Eager artists looking to the major labels to not only define their success, but create it. “But Beyonce did this one thing and it was huge!” they’ll start. Or, “This totally worked for Taylor Swift!” The problem with that logic is that major label artists and independent...
So you’ve just spent hours cramped up in a dirt-laden, odor-soaked van along with your bandmates who happen to share those very same qualities. You’ve twisted and turned your way through the (often less than) glamorous back roads of the US and endured everything from traffic jams to bad...
The IN-164 wireless system is available in both Channel 38 (UK licensed) and Channel 70 (UK licence free) versions. The system offers the world’s first remote control RF setting function which allows almost instantaneous automatic remote control frequency settings of the transmitter from the...
Several new additions to the firm’s DRIVE series of two-way active, portable injection-moulded PA cabinets were aired for the first time at last month’s Music China show – the bDRIVE 10A and bDRIVE 10AU, and the DRIVE 12 AU and DRIVE 15 AU. The dDRIVE models sport a different facia design,...
We’ve all been there: loading into a new venue for the first time with that feeling of excitement from playing a new space mixed with a nagging concern of not knowing exactly how things might pan out. Some of the anxiety probably stems from meeting the sound person; what will he or she be like?...
We have always been interested in Christmas music and last year we looked at Bing Crosby’s perennial ‘White Christmas’. There are, of course, numerous Xmas standards and I thought we’d have a change this year by looking at the special treatment given to some of them by Phil Spector. He gave,...
Performing live music is a nerve-racking experience. No amount of singing in the mirror or head-banging in the garage can quite prepare you for the moment when the lights come up and you’rethere. The center of attention. The subject of scrutiny. “Here we are now, entertain us.” Your...
The holiday season is a big time for the music industry. Twenty percent of music sales happen in the last six weeks of the year. While major releases dominate this time of year, you can also use the holiday season to build your own momentum, increase sales, and set yourself up for a successful new...
It’s a truism of being in a band that opening for an established act is a sound method to promote your music and get your name out there. When you’re starting out, the chance to open for your musical heroes is a reward in itself; playing on the same bill as a band whose albums you’ve...
Former Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland was found dead on his tour bus in Minnesota. He was 48. Scott was on tour with his band The Wildabouts. His body was found around 9 PM. The source reads: “Police surrounded the bus, which was parked outside a motel near the venue where the...
IK Multimedia is proud to announce T-RackS Mic Room for Mac/PC, a powerful new microphone-modelling module that gives producers the power to process and “re-mike” their physical microphones to sound and perform like some of the most popular studio microphones of all time. With a collection...
Vocal manipulation has become increasingly common in mainstream music as of late, with artists like Kanye West, the Weeknd, and Grimes leading the way. We’re giving Grammys to musicians who use autotune religiously – and it’s not because our expectations from vocalists are diminishing;...
Sadly we lost these talented people from the music world. Svein Christiansen, 74, Norwegian jazz drummer, Arthur Brooks, 82, American singer (The Impressions). Armand, 69, Dutch protest singer. John Theunissen, 66, Dutch guitarist (Pussycat). Daniel Ferro, 94, American opera singer and vocal...
On the local scene, the vocals are often an afterthought, barely touched on in rehearsals, under-mixed live and hurried in the studio. On the international scene, the singer IS the band. On top of this pressure, many performers are insecure. The prevailing, idiotic, mentality often imposed on singers...
Boss’s RC-505 Loop Station is a user-friendly looper for DJs, vocalists, beatboxers and other artists, that serves just as well in the studio as it does on stage. The Loop Station allows you to record up to 5 stereo tracks, using its microphone input (XLR, with phantom power), its 6.3mm instrument...
