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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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...
How to Keep Tabs on Your Record Label’s Books
IF YOU’RE SIGNED TO A LABEL, THE MONEY YOU EARN FROM RECORD SALES doesn’t flow directly from your supporters to your pocket like it did in the early days. A majority of your income now flows from your fans to an online or brick and mortar store, through your label,...
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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...
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...
Industry News
The Minimoog Model D is Back in Production
Amazing news from Moog! "Today we announce that after more than 30 years, production of the Minimoog Model D synthesizer has resumed. Introduced in 1970, the Minimoog Model D was the first portable synthesizer and served as the archetype for all electonic keyboards...
Quick Recap: Brand New Bare All At Xfinity Center
Brand New's performance this past Friday night at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield had all the makings of an unforgettable evening--especially by their blistery standards. The Long Island facet, who are co-headlining this tour with Modest Mouse that started earlier...
One (Not Very Great, But Cheap and Effective) Way to Tour Europe With a Vintage Synth
SHIPPING SYNTHS OVERSEAS My band Pretty & Nice were lucky to tour Europe twice, once right when I joined up, in 2009, and then on what might end up being our last tour, in 2013. Touring Europe is a wonderful, terrible, amazing, frustrating, meaningful experience...