Sites for guitarists:
AG: Acoustic Guitarist's Annotated Guide to the Internet
Guitar Stuff: the on-line magazine for guitarists
Harmony
Central (guitar instruction section)
Sites for drummers:
drumsontheweb.com: a site listing drumcircles all over the United States. It also offers such features as music search, artist search, and video streaming.
Mickey Hart of Grateful Dead fame has learned some amazing things about the powers of rhythm! At this site, you can find out about the two books he has written, and his ongoing research, on the subject. (He also has a page on MySpace.)
Sites for traveling performers:
The "Folk Music: House Concerts" section of Yahoo! brings together sites of those hosting house concerts and resources for those who want to get in on the act. House concerts are a phenomenom unique to folk music -- a means for performers in that genre to tour and find performing opportunities outside of the coffeehouse scene, increase their fan base, and sell their recordings.
Motelguide.com: Since traveling musicians can't always afford the more upscale hotels; and since there isn't always a Motel 6 or Econo Lodge in the area where one is playing, this might be of help to some of you out there! (Probably better stay away from any "Bates Motels", though ....)
Couch Surfing: Sometimes even the cheapest motels may be out of the price range for traveling musicians. This site provides a network for locating folks in your travels who can provide free sleeping accommodations. It's primarily geared toward international travelers (tour through Canada, anyone?); but I imagine arranging stops within the U.S. is also doable.
Openmics.org: A state-by-state, day-by-day guide for musicians on the road who'd like to play out in a strange town. This site lists open mics all over the country, providing addresses and phone numbers and sometimes including such information as whether the venue allows smoking.
Sites for mondegreen fans:
Mondegreens: A Short Guide (by Gavin Edwards, author of 'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy, When a Man Loves a Walnut, and He's Got the Whole World in His Pants) explains the origin of the term "mondegreen" for referring to misheard lyrics and also cites some examples of this phenomenon!
KissThisGuy.com is a site where you can see examples of mondegreens and submit some of your own!
Misheard Lyrics Archive is the most current website by Charles R. Grosvenor, Jr. dedicated to mondegreens as well as song parodies. An earlier incarnation of his website can be found here.
There are many, many more websites (too numerous to be included here) dedicated to mondegreens - chances are there's a site dedicated to mishearings of lyrics by your favorite recording artist or group. Happy hunting!
Other miscellaneous sites:
About.com's folk music section is a very comprehensive resource. It includes web pages of folk artists; sections on different folk music styles; and articles on a variety of related topics -- and that's just the tip of the iceberg! (Check here for access to About.com's sections on other music genres.)
The Book of Bob: a listing of Bob Dylan's lyrics, arranged alphabetically by individual songs and by album titles.
Dr. Demento on the 'Net: a site where (by downloading the proper technology) you can listen to broadcasts of the Dr. Demento show online! (And here's another very cool Dr. Demento site that will give you everything else!)
An Online Course in Songwriting by Rein Menke.
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