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New York band Spotlights graces YouTube with a very heavy and (literally) dark performance for our latest EarthQuaker Session.
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Aaron Espinoza discusses his early boombox overdub experiments, his favorite producers and mixers, how being self-taught is a challenging but rewarding road to take, and the importance of establishing and maintaining good relationships.
This week we head to Kingsize Soundlabs to check out Dave Trumfio (Wilco, My Morning Jacket, Sia) and his wide and interesting array of junk.
Manny discusses the positives of going off the grid in a foreign country to reclaim his love of recording music on his own terms, his love of analog gear in our digital world, the importance of learning from your failures and successes and the simple joys of real Chinese food and good Hong Kong coffee.
Jonathan Pearce takes us on a guided tour of his recording space filled with plenty of junk, including a Thunderbird 50 Fountain Amp head, a rare New Zealand-produced amplifier, and his beloved '78 deluxe Les Paul Gold Top.
For your musical absorption, we offer the bouncy, pedal-steel laced and country-tinged rock nroll tune “No More Pennies,” from L.A. rockers Starcrawler.
Arianna Powell takes us on a deep dive through her very tidy pedalboard featuring several EQD delights.
Cleveland guitarist Marcus Alan Ward stops by the Akron Recording Company to offer up a three-song set of guitar-led rockin’ soul, funk, with a touch of jazz.
Cash & Skye are a little bit classic country and a little bit old-school rock and roll. Actually, the band led by Starcrawler guitarist Henri Cash and singer Sophia Skye provides a healthy heaping of both of those vintage genres.
Absorb this three song set by one of Akron’s most consistently rockin’ live bands and a pedalboard packed with EQD.
This time out Massy shows us several totally tubular shotgun microphones spanning nearly a century of recording.
Ah Mer Ah Su takes us on a short, peppy and synth-poppy trip to groovetown with a live and outside take on her latest single.
Marvel as Sylvia Massy pops open a vintage 1970s era Cooper Time Cube, an analog delay/doubler box to shows us its guts. Then Sylvia shows us how to make a DIY doubler/delay box for our own sonic laboratories.
Soulful Detroit-based harpist Ahya Simone stops by the EarthQuaker Devices studio to take us on an ethereal musical journey.
Guitarist Reba Meyers, guitarist/vocalist founder of dynamic, electronic-laced metal band Code Orange takes us on a trip through her two pedal boards.
New York band Spotlights graces YouTube with a very heavy and (literally) dark performance for our latest EarthQuaker Session.
Join us as we team up with Sylvia for a super fun journey into the beyondo world of sound experimentation!
One thing you will notice about this episode of Board To Death! is that Lee uses a lot of pedals. Like, A LOT of pedals.
Cleveland's Safe Words is a group that commands attention and leaves you wanting way more. Lucky for us, they have been kind enough to share not one but TWO hauntingly ominous yet-somehow-upbeat tunes for your digestion.
Ensuring those who step into this recording facility are able to enhance their inspiration, Pierre de Reeder has stocked 64 Sound with a serious arsenal of dreamy studio gear.
Bass pedalboards. Bass pedals. Pedals for bass. How much is too much? Do you actually need a pedalboard if you play bass?
What stands before you is our entire goody bag of top secret info, exclusive interviews, and clips of people bonding with Bit Commander.
Courtney Barnett’s strong approach to the guitar is reflected on her pedalboard, which is supported by a classic foundation of dependable circuits.
For posterity, this is the entire live set performed by The Party Of Helicopters at Musica on EarthQuaker Day IV, August 3rd, 2019.
Los Angeles based singer-songwriter Emily Elbert hits us with a soulful solo EarthQuaker Session of her song "Service."
Akron Ohio’s dynamic hip-hop duo Free Black! beautifies our sunset with three tracks from their brand-new album Freedom Summer.
Dead Meadow lay down a thumping and soulful arrangement from their most recent album "The Nothing They Need" on Xemu Records.
Bobb Bruno plays all sorts of instruments and his gear collection reflects that. Heavily. Basically an entire wishlist of hard to finds, studio rarities, really rads, and just plain oddball music equipment.