Useful Links

Music Technology Forums
Get tips on techniques and equipment. Ask questions when you're confused.
Reason Forum
Cubase forum
Computer Music/Future Music
Sound on Sound
Future Producers
Ableton Live - lots of tutorials and a very active forum

Tutorials
There are lots of Music Tech tutorials online:
Computer Music has plenty in pdf format, some aimed at beginners, some at those with more experience.

Also try these sites:
http://audio.tutsplus.com/
www.soundonsound.com
audioforce

Sounds
Sound sharing sites: http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/ www.sampleswap.com - both are well worth investigating
Free Reason Refills etc www.internet.is/reason
http://youproduce.net
Loops http://www.looperman.com/
Acapellas http://www.bootlegism.tk/ www.acapellas4u.co.uk
Other http://www.djsamples.com/DJSamples/ http://www.dailywav.com/

Software
Free Audio Editor: Audacity
MuLab Free
Cockos Reaper– free for 30 days. If you like it you pay $60

ASIO4ALL – a soundcard driver for those using their built-in soundcards. Using ASIO4ALL.

Free VST plugins KVR audio is an excellent searchable database of instrument and effect plugins.

Delay Lama - the only Buddhist plug-in synthesizer - a must have!
Various Music Shareware
itunes - great for converting formats and as a library for your sounds and music.
Dub production techniques and free effects

Other useful sites
Wikipedia is of course a great source of information on everything including music, e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaks
MySpace is a great free way of hosting your tracks. Just set up a free artist account and you're away.
Youtube of course has loads of useful tutorials and demonstrations and interviews, put up teachers, users, magazines and manufacturers.

Music Tech Magazine Websites
Sound on Sound
Lots of useful tutorials, reviews and other articles. Some require a subscription, but many don't. For example here's one on Buying your first mic
Computer Music
Lots of free tutorials etc, including info on the free CM VST instruments and effects (you get these on the DVD that comes free with the magazine every month.

Other colleges offering Music Tech Courses:
Morley College (between Elephant & Castle and Waterloo)
The City Lit (Covent Garden)

Share your music
soundcloud
http://bandcamp.com/
www.purevolume.com
www.myspace.com