Gear Reviews
How to Harness the Power of APIs for Your Band
Sex, Music, and APIs – The New Rockstar I had to include the word "Sex” in the title or you’d never read this terrific article about APIs and music tech, and that’s a problem. Why? Well, music tech is the music industry now, and just like you learned to email your...
Royalty Exchange Provides New Income Opps For Songwriters
As a songwriting musician who has earned income from composing, custom songs, jingles and scoring ... I haven’t felt the love too much lately. Despite groundbreaking changes in seemingly every aspect of the music business, I often feel like the...
Vertex Effects Dynamic Distortion Pedal Review
There is a plethora of pedals out there based off of classics like Tube Screamers and Fuzz Faces, and it’s easy to go down the rabbit hole searching for one that differs just enough while maintaining the reasons they still endure. Vertex nailed it with their...
How To
What Bands & Kickstarter Fail to Understand About Crowdfunding
Kickstarter replaces record labels! Kickstarter is panhandling! Kickstarter is only for people without access to other resources! The pervasive misunderstanding of the fundamental tenets of crowdfunding by campaign managers, campaign contributors, and the...
IO Echo/CSS Live in Boston
WHEN: 7/6/13 WHERE: The Sinclair IO Echo didn’t need a room full of rowdy listeners to let loose—all they needed were the dedicated ears of a few. Holding their own on Nylon’s tour alongside CSS, IO were the perfect tinge of lush melancholy in an evening reserved for...
Say Anything Live in Boston
WHEN: June 23, 2013 WHERE: Boston, MA (Paradise Rock Club) Say Anything frontman Max Bemis is quite the gleeful nihilist. One minute, he stomps and howls all over tracks--dismantling any cohesion with howling ire and brutal honesty. While their sound has evolved both...
Buying Guide
PageFlip Firefly Review
Tablets and smartphones have become important accessories for musicians – like using them with a variety of apps, for on stage notes. If it’s a simple chord or a full score all written out, it can be a real tool. However, finding a free hand to swipe and turn a page...
iRig Acoustic Stage Review
In the “take no prisoners” world of open mics, songwriter rounds and blazing fast stage turnovers you’d best be prepared to hand the sound tech one single input that’s “good to go” (with a little signal processing beyond an instrument’s raw sound) if you expect to get...
Absence of Ocean Praises Features of Galaxy Audio GPS-8
Our gear testers Absence of Ocean are putting the Galaxy Audio GPS-8 PA system through its paces. Check out the band's latest video below, and learn more about Galaxy Audio products by clicking here. Says Andrew Ross from AoO: "We decided to get weird and interview...
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...