Chat

The following chat rooms, message boards, and newsgroups offer discussion about world music and dance topics!

Chat Rooms

• Ancient Future Speak. Meet your friends at Ancient Future's world music and dance chat cave.

E-mail Lists

The following mailing lists cover topics related to world fusion music:

• Discussion Groups:
  • Cafe Cubana. List with cafe-like atmosphere for discussion of international music interests.
  • GLOBE-L is an electronic discussion group about world music. It welcomes subscribers who are radio DJ's, listeners, performers, record company people, reviewers, and anyone else who enjoys world music, including both traditional and world fusion genres. To join GLOBE-L, send e-mail to: listproc@nevada.edu with the following message in the body:
    
    SUBSCRIBE GLOBE-L [YOUR NAME HERE]
  • DJEMBE-L is a very active electronic discussion group specializing in African drumming. To join, send e-mail to: listproc@u.washington.edu with the subject line blank and the following message in the body:
    
    SUBSCRIBE DJEMBE-L [YOUR NAME HERE]
    
    Do not add your signature file or any other text (suppress your .sig file).
    
  • jembe-list is an Internet mailing list dedicated to furthering the study and appreciation of jembe traditions in Africa and abroad. The jembe-list is supported as an educational endeavor by Wesleyan University. Please see the technical FAQ at http://www.wesleyan.edu/~echarry/jembe-listfaq.html for important information about policies and procedures, including information about subscribing.
    
• One Way Mailing Lists:
  • ANCIENT FUTURE NEWS. A low volume mailing list for Ancient Future concerts, recordings, and workshops. Monthly drawing for free prizes such as concert tickets, books, or CD's! To subscribe, fill out the form.
  • NARADA NEWS is a mailing list for new age recordings and concerts by Narada recording artists. However, there are a few world fusion music artists on the label, including Ancient Future. To join, send an e-mail message to listproc@pawn.spencer-davis.com with no subject and the following message in the body:
    
    subscribe narada
    
    Their e-mail address for questions and comments is friends@narada.com. Let them know you appreciate world fusion music releases by artists such as Ancient Future.
    
  • WORLD RHYTHM NEWS is a quarterly e-mail newsletter covering news about world rhythm workshops and training materials. Each issue contains an ASCII character rhythm with a web link for graphic and sound file versions. To subscribe, fill out the form and check the world music workshops and instructional materials box.

Message Boards

• World Music and Dance Message Wall. Message board linked from the Ancient Future and Sapphira sites.

Musical MP3 Collaborations

• Musical Visions. Site to encourage musical participation in the fusion of sounds and lyrics. Accepts mp3 tracks from the public which are integrated into the project.
  • Fusion Sypmhony #1

Newsgroups

• Usenet newsgroups such as the following offer a place for discussion on world music subjects:
  • alt.music.african
  • alt.music.arabic
  • alt.music.world
  • rec.music.afro-latin
  • rec.music.ambient
  • rec.music.arabic
  • rec.music.brazilian
  • rec.music.celtic
  • rec.music.filipino
  • rec.music.folk
  • rec.music.indian.classical
  • rec.music.indian.misc
  • rec.music.iranian
  • rec.music.newage
  • rec.music.reggae
• Those without nntp (newsgroup) access can use http (web) to search the newsgroups via Deja News.
  • Search Deja News Discussion Groups for ancient future
  • Search Deja News Discussion Groups for world music

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