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Beats Marketplace Basics 101: From Leasing to Recording

In many ways, there’s never been a better time to be an up-and-coming singer, rapper, or producer. The DIY scene is thriving in ways that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago. Options for self-recording and production are better and more available than...

Introducing The Moog Subharmonicon

Moog Music’s new semi-modular analog polyrhythmic synthesizer, Subharmonicon, is now available...

Blackstar Silverline Special Amplifier Review

Modeling amps have come a long way. Blackstar’s new Silverline series concentrates on practical...

11 Pro Tips for Livestreaming Your Show from Home

If you’re like most musicians, gigs are your lifeblood. But when you can’t connect with your...

Earthworks SR20 Cardioid Condenser Microphone Review

by Chris Devine | Feb 16, 2016 | Best Studio Mics

Earthworks SR20 Cardioid Condenser Mic PROS: Excellent sound, plenty of applications. CONS: Black finish tends to get scuffed. PRICE: $599 Earthworks has been making quality microphones for decades,...

Bad Rabbits: Big Air at Fenway Photo Gallery

by Matt Lambert | Feb 15, 2016 | Concerts & Festivals

Bad Rabbits were the finale to the first night of Big Air at Fenway Park in Boston, where a ramp taller than the famous Green Monster wall was placed in the middle of the field for snowboarders and...

Get to Know Soundfly: The Next-Gen Learning Hub for Musicians

by Michael St. James | Feb 15, 2016 | Band Management

Soundfly – The Next-Gen Learning Hub for Musicians Musicians, by nature, are constantly learning new things; from fresh songs to gear tricks, recording techniques to music business concepts. The...

IK Multimedia iRig Mic Studio Review

by Chris Devine | Feb 12, 2016 | Best Studio Mics

IK Multimedia iRig Mic Studio PROS: Works with iOS & Android, great companion apps. CONS: Older 30-pin cable sold separately. PRICE: $149 Connecting a smartphone to a microphone isn’t a new...

IK Multimedia iRig Acoustic Review

by Chris Devine | Feb 12, 2016 | Best Audio Interfaces, Best Electric Guitars

IK Multimedia iRig Acoustic PROS: Great audio quality, non-permanent, non-intrusive, inexpensive. CONS: None. PRICE: Smartphones and tablets have become very useful in recording, especially for...

A Trillion Data Points: The Growth Of Music Analytics

by Zach Blumenfeld | Feb 11, 2016 | Band Management

A Trillion Data Points: The Growth Of Music Analytics And Why Knowing Your Band’s Data is Crucial Everyone knows that music has made the leap onto the Internet. But perhaps no one better understands...

FIRST LISTEN: “Bat Face Girl” by Hotel For Strangers

by Benjamin Ricci | Feb 10, 2016 | New Music and Video

Got more new music for you today - check out this exclusive premiere of the new track "Bat Face Girl" by LA's Hotel For Strangers. "Bat Face Girl is one of the last tunes we wrote for the EP and the...

VIDEO PREMIERE: “Lay It On Me” by Peter Katz

by Benjamin Ricci | Feb 10, 2016 | Videos

Excited to be debuting the new video for "Lay It On Me" by JUNO-nominated singer/songwriter Peter Katz. “Lay It On Me” is off Peter Katz’s critically acclaimed 2015 album We Are The Reckoning. "I...

How BandLab is Changing Cloud-Based Recording & Collaboration

by Michael St. James | Feb 10, 2016 | Best DAW Software

CAPTURING TRACK IDEAS ON-THE-FLY How often does this happen to you? You have a killer song idea, maybe just a snippet of a melody, and it's been kicking around in your head long enough now to where...

Quick Recap: Daye Jack Heaps on the Introspect at Boston’s Middle East

by Candace McDuffie | Feb 10, 2016 | Concerts & Festivals, Reviews

Daye Jack's current "Only In Your Dreams" tour with Pell is the stuff neo-soul hip hop dreams are made of. Jack, the baby faced 20-year old Nigeria native, recently turned heads with his Killer Mike...

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