Creating Your First Home Studio Setup for Songwriting and Demo Making
Sara Landeau
Four essential steps to setting up your home studio: 1. Start with what you have, 2. Choose the best spot, 3. Arrange your workstation, 4. Know your goals.
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Highs and Tremo-lows
Lane Sparber
Five areas you need focus on to keep your traditional fender tremolo in tune.
Read MoreJustus West: Soul Survivor
E.E. Bradman
Meet Justus West, the 21-year-old Kansas City, Kansas-based multi-instrumentalist/producer making waves with a cadre of world-class heavies - from Mac Miller, Ariana Grande, and Jazmine Sullivan to Chris “Daddy” Dave, Herbie Hancock, Robert Glasper, Timbaland, Ty Dolla $ign, and John Mayer.
Read MoreHow Musicians Can Work With Engineers to Get The Best Performance Possible
Danielle DePalma
If you have been playing shows for any reasonable length of time, you have experienced the good, the bad, and the ugly of a venue performance. Here are some tips and tricks for working with your concert engineers to have the best show possible.
Read MoreCAPtive Audiences
Lane Sparber
Thoughts, Facts, Myths, and Opinions on Cap Jobs in Vintage Tube Amps.
Read MoreEarthQuaker Session Ep. 32: Safe Words
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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.
Read MoreFive Ways to Get to Know Your Multimeter
Patrick Benson
This is a must-have tool for anyone getting into electronics or at the very least curious about how their instrument works and want to know more about how to troubleshoot problems on their own.
Read MoreShow Us Your Junk! Ep. 29 - Pierre de Reeder (64 Sound / Rilo Kiley)
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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.
Read MoreAngie Swan: Electricity in Motion
E.E. Bradman
Most American musicians are tied to the East Coast, the West Coast, or the swath in the middle, but Angie Swan knows all three - and a chunk of the rest of the world - better than most.
Read MoreThe Five Most Common Passive Guitar Wiring Mistakes
Lane Sparber
Altering your guitar’s electronics can be a lot of fun, and the results can change your instruments’ sounds dramatically.
Read MoreBoard To Death! Ep. 32 – Emily Retsas (Kim Gordon, Phoebe Bridgers)
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Bass pedalboards. Bass pedals. Pedals for bass. How much is too much? Do you actually need a pedalboard if you play bass?
Read MoreEarthQuaker Session Ep. 31: Relaxer - Full Set at Akron Roller Derby
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Relaxer came through with this full set at Akron Roller Derby, filmed during a socially distanced lifestyle.
Read MoreBit Commander Retrospective
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What stands before you is our entire goody bag of top secret info, exclusive interviews, and clips of people bonding with Bit Commander.
Read MoreBoard To Death! Ep. 31 - Courtney Barnett
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Courtney Barnett’s strong approach to the guitar is reflected on her pedalboard, which is supported by a classic foundation of dependable circuits.
Read MoreMy First, My Last, My Everything
Dave Hill
For the remainder of our high school years, we’d spend most weekends driving around the east side suburbs of Cleveland with Barry White as our soundtrack and, before long, an obsession was born.
Read MoreMusic Gear Bechdel Test
Hilary B. Jones
The Bechdel Test has been adapted by many folks, either to focus on a particular field, like theater, or a particular identity, such as Black or LGBTQ+ folks. In that spirit, I have created the Music Gear Bechdel Test. I will add that the main focus here is specifically on advertising and marketing, including social media.
Read MoreEQD on Record: September 2020
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Attention tone hounds: here are a few releases for this month. Please check out these albums in your desired format and support the artists that use our pedals!
Read MoreAren’t you tired of all these guitar pedal companies and their social justice Instagram posts?
Julian Saporiti
In the month of June, at least on social media, almost every pedal company could be seen grappling with the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others killed by police.
Read MoreEarthQuaker Session Ep. 30: Party of Helicopters
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For posterity, this is the entire live set performed by The Party Of Helicopters at Musica on EarthQuaker Day IV, August 3rd, 2019.
Read MoreGive It Up For Guitar Shops (and The Cities They Live In)! : Southside Guitars
Emily Elhaj
A unique and family-operated goldmine operating in Williamsburg, the full-service shop was founded by brothers Ben and Sam Taylor to showcase their love of vintage gear and their desire to provide quality instruments to musicians and collectors.
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