Performer Magazine releases its latest issue, featuring a cover story on Linqua Franqa (new...
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Telefunken TDP-1 Review
When you can’t use a mic, your best bet is a DI box, and when a respected microphone company makes...
Telefunken M60 FET Cardioid Microphone Review
Telefunken’s been one of THE names in microphones for decades, with a price to match their...
Live Concert Simulator App Brings Music To Life
Did you ever miss a concert of your favorite band? Would you love to hear their songs in a sold out stadium or in the ambience of an intimate club setting? LiveTunes is the first app that allows you...
An Update on Brown Bird’s David Lamb
An update from our friends in Brown Bird on David Lamb's condition: "Dave came home on Saturday from his second round of chemo. He is tired, but happy to be home and looking forward to tackling the...
Andrew St. James Video Premiere for “Cassidy”
“I am inspired by the odd characters that I call my acquaintances,” 18-year-old singer-songwriter Andrew St. James explains. The colorful cast that inhabits his music hails, like St James, from the...
Celebrate Funk Friday with Johnny Hammond’s “Shifting Gears”
Ah, ain't it funky, now? Enjoy this awesome track from 1975, courtesy of Johnny Hammond! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3VNOcjFVSQ
Line 6 Updates Best-Selling POD HD500 Multi-Effects Processor with New POD HD500X
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZJMSEZcS5o Line 6, Inc. today introduced the new POD® HD500X guitar multi-effects processor, the successor to the best-selling* POD HD500. With even more processing...
Top 10 Overlooked Rock Movies (and Why We Love ’Em)
Want to check out a cool rock and roll flick? Sure, you’ve got Quadrophenia and The Song Remains The Same, or maybe you could put on The Wall. But there’s a whole world of underappreciated and...
How Indie Artists Can Make Money with Shazam
This App is Saving the Music Industry While the music business glitterati is glorifying the rise of streaming, and crowning some new digital app or platform the next “savior of the industry,” let’s...
Emily Wells on Re-Evaluating Creative Choices & Stripping Songwriting To Its Core
Emily Wells is an amazingly talented multi-instrumentalist who, even after finding success, decided to go back and re-evaluate her creative process and artistic choices, culminating with the...
What Bands & Kickstarter Fail to Understand About Crowdfunding
Kickstarter replaces record labels! Kickstarter is panhandling! Kickstarter is only for people without access to other resources! The pervasive misunderstanding of the fundamental tenets of...
Spotlight on The Wild
Drawing influences from almost everywhere in the DIY scene, Atlanta (sort of) based band The Wild is an act to watch. With influences ranging from Phil Ochs, to Bright Eyes, to Crass, The Wild’s...