Welcome to MusicRadar

[MichaelLeonard]

Welcome to MusicRadar, the premier online site for music makers. As you can see from our Beta tag, there's a whole lot more to come in the coming weeks but there's already a mountain of musical goodness to keep you busy.

MusicRadar is powered by the world's leading magazines for musicians - Total Guitar, Computer Music, Guitarist, Rhythm, Future Music and Guitar Techniques. The expertise of those magazines, plus MusicRadar's own dedicated team, aim to make MusicRadar.com the ultimate online destination for anyone who makes music.

So, what will you find here?

Reviews and product spec
We've hundreds up already, with thousands more being added in this beta stage. We'll provide great photos of kit, plus loads of web links that will help you explore gear even further. And when you join MusicRadar.com, you can add your own reviews too...

News
We'll deliver the latest news on products and artists immediately. Want to know what the latest gear is? Who's making an album? Which artist has posted some music you want to hear? We'll let you know. If you just want product news, you can filter for guitars, tech and drums categories.

Tuition
MusicRadar can help you play better. We're busy uploading an extensive set of tab, audio and video lessons that will help you make better music, no matter what you play. Again, you can filter for guitars, tech and drums categories. Our tutorial list is growing all the time: look out for some exciting exclusives soon...

Samples
If you record on a computer, you always need more sounds. As we're 'beta', there's much more to come from this section. We're rolling out ten of thousands of samples in the coming months, all free to anyone who joins MusicRadar.

People like you!
MusicRadar.com isn't just about what we give you. It's about what you think, and the music you make.
When you join MusicRadar, you'll get your own profile page. Via your profile page, you can:
- Find other like-minded friends within the MusicRadar community
- Search for band members
- Post your own music
- Share your favourite weblinks and more.

And when you join, you can also post your own gear reviews, news comments too.

As for these new forums, registered users of the previous intermusic and midiaddict forums have had their posts migrated. At the moment, we still need to complete remapping certain topics into their appropriate threads but we hope that doesn't stop your enjoyment of chatting with fellow users.

We hope you enjoy MusicRadar, and please keep checking back for updates during this beta phase, It's your site, so please give us your feedback.