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3 Things You Should Know About Musical Instrument Insurance
Let’s get it out of the way: insurance is not the most exciting topic we cover here at Performer....
Moogfest Announces Initial 2019 Lineup
Moogfest Announces Initial 2019 Lineup featuring GAS, Kimbra, Tim Hecker & The Konoyo...
Get to Know Half Moon Run
In the midst of an 18-month long international tour alongside Mumford & Sons, Of Monsters and Men, Metric and Patrick Watson, Half Moon Run made a stop back at their home base of Montreal last...
Celebrating ASCAP at 100
ASCAP hit its 100-year milestone on February 13th. For an entire century, the leading U.S. performing rights organization has made it possible for American songwriters, composers and music...
Win a Pair of Mackie MR6mk3 Monitors
Oh snap! Lookie what we got! That's right - we're giving away a pair of amazing new monitors from Mackie: the MR6mk3's, to be exact. You wanna win these bad boys? Of course you do! There are two...
Baby Baby Drops New Single
Baby Baby, one of our ALL-TIME favorite bands, has a new LP due out on April 1st via Gospel of Rhythm Recordings. And in true Baby Baby fashion, it's called Big Boy Baller Club (natch). The Bad...
How To Benefit From Brand Sponsorship Without Selling Out
An Interview with EDGE Collective The argument over whether bands should partner with brands is pretty much over: the answer is yes. Now, I know there are true believers out there who think it’s a...
Xiu Xiu Premieres NSFW Video for “El Naco”
Earlier this month, Xiu Xiu released their latest record, Angel Guts: Red Classroom on Polyvinyl. Inspired by an erotic Japanese horror film by the same, Angel Guts: Red Classroom now is getting...
Enter to Win the Focusrite Dream Recording Competition
From our friends at Focusrite: "In honour of Focusrite Audio Engineering Ltd.'s 25th Anniversary (and 29 years since the creation of the Focusrite brand) the company are running a dream recording...
Spotify’s Mysterious Royalty System Explained
Since its debut in the U.S. in 2011, a lot has been written about Spotify and its effect on artists, labels and the music industry at large. Many have derided the free streaming music service for...
10 Criterion Collection Discs Every Musician Must Own
The good folks at the Criterion Collection invented the concept of the special edition for the home video market way back in 1984, and in the past 30 years have become the gold standard, a hallmark...
ZOLA JESUS On The Benefits of Finding Creativity in Isolation
It’s a brisk autumn day in Asheville, North Carolina, but that doesn’t bother Nika Roza Danilova, aka Zola Jesus. She’s here to perform at the Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit, the last show...