Category: Featured Article

Leader(s) of the Pack

Drums, Featured Article, Featured Article Sidebar, Guitar, Musician Profiles February 2, 2014March 18, 2019 Freddy Villano 0 Comments

The corporate world and the rock world are not as dissimilar as one might think. Being a CEO, or even managing a staff of employees, can be a lot like leading a band. The parallels between the two are indisputable. Charting a direction, team building, hiring and firing, and communicating ideas are all equally applicable job-related concepts whether you’re the head of a company, a department, or a band. Stu Kemper of Dublin, Ohio, and Ozzy Nelson of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, are both bandleaders and bosses at their companies.

Making Music at NAMM

Featured Article, Guitar January 29, 2014November 5, 2014 Making Music 0 Comments

Making Music is out in Anaheim, California, exploring all the latest and greatest gear and gizmos that music manufacturers are highlighting at the NAMM Show 2014. CEO Dan Walding, Advertising Director Chris Russo, and Antoinette Follett, the editor-in-chief of Making Music magazine are representing us there. D’Addario Flex Steel Bass Strings iRings from IK Multimedia […]

New Orleans Habitat Musicians’ Village

Featured Article, Featured Article Sidebar, Guitar, Keyboards December 31, 2013October 16, 2014 Cherie Yurco 0 Comments

Calvin Johnson and Margie Perez. Their stories of recovery and careers following Hurricane Katrina were so compelling that I felt I needed to put together a separate article about their triumphs. Neither of them, even when they lost nearly everything they owned, ever thought for a minute about giving up on New Orleans or their music careers.

Build a Home Recording Studio on a Budget

Audio Recording, Featured Article, Guitar, Keyboards, Products December 5, 2013June 4, 2015 Todd Hobin 2 Comments

With the steady rise of the do-it-yourself artist comes the challenge of building a home recording studio on an affordable budget. Artists like Justin Bieber and Grouplove, got started garnering massive amounts of exposure on websites like YouTube, using recordings they made at home. The days of spending thousands of dollars to record your first […]