They all do the same basic thing – add harmonics and clip the audio signal. However, the sounds...
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Top Six YouTube Pedal Channels
THOSE PEDAL SHOWS Smash That Like Button: These Are Our Fave YouTube Pedal Shows Ah yes, the tube...
Audio-Technica Introduces ATH-M50xSTS StreamSet, World’s First Streaming Headsets
Audio-Technica today announced the release of its ATH-M50xSTS and ATH-M50xSTS-USB StreamSet™...
COVER STORY: Guitar Gabby & The TxLips Band
ATL Shredder Guitar Gabby on Getting a Law Degree, Empowering Black Female Artists and Surviving a Global Pandemic Guitar Gabby is a fierce axe-wielder, an Atlanta native who’s been busy getting a...
The world is in chaos. Should you quit music?
[Ed note - how's THAT for clickbait?] "Heaven Shall Burn - Guitars Matthias Voigt" by scilla kim is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 Let’s just be brutally honest about the situation that musicians,...
SOFTWARE SPOTLIGHT: audiobridge, a Serious Music Studio For Your Smartphone
When you have an idea for a song–a lyric, maybe a little melody–what do you do next? Enter: audiobridge. You could open up your DAW but it’s just a few lines; that seems like overkill until you at...
Review: Lori McKenna “The Balladeer”
"The Balladeer" is a career high for one of our most necessary troubadours, Lori McKenna Considering the nature of her primary themes — namely, the love and tumult with which both marriage and...
Review: Kris Delmhorst “Long Day in the Milky Way”
Kris Delmhorst shines her light from and toward the darkness on new LP "Long Day in the Milky Way" Kris Delmhorst’s latest record seems to find her struggling with something like an existential...
NAMM introduces Believe in Music Week
While NAMM 2021 has been cancelled, our friends at NAMM have sent news that they're introducing the Believe in Music Week, set total place this January. The weeklong, digital celebration will unite...
The New August/September Issue is Out Now!
Performer Magazine releases its latest issue, featuring a cover story on Guitar Gabby & The TxLips Band. INSIDE you'll find our feature interview with Guitar Gabby, multi-track production on...
Audio-Technica Releases Limited-Edition AT2020V and AT2020USB+V
Visually striking AT2020 mics with reflective silver finish are ideal for content creators, video podcasters and livestreamers Audio-Technica, a leading innovator in transducer technology for over...
Winter NAMM 2021 Cancelled
This just in from NAMM: Given the current realities of the COVID-19 pandemic and the health and safety of NAMM members as our first priority, it is now clear there is no path forward for an...
EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: “Die Trying” by Ben Labat
Performer is excited to premiere the brand-new single "Die Trying" by singer-songwriter Ben Labat. Read more after the track... https://soundcloud.com/benlabat/die-trying ABOUT THE SONG From Ben...