Review: The Ultimate Guide To Singing
As I am as guilty as anyone when it comes to judging a book by it’s cover, this is one I almost...
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Jam Up and Make it Tight!
I would love to say that one of my first musical memories was the song, “Help!” by The...
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You Don’t Care, So Why Should I?
After meeting some friends in Hollywood for a bite and a drink, I was walking by the Piano Bar, a...
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Prepping For Your First Gig
So now we’ve laid the groundwork for your first solo gig. Unlike other musicians, you...
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Give Them a Thumb's Up
What do you get when you combine a coffee table, sleeping dog, wife at the locked door with a bag...
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Dreams With Deadlines
So- you’ve started working on your solo act presentation. You’ve seen a few solo...
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Knowing Your Strengths and Weaknesses
Imagine seeing this as part of a review: “It was obvious the crowd wanted to dance and do some...
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Stage Fright
When you perform, you get nervous. That will probably always happen because you care about doing...
Read MoreConquering Stage Fright
When you perform, you get nervous. That will probably always happen because you care about doing well and that causes a surge in adrenaline. Stage fright is a more extreme reaction. Your heart beats hard, your breathing becomes...
Read MoreFirst Performance Jitters
Paralyzed by fear, my first ever public performance of “What Child Is This” over the Christmas Holidays should’ve been renamed, “Child, What is this?” By Charles Lawerence (For a little background on how the author...
Read MoreStagefright: Mark Schulman Introduces Book on Conquering Your Nerves
fear. Fear. FEAR. It starts out small. It gets pretty big. Mark Schulman, pro touring drummer for Pink and Foreigner talks about…his new book about fear, stagefright, and how some of the biggest people in music have...
Read MoreInterview with Blues/Jazz Artist Turned Rocker, Jo Wymer
Switching genres? That’s what I’m talking about with Jo Wymer this month. Check it out… Jo Wymer, who began as a blues/jazz artist has recently decided to switch to the rock genre. Gutsy. In this series of...
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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 […]