iRig Mic HD2 The iRig Mic HD2 is basically a small diaphragm condenser mic with a handheld design,...
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Yamaha Guitar Group Buys Ampeg
LOUD Audio, LLC (LOUD), a portfolio company of Transom Capital Group, today announced that it has...
Yamaha Revstar RS502T Review
Performer Magazine goes hands-on in its review of the Yamaha Revstar RS502T P90 equipped guitars...
FLASHBACK: 1960s Heidelberg Cylinder Letterpress
The printing press heralded the new age of modern life by introducing movable type. Johannes Gutenberg is credited with invention of the printing press and movable type in 1440 (although I hear that...
Studio Lessons: Quality vs. Quantity (Part 1 of 2)
“How many songs do you think we can record in X hours”? It’s the number one question we get asked by artists in pre-production meeting. We once recorded, overdubbed and mixed nine songs for...
VINYL OF THE MONTH: MUUY BIIEN – “This is What Your Mind Imagines”
Hailing from Athens, GA, the awkwardly spelled Muuy Biien spews forth a distorted, garage-infused bombast of electric sludge: junk punk, if you will. It’s fast, it’s hardcore, and it’s everything...
Eliza Moore “Shimmer” Video Premiere
Montreal-based folk pop violinist Eliza Moore has traveled the world playing everywhere from street corners to opera houses. She was classically trained by composers in Boston and London and has...
Celebrate Funk Friday with Afrika Bambaataa
Afrika Bambaataa is one of the originators of break-beat deejaying and is respectfully known as the Godfather and Amen Ra of hip hop culture as well as the father of electro funk. Through his...
Win a Pair of CMJ 2013 Badges!
That's right music fans! CMJ Music Marathon 2013 is right around the corner, October 15-19 in New York City. We're super excited to be partnering with our friends at CMJ again this year to give one...
Interview with Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater
Jordan Rudess is best known as the keyboardist for Dream Theater, a role he stepped into in 1999, but he occasionally records and performs in other contexts, such as a 2001 one-off duo performance...
The Art of Vinyl Record Jackets: An Interview with Jennifer Freund, Founder of Dorado Music Packaging
In an age where cover art is often confined to a 600-pixel square, Dorado Music Packaging is quite literally coloring outside of the lines. Now in its 20th year of operation, the North Hollywood...
Reach New Fans with Google Play Music All Access
An Interview with Google Music Guru Tim Quirk If you read this column, you know we try to cover as many new music platforms as we possibly can with one goal: getting your music to new fans. This...
Ghost Wave Releases Video for “Country Rider”
It's been a busy week for Auckland's Ghost Wave. On the heels of the release of their "Bootlegs" video earlier this week, they now reveal the video for their third single "Country Rider." The Fader...