What software and hosting do I need to start an online community site where people can post articles or music?

Q: What software and hosting do I need to start an online community site where people can post articles or music?

I'd like to start an online site like ezinearticles or other article posting site. What host and/or what software are required?
Also, I'd like to start an online site for musicians to post their songs and blogs.
What hosts do you recommend and what software or program for these? Thanks.

A: Phpbb is open source and plus its more userfriendly than vbulletin ..
More themes and more support..Vbulletin mostly used by large professional organisations and is expensive..Very few templates and themes..Me I prefer Phpbb3 cuz its more modern ..ALot cooler to me