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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- Founding Member of The Commodores chooses NUAGE Advanced Production DAW SystemWilliam King, a founding member of funk/soul super group The Commodores recently installed at Yamaha Steinberg NUAGE Advanced Production DAW System for his studio in Nashville. J Sound Services (JSS) completed the design and installation for Mr. King’s private studio. With NUAGE as the studio’s centerpiece, Kind has a full hands-on production suite to use […]
- The Star Performing Arts Centre Singapore Chooses Waves MultiRackReuben Ong, Head of Audio at Star Performing Arts Centre in Singapore, chooses products from Waves Audio, including Waves SoundGrid Servers, MultiRack and the SD7 Pro Show bundle. The key venue of The Star Performing Arts Centre, the 5,000-seat “The Star Theatre,” is fitted with high-end audio, video and production lighting systems for an exceptional […]
- Group One Limited Appoints Trevor Waite to Post of Technical SupportLong Island-based Group One Limited—the US distributor for DiGiCo, Calrec, KLANG:technologies and Avolites, among other professional audio and lighting brands—has added Trevor Waite as its newest technical support engineer. Jack Kelly, Group One CEO, made the announcement. Working at the company’s Farmingdale, New York headquarters, Waite is primarily responsible for facilitating call-in and live-chat technical […]
- San Diego’s Vario Joins VUE al-Class Partner NetworkVUE Audio is pleased to welcome Vario to its U.S. partner network with the purchase of a sizable VUE inventory that includes al-4 and al-8 line array systems. The addition of VUE line arrays will bolster Vario’s impressive growth trajectory by opening new opportunities for their full-service operation that includes video, lighting, and staging, as […]
- Serato + Roland TR-SYNC Update Now AvailableRoland announces updates to its iconic TR-8, TR-8S, TR-08, and TR-09 drum machines, making them Serato DJ OSA-ready. This new functionality, named TR-SYNC, is now available as part of the latest Serato DJ Pro 2.1.1 update and allows DJs to effortlessly match the BPM of the TR drum machines with tracks playing on Serato DJ […]