Gear Reviews
VINTAGE FLASHBACK: 1956 Hofner Model 127 (Club 50)
1956 Hofner Model 127 In this installment, we’ll take a look at this 1956 Hofner Model 127, also known as the Club 50. Back in the early days of rock n roll, particularly in the U.K., young guitarists didn’t have a lot of affordable guitar options. John Lennon, Paul...
Meet Your Maker: Source Audio
MEET YOUR MAKER With Roger Smith from Source Audio LLC Jesse (Remignanti) and I worked together creating audio chips at Analog Devices, a semiconductor maker based here in Woburn, MA. ADI’s Sigma DSP is an exceptional audio processing chip that I always knew would...
Coppersound Telegraph Stutter Review
There are A LOT of small batch pedal builders out there, some making very complicated and over-the-top devices. It takes a lot to be unique, and simple at the same time. The new Coppersound Telegraph Stutter pedal is one of those items. Technically, it’s not a pedal –...
How To
Howie Day live in Boston
WHERE: The Sinclair - Cambridge, MA WHEN: January 12, 2013 Howie Day has gone above and beyond the call of duty of your typical singer/songwriter. He forfeited the expected lo-fi bedroom practice antics for more polished and skylicking melodies. He might never escape...
LEGAL PAD: The End of the First Sale Doctrine?
AS A MUSICIAN, YOU WILL BUY AND SELL HUNDREDS OF ITEMS over the course of your career. From instruments to gear, tour vans to used albums, nearly everything you own – minus a handful of cherished items – is either on its way into or out of your life. But what if you...
3 Things Artists Should Know About The Pandora Fight
The Issue Pandora is attempting to reduce the royalty rate they—by law—must pay the artists whose music they stream. Pandora states that they need this rate lowered in order to remain competitive. Of course, artists, and those who collect on their behalf (for...
Buying Guide
Absence of Ocean Unboxes the Galaxy audio GPS-8
Our recent Galaxy Audio GPS-8 winners, Absence of Ocean, have unboxed their new PA monitors and are ready for action. Stay tuned in the weeks ahead as the band puts the gear through its paces and demos the personal monitoring system with some cool videos. Just got the...
VINTAGE FLASHBACK: 1956 Hofner Model 127 (Club 50)
1956 Hofner Model 127 In this installment, we’ll take a look at this 1956 Hofner Model 127, also known as the Club 50. Back in the early days of rock n roll, particularly in the U.K., young guitarists didn’t have a lot of affordable guitar options. John Lennon, Paul...
Mackie Launches Redesigned MR Series Studio Monitors
Affordable, high-performance monitors for modern musicians, producers, and content creators. Mackie today announces a complete refresh of its popular, affordable powered studio monitors -MR Series Powered Studio Monitors. Designed for home studios, content creators...
Industry News
PREVIEW: 26th Annual High Sierra Music Festival
WHAT: 26th Annual High Sierra Music Festival WHEN: June 30-July 3, 2016 WHERE: Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds - Quincy, CA The 26th Annual High Sierra Music Festival lineup includes Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Thievery Corporation,...
The May Issue Is Out, Featuring The Two Tens
This month Performer Magazine presents another in a long line of spectacular issues, featuring the super badassery of The Two Tens on the cover. ALSO INSIDE: interviews with Richard Patrick of FILTER, Bloc Party and Kool Stuff Katie. PLUS learn about monetizing your...
Enter to Win a Mackie Reach Professional PA System
Attention performers! We've got our grubby little paws on the new REACH Professional PA System from our friends at MACKIE (read our review here). And we want to give YOU a chance to test it out on the road! What's the catch, you ask? If you win, all we ask is that you...