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http://youtu.be/OhutsmNah4k Whether playing live or working in the studio, you can learn new tricks by working with other people. This also comes into play when working on sessions other than your own. Avid and Puremix have put together a six-part…
While many people are out shopping this weekend, we thought it would be better to stay in and create music by giving away a copy of Egoist for the iPad. Egoist is a groove instrument from Sugar Bytes that makes it…
Sometimes working with other people’s music can inspire your own creations. About a year ago I joined Blend where producers share source project files (Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic, GarageBand, Maschine, Reason, etc.) to not just remix but completely reimagine,…
Neil Young’s music has been with me for as long as I remember. As a teen I would sneak out of the house to see the midnight showing of his Rust Never Sleeps movie. After moving to California in the…
While on a family vacation in Pennsylvania I took a drive to Nazareth, PA and visited the C. F. Martin guitar factory. As an owner of a Martin guitar it was a treat to see how the guitars are made.…
Bobby Owsinski started his career as a guitar and keyboard player, songwriter and arranger, eventually becoming an in-demand producer/engineer. He is a co-founder of Surround Associates and has worked on surround projects and DVD productions for a variety of acts…
Many guitarists who are recording their own music use amp simulators or all-in-one pedals such as the Eleven Rack from Avid, the POD HD from Line 6, or the ME-80 from BOSS to get their sound. This option makes it…
Congratulations to elbow whose new album The Take Off and Landing of Everything just went to number one in the UK. As you may know, we’ve been fans of the band for many years. From our interview with bassist Pete…
Over the past month we’ve previewed and interviewed over 40 bands and artists playing at South by Southwest. And over the past few days we’ve been posting our recommended shows. Tonight we offer our Saturday shows starting off with Suzanne…
It’s Friday and time for our daily South by Southwest recommended shows. Tonight we start off with Chicago-based singer-songwriter Andrew Belle at Rowdys Saloon located at 305 W 5th Street. He released his debut album, The Ladder, in 2010 and…
