From: pd2@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Philip Duvalsaint)
Newsgroups: misc.forsale,rec.music.makers
Subject: Monthly Posting [Last Update 4-9-92]
Date: 9 Apr 92 22:36:04 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Florida CIS Dept.


[Last Update 4/9/92]

Hello and welcome to Music Makers. This is an informal newsgroup which
is unmoderated and deals with issues, events, equipment and just about
anything else that relates to music making.  The purpose of this message is
to aquaint you with this message base and some "rules of courtesy". This 
message is by no means complete and was created simply to try and make this
message base better. These are SUGGESTIONS not RULES and I have no means of
enforcing them (nor would I care to). 

                         ANNOUNCEMENTS:
I have been compiling a list of musical "Jam Sites" where  musicians can get
together and play/learn/teach and just have fun. Most of these are completely
informal and require no dues or fees. If you are willing to sponsor such a
group, or would like to have your group listed, please send mail to:
pd2@reef.cis.ufl.edu

Rick Kulawiec is also maintaining  list. However, his list contains mostly  
night clubs where you are able to "sit in" on a set or "Open Mike" nights.
If you have any info on any such clubs, send the info to:
rsk@gynko.circ.upenn.edu

Michael Mills is also maintaining a list (price list that is).
It's the Usenet Musician's Pricelist, available via anonymous FTP from
nostromo.fac.cs.cmu.edu (128.2.242.243) in the directory /prices, or
through mail request to Michael Mills (mills@cs.cmu.edu).

Guy Klose is archiving the "Circle of 5th's" music theory discussion. If
you are interested in theory or have missed some posts and would like to
catch up, you can send him mail at (milo@mvuxi.att.com) with Circle of 5th's
Wanted in the message.

There is an existing user's group for the Roland S-series samplers (actually,
S-50, S-330/S-550).  The group trades  info about the devices, available
sample libraries and related hardware and software products.  In addition, the
group has maintained it's own library of user-created sounds that are free
(except for postage) and not available anywhere else (more or less).
Currently, the group library has Drum sounds frsetenv MANPATH "/usr/man:/local/man:/usr/lang"om Roland R8, Alesis HR-1
and HR-16B, synth samples from the Matrix 1000, Korg M3r, Dx7, Synclavier
and some others, a nice assortment of screams and other sickness.
George Demarest is the librarian for the group but all inquiries should be
directed to Neil at:
                     nh0n+@andrew.cmu.edu

There are guidelines for getting samples, but they are painless and
the samples are, for the most part, worth it.

William K. McFadden is maintaining a list of speaker drivers for musical 
instruments and sound reinforcement use as recommended by various people on
the net. (Included are the number of recommendations). For a copy of this
list, (or to contribute to this list) send mail to bill@thd.tv.tek.com.

There is a FAQ (frequently asked questions) list available at 
scam.Berkeley.EDU (128.32.138.1):misc/netjam/doc/FAQ or send the a
request to netjam-request@xcf.Berkeley.EDU with request for FAQ in the subject
field.  Contained within are information on MIDI, a manufacturers 
address/phone list among other things.
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Related newsgroups:
rec.music.bluenote
alt.guitar
rec.music.synth
rec.music

There also exist several music groups such as:
alt.drumcorps
ucb.becmug
comp.music 

So explore and experiment, you could find out what you are looking for
in one of these newsgroups.
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SUGGESTIONS: Please read the posts about USENET on news.announce.newusers as
well as news.newusers.questions. When posting a message, make sure that you
do not crosspost unless you are sure that it is relevant to those other 
newsgroups. When posing a question (about equipment, theory etc) please 
include ALL relevant information (ie: what instrument/recording equipment/
processors/shielded cables-unshielded or what have you) so that you are not
bombarded with questions about what equipment you are using. You will be more
likely to receive a quick response this way. Also, try to make the message
title as explanatory as possible (eg: use a question mark to show that it is
a question) Please try and control your tempers and not waste bandwidth with
flames or derogatory remarks (save it for alt.flame) If someone posts
erroneous information, try and respond by pointing out the error without the
unecessary snide comments. Thank you for taking the time to read this and 
please feel free to make suggestions for this post (or tell me that it was
a waste etc)


Philip Duvalsaint
pd2@reef.cis.ufl.edu


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