External groups, forums, and communities
Where else can I network with and seek advice from other VI musicians or audio engineers? Please note that Sound Without Sight takes no responsibility for these external communities.
If you would like to join any of the WhatsApp groups that are part of the BVI Accessibility community, please contact us so that we can let an admin know.
Aware of other communities not listed below? Let us know!
General / miscellaneous
- Blind in Music (Facebook group)
- Blind keyboard players (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Blind Musicians Worldwide (Facebook group)
- Blind Rhythms Collective (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Blind saxophone players (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Blind self recording musicians and producers (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- DJ Accessibility (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Online Jamming (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- The Audio Wall (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility). Share your recordings with other VI musicians and audio engineers.
- The music improvisors hub (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Guitar Talk (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- World blind DJs (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- VI Talk Music (Facebook group)
- VI singers and teachers of singing (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- VIBE (Freelists)
Music and sound technology focused
- Ableton Access (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Ableton Access (groups.io)
- Ableton Move Access (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Accessing Universal Audio products as blind users (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- All Audio List (groups.io)
- Arturia Access (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Audacity Mailing List aka audacity4blind (Freelists)
- Audient users (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Blind audio engineers (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Blind Hams Haven (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Blind Mixing Community (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Blind Podmaker group (email group and Clubhouse). Based on Blind Podmaker podcast, created by the blind for the blind.
- Blind Rhythms Collective (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility). For singers, instrumentalists, producers, and audio engineers to network and share their music.
- BVI Podcasting (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- GoldWave Audio editor (Google Group)
- Internet radio (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- iZotope Access (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Kemper Profiler (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Komplete Kontrol (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Komplete Kontrol Access (Google Group)
- Logic Accessibility (Google Group)
- MainStage Access (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Maschine Access (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Midimag (Freelists)
- MoAccessibilty (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility). Yamaha Montage, Motiv, MoDX group.
- Pro Tools Access (Google Group)
- Reaper Access (WhatsApp, accessed via the Reapers Without Peepers group or BVI Accessibility)
- Reaper Access Africa (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Reaper Access Indonesia (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Reapers Without Peepers (groups.io)
- Samplitude Access Mailing List aka VIP Audio Access (Freelists)
- Samplitude Access (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Softube Access (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Suno AI Access (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- VO Logic Users (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Zoom Series Recorders (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
Notation and orchestration
- GOODFEEL Mailing List (Freelists)
- Blind Music Readers (groups.io)
- Braille Music Chat (Google Group)
- MENVI – Music Education Network for the Visually Impaired (member organisation with discussion list)
- MuseScore Accessibility (groups.io)
- MuseScore Accessibility (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Sib-access (Freelists)
- Sibelius Access (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- VI Orchestrators (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
General VI technology with some audio discussion
- AppleVis
- Hardware Accessibility (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- OBS Access (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- TAVIP (Technology Association of Visually Impaired People) discussion list
- Tech-VI (groups.io)
- r/Blind (Reddit)
- VI Programmers (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- VoiceOver Accessibility (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
- Windows Accessibility (WhatsApp, accessed via BVI Accessibility)
Pan-disability groups
- Attitude is Everything ‘Next Stage’ network for disabled music artists (Discord community)
- Attitude is Everything ‘Beyond the Music’ network for music industry professionals (LinkedIn)
- Drake Music’s DMLab events (in-person, with London events also live-streamed)
- MIDI Association Music Accessibility Standard Special Interest Group (Discourse community)
- Musicians’ Union Disabled Members’ Network
- RAMPD – Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities (membership organisation)
No longer active
- [No longer active] Audio Buffs (Google Group). Audio production discussion list for beginners and semi-professionals.[No longer active] Blindcast list (Yahoo group)
- [No longer active] Piano Teachers Support List (Yahoo group). Supporting VI piano teachers.
- [No longer active] Sound Forge List (Yahoo group)
- [No longer active] Visually Impaired Music Therapy Practitioners (Yahoo group)