I’ve been a user of Studio One since its initial release in 2009. I thought it would be cool to review a different DAW than Vegas...
San Diego’s burgeoning acoustic/singer-songwriter scene was already in full swing by the summer of 1995. The swell of talent that spilled out of Java Joe’s tiny...
I’ve got a car. A 2018 Toyota Corolla XLE, in the beautifully indefinable color of aquamarine. Obviously, I really like this automobile. It was the first...
Three and a half years ago, my good friend Charlie Loach (also a columnist in this magazine) and I are in my cozy little music room....
Since 2004, I have enjoyed the privilege of writing the Zen of Recording. Whether the focus is on music, tools, or crazy things that happen in...
Carlos Santana was three well-received songs into his set in front of an exhilarated, sold-out crowd when he paused for a moment. Darkness had finally stretched...
I’m at the bar. A gooey amalgamation of chatter, laughter, and semi-familiar songs tumbles and flows across the bamboo-festooned tiki bar decor of the The Luau’s...
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...
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...
