Akai’s MPK MIDI controller is basically the industry standard when it comes to MIDI input for home...
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Book Review: Her Country by Marissa R. Moss
"A highly-readable deep dive into the lives and careers of the women of country music - and the...
Book Review: Jagged Little Pill
We take a good look at Jagged Little Pill by Eric Smith with Alanis Morissette, Diablo Cody, and...
New Panelists Announced for ASCAP I Create Music Expo
What's the best way to "spring forward?" With all new ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO announcements of course! The newest crop of panelists includes: Grammy, CMA and ACM winner Lee Ann Womack, who will...
Novo Amor on learning to produce and stepping into the spotlight
After a summer spent at a summer camp in the woods in upstate New York, young Ali Lacey was forever changed and the music of Novo Amor (his alter ego) soon followed. Returning home to Wales and...
NICK WATERHOUSE on the Making of His Self-Titled LP
There’s a nostalgic tinge to everything that Nick Waterhouse crafts. As his career traces the California coast, back and forth, he has picked up more warmth and soul between his punchy songwriting,...
ENTER TO WIN: Williams Allegro III Digital Piano
We're looking for one lucky artist to win and demo the new Williams Allegro III Digital Piano The new Allegro III from Williams is an 88 weighted-key digital piano with superior sounds and...
Stream the FREE Elixir Strings New Music Sampler Vol. 3
Stream our FREE playlist, featuring the most recent Elixir Strings "artists of the month" as they drop some killer new music. Over the past few months, we've been bringing you behind-the-scenes...
COVER STORY: Georgi Kay Opens Up About the Road to Self-Production
It’s been four years since a confident 22 year old, wearing a leopard pattern button-up and wide brim hat, swaggered into a recording session I was helping to curate in Bali, Indonesia. It was the...
Enter our MASSIVE Mitchell Guitars Giveaway!
We're looking for 12 awesome axe-slingers to win, demo and record with new guitars from the Mitchell Guitars lineup. Got what it takes? Enter below... With a full range of instruments to...
SHURE ANNOUNCES “FOR THOSE WHO TOUR” INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT ARTISTS AND CREATORS
Today, Shure announced “For Those Who Tour” (FTWT) Chicago, a year-long initiative to support, encourage, and inspire artists and creators as they take their talents on tour. For almost 100 years,...
Protect Your Home Studio With These Insurance Tips
Whether we're talking about our vintage Martin, our one top-shelf condenser mic or that Echoplex we managed to get restored into working order, often times about the only really nice things we have...
Tracklib Presents The State of Sampling
[Editor’s note – special thanks to Tracklib, who conducted exhaustive research to bring you the information and findings in the following piece. We have partnered with them to republish their study...