented than Computer Music Journal readers might be accustomed
to, but it could prove a valuable resource as more MIDI gear finds its
way into the mainstream of computer music. Certainly conference
participants are open-minded enough to value new perspectives.
To access the WELL, telephone (415) 332-6106, and type "newuser" at the
login prompt. Then type "go midi" at any "OK" prompt to enter the MIDI
Conference. Rates are US$3/hour with an US$8 monthly minimum.
Compuserve Packet Network access is available at an additional
US$5/hour. Payment is by credit card.
USENET News Groups Related to Music
As a final reference, the following is a (slightly filtered and sorted)
list of "news groups" related to music that are available through the
USENET "news" program. Most of these are unmoderated discussion groups,
though several are refereed and edited.
alt.binaries.sounds.music
alt.exotic-music
alt.journalism.music
alt.music.a-cappella
alt.music.alternative
alt.music.bela-fleck
alt.music.canada
alt.music.category-freak
alt.music.ebm
alt.music.enya
alt.music.enya.puke.puke.puke
alt.music.filk
alt.music.hardcore
alt.music.jewish
alt.music.journalism
alt.music.karaoke
alt.music.machines.of.loving.grace
alt.music.marillion
alt.music.pop.will.eat.itself
alt.music.prince
alt.music.progressive
alt.music.queen
alt.music.rush
alt.music.ska
alt.music.the.police
alt.music.the.police.ctl
alt.music.tmbg
alt.music.u2
alt.music.world
bit.listserv.allmusic
bit.listserv.emusic-l
comp.music
rec.music.a-cappella
rec.music.afro-latin
rec.music.beatles
rec.music.bluenote
rec.music.cd
rec.music.celtic
rec.music.christian
rec.music.classical
rec.music.classical.guitar
rec.music.classical.performing
rec.music.compose
rec.music.country.western
rec.music.dementia
rec.music.dylan
rec.music.early
rec.music.folk
rec.music.funky
rec.music.gaffa
rec.music.gdead
rec.music.indian.classical
rec.music.indian.misc
rec.music.industrial
rec.music.info
rec.music.makers
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