Whether we're talking about our vintage Martin, our one top-shelf condenser mic or that Echoplex...
Benjamin Ricci
Tracklib Presents The State of Sampling
[Editor’s note – special thanks to Tracklib, who conducted exhaustive research to bring you the...
4 Tips For Creating Your Own Custom Samples
Initially made popular in the late 1970s and '80s, sampling has changed the face of modern music....
TOUR TEST: Pretty & Nice Goes Wireless with Audio-Technica’s System 10 Stompbox
Editor’s Note: A few months back, our friends at Audio-Technica hipped us to their System 10 Wireless gear. Awesome, I thought. Who doesn’t love wireless? Then they hit us at NAMM with a unit I’ve...
How to Fix Common Mistakes in the Studio (part 2 of 2)
“Don’t worry, we’ll fix it in the mix.” We know it’s a cliché but often it’s true. The power of recording in a controlled environment with the right tools and the right engineer is that many common...
Sell More Concert Tickets & Reach New Fans With Bandsintown
Stop me if you've heard this one before. You're on tour, and you get an angry email or text from Jessica, a fan in the last city you played. Turns out, even though you emailed her (and all of your...
LISTEN: Exclusive Fierce Bad Rabbit Track Premiere
Today we have an exclusive premiere for the title track to alt/folk/rock group Fierce Bad Rabbit's forthcoming EP Living Asleep, the follow-up to The Maestro and the Elephant. We're totally sucked...
Gingger Shankar Controls An Orchestra With Her Fingers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YL_okQt33k Gingger Shankar is part of the Sennheiser MOMENTUM project that Sennheiser has developed in collaboration with talented sound artists around the world....
Touring Advice From Raul Bianchi of The Expendables
BATHROOM BUSINESS ON THE ROAD I always need a few days after a long tour to decompress, and rediscover all the wonderful things about home that I've been missing for the last two months. Going from...
Even MORE Tips for Staying Healthy on Tour
Staying healthy on tour means far more than avoiding alcohol poisoning. Eating well, exercising and avoiding stresses on your body that will lower your immune system are all crucial to not canceling...
See a VW MicroBus Cut in Half!
Is there any more iconic tour vehicle than the VW Bus? If you’ve never sawed one in half (which we fully recommend you do, at least once in your life), here’s your chance to see a cross-section of...
How to Book House Concerts & Supercharge Tour Revenue
A DIY Guide to Booking Living Room Shows and Creating Superfans I’m a singer/songwriter from Los Angeles, and on my summer tour last year I made $25,000 in two months without stepping foot in a bar,...
LISTEN NOW: Exclusive Onward Chariots Track Premiere
Listen below to a new track off the upcoming Take Me To Somewhere EP from Brooklyn chamber pop band Onward Chariots. The EP was produced by Jesse Gander, known best for his work with White Lung and...