Gear Reviews
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...
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...
Simmons Introduces SD550 Mesh-Head Electronic Drum Kit
Following up on the success of its breakthrough SD2000 mesh-head electronic drum kit, Simmons has introduced the SD550 full-sized, five-piece, mesh-head electronic drum kit. Advanced, tension-able mesh pads with variable attack response technology enable expressive...
How To
Download Performer’s FREE Legal Guide to the Music Business
Performer's committed to bringing you the most useful advice when it comes to your career. That's why we're bringing you the second installment in our FREE industry guides - quick PDFs jam-packed with an insane amount of info that you can actually use. CLICK HERE TO...
A Musician’s Guide To Craigslist or: Why I Took Up Painting
This article was created out of frustration and rage and…OK, there was coffee, perhaps a lot…about our hunt for a drummer for an original band in these United States. It is about art and commerce and dudes and dickheads. And genuine curses. And in that vein…if you’re...
Show Review: Leedz Edutainment Presents Action Bronson and Danny Brown
WHERE: Wilbur Theatre WHEN: October 3, 2013 The pairing of Action Bronson and Danny Brown on a tour dubbed ‘The 2 High 2 Die’ seems as fitting as it does long overdue. And the notoriety Leedz Edutainment possesses when it comes to bringing Hip-Hop’s most...
Buying Guide
Absence of Ocean Demos The Galaxy Audio GPS-8
Our recent gear test winners, Absence of Ocean, have been hard at work these past few weeks testing out the Galaxy Audio GPS-8 personal monitor PA. While we await their final review, we wanted to share a look back at some of their videos as they integrated the gear...
Audio-Technica ATH-M50x Reviews: 3 Different Takes
STUDIO TEST: Performer’s Product Testers Hit the Studio (and the Street) with the ATH-M50x studio monitor headphones We recently put out a call to action for our readers to test out some Audio-Technica ATH-M50x studio monitor headphones. After all the entries were...
Moog Introduces The Subsequent 37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS8syO7u0fY In the spirit of continuous improvement, the award-winning Sub 37 Paraphonic Analog Synthesizer has been discontinued from production to make way for a new standard: the SUBSEQUENT 37. Implementing the upgraded sonic...
Industry News
Why Instant Live Recordings Are Important For Your Music Career
An Exclusive Interview with Live Streaming Pioneer Brad Serling Live music fanatics have known of nugs.net for decades. In the early ’90s, live music tape trading was colliding with the new digital age, and there weren't many people willing or able to assist in that...
How to Pitch, License, and Sell Your Music Online
Store, Pitch, License, and Sell All of Your Music Online with Songtradr Maybe you've been storing your pitching tracks in Dropbox or Box, and want a better experience for prospective clients and co-writers - one that includes song lyrics, licensing information, and...
PreSonus Ships Studio 192 Mobile Audio Interface/Studio Command Center
PreSonus is shipping the new Studio 192 Mobile USB 3.0 22 x 26 audio interface and studio command center. Studio 192 Mobile delivers the same high-end audio, low-latency monitoring, tight software integration, and studio command center functionality introduced in...