Gear Reviews
Get to Know Soundfly: The Next-Gen Learning Hub for Musicians
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 life of a musician is an ongoing education process (or at least it should...
IK Multimedia iRig Acoustic Review
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 electric instruments, but for acoustics, a microphone was pretty much the...
A Trillion Data Points: The Growth Of Music Analytics
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 how drastic this leap has been, or what its implications are, than...
How To
Legal Pad: Mashups in the Modern Copyright Era
The popularity of sampling and mashups is challenging the existing framework of copyright law and has ignited a fierce debate as to whether “transformative” or “de minimis” use of another’s work is legal under U.S. Copyright Law. Unauthorized sampling is traditionally...
Live Review: Broken Social Scene
The Buckhead Theatre // Atlanta, GA // February 10 On the first stop of a ten-date tour, Kevin Drew told two stories. One credited drummer Justin Peroff because Peroff had food poisoning that day, vomited for five hours, but still wouldn’t cancel the show. The second...
Live Review: Balkans
Star Bar // Atlanta, GA // February 24 Balkans have written what is their best song to date in “Edita V.” The music is quick, intricate, and abrasive. The song’s chorus, however, is a catchy, well earned release that sounds like something a less-polished...
Buying Guide
LANDR and Cakewalk Partner to Give SONAR Users a Fully Integrated Mastering Experience
Cakewalk, dedicated to powerful and thoughtfully designed software for modern musicians, announces a partnership with LANDR, the cloud-based audio post-production mastering platform. Through this partnership, SONAR users will be able to export their mix directly to...
Chapman Guitars Ghost Fret Review
Chapman Guitars Ghost Fret - $899 PROS: Plays great, excellent tones, well thought-out version of a classic. True beef machine. CONS: None. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OY2Rmb_niA It’s hard to believe the Gibson Explorer body shape came out in 1958. It’s been a...
Focusrite Clarett 8Pre Review
Focusrite Clarett 8Pre - $999 PROS: Great preamps, expandable, plenty of audio routing options. CONS: None. Focusrite made their mark with preamps and audio consoles in the 1980s. In the 21st Century the name is still paramount with quality sound, and the Clarett...
Industry News
Avid Announces Free Version of Pro Tools
Avid® (Nasdaq: AVID) unveiled Pro Tools® | First at NAMM this past week, a free version of the industry-standard Pro Tools that offers many of the same music creation capabilities used by top artists and recording studios worldwide. Delivering on Avid EverywhereTM...
Dept. of Transportation Issues Final Rule On Air Travel with Musical Instruments
The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued a final rule to implement section 403 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, which requires that U.S. airlines accept musical instruments as carry-on or checked baggage on commercial passenger flights,...
Understanding Artist Management Agreements: What Does (and Doesn’t) a Manager Do?
This article originally appeared on Sonicbids.com - it has been republished here with permission. The artist management agreement is the deal that you, the artist, enter into with a personal manager or management company. Not only is it an important agreement, but...