Chats and Forums

Modern Things - Composition forum hosted by a collective of young contemporary composers from all styles. Sections on compositional process and theory.
http://www.modernthings.net/forum

The Flutists' Forum - A message board for flute players to ask questions, get answers, and chat about music.
http://p211.ezboard.com/btheflutistsforum

UKMIX - The forum section of the e-zine, with topics on pop culture and genres.
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/

Talkmusic.org - A music community for both English and Chinese speakers. Also hosts official forums for bands.
http://talkmusic.org

Lyrics Land - A chat room for a fans of Rap and Rhythm and Blues music. Advice and information about artists.
http://network54.com/Hide/Chat/51575

Endemoniada's Warboard - From Endemoniada zine, dedicated to covering women of the extreme underground scene.
http://p095.ezboard.com/bendemoniadaswarboard

The Recording Website - Forums are for musicians who want to talk about making and recording their music.
http://www.recordingwebsite.com/forum/

PetShopGirls - For fans of Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant, and Chris Lowe.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/petshopsluts/

Obsessed With Music - General music forum with various genre sections.
http://www.obsessed-with-music.com/forum

Blue Comet - Message board for unsigned bands.
http://pub46.bravenet.com/forum/show.php?usernum=3894254355&cpv=1

Synthvox - Discussing remixing, and producing music with computers and synthesizers.
http://www.synthvox.com

Bandlink - Discuss popular artists with individual sections for each artist.
http://www.bandlink.net/forum/

Songwriting Lounge - Join us for songwriting discussions every Monday night from 9pm Eastern onward. Guest speakers are frequent.
http://www.musesmuse.com/songdisc.html

Futureproducers.com - This site enables the music people to meet, and mix music online, read articles, and interviews.
http://www.futureproducers.com/forums/

PudgyGirl Networks - An interactive chat network based around the love of music. Includes chats, message boards, weekly quizzes, and pictures of regular members.
http://pudgygirl.tripod.com

Digitally Imported - Forum with sections on different dance music, events, sound systems and DJ`ing.
http://www.digitallyimported.net/forums/

Matrix Maze - A forum dedicated to music and music related topics.
http://www.matrixmaze.com

Bandchat.com - Online bulletin board for airing your views on breaking stories in the music industry.
http://www.bandname.com/bandchat/index.asp

HDR Orphanz - Forum for users of the now discontinued Vestax Hard Disc Recorders (HDR6, HDR8, HDR V8). Portable digital recording studios, tips, tricks, mods, and techniques.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HDR_Orphanz

Music Fanatics - Music fanatics chat is general music discussion forum with focus on latin and hip hop
http://www.music-fanatics.com

Musician War - A music forum allowing guitarists, bass and synth players, vocalists, and songwriters to test their skills against each other, in competition.
http://www.guitarwar.com/

Music Scores.com - Forum for music composers, including student and sheet music sections.
http://www.music-scores.com/discus/

Music Unbound - Devoted to the proposition that commercial/professional music is stuck in rigid concepts of style, genre and format, and needs to be freed of these categories, in order to flourish.
http://www.munb.com/

Metal Tabs - Large forum on guitars, with a metal music section.
http://metaltabs.com/forum/

Serious Sounds - A music production community with a forum and articles.
http://www.serious-sounds.net/forums/

Lyrics Forum - Forum with many genre based sections.
http://www.lyrics.com/forum/

Pet de Kat Krewe Litter Box - Message board for Pet de Kat Krewe. Discussions about music festivals, upcoming events and travel plans. Also offers music reviews, parties and recipes.
http://forums.delphiforums.com/petdekat/

The Music Files - Forums about Jason Donovan, Raf Van Brussel, Jordan Knight and Popular Music.
http://p080.ezboard.com/bthemusicfiles

Radio Free World - Chat Room - General discussion with music listeners and weekly chat sessions with notable musicians and artists.
http://www.radiofreeworld.com/page13.html

Music Postings - Catalogue of recent comments on music from newsgroups involving close to hundred different topics.
http://www.music-postings.com

i80s.com - Forum - An 80's forum on the Internet.
http://p208.ezboard.com/b1980s

Consumers Against the RIAA - A website and public forum for the rights of music fans and artistes who're been ripped off my the music industry.
http://www.geocities.com/riaasucks/index.html

PlayingItLoud.com - A forum for music lovers to gather to talk about music of all genres and anything else that springs to mind.
http://www.playingitloud.com

Global Band Promotion - Discussions revolving around music promotion of new bands and artists.
http://austintexas.proboards20.com/

Radio Mute - General music forum, including sections on rock, electronic, stringed instruments and synthesizers.
http://www.radiomute.com

Music Is My Life - A lil message board for you to chat about all sorts of music, be it pop, soul, hip-hop, rock, jazz or classical.
http://p210.ezboard.com/bmusicismylife

Music Banter - A general music discussion forum with sections for many genres.
http://www.musicbanter.com

National Anthems Online Forum - Online community for discussion of national anthems. Also features audio downloads, history, lyrics, and sheet music.
http://www.nationalanthems.us/forum/YaBB.pl

Ima Robot - Ima Robot fan site and forum, registration required to view board.
http://www.imarobot.net/forum/index.php

Connected Musicians - Offers forums, member blogs, news, and tools to find instructors, musicians and tablature.
http://www.connectedmusicians.com/

Home Recording dot com BBS and Forums - Many active discussion topics on recording, mixing, and making your own music CDs, MP3s, and tapes.
http://homerecording.com/ubb-cgi/Ultimate.cgi

80's Message Forum - Active message forum for eighties fans.
http://server5.ezboard.com/b80sxchange.html

Jazz and Orchestral Musicians - Discussion forum for players and listeners of woodwind, brass and strings in jazz and orchestral music.
http://p066.ezboard.com/bjazzandorchestralmusiciansforum

Music of the Soul - Describe music that has expressed the depths of your soul. Usually, it's connected with a significant relationship, life event, crisis, or time of change.
http://www.musicofthesoul.com

House of Shred - A message board for discussing the world's top guitar wizards, and traditional guitar-oriented rock music in general.
http://forums.houseofshred.com

MyMP3Board - Forum for international artists and fans. Other than music, sections include collaboration, songwriters and artist page design.
http://p210.ezboard.com/bmymp3board

Phishhook - Large community about legal live concert recording.
http://forums.phishhook.com/

Woodstock 99 Forum - A message board devoted to Woodstock 99 discussion. What went wrong? Should there be another Woodstock? Locate friends you met at Woodstock 99.
http://members.aol.com/Mary1NYS/Forum.html

Synth Zone BBS - Large syntheziser forum that includes sections on MIDI, analog synths, samples, studio equipment and other sections dedicated to spedific soft- and hard synthesizer brands.
http://www.synthzone.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro

Planet Musician - Community for musicians and the industry. Includes forums, guitar tabs and an archive.
http://www.planet-musician.com/

Pulse Music Board - Large general music message board.
http://pulsemusic.proboards48.com/

J.C.'s Teen Music Chat - This is a chat room to talk about your favorite artists on any music genre.
http://www.homestead.com/josesite/chat.html

JT3 Music Workshop - General music production forum, with forums on playing various instruments.
http://www.avartists.com/forums/

Sputnikmusic - Large message board with sections dealing a variety of genres and instruments.
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/

iMusic Artist Direct Community - Community containing over 35,000 bulletin boards broken down by style, artist and news.
http://imusic.artistdirect.com/