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5 Easy (and Lucrative) Holiday Merch Ideas for Musicians

The calendar has turned, the seasons have changed, and the holidays are quickly approaching. While you are preparing for your holiday shows and trying to find that Jager-soaked Santa hat for the private party you booked, your band needs to be preparing for retail...

Ignore The Big Knobs: All You Need to Know About Compressors

Here’s the thing about compressors: they’re not always used for what you think they’re for!  And, how you think about using them fully determines the results you’ll get from them.  Most people are taught, or assume, that compressors are for controlling the level of a...
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Record Killer Lead Vocals in Any Home Studio: Tips From The Pros

Editor’s note: In the recent Vocal Chain Issue, we shared some tips on recording vocals in a home studio. Here is another take, and some additional perspective on the process. Not every approach will work for every artist, so we’ve taken the opportunity to present a...

REVIEW and VIDEO: Donner Essential D1 Performance Beat Machine with TRISHES

We recently sent the amazing musician and spoken word artist TRISHES one of the brand-new Donner Essential D1 Performance Beat Machines to test out and review in her home studio. She produced the two videos below highlighting her favorite features, and even treated us...

Take the Guesswork out of Shopping For the Right Insurance Policy

WHY PLAY GUESSING GAMES? Sure, as fans we expect you to be an expert at your instrument when you’re up on stage, but realistically no one expects musicians to be experts when it comes to selecting insurance policies that cover them in case of misfortunes while out on...

Gear Reviews

Stage Ninja Smart Phone Clamp Review

Stage Ninja Smart Phone Clamp Review

Smartphones, love them or hate them, are here to stay. With video and audio recording it can be a multimedia lab in the right hands. Stage Ninja has a great little mount that can make using one a lot easier. Design-wise, it’s pretty simple. A spring-loaded clamp to...

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Yamaha Guitar Group Buys Ampeg

Yamaha Guitar Group Buys Ampeg

LOUD Audio, LLC (LOUD), a portfolio company of Transom Capital Group, today announced that it has sold the Ampeg brand from its portfolio of Pro Audio and MI businesses. This move is aimed at allowing LOUD to narrow its focus, return to its roots, and deliver the best...

Yamaha Revstar RS502T Review

Yamaha Revstar RS502T Review

Performer Magazine goes hands-on in its review of the Yamaha Revstar RS502T P90 equipped guitars made a big comeback in recent years, but in most cases it’s been a throwback style re-run. Yamaha’s Revstar RS502T brings the familiar P90 tone with a modern style...

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