If you were around here on the West Coast in the ’40s or ’50s chances are you came in contact with Tex Williams. He was, along...
In 1975, composer/musician Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt published Oblique Strategies, a set of playing-style cards that were intended to shake up stasis, break deadlocks, and...
Over the past few decades, the importance of music in film has expanded significantly as film and television has increasingly become a conduit for music lovers...
At last, we can look forward to quality in-person bluegrass music festivals. Here are some great opportunities. Father Day Grass Valley Festival Produced by the California...
Hello Troubadourians! I am a member of a demographic that has a prestigious and sometimes derided position in the world. I’m a Boomer and we seem...
Most popular music is broadly available for radio listening. Bluegrass music, with some exceptions, is generally not available for regular radio listening. Yet, its popularity...
Background While taking the first step into the recording studio may be exhilarating, you need to consider which documents you may need to bring to make...
From shelves of brick and mortar to the digitized warehouses of online retailers, there is a vast variety of audio interface solutions available to recording musicians...
I’ve been hosting a radio show this past year or so on the world music webcast, which is actually an Internet show and requires that you...