I know that all of us are a bit overwhelmed as we hit March, yet I know that we don't want this to also disappear and lose so many of the great connections. There have been a number of threads where people have listed sites, social media, etc. where FAWMers tend to gather the other 11 months of the year, but I figured as a public service, it would be good to have them in one place.

I will continue to update this top post with recommendations below. Hopefully this will be a place that people can find and copy and access those:

* Come back here for the Fifty Songs In Ninety Days (50/90) Challenge from July 4th to October 1st.

* FAWMers Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/6604091092

* FAWM Recorded Music Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/fawmrecordedmusic/

* JWAMM: January Weekend Academy of Music Month (also in June!): https://community.jwamm.com/login

* FAWM Slack: https://fawm.slack.com/

* FAWM Discord: Invite https://discord.gg/QEs7ZsrN

* FAWM Invite for Album Workshop https://discord.gg/4SMP7m9H

* FAWM Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/FAWM/

* SpinTunes: https://spintunescontest.blogspot.com/

* Undergroundopolis Podcast: https://linktr.ee/Undergroundopolis

* Song Lyrics & Synths Podcast: https://songlyricsandsynths.buzzsprout.com/

What am I missing? Comment below.

The fandom link doesn’t seem to be valid.

@downburst Thanks! I'll edit that one.

June weekend? Love it! Thank you for putting this together!

A couple of questions...... Is the discord channel up? Does it need an invite?

Invite for Album Workshop
https://discord.gg/UQWuAjdvy9

Do I need an invite to the Discord? Those links take me to a blank ish page that tells me there are no text channels.

Both invites have been updated and work.

The 50 90 is on this site?

@seb yep! Your username, password, and watchlist all migrate so no need to do anything except show up.

@ianuarius I fixed that one. Thanks!

@fatboyjamz Which discord one are you referring to? They work for me.

@beacon The Discord links only work if you are already joined in that server. To join, you need an invite link. :) You can generate on from the server menu "Invite People".

@ianuarius Got it, and will put the new link up there.

There's a reddit sub for FAWM but "wow such empty"
https://www.reddit.com/r/FAWM/

I refuse to use FB or the twatter. So this makes for a lonely experience. I might mammoth or I might now. I'm worried it will get infected like FB and Twatter did.

Hmm, the FAWM Discord link listed at the very top isn't working for me. It says it's "expired."

@popmythology I just tried and they both worked for me. Anyone else having issues?

@scotttestmusic I'll add the reddit link.

@popmythology Here is another link to the FAWM discord (same server, just regenerated the link: https://discord.gg/TRZRhCSqdv )

@beacon @mostlymediocremusic I was able to get in this time, thank you both!!

I saw a post the other day on the forum about a songwriting group where your write to the prompt, post, and then are judged to determine if you will move to the next round. I can't seem to find where that was posted and forgot what it was. Anyone know? Thanks!!!

@sheslin SpinTunes: https://spintunescontest.blogspot.com/ ??

@ayehahmur @sheslin I've added that to the list.

Thanks for this @beacon 😀

Is the Tuesday night zoom group listed here?

There's also a Facebook group for posting finished songs.

@nadine what is the Facebook group url for sharing finished songs, if you have it? I currently don't have Facebook, but I'd like to check it out sometime.

@fatboyjamz I'm sorry I don't have Facebook on my phone so I cannot search it in the next two days. Maybe somebody is quicker...

@scottlake I just joined the reddit sub! I'm also outta facebook and slowly un-addicting myself from twitter. as for the fediverse (mastodon and +): it has features to keep the "infection" away from people who do not want it, it's safer, smarter and healthier than any corporate social network.

Some of us here who write other stuff are on Discord - I think the link expires in 7 days - https://discord.gg/Tf7RxnGM - FAWMwriters is the name.

@fatboyjamz - https://www.facebook.com/groups/fawmrecordedmusic/ - no idea how active it is, though.

Thank you @helenseviltwin.

@helenseviltwin Thanks a lot, you saved me!

@helenseviltwin @fatboyjamz I just added that to the list. It's why I started this forum post as there are communities I didn't know existed!

@gubna The Tuesday Night Music Club doesn't have a web presence and as @yam655 hosts that, I'd leave it up to him how he wants that presented.

Does one need an invitation for the FAWM Slack?

Great idea. I'll be sure to check out these FAWM groups ;-).

I've just heard that there are a number of podcast that tend to feature FAWMers. Could people post the ones they know of here?

I'll let @coolparadiso link to his podcast which is active and very good.

Juha is the backbone of Fawmtalk which is an in challenge podcast/videocast every five years or so.
Here is a link to the playlist from 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n60yQ9GcqYc&list=PLv-Y0h6oG-UFt0SoIi6TtsjdaU32IFlsH
And here is the very first one, some nine years ago: https://www.youtube.com/live/GOGawC2HjGM?feature=share

there have also been several in challenge podasts, the 50/90 show, a blogtalkradio series for a few years (one year @charliecheney did like every day or something, if I remember correctly.) Obviously, those will be promoted in challenge.

And I put my podcast idea on the backburner a couple of years ago but might revive the idea this summer. It'll be year round but focusing heavily on FAWM and 50/90.

As @tcelliott noted! I do a podcast called Songwriters & Original songs, which runs most of the year! Its not all fawmers but there are a lot on the cast! It has a pretty reasonable size following and its on all streaming services, but here is a direct link to the last episode. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1149539/12352912

Just added the Undergroundopolis Podcast: https://linktr.ee/Undergroundopolis by @roblyon5150

Just added Song Lyrics & Synths Podcast: https://songlyricsandsynths.buzzsprout.com/ by @fatboyjamz