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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- Lindenwood University’s J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts Chooses L-AcousticsNamed for local businessman and philanthropist Jerry Scheidegger, the J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts on the campus of St. Charles, Missouri’s Lindenwood University is a $32 million, state-of-the-art educational and performing arts complex. The 138,000-square-foot facility’s main theater, the 1,200-seat Lindenwood Theater, can be a challenging acoustical space, with its high interior and ceiling […]
- Mackie Unveils New Flagship Loudspeaker SeriesMackie today announces their all-new flagship DRM Professional Powered Loudspeakers. Packed with up to 2300W of power, cutting-edge DSP, and built-in full color displays, DRM Loudspeakers offer incredible sound quality and reliability for a wide range of applications. Perfect for mobile DJs, bands, install, Houses of Worship, rental systems, and more. Available in the 1600W […]
- Yamaha Professional Audio Creates Perfect Systems in New Commercial Audio Display at NAMM 2019Yamaha Commercial Audio products will exhibit in the ACC North Hall for the first time at NAMM 2019. The booth willfeature RIVAGE PM Digital Audio Consoles, the brand’s superior Dante integration and wireless microphone control on the company’s world-renownedCL and QL digital audio consoles, the latest NEXO speaker systems, Commercial Installation Solutions (CIS) product, L2 […]
- AES@NAMM Pro Sound Symposium: Live & Studio Hands-On Training Academy Events Offer Line Array Loudspeaker Systems and Live Mixing Console ExperiencesThis year’s AES@NAMM Pro Sound Symposium: Live & Studio is set to bring the best in practical audio engineering education and insights to attendees at all experience levels. Taking place concurrently with The NAMM Show, January 24 – 27 in Anaheim, CA, this year’s AES@NAMM sessions will offer specialized Line Array Loudspeaker System Academy and […]
- Orange Amplification Present The Pedal Baby 100 AmpOrange Amplification proudly present the Pedal Baby 100. A 100W class A/B power amplifier, designed for the touring musician. Neutral-sounding but still flattering, it’s perfect for guitarists running pedal boards, modellers or digital processors. Light, compact and built for the road; fly dates and changing venues are all taken in its stride. See the product […]