ThinkIndie, the “BastardlyBrainChild of a bunch of IndieRecordJoints,” is a new online music store featuring select digital downloads and physical product, as well as exclusive content, from a collective of independent record stores around the country. Founded by record store owner-members of the Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS), ThinkIndie Read more...
MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: Enlisting robots to do our dirty work is nothing new. Humans have been enslaving machines in some fashion or another since about 3:00 PM on the day the wheel was invented. It’s been uphill or downhill ever since — whatever you want to call it.
Composer Steve Horowitz Read more...
The mpressor is a digital recreation of elysia’s hardware unit of the same name. The plug-in was developed with the team from Brainworx, a new-ish software company that if you don’t know yet, you will know soon.
In contrast to the last few years of plug-ins focused on emulating the Read more...
EAST VILLAGE, MANHATTAN: On January 16th, NYC music lovers will witness a very welcome sight: the Tower Records on Broadway and 4th Street will be open once again. There will be an important twist, however: CDs (remember those?) will not be on sale, customers will not jam the aisles, Read more...
Telefunken Elektroakustik is heading out to Winter NAMM next week where it will introduce the new AR-51 large diaphragm tube condenser microphone. The AR-51 is the latest addition to Telefunken’s affordably priced R-F-T line of tube mics.
The AR-51 has been designed in the tradition of the classic mics of Read more...
Know your audience. This golden rule of communications is perhaps more applicable to the music business today than ever before. Social media tools and customizable digital distribution platforms have closed the gap between artist and audience. We’re back to fans being the currency, and the challenge facing artists is how Read more...
MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: It’s a New Year — Instead of finding a yoga instructor for inspiration, check out Elie Maman. Equally adept at the business side of the biz, this fast-emerging producer/composer shows us just what kind of head you have to have on to fly fast forward off the city Read more...
HELL’S KITCHEN, MANHATTAN: New York City is a place where stars shine, but it can also be a land of long shadows. Just ask Rich Pagano, a world-class drummer who routinely shares the stage with the Earth’s top performers.
Besides being the pulse of champion Beatles tribute band The Fab Read more...
I typically wouldn’t review one of my own gigs, but in the case of the recent The Four Corners Songwriter’s Round (December 28th, 2009) at Googie’s Upstairs, I felt I had to share the experience with someone – most notably you. If you haven’t been to The Living Room in Read more...
While Quantum Leap Silk is not the newest sample-based virtual instrument (VI) out there, you can take this as a kind of year-end shout to one of my favorite tools of the year. Silk encompasses traditional acoustic instruments from the Silk Road trade route first established during the time of Read more...
