Foxygen On Recording to 2” Tape and Employing a 40-Piece Orchestra on Their Latest Opus Sam...
Matt Lambert
Yamaha MONTAGE6 61-Key Synthesizer Review
We recently got our hands on a new Yamaha MONTAGE6 61-Key Synthesizer for review -- arguably the...
The Macrotones Road Test Audio-Technica ATM350a Microphone Systems
Hittin’ The Road with The Macrotones and the Audio-Technica ATM350a Microphone Systems [Editor’s...
Live Review: Marco Benevento
The Middle East, Upstairs // Cambridge, MA // October 21, 2010 By the time Benevento came onstage, the small club was tightly packed with fans, mostly huddled around the left of the stage,...
Live Review: Next Big Nashville
Nashville, TN // September 29-October 2, 2010 This fall saw Nashville become the center of not only independent music, but also the think tank for the future of the music business by...
Live Review: Other Sound Festival
Atlanta, GA // October 2, 2010 As evidenced by the name, The Other Sound Festival is not the typical Atlanta festival. For starters, roughly 25 local bands were...
Confessions From the Diary of a Road Musician
NASA requires their astronauts to undergo intensive psychological testing before shooting them into space. After all, they’ll be stuffed in a cramped vessel with no way off, and co-workers they...
The Rebirth of the Cassette
Upon first hearing buzz about mixtapes and The Walkman, many would grow nostalgic with images of something central to their youth, although some of those images may involve twirling a pen...
Pledge Music Interview: Funding Advice
Performer recently had an opportunity to chat with Pledge Music founder Benji Rogers, to discuss his company’s efforts assisting independent musicians in reaching their funding goals. ...
GEAR REVIEW: Red Bear Trading Company Guitar Picks
Fingerpickin’ Good Most guitar players probably don’t give too much thought to what they’re using to pluck their strings; they find a shape and thickness they like in a pick and buy a few of...
Label Profile: WARM Electronic Recordings Cozying Up to Athens Music Scene
Having gone through the experience of being in a successful, touring indie band with Man … Or Astro-man?, Brian Causey decided to take a break. “The life on the road was not doing so good for my...
Independent Label vs. Major Label Contracts
When presented with a record deal, it is extremely important to understand (or have someone on your team understand) what terms are standard for major label recording contracts, and how those might...
Independent Labels: What’s the Deal?
With the music industry in a state of flux and digital music all the rage, independent labels (“indies”) are multiplying and finding creative and alternative methods of doing business. Indies are...