Gear Reviews
noncomMUSIC Alliance – Strengthening Public Radio Music in a Streaming World
Some of you have had the chance to run a traditional commercial radio campaign and you’ll probably understand this more than most. While it’s thrilling to hear your song as the well-known DJ is saying your band’s name on the “real” radio station, the reality is that...
PreSonus Studio One 4 Review
Back in August 2015, we reviewed PreSonus’s Studio One 3. Since that time our review team has used it as a go-to platform for some of our other review items, from studio mics and preamps to DAW plug-ins, with no issues. Now, PreSonus has rolled out Studio One 4, and...
5 Tips for U.S. Musicians Applying for U.K. Visas
International artists are finding it increasingly difficult to secure visas to perform in the UK, but as immigration expert Anne Morris explains, there are ways to improve prospects of making a successful application to the British Home Office. The reality is, visas...
How To
PHOTO GALLERY: Shonen Knife Live in Boston
Shonen Knife Live @ The Middle East Upstairs - Cambridge, MA (9.22.2014) Legendary pop punkers Shonen Knife came all the way from Osaka Japan for their current US tour, and stopped by Cambridge last week to join a panel discussion at the Massachusetts Institute of...
How do Feature Placements in Stores Work?
This week's guest blog comes courtesy of our friends at Symphonic Distribution. As a distribution company, our efforts have gone beyond just the delivery and fulfillment for record labels and artists. We’ve branched out into various other services (Publishing...
PHOTO GALLERY: All Them Witches live in Boston
East Nashville Tennessee's All Them Witches prove that Nashville isn't all about country music. Think The Black Keys meet Black Sabbath. It was this blues metal quartet's first visit to Massachusetts and although they may not have been droney or necessarily loud...
Buying Guide
iRig Stomp I/O Review
IK’s really embraced using iOS devices as a platform for their software, but in a lot of cases going from a tablet or smartphone to a practical live tool might be problematic; now their Stomp I/O gives the software a robust hardware platform to bring things to the...
REVIEW: Prestige Guitars DC Coupe Deuce MB
If a player has a hankering for some of that classic Filtertron tone, there aren’t a lot of options out there. Add in a need/want of a Bigsby tremolo, and the field sharply narrows. Until now. Prestige’s new DC Coupe Deuce captures those great classic options in a...
Reivew: GuitarGrip Guitar Hangers
Displaying an instrument has a few options; a floor mounted guitar stand, which is usually inexpensive and easy, until someone stumbles and knocks it over, or a flood happens (seen it) and the instrument is now soaking in a puddle. Getting it off the floor is a great...
Industry News
Audio-Technica Announces New Shock Mounts for Select 40 Series Microphones
Audio-Technica, a leading innovator in transducer technology for over 50 years, has introduced a new shock mount, available in black (AT8449a) and silver (AT8449a/SV), for inclusion with select 40 Series side-address microphones, effective immediately. The new shock...
Mountain Vibe Music Festival 2017: Review and Photo Gallery
Mountain Vibe Music Festival: A Culture of Love Every July, about 120 miles north east of the Bay Area, set in Calaveras County at Blue Mountain Event Center, is a gathering called Mountain Vibe Music Festival. For seven years this festival has been an escape for its...
DEAL ALERT: Galaxy Audio Mail-In Rebate Offer
Purchase a Galaxy Audio AS-1400 Wireless Personal Monitor System between 07/01/17 and 10/31/17 and receive a FREE set of EB6 ear buds directly from Galaxy Audio. Request must be postmarked on or before 11/15/2017. Click HERE or on the image below for more details....