Sequencing Options Part 2
Back in the dark ages when one had to actually book time in a studio to make a real recording,...
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Category: The Solo Gigger
Sequencing Options – The Solo Gigger
A while back, I did a column on learning new material. This month, let’s tackle sequencing a new...
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Rap – The Solo Gigger
I am not a fan of rap. However, we should discuss what happens onstage when you aren’t playing....
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The “A” Word – The Solo Gigger
Let’s discuss the one thing that will guarantee your success or failure. One word that makes the...
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THE SOLO GIGGER- Doubles, Anyone?
It’s summertime and the gigging is easy. Well, maybe not every day or week, but if you’re...
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Gig Travel – The Solo Gigger
How do you get to your shows? Planes, trains, automobiles, boats, bikes or on foot? There are many...
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Live Entertainment Economics – THE SOLO GIGGER
I spoke with a client just last week who wanted to book me for a three hour private party. He had...
Read MoreThe Importance of Tunnel Vision
When I was in grade school, we lived in Lexington, KY. Beautiful country and thanks to the proliferation of race horses, “(horse) flies as big as Buicks,” to quote Emmylou Harris. I remember first going to Keeneland, the quarter...
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The Money Question
We’ve discussed money in bits and pieces during the course of this blog for almost two...
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The Ever Changing Business Model
One of my guitar students and his father came to see me at a restaurant gig a couple weeks ago....
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Gigmasters and Gig Salad
I moved to Los Angeles in March 1983 to attend the Guitar Institute of Technology, or GIT. It was...
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Learning Tunes
Unless you perform in a tribute band of artists no longer recording, chances are you’ll need...
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- Meyer Sound LEO heads out on China’s festival circuitMTA Festival China’s music festival scene has been in full swing this summer, with many gatherings across the nation relying on new Meyer Sound LEO Family systems provided by Stage Arts Groups (S.A.G.), a diversified production and artist management enterprise based in Beijing. One standout event in S.A.G.’s non-stop summer schedule was the MTA (Music […]
- Tracktion Present Delta-V Audio’s SpaceCraft Granular SynthTracktion Corporation is delighted to announce the latest addition to their ‘Tracktion Present’ program, Mark Watt’s (Delta-V Audio) SpaceCraft Granular Synth. The SpaceCraft granular synth has been a huge success on iOS since its launch a year ago. Now, in collaboration with Tracktion, the latest version is available as a plugin in for Mac and […]
- The New Era of Product Development: The AES New York 2019 Product Development TrackEach year the Product Development Track presents four days of themed Workshops during the AES Convention. Building on last year’s theme “Make Audio Matter,” the 2019 Product Development Track is built on the theme “The New Era of Product Development.” The Track’s sessions will dive into next-generation methodologies, practices and technologies involved in developing and […]
