If you’re a musician, then you’ve been involved in recording in varying degrees. While many of you have probably been in a pro studio, it’s likely that you’ve dabbled with the idea of doing some recording yourself at home or in your own space for demos, making beats, or even...
Picture this: a nice-sized room (or porch, if weather permits) filled with anywhere from 30 to 100 attentive and supportive audience members enjoying snacks and beverages provided by their gracious host, and a couple of sets of awe-inspiring live music provided by you. Welcome to the wonderful world...
With vocal exercises being played on a smart phone or tablet, it’s all too easy to find yourself looking down at the device whilst you’re singing along. But is this really a problem? The answer is a resounding ‘yes’! “Text Neck” is a phrase apparently coined by Dr. Dean Fishman (a chiropractor...
Turmoil, tragedy and redemption are not barren concepts for bands, yet rock supergroup Art Of Anarchy experienced all of them before even playing their first gig. Not long after their eponymous 2015 debut, singer Scott Weiland parted ways with the band – which also comprises former Guns N’...
Inspiration naturally comes and goes, but how do you bring back the spark when you’re in a rut? Songwriting takes heaps of creative energy, and, when it’s not there, writing can feel cliché and limited. Here are seven easy things you can do right now to get that creativity flowing again.
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Shure has expanded integration between its Axient, QLXD, and ULXD wireless microphone systems and Yamaha CL and QL series mixing consoles. With Yamaha’s firmware version 4.1, sound engineers can monitor and control key features of these premium wireless systems from the mix position during a show....
A Cuban singer has filed a complaint against the Colombian pop stars Shakira and Carlos Vives, accusing them of plagiarising part of a song he wrote 10 years ago. Their hit, La Bicicleta, won last year’s Grammy Latino. Cuban musician Livan Rafael Castellanos claims that Shakira and Vives copied...
It may sound odd, but sometimes musicians get fed up with daily practice, writing, and playing. It’s easy to burn out on creativity if you’re not giving yourself the occasional break. If you’ve been sensing a decrease in productivity or passion for music, it may be best to step away...
Its latest product is a compact column array PA system that projects the sound in a different way to regular systems, which usually feature a large loudspeaker and a high frequency horn. In the last 10 or so years there has been a rise in the popularity of these small footprint, ‘easy to set up’...
There are many articles out there telling musicians about all the cool ways they can make money in today’s music industry. However, all that money that you could potentially make probably won’t equate to very much if you don’t have an understanding of personal finance and budgeting. Without...
What we do as musicians is a professional craft with skills that require years and years of training and perfecting, as with any trade. And those years of personal investment in time, education, and finesse come with a price tag. Nothing upsets us more than when we see good musicians selling themselves...
The Shure SM58 Cardioid Dynamic Microphone has been used faithfully by the world’s most influential musicians since 1966. To celebrate and honour the strong connection of the SM58 to legendary musical artists, Shure has partnered with both Paul McCartney and The Who to make available at auction...
While there are many video recording apps available, very few of them focus on an easy way of getting professional sounding audio tracks together with the recorded video. iRig Recorder 3 solves this problem, starting from a powerful audio recording engine and adding video recording capabilities for...
The important must—have if you’re talking about what many people would consider success, i.e. earning wads of cash for doing what you love. The greatest artists have their niche and they own it. Bruno Mars has absolutely nailed it, and even more so with his New Jack Swing approach to pop....
The Linkin Park singer joined STP in May 2013 after the famed alt-rock group fired Scott Weiland, who helped found the band in 1985. Bennington and STP released the five-song “High Rise” EP in October of that year. It included the singles “Out Of Time” and “Black Heart”.
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