They say that if you’ve heard music, you are most likely to have heard the MD 421, a Sennheiser...
Benjamin Ricci
The Best Ways to Track Great Harmony and Background Vocals
Check out the entire special VOCAL CHAIN ISSUE here. One of the most effective ways to get your...
10 Tips for Recording Great Vocals In Your Home Studio
Invest in a decent mic Each voice has its own tonality and texture and no one microphone is a...
Are Music NFTs Dead?
To a casual observer, all of the news stories about crypto and NFTs recently would lead you to think that the entire space is dead. The naysayers of crypto and blockchain are already doing their...
REVIEW: Roland JD-08 Boutique Series Desktop Synth Module
You can read our companion review of the JX-08 that launched alongside this for more context on the Boutique series as a whole, but for now let’s focus on the JD-08, specifically. Unlike the JX, we...
REVIEW: Roland JX-08 Boutique Series Desktop Synth Module
When the original Boutique series synths were announced a few years back, the JX-8P was one of the ones I was most looking forward to – of course I knew they’d have to cycle through the Junos,...
Win a Kramer Guitar, a Maestro Pedal, KRK Headphones PLUS Get Your Track on Vinyl
Get Featured on "The Sound of KRK" 7-inch Vinyl PLUS Win Awesome New KRK, Kramer and Maestro Gear for Your Home Studio! Performer is teaming up with KRK (and other Gibson Brands) to give artists a...
VOTE NOW for MACKIE ACROSS AMERICA VINYL FINALISTS
The choice is YOURS! After an exhaustive nationwide search, we found 10 amazing artists from all over the States to participate in a project we're calling "MACKIE ACROSS AMERICA" -- we sent each...
How To Be Like Dylan And Avoid The Subterranean Homesick Blues
No, not that Dylan,...but nevertheless, a cautionary tale Americans who aren’t scientists appear to believe that they can decide for themselves whether the world is experiencing climate change (you...
The June/July Issue is Out Now!
Performer Magazine releases its latest issue, featuring a cover story on MIA ASANO. INSIDE you'll find our feature interview with Mia Asano as well as features on Travis Shallow, Tom Anello, Love...
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...