Gear Reviews
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...
YAMAHA Presents: The ULTIMATE Guide to Portable PA Systems
Looking to get started with a portable PA system, or even upgrade your old PA rig? Performer Magazine and Yamaha present a FREE GUIDE to help you set up the best portable PA system for your needs. Click here to download the PDF or flip through the tablet-enhanced...
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Think Twice Before Going on Tour Without These Items
Prepare for Unexpected Bumps on the Road Going out on tour for the first time can be fun and exciting, but there are some important things to keep in mind before piling into the van and hitting the open road. While we live in an age of modern conveniences, we often...
DIY Touring, or How to Make $14 the Hard Way and Disappoint Your Mom
Tour Advice From Billy Yost of The Kickback There are hard and fast touring rules. If you forgot to bring a towel, for example, cancel everything and burn your life’s possessions. You’re useless and nothing is ever going to change. Turn back now or face the real and...
Photo Gallery: Maxwell Live in Boston
Last night, sultry R&B crooner Maxwell took over the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion in Boston for a memorable night of classic jams. Nothing was off limits: the 41 year old musician delivered hits from his debut album Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite like "Ascension (Don't...
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MOOG MUSIC DEBUTS NEW GRANDMOTHER SYNTHESIZER AT MOOGFEST 2018
Today, Moog Music announces Grandmother, a new tool that empowers creative humans to give meaning to vibration -- inviting new waves and new ways of communication into our quantum world. Grandmother is a semi-modular analog synthesizer with a built-in arpeggiator,...
Reviews: IK Multimedia iRig Mic HD2 and iRig Pre HD
iRig Mic HD2 The iRig Mic HD2 is basically a small diaphragm condenser mic with a handheld design, that connects via a Lightning cable (included) to your iPhone or iPad (or via USB to your Mac or PC). The mic offers a sensitivity control on a small recessed knob, that...
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...
Industry News
How to Turn Your Lyrics into Revenue with LyricFind
LyricFind is Making Lyrics Sexy (and Profitable) Again Searching for lyrics online used to be an absolute mess. Plug in a lyric, and Google would display tons of sites with spammy banner ads, and incomplete or incorrect lyrics. Why? They weren’t licensed from the...
5 Things They Don’t Tell You About Pressing Vinyl
So, your band has recorded a new album and you’re thinking of releasing it on vinyl. Who doesn’t love vinyl, right? Well, you might not after you read through the following things no one ever tells a band when they’re contemplating a vinyl release. We don’t want to...
The March Issue Is Out Now!
Performer Magazine releases its March 2017 issue, featuring a cover story on Lady Lamb. INSIDE you'll find tips for setting up PA speakers, 5 things they don't tell you about pressing vinyl, and tips on turning lyrics into revenue. Read the issue in print, find it at...