Gear Reviews
Mackie Launches All-New Onyx USB Interfaces
Mackie today announces a new line of mobile, high-resolution audio interfaces - Onyx™ USB Interfaces. Designed for singer/songwriters, home studios, content creators and more. Available in two models, the Artist 1•2 and the Producer 2•2, Onyx USB Interfaces feature...
Mad Professor Twimble pedal REVIEW
Dumble Amps are less common than unicorns, and even the clones and copies of these mythical beasts can get expensive. Mad Professor captures the essence of this articulate and toneful rarity in its new Twimble pedal. It’s a blending of two of their existing pedals,...
Chase Bliss Audio Brothers Pedal Review
There are pedals that could be called “tweaker’s delights,” and then there’s the Chase Bliss Audio Brothers pedal. With 2 channels (A & B) that can be set for boost, drive or fuzz, it can handle those tones easily but the circuits are done a bit differently, with...
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Show Review: Antwon in Boston
Where: Brighton Music Hall When: September 28, 2013 Channeling the vibe of the late great Notorious B.I.G. with a little bit of a modern flare, Antwon’s quicksilver flow is quite impressive. His show at Brighton Music Hall this past Saturday was more like an...
Make Money on YouTube with ONErpm
There's a saying in the startup world by founder Marc Barros of Contour Cameras: "The best product does not always win, the product everyone knows about does." I often repeat this when I speak at music business gatherings because I think it's so analogous to our...
Recoup Money You’re Owed From Shady Promoters
LIVE PERFORMANCE VENUES FUNCTION IN A FORMER ERA. Handshake deals are commonplace, ink is rarely spilled, and a promoter or venue owner’s word is often all you have to go on before you take the stage. In a way, this is the best way to go - no reason to complicate a...
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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...
FLASHBACK: 1950s Sony C-37A Microphone
Sony engineers created this microphone in the early 1950s. At first, it was used to record symphonies and quickly became a sought after vocal mic. Neumann’s studio microphones reportedly inspired the C-37a. HOW IT WAS USED The C-37a is a multi-pattern tube condenser...
Air Traffic Controller Rocks the Blue Microphones Baby Bottle SL
Our friends in Air Traffic Controller are testing out the entire range of Blue Microphones' 'Essential Series,' which they'll be using to record an EXCLUSIVE new version of one of the tracks off their latest record, Echo Papa. Watch as the guys start tracking with the...
Industry News
Everything You Need to Know About Booking Your Own Tour
Hey! I’m Mike Montali and this summer my band, Hollis Brown, will be embarking on an incredible headlining tour. Since our band’s formation in 2009, we have been nonstop writing, producing, and performing. This year our tour takes us through 60 shows, 7 different...
Forecastle Festival 2016: Our Top Picks For Bands & Attractions
Forecastle Festival Continues to Grow and Evolve in 2016 Once upon a time, in July of 2002, a grassroots-organized neighborhood gathering of music, art and activism took place in a quaint little patch of grass in the Fredrick Olmsted-designed Tyler Park. Located in...
Sara Watkins – ‘Young In All The Wrong Ways’ REVIEW
Sara Watkins' new album Young In All The Wrong Ways is record of growth, movement, and goodbyes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f3cEVPkyKc Though there is much to praise about the first two Sara Watkins records—her self-titled debut and 2012’s Sun Midnight Sun—it is...