What makes the best USB audio interface for my needs? It’s a common question, and Yamaha and...
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Performer Gives Away Two Sets of Simmons SD2000 Electronic Drum Kits
Performer has selected its two winners in our recent Simmons SD2000 Electronic Drum Kit Giveaway....
GEAR TEST FINAL REVIEW: Galaxy Audio GPS-8 Personal Monitor PA System
Absence of Ocean Puts the Galaxy Audio GPS-8 Personal Monitor PA System Through its Paces in Their...
Tips for Booking Your Band at 2012 Festivals
It’s never too early to begin thinking about getting your band booked at a summer festival. Performer recently had a few experts weigh in on the...
Recording Tips: Using Digital Tools on Analog Tracks
The choice to mix the analog warmth of tape with the editing/automation capabilities of Pro Tools will help to open up options when it comes to mixing, but will require a well laid out plan. If...
An Inside Look at United Record Pressing
Putting it on Wax Since 1949 United Record Pressing, LLC (URP) began in Nashville, Tennessee in 1949, when it was known by the name Southern Plastics. The first Beatles seven-inch records in America...
LIVE REVIEW: Textures & The Contortionist
Where: The New Parish in Oakland, CA When: September 20 Highlight: Complex, high-energy sets of progressive metal It was a night of progressive...
LIVE REVIEW: Life Is Good Festival
Where: Canton, MA When: September 23-24 Highlight: Picturesque surroundings and explosive live sets, all for a good cause The Life Is Good Festival...
LIVE REVIEW: The Lemonheads
WHERE: Rhythm and Brews - Chattanooga, TN WHEN: October 1 HIGHLIGHT: Evan Dando in top form, owning the stage Evan Dando opened the show solo with...
LIVE REVIEW: Austin City Limits
Where: Zilker Park in Austin, TX When: September 16-18 Highlight: Rain clouds parting for an a cappella performance by Ha Ha Tonka This September,...
Live Review: Watch the Throne Tour
When: November 21, 2011 Where: TD Garden - Boston, MA The expectation that was set for this performance was grandiose to say the least. Accompanying the most anticipated collaborative album of the...
Record Review: Youth Lagoon
Youth Lagoon The Year of Hibernation Boise, ID “An ambient look back at childhood” Only in his early twenties, Trevor Powers of Youth Lagoon already reminisces about childhood innocence in his debut...
Record Review: Wing and Hollow
Wing and Hollow Frozen Trees Los Angeles, CA “For that intimate club feeling at home” Frozen Trees, a self-released album from husband-and-wife duo Haven and Jill Lamoureux, is a melancholy, yet...