The slat wall pedalboard design has offered up a platform for guitarists that is flexible, but...
Michael St. James
How musicians can make money through their website
[Guest article courtesy of Melanie Kealey of Bandzoogle] Even in a time when new platforms and...
The Difference Between TRUE BYPASS and BUFFERED BYPASS
It’s impossible to shop around for effects pedals without noticing claims of “true bypass” coming...
MALIK: Finding a Voice Through the Power of Music and Self-Identity
You’re driving home just as the sun is setting and you feel compelled to pull over because the sun is creating the most magnificent sky, filled with the entire spectrum of colors. Something as...
INTERVIEW: Highnoon on Philly’s DIY Scene
Philly’s DIY Dream Pop Band Highnoon Finds Its Way Through the Largely Straight/White Indie Scene Philly-based indie-rock band Highnoon began as the solo project of 22-year-old songwriter, Kennedy...
DIRTY STREETS open up about new LP ‘Rough and Tumble’
Rough and Tumble Memphis Trio Takes Live Approach on New LP Dirty Streets are a down n dirty (no pun intended) 3-piece rock outfit from Memphis. What can we say? These guys totally rip, and we loved...
Key Insurance Concepts for Musicians
When it comes to the new musical landscape we find ourselves in, insurance may not be top of mind for many artists out there. That said, we definitely think it’s smarter to be prepared for when...
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...