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Find Your Signature Sound: How Metal Guitar Players Can Stand Out From The Crowd

An Interview with Luc Lemay of Gorguts For metalheads like me, it’s no secret that the genre as a whole has evolved considerably over the last couple of decades—not only is there a much larger swath of die-hard fans around the world, but there’s a seemingly...

4 Tips For Creating Your Own Custom Samples

Initially made popular in the late 1970s and '80s, sampling has changed the face of modern music....

The New Feb/March Issue is Out Now!

Performer Magazine releases its latest issue, featuring a cover story on Georgi Kay. INSIDE you'll...

PHOTO GALLERY: Anderson. Paak & The Free Nationals Live at The Orpheum in Boston

Oxnard, the third studio album from R&B auteur Anderson .Paak, possesses the reassuring...

High Hazels share new video for “Summer Rain”

by Benjamin Ricci | Mar 17, 2014 | Videos

"Summer Rain" is the first single off High Hazels' debut EP In The Half Light (out 7th April). The quartet’s shimmering guitar music and melody-rich songs will soon reverberate from stages around...

MACKIE 1604 VLZ4 Mixer Review

by Chris Devine | Mar 13, 2014 | Best Studio Mixers, Live Mixers

PROS: Well built, great sounding EQ, useful in several formats. CONS: Might be overkill for small bands. PRICE: $899 Not too long ago, the quality-to-price factor in compact mixers was pretty sad....

MACKIE MR6mk3 Studio Monitors Review

by Chris Devine | Mar 13, 2014 | Best Studio Monitors

PROS: Fantastic performance, good price. CONS: May require a little tweaking per location and room size. PRICE: $199/each The cliché is that monitors are the ears of any home studio system; in most...

Record Store Day “Official List Launch” Set for March 20

by Benjamin Ricci | Mar 13, 2014 | Industry News

On Thursday, March 20, US organizers of Record Store Day will coordinate with organizers worldwide to announce the lists of official releases for the seventh annual Record Store Day at simultaneous...

Open Mike Eagle + Milo (Hellfyre Club) Live Photo Gallery

by Ian Doreian | Mar 12, 2014 | Concerts & Festivals

Where: Middle East Upstairs - Cambridge, MA When: March 7, 2014 Highlight: Genre-twisting showcase of Art Rap. As the Middle East Club is equidistant from Harvard and MIT, the Cambridge venue played...

How to Record a “Band” Album Sans Band

by Benjamin Ricci | Mar 11, 2014 | Music Production

In The Studio with Jeff Taylor PRE-PRODUCTION What was your pre-production like on this project? After a few years of obsessing over the idea of being in a band with a set group of people, I decided...

Qu-Bit Electronix Profile & Nebulae Review

by Garrett Frierson | Mar 11, 2014 | Best Music Keyboards & Synth Pads

Qu-Bit Electronix is a Eurorack modular synthesizer company based out of New York and California. They build synthesizers that are computers hiding in plain sight, able to do things analogue...

Gretsch G9311 New Yorker Supreme Mandolin Review

by Benjamin Ricci | Mar 11, 2014 | Best Electric Guitars

PROS: Great sound, great playability and insanely good price. CONS: None. PRICE: $349 The latest offering from Gretsch’s “roots” collection is a stunner, an import model acoustic/electric mandolin...

The Key to Recording Killer Drums & Percussion (part 2)

by Zac Cataldo & Brent Godin | Mar 10, 2014 | Music Production

Capturing drums can be one of the most challenging aspects of the recording process. For one thing, there are so many pieces in the average kit that need to be mic’d. And they take up so much room....

Exclusive Hayley Reardon Track Premiere

by Benjamin Ricci | Mar 10, 2014 | New Music and Video

Hayley Reardon is an amazingly gifted artist, and we absolutely loved her first record (read our review here). We're not even going to mention her age, because an artist is an artist no matter what...

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