Gear Reviews
How to Set up a Portable PA System
Welcome to the second 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 at setting up your portable PA system for the first time, including...
PRODUCT TESTERS WANTED! Win Elixir Optiweb Coated Strings for your ENTIRE BAND
Tired of constantly changing gross, grungy strings on tour? We want to hook up YOUR BAND with Elixir Optiweb coated strings, and have you tell the whole world why they're the best choice for gigging musicians. We think that Elixir is making, hands-down, the best...
DPA Microphones d:vice Review
Performer Magazine reviews the d:vice Digital Audio Interface, d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphone and d:fine Headset Microphone Making things smaller is easy; making them more functional at the same time is a challenge. DPA Microphones has designed and produced some...
How To
Boston Calling 2014 Photo Diary (Day Three)
Performer was on hand this weekend to witness the amazing spectacle that is the Boston Calling Music Festival. The event, which now takes place twice annually, blasted through off-and-on rain to thrill the crowd gathered at City Hall Plaza in Boston. Day Three...
Boston Calling 2014 Photo Diary (Day Two)
Performer was on hand this weekend to witness the amazing spectacle that is the Boston Calling Music Festival. The event, which now takes place twice annually, blasted through off-and-on rain to thrill the crowd gathered at City Hall Plaza in Boston. Day Two featured...
Boston Calling 2014 Photo Diary (Day One)
Performer was on hand this weekend to witness the amazing spectacle that is the Boston Calling Music Festival. The event, which now takes place twice annually, blasted through off-and-on rain to thrill the crowd gathered at City Hall Plaza in Boston. Day One featured...
Buying Guide
Blue Raspberry USB Microphone Review
Blue Microphones brings the quality found in their higher end mics to the iOS/USB platform with their new Raspberry USB condenser studio microphone. Read our review below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=50DjeYsg8u4 For starters, it doesn’t take up...
FLASHBACK: Vintage 1959 Fender Esquire
FLASHBACK: 1959 Fender Esquire Once upon a time, in a land called Rock & Roll, a man known as Leo Fender developed his first solid-body electric guitar, the prototype for which was completed in the fall of 1949. He would call it the Fender Esquire. The design was...
VIDEO: Sterling Microphones Electric Guitar Comparison
One of our recent gear test winners, Randy Garcia from the band SmoochyFace, gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how the new Sterling Microphones stack up, quality-wise, in this comparison video. Check it out, and be sure to also check out the entire range of...
Industry News
Download Performer’s FREE Guide to Mobile Music Production
Welcome to the world of mobile production. Whether it’s using your iPad to control your stage mix, or finding a compact USB mixer to track demos on the road, mobile tech has changed the way we record and perform music. This quick guide (co-presented by our friends at...
SHURE CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ICONIC SM58 MICROPHONE
The Shure SM58®, the world’s most popular microphone, has been a foundational and formidable part of live performance for more than 50 years. To celebrate and honor five decades of the renowned sound, design, and durability of this iconic mic, Shure is announcing the...
Made in America Live Review Plus Photos
Five years into the Philadelphia front yard party known as Made in America, the promise and perplexity of this festival showed itself through two days of frenetic music. What united the disparate sets that spanned from deep-trap to popped EDM, was how the five stages...