Gear Reviews
Get to Know Stationhead – Your Band’s Personal Radio Station
In the old days, it used to be, “Man, if we could just get on the radio, we will break out and sell a ton.” Then you got that radio spin or add on a college or major station, and... (insert Price is Right Fail Horns). Nothing really happened. Not for most. Not for...
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[VIDEO] The Howling Tongues & Elixir OPTIWEB Coated Guitar Strings
We recently asked Nick Magliochetti from one of our favorite bands, The Howling Tongues, to test out the new OPTIWEB coated strings from Elixir. Nick will be dropping videos each week, talking about the strings and showing them off in action. And stayed tuned, we just...
Dear Live Music Fan, Thank You
We, the music industry, ask a lot of you, the live music fan. [Editor's note -- it's hard to know how to feel about live concerts nowadays. As the father of two small girls, I get a twinge of pain even thinking about them coming to me one day, asking to attend a large...
How To
Get The Most Out of Your Band’s Instagram
You’ve just rolled into town to play a gig. You see fall leaves, the sun setting against a city skyline. You scribble your band name, the venue and time you play on a piece of paper and hold it up to the sky and take a photo. You upload it to Instagram, choose your...
How to Start Your Own Publishing Company
At its core, a music publisher’s job is to administer the copyrights in songs and license your work to record labels, radio stations, filmmakers, advertisers, etc. A publisher collects license fees, take a percentage and pay the remaining proceeds to the...
PHOTO GALLERY: Papadosio Live in New York!
Where: Highline Ballroom, Manhattan When: 11/7/2013 Highlight: Technology brings the Jam Band into the 21st Century. The Meatpacking District in Manattan is known for fancy boutiques, dining, and nightclubs that cater to fashionable patrons who walk the cobblestone...
Buying Guide
Ampeg Classic Analog Bass Preamp Pedal Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHHG21cvHLE When it comes to classic rock bass guitar tones, Ampeg always comes to mind. Now they’ve figured out how to get those great tones in a pedal. The controls are quite simple; a three band EQ and volume knobs do exactly what’s...
Ampeg Scrambler Bass Overdrive Pedal Review
The drive control on the new Ampeg Scrambler deliver the perfect amount of grit, and the blend is like a mix control, balancing between the overdriven and unaffected tone. At lower settings, the drive control is still very present; it’s thick and meaty. At this point...
AEA R84 Ribbon Mic and RPQ2 2-Channel Mic Preamp Reviews
AEA R84 Ribbon Mic and RPQ2 2-Channel Mic Preamp Reviews Ribbon mics have been around for about a century, and thanks to modern manufacturing techniques, as well as better materials, these once fragile devices are just as robust as you’d need and can be used on pretty...
Industry News
Bandcamp Can (and Should) Bury iTunes. Here’s Why.
APPLE TO EXIT DOWNLOAD MARKET WITH ITUNES Welcome to another dispatch from the streaming wars. Or, wait a minute, are we still in the format wars? If you thought the music industry - especially the independent sector - was going through a rough transition, get ready...
Cakewalk SONAR is Coming to Mac OS X
Cakewalk Announces SONAR Platinum Lifetime Updates & SONAR OS X Alpha Testing, and an Expanded Commitment to High Performance Cakewalk, dedicated to powerful and thoughtfully designed software for modern musicians, announces a limited time offer of Lifetime...
The June Issue Is Out, Featuring Margaret Glaspy
Margaret Glaspy graces the cover of Performer Magazine this month, and is set to release her fantastic new album, Emotions and Math, on June 17, 2016. This month Performer Magazine presents another in a long line of spectacular issues, featuring the amazing Margaret...