sites and groups I'm involved with

• Dancecult.net is the web's first first user-updated database of resources for scholars of electronic dance music.
• Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture
• musiq.com, for world and experimental music, and early research into Greek Rebetika, makam, ambient music and more
• 3spell.com, my (now-defunct) band 3spell
• basquerole , a recording collaboration with Dan Fries (also on myspace)

forums of interest (with which I have no specific affiliation)

• Mike's "oud message board" is an interesting network of oud aficionados
• One of my pet peeves is loud computers - I hate them! Silent PC Review is the source for learning how to quiet them down; the board is also filled with experts on overclocking and computer performance.
• John Sayer's acoustics forum is the most informative source for recording studio acoustics and electrical matters.
• The Tape Op Message board is the place for DIY music recording enthusiasts.
• Digital photography review has the most extensive and unbiased online reviews of digital cameras. The public forums provide an additional invaluable resource for enthusiasts confused by the several hundred available models of digital cameras.
• Taperssection.com forums contain valuable information on portable recording, particularly of interest to ethnographers who need to figure out how to navigate the equipment choices in today's market.

professional societies

• SEM (The Society of Ethnomusicology)
• MACSEM (Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Society of Ethnomusicology)
• NCCSEM (Northern California Chapter of the Society of Ethnomusicology)
• AES (Audio Engineering Society)
• The Society for the Art of Record Production - a new society dedicated to research into recording production (they have great annual conferences).
• IASPM (International Association for the Study of Popular Music)

interesting websites

• Lilypond. Open-source music notation software that provides Turkish microtonal and avant-garde notational support.
• Ana Sayfa - Vikipedi (Turkish language version of wikipedia)
• Pela Seri- Wikipedia (Zazaki/Dimili language version of wikipedia)
• Lazuri - the best Laz culture website. Arzu Paluri Kal, a prominent lawyer and food writer, is one of the editors.
• A bunch of useful Ethnomusicology links
• And some Popular Music Studies links