Guides & News
Reviews, tutorials and buying advice from two decades of covering recording and instrument gear.
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Recording Vocals Part I: Right Mic, Right Technique
Four to six inches is best for softer singers, but don’t forget that pop filter For these past few segments, we here…
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Randy Blythe Comments on Czech Media Inaccuracies
Randy Blythe in a Czech court room earlier this month. In further developing news on one of last year’s most intriguing rock…
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Rammstein Implicated in Baltimore School Shooting
Gladden’s official mug shot/Baltimore County Police This isn’t the first time an eccentric hard rock band has been handcuffed in connection to…
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Radial Engineering To Release The Ultra Compact StageBug SB-2 Direct Box (DI) This March
“Musicians want it all; they want smaller, but do not want tocompromise quality.” – Radial Engineering’s Mark Gummer Ever wanted to take…
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Pete Townshend Walks Off Stage During Opening Night of Who Tour
Townshend in concert, 2008* Seems like nowadays, you aren’t really a considered a true rock star unless you have yourself a good…
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Pennywise to Release First Album with New Singer
Southern California punk veterans Pennywise is set to release their 10th studio album, All or Nothing, on April 27 through their longtime…
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Paul Stanley: Analog Recording to Make a Comeback
Monster will be the 20th studio album from KISS* In a recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine, KISS singer and guitarist Paul Stanley…
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Nirvana’s 1991 Concert Free For Today
To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Nirvana’s groundbreaking ‘Nevermind’ album release this week, a special airing of the full Paramount Theatre show…
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Nine Inch Nails and The Cure to Headline Lollapalooza According To Leaked Image
Leaked image on Twitter of this year’sposter from @FestivalSnob If leaked internet images are true – and when are they not? –…
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New Gear Showcase: Guitars, Keyboards, Theramins and More!
Do you know what time it is? Free Radio Friday! Wait… inside joke, never mind, forget that. It’s finally Friday music fans…
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Music News Weekend Roundup 4/2
Red Hot Chili Peppers Live Free Red Hot EP from Red Hot Chili Peppers Things are about to get a bit hotter…
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Mixing Techniques: Monitors or Headphones
Bayer Dynamic DT770PRO @ $229.99 When it comes to home studio recording, there are certainly a few hard and fast rules that we…