Theresa Jean of the Nashville-based band The Nearly Deads is up for a challenge: specifically the...
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VIDEO SERIES: How to Set up a JBL EON ONE Mk2 Portable PA
Looking to hit the road, or bring your own sound system to your coffeehouse gigs, house concerts,...
PERFORMER’S 2023 HOME RECORDING BUYER’S GUIDE
OUR ANNUAL HOME STUDIO BUYER’S GUIDE or May We Present: The Homebody Awards? It’s awards season,...

AKAI MPK Mini Play MK3 REVIEW
Akai’s MPK MIDI controller is basically the industry standard when it comes to MIDI input for home studios, producers and beat makers around the world. So, what’s new here with the MPK Mini Play...

Book Review: Her Country by Marissa R. Moss
"A highly-readable deep dive into the lives and careers of the women of country music - and the history of why they needed to blaze their own trails to succeed." Continue reading for our thoughts on...

Book Review: Jagged Little Pill
We take a good look at Jagged Little Pill by Eric Smith with Alanis Morissette, Diablo Cody, and Glen Ballard, out now on Amulet Books. "A timely, unputdownable adaptation of the Broadway hit that...

Vault.fan – Simplifying NFTs for Music Superfans
NFTs! Web3! Blockchain! You’ve heard about them, your fans are into it, but you have been stuck in the studio working on this damn album and have very little time to really jump in. You don’t want...

10 Ways to Ruin Your Music Career
There is no shortage of people who can give you great advice on what to do to further your music career, including me. That’s what this magazine and these columns are all about, really. Whether it’s...

Beats Marketplace Basics 101: From Leasing to Recording
In many ways, there’s never been a better time to be an up-and-coming singer, rapper, or producer. The DIY scene is thriving in ways that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago. Options...

What Order Should My Guitar Pedals Go In?
With the recent re-launch of the Maestro brand from Gibson, we thought it would be fun to take a look at the entire lineup of pedals, evaluate each one, and review them. So, we’re doing that…just...

DPA Releases its First-ever Kick Drum Microphone
DPA Microphones, the leading manufacturer of high-quality microphone solutions, unveils the 4055 Kick Drum Microphone, a specialized kick drum mic for the low-frequency, high-SPL instrument....

Warm Audio Adds Faithful Recreations of Two Classic Mics to Lineup
Warm Audio, best-selling manufacturer of classic-inspired professional recording products, microphones, and guitar pedals, today announces the WA-CX12 (MSRP $999), a large-diaphragm, 9-pattern,...

INTERVIEW: Catching up with Walter Martin
Walkmen Founder Takes us Through Latest Solo Journey, ‘The Bear’ There is a certain beauty in simplicity and in a world that seemingly grows in chaos, perhaps simplicity is what many of us long for,...