Tired of constantly changing gross, grungy strings on tour? We want to hook up YOUR BAND with...
Benjamin Hanson
Enter to win Mackie MP-220 In-Ear Monitors for your entire band
We're looking for one lucky band to get a complete in-ear monitor overhaul for their upcoming...
VINYL REVIEW: The Return Of the Living Dead Soundtrack
The Return of the Living Dead has had, over the years, a problematic soundtrack to say the least....
Swamp Dogg’s “Remember I Said Tomorrow” Video
Before Snoop ever thought to add that second "g" to Dogg, there was the one, the only, Swamp Dogg. Dig this classic cut from the 1971 "worst album art of all-time" contender Rat On! ...
Faderfox: Builder Profile and UC3 Review
Electronic musicians are the electric guitar players of the 21st Century. Much like the rockers of yore, they’re burning up stages across the globe with a new instrument and making us reconsider...
Interview with The Orange Peels
On Re-Adjusting to the Creative Process Through Constant Lineup Changes A band from California and true to their Cali sound, The Orange Peels took the time to speak to Performer about their latest...
TC Electronic Ditto Looper Pedal Review
PROS: Small, simple, easy-to-use, inexpensive. CONS: None. PRICE: $129 Looping, or playing along with a pre-record or delayed signal in real-time, isn’t really new. In the past, it required...
The NINES Festival adds more artists to lineup
The NINES, New England’s boutique music and arts festival coming Saturday, August 10th to Willard Field in Devens, MA has added rising indie hip-hop artist K. Flay and Boston’s own utterly unique...
Cas Haley Video Premiere
We're super pumped to be premiering the music video for "La Dah" from Texas singer/songwriter Cas Haley. Check it out below, and pick up Haley's new LP, La Si Dah, available now on Easy Star...
Oxymorrons: June 2013 Cover Story
On Regrouping After the Loss of a Frontman & Creating Collaboratively to Evolve Their Genre http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCU_ZvsIfqg Oxymorrons push the boundaries of what it means to be...
Tips for Harmonies and Background Vocals (part 1 of 2)
One of the most effective ways to get your songs above the fray and to the next level is by recording great harmonies and background vocals. Over the years we have found that the bigwigs in the...
Performer’s iPad Essentials for Musicians
Tablet schmablet. You can have the fanciest lookin’ device on the planet, but if there are no killer apps for it, it’s just a useless hunk-o-junk. So now that you’ve got that shiny new iPad, how are...
I Read the News Today… (Oh, Boy): Charlie Farren
In the early days Ahmet Ertegun drove through the streets of New York in a station wagon peddling records; he would eventually create one of the most iconic...