Gear Reviews
2019 State of the Music Industry
It’s 2019; look at that number again. 2019. Doesn’t that kind of blow your mind? We are pretty much closer to 2040 than we are to 1999. Is this what you thought it would look and feel like? I want to give you a realistic outlook on where we are as an industry and put...
3 Things You Should Know About Musical Instrument Insurance
Let’s get it out of the way: insurance is not the most exciting topic we cover here at Performer. But be honest with yourself – would you rather have the security of knowing your precious gear is covered in case the unthinkable happens, or would you rather leave it...
3 Tips For Getting Great Sounds From Your Analog Synth
THE NEW GOLDEN AGE OF ANALOG SYNTHESIS Analog synths have undergone a radical resurgence in the last 7 or 8 years. Companies like Moog and Korg are now re-issuing and updating their former flagship models, or innovating once more with brand new iterations of the form....
How To
Yamaha DBR12 800-Watt Active PA Speakers Review
Yamaha DBR12 800-Watt Active PA Speakers - $499/each PROS: Great sound, flexible applications, lightweight, affordable. CONS: None. PRICE: $499/each The new DBR loudspeakers from Yamaha are quite a sweet surprise. Out of the box, they’re incredibly lightweight, yet...
The One Thing That Pretty Much Every Failed Artist Has in Common
A career in the music business can be one of the toughest, most frustrating paths to take, especially if you're a musician whose dream is to top the charts and sell out stadiums. It's an industry where the overwhelming majority of musicians experience failure more...
PHOTO GALLERY: Lagwagon Live in Boston
Lagwagon Brighton Music Hall - Boston, MA December 3, 2014 The barriers were up and that band Lagwagon that your older brother used to listen to were back in support of their newest full length album Hang (Fat Wreck Chords). They may be older and maybe not so much...
Buying Guide
RME Babyface Pro Audio Interface REVIEW
There are plenty of portable audio interfaces out there, but durable units with more than two inputs and outputs? That’s a tall order. RME’s Babyface Pro is a robustly designed interface with plenty of input and output options. The Babyface Pro comes equipped with two...
Peavey Invective.120 Tube Head Review
Peavey’s Invective.120 has been designed with the help of Misha Mansoor of Periphery, and it’s brought some modern features that aren’t usually found in the usual tube guitar head. It’s knobs galore on the front panel, with three channels; Clean, Crunch & Lead....
NEXI Alternative Starter Pedalboard REVIEW
Pedalboards are great; the modular concept makes things flexible. However, running signal and power cables means re-doing things every time the player wants to make a change, and now it’s not so modular. NEXI figured out a way to make a truly modular pedalboard....
Industry News
WAMCon Boston 2017: Women’s Audio Mission’s First Conference for Women in Audio
Women’s Audio Mission (WAM), a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of women in music production and the recording arts is presenting the first conference for women in the recording arts in Boston, MA on November 3-4, hosted and sponsored by...
LANDR and ProTools announce partnership
LANDR, the world’s #1 A.I.-powered cloud based platform for music creators, and Avid Technology, manufacturer of ProTools and many other content and media management tools, announced their new partnership today. The partnership between the manufacturer of ProTools and...
Dear Live Music Fan, Thank You
We, the music industry, ask a lot of you, the live music fan. [Editor's note -- it's hard to know how to feel about live concerts nowadays. As the father of two small girls, I get a twinge of pain even thinking about them coming to me one day, asking to attend a large...