Gear Reviews
REVIEW: Taylor Academy Series Acoustic Guitars
Learn what the new Taylor Academy Series brings to the mid-range acoustic market. Taylor Guitars are known for making well-designed, and well-built instruments with premium materials. All of this usually comes with a premium price tag. With Taylor’s Academy Series,...
Soundcraft Ui24R REVIEW
Trying to find a PA mixer/rig that works in a live setting and as a recording interface is a tough proposition. In most cases, with a unit like this, there are compromises in both worlds. Soundcraft seems to have turned a great interface into a live rig, or is it the...
FREE PDF Cheat Sheet: Top 10 Social Media Tools For Musicians
Get the PDF Cheat Sheet & Start Using These Tools to Boost Your Social Reach! Leah McHenry understands the real world challenges for every-day musicians because she is one. Having started her music career completely backwards, she found herself learning the NEW...
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Ironfest IV Photo Gallery + Live Review
The 2013 incarnation of Cincinnati’s Ironfest, a Rock and Roll honorarium for Cincinnati ‘s “Iron” Mike Davidson, took off at the Southgate House Revival on the weekend of November 1 & 2. The fourth annual event, sponsored by friends and supporters from the...
Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit Photo Gallery + Review
For three days and three nights at the end of October the quiet mountain town of Asheville, NC falls prey to roving bands of costume clad music fans who come for one of the East Coast’s premier festivals. The Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit started in 2010 and...
Lloyd Banks live in Cambridge: Leedz Edutainment Show of the Month
Where: Middle East Downstairs (Cambridge, MA) When: November 22, 2013 Highlight: Hungry MC returns to mixtape form. (SCROLL FOR PHOTOS) Taking a brief pause between songs, Lloyd Banks boldly challenged the sold-out crowd to prove that they'd been loyal to Banko for...
Buying Guide
How to Hot-Rod Your Strat For Under $20 a Week
The Strat Chronicles (or how I modified my Strat for $12.50 a week) PART ONE My mission was to take my Strat and modify it, so there’s no 60-cycle hum, as well as beefing up the sound a bit, all while maintaining the standard Strat appearance. I budgeted myself just...
Air Traffic Controller Demos the Blue Microphones Sadie Headphones
Our friends in Air Traffic Controller are currently testing out the entire range of Blue Microphones' 'Essential Series' mics, along with the new Sadie headphones, which they'll be using to record an EXCLUSIVE new version of one of the tracks off their latest...
MY FAVORITE AXE: Yamaha VSS-30 with Dick Rubin of MINKA
BACKGROUND I came from the void, and one day I shall return to it. In the meantime, I intend to make weird sounds. Some of them you might even call “music.” MAKE & MODEL 1987 Yamaha VSS-30 WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU Moments before I entered this world, my mother...
Industry News
Focusrite Introduces Scarlett – The Second Generation
Focusrite Scarlett, the number one selling USB interface range, is now better, faster and easier. Focusrite is proud to announce the launch and worldwide availability of its 2nd generation of Scarlett USB audio interfaces; the number one selling range of audio...
Boston Calling 2016: Recap and Photos
Boston Calling 2016 Cements Reputation as City’s Signature Show in Final Downtown Installment This weekend, for one last time, the Boston Calling festival descended upon City Hall Plaza, uniting dozens of acts, thousands of fans, and countless grooves in an upbeat...
Register for the Disc Makers “Branding For Musicians” Workshop
Stand out and reach the right listeners Finding success as an indie musician is a balancing act between art and business. It requires connecting with your ideal fan base, showing them who you are and what your music is all about. Join us as Cheryl B....