Gear Reviews
VIDEO: MikelParis Gives a Full Performance with the Bose S1 Pro
We recently got a hands-on look at the Bose S1 Pro at Winter NAMM, and were pretty impressed with the build quality, feature set, and smart controls it afforded to working musicians. So, we enlisted the help of filmmaker and musician MikelParis (touring keyboardist...
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...
REVIEW: Stage Ninja Retractable Guitar Cable Reel
Cables get tangled, regardless of the way they’re coiled up after a gig, or how they’re stored, and unfurling them is a pain. Stage Ninja has a great solution to this problem. With 20’ of instrument cable in a spring-loaded ABS housing, it follows the same idea...
How To
Even MORE Tips for Staying Healthy on Tour
Staying healthy on tour means far more than avoiding alcohol poisoning. Eating well, exercising and avoiding stresses on your body that will lower your immune system are all crucial to not canceling shows. Singers on tour risk colds that could potentially damage vocal...
See a VW MicroBus Cut in Half!
Is there any more iconic tour vehicle than the VW Bus? If you’ve never sawed one in half (which we fully recommend you do, at least once in your life), here’s your chance to see a cross-section of the famed road warrior and all its interesting features. The VW Bus has...
How to Book House Concerts & Supercharge Tour Revenue
A DIY Guide to Booking Living Room Shows and Creating Superfans I’m a singer/songwriter from Los Angeles, and on my summer tour last year I made $25,000 in two months without stepping foot in a bar, club, theater, fair or festival. This summer, I’m on a 60-show North...
Buying Guide
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
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...
How to Control Feedback and Mix Sound for House Concerts
Welcome to the third in a four-part series that will provide real-world advice about portable PA systems, co-presented by Yamaha and Performer Magazine. In this installment, we’ll take a closer look controlling feedback, and setting up a portable PA system for house...
Industry News
Avid Launches Music Creation & Cloud Enabled Collaboration Innovations for Pro Tools
Avid today announced a new version of its fully cloud-enabled Pro Tools application, the industry-leading digital audio workstation software used by award-winning artists and the largest media companies in the world. Powered by the MediaCentral Platform, the...
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[PHOTO GALLERY] Kevin Devine live in Boston
Kevin Devine, along with with Pinegrove and Petal, performed live at Royale in Boston, MA on December 10th, 2016. Whether it was Kevin Devine himself or not, someone procured a great fall tour that found the second to last night of it in Boston at Royale. Kiley Lotz...
Winners Announced in Electro-Voice Giveaway
Congratulations are in order for Ainjel Emme and Scarlet Canary, winners of our recent Electro-Voice ND series microphone giveaway! These two artists will each receive a new gear bundle consisting of ND series mics to fit their stage needs. They'll also be posting...