Organic Fuzz Love Since 2003 Devi Ever is many things. She is a musician, video game designer,...
Month: April 2013
Review: JazzLoft Space-Saving CD Sleeves
PROS: Save TONS of space, lightweight, low per-unit cost. CONS: Time-consuming for large...
REVIEW: TC Electronic BG250 Bass Combo with TonePrint
PROS: Über light, great sound, smart phone app for new FX. CONS: None. PRICE: $399 TC Electronic...
Getting Funky with Fraggle Rock
Yup, that's right. And no, we're not being ironic. This week's Funk Friday entry celebrates the greatness that is the Fraggle Rock theme song. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_zsz_MlVvI
Win an Audio-Technica Prize Package!
Our good friends at Audio-Technica are awesome. How awesome, you ask? So awesome they're giving away a bunch of free gear to our readers over the next few months. Up first is a prize pack consisting...
Prince’s “Kiss”
Does it get any funkier or sexier than this? Prince - Kiss by cdipre
Recording Tips: Full Band Takes vs. Individual Tracking
One fundamental question we get asked frequently in the studio is whether to record a band live or to record each instrument separately. Tracking one instrument at a time allows for perfect...
LEGAL PAD: Stealing Your Way Up The Charts
The website www.ThatSongSoundsLike.com is dedicated to one mission: placing similar sounding audio clips from well-known artists side-by-side. With hundreds of submissions posted over six years,...
Forget a Record Deal, Get a Rights Management Deal
A Look at the BMG Chrysalis Master Model If you are a frequent reader of this column, you know that I have strong opinions on signing to major label. Specifically, I'm adamantly against it (for many...
Funkadelic’s “One Nation Under a Groove”
Enjoy the rubber bass madness of this mid-'70s classic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WOZwwRH6XU
BMI on Rights Withdrawal: An Open Letter to the Music Industry
It is a dynamic time in our industry; it is a time of experimentation and transformation of many of the models which have generated revenue for recorded music and for music publishing, impacting...
Make Money & Fans in Second Life
I spoke recently with musician Seth Regan, whose online avatar Mankind Tracer is one of the most popular virtual performers in Second Life. Second Life is an online virtual world started in 2003,...
Spotlight on Pretty & Nice
US YOU ALL WE by Pretty & Nice GENRE: Experimental Pop HOMETOWN: Boston, MA ARTISTIC APPROACH: To teach an advanced pop crash course. www.prettyandnice.com Digesting all of the idiosyncrasies...