When you can’t use a mic, your best bet is a DI box, and when a respected microphone company makes...
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Telefunken M60 FET Cardioid Microphone Review
Telefunken’s been one of THE names in microphones for decades, with a price to match their...
VIDEO: Sterling Microphones ST151 Demo (Isolated & in the Mix)
Our senior reviewer Chris Devine and vocalist Rob Kelley (of The Goodbye Theory) are testing out...
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...
Celebrate Funk Friday with Steely Dan’s “Black Cow”
Yep, you read that right. Steely Dan. And no, this is not the posting of some ironic hipster. Steely Dan kicks ass, and the bass groove from "Black Cow" has been lifted and twisted so many times by...
Why A Million Plays on Pandora May Only Net You $16
THERE’S NOTHING BETTER THAN A PAY DAY. With a multitude of income-generating avenues available for musicians on the Internet, there is no shortage of ways to make money online. How much you can...