{"id":445539,"date":"2021-05-10T15:35:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T13:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/?p=445539"},"modified":"2021-05-10T15:34:02","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T13:34:02","slug":"top-5-music-forums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/gear\/top-5-music-forums\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Music Gear Forums"},"content":{"rendered":"

Where do you get all your latest music gear info and advice? Do you like to interact with other gearheads and ask for their suggestions? If you’re a musician, you’ve surely seen these online forums, some musicians even browse them on a daily basis. In this short article we’d like to share our top 5 music gear forums…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Gearspace<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

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Gearspace.com<\/strong> is a website dedicated to pro audio engineering<\/strong>. It was created in 2002<\/strong> by Julian Standen and Meg Lee Chin. Until March 2021, the site was known as Gearslutz<\/strong>. The site initially began as a place for audio engineers to discuss music gear. It has since grown to include a Reviews<\/strong> section, a Gear Database<\/strong>, Q+A discussions<\/strong> and editorial<\/strong>, and the discussion area<\/strong> has grown to include 11 million messages.<\/p>\n

Sound On Sound<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

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Sound on Sound<\/strong> is an independently owned monthly music technology magazine<\/strong> published by SOS Publications Group, based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The magazine includes product tests<\/strong> of electronic musical performance and recording devices, and interviews<\/strong> with industry professionals.\u00a0Since January 1994<\/strong>, all news and articles printed in the magazine have also been published online via its website, often including rich media content such as video<\/strong> and audio files<\/strong> that correspond to the content of individual articles.<\/p>\n

Tape Op<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

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Tape Op<\/strong> is a bi-monthly American<\/strong> recording magazine<\/strong> that focuses on creative recording techniques<\/strong>. Subtitled The Creative Music Recording Magazine, Tape Op is independently published and was founded by Larry Crane in 1996<\/strong>. The magazine is based in Portland, Oregon. Tape Op also runs a message board<\/strong> commonly referred to as the “TOMB” (“Tape Op Message Board”).<\/p>\n

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Equipboard<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

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While this site is much, much younger than the others its popularity is soaring thanks to its more visual<\/strong> take on a gear forum. Equipboard breaks down the gear, tools, and products used by artists, pros, and influencers in their craft. It does this through user-submitted photos<\/strong> of the gear (or suspected gear) of their favourite artists, discussions<\/strong>, gear guides<\/strong> and more. Equipboard was started by Giulio Chiarenza and Michael Pierce in 2014<\/strong> in Austin, Texas, USA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Drummer World<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

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Drummerworld.com<\/b>\u00a0is an encyclopedia-like website about significant\u00a0jazz,\u00a0rock,\u00a0rhythm and blues,\u00a0funk,\u00a0country, and\u00a0pop\u00a0drummers. The site features biographies<\/strong>, sounds, videos<\/strong> and pictures<\/strong> of important drummers and\u00a0session drummers, as well as a drum clinic<\/strong> and lesson section<\/strong> where drummers can learn from the masters. According to\u00a0Alexa.com, it is the number one ranked website in popularity for drummers and percussionists<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/sup><\/p>\n

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What is your go-to music gear forum? Let us know with a comment, we’d love to check it out!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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