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Summer NAMM 2020 is Canceled
News from our friends at NAMM: Dear NAMM Family, After speaking with so many of you and closely...
TOUR TEST: Bose F1 4-Part Video Series and Review
[Editor’s note – a few months back we opened up submissions for artists to win and demo the new...
VINYL OF THE MONTH: Lunchbox Smash Hits EP
VINYL OF THE MONTH Lunchbox Smash Hits EP Oakland, CA (Jigsaw Records) PZL077: Lunchbox - Smash Hits EP by Jigsaw Records “Noise-pop nugget straight outta Bubblegum City…” Lunchbox, or Tim and Donna...
Try This Fun and Cheap DIY Home Studio Upgrade: The Transformerless SM57 Mod
While perhaps not the most rewarding or necessary of mods that can be made to your home recording setup, this is an interesting one to start with as it's fairly simple, the gear involved is...
5 Takeaways from CD Baby’s DIY Musicians Conference
5 Takeaways from CD Baby’s DIY Musicians Conference Answering to years of popular demand, CD Baby hosted its first ever DIY Musicians Conference in Chicago from October 24-25. Over a thousand...
Records That Changed My Life with Slade Baird of Amigo
Records That Changed My Life by Slade Baird, Lead Singer/Guitarist of Amigo I grew up on a farm in South Carolina. Now, my hometown of Clover is a suburb of Charlotte but when I was coming along...
Watch New Hinds Video For “Garden” PLUS Read Our New Interview
HINDS On Pummeling Gender Stereotypes Into Submission & Fully Embracing The DIY Lifestyle Madrid-based lo-fi, garage quartet Hinds has experienced tremendous publicity since late last year, and...
Shimmeo of the Week: “I Got 4 Minutes” by Count Clark
This week we've selected "I Got 4 Minutes" by Count Clark as our Shimmeo of the Week. GET YOUR VIDEO FEATURED AS THE SHIMMEO OF THE WEEK! Shimmeos are short music videos that are great for promoting...
WATCH Good Graeff Video for “I Want That” Plus Read Our Brand New Interview
GOOD GRAEFF How Globe-Trotting & Spontaneous Busking Can Sharpen Live Performance Skills The twin sensation Good Graeff has emerged on the music scene and people are certainly screaming I Want...
Civil Twilight Picks Their Top 5 Records of 2015
Civil Twilight caused quite a stir with the release of their LP Story of an Immigrant this year. But that wasn't the only great record to come out in 2015. Below, the band shares their picks for the...
CAUSTIC CASANOVA On The Right Time to Use a Producer
CAUSTIC CASANOVA On The Importance of Knowing When to Use a Producer vs. Self-Producing an Album Caustic Casanova has a brand-new album out entitled Breaks, and we’re absolutely in love with it....
It Happened to Me: The Record Label I Was Signed to Went Under
Signing a deal with a record label is often thought of as not just a major step in an artist's career, but a signifier that all the hard work that's been put in has paid off. To put it another way,...