Video Feature & Web-Exclusive Interview Musician: MITCH GALLAGHER Album:Foundation Mitch Gallagher is a guitarist and composer. The tone on his new album Foundationis exceptional—a thing of beauty. But this is not simply another guitar album. He has combined guitars and piano with an amazing rhythm section and stellar horns. Gallagher was introduced to music as a child by his mother—who was herself a child recording artist with her siblings,... 

Toontrack releases new EZdrummer 2 expansion: Post-Rock EZX Today, Toontrack announced the release of the Post-Rock EZX, a new sound library expansion for EZdrummer 2 recorded in Iceland’s iconic Sundlaugin Studios. This marks the fifth EZX since the EZdrummer 2 launch in 2014. About the Post-Rock EZX & the Sundlaugin Studios ”Dramatic. A force of nature. Unpredictable and almost cinematic.” When asked how to put words to the term post-rock,... 

Toontrack releases three EZdrummer 2 bundles Toontrack announced the release of three separate bundles including EZdrummer 2 combined with two EZX sound library expansions: EZdrummer 2 Metal Edition, EZdrummer 2 Rock Edition and EZdrummer 2 Vintage Edition.   With either of the three bundles, you get EZdrummer 2, its two core sound libraries (’Modern’ and ’Vintage’), the market’s most intuitive software for drum production and two... 

THE ULTIMATE SONGWRITING COMPETITION. This is a competition celebrating the joy of creativity, the power of music and the craft of songwriting. Dust off your favorite song or write a new one, share it with the world and have a shot at winning big. There are about 10,000 reasons to enter. Go!  Grand Prize: Est. value $12,048 • A one-time $10,000 cash payment • A copy of the world’s number one drum production tool for songwriters, EZdrummer... 

TOONTRACK BACKBEATS MIDI Righteous grooves—and plenty of ’em Toontrack’s latest expansion pack offering, Backbeats MIDI does not disappoint. Session drummer Stephen Belans accomplished his goal of creating an infectious set of beats and fills to equip classic rock, pop and country songwriters and producers. “I based this purely on what a songwriter might need,” says Belans. The 500-plus files are grouped in rhythmic styles and broken down... 

Toontrack EZkeys, EZdrummer, and EZmix 2: EZ Does It When the muse strikes, you need instant access to tools that will feed your creativity—and that’s where Toontrack’s amazing software comes into play. EZkeys and EZdrummer provide not only great virtual instruments to play back your parts—piano and drums—but also extensive libraries of loops to build songs and arrangements. EZkeys goes further by allowing you to experiment with chord progressions... 

Superior Drummer 2.0 has a revamped interface and loads of new sample libraries. FOR: Songwriters, producers and even drummers. Superior Drummer 2.0 has improved load times, dynamic and EQ controls, ADSR for sample-playback shaping and compatibility with Toontrack EZdrummer libraries, making it as straightforward or as in-depth as needed. Add the Music City USA SDX expansion for 20GB of pristine drum samples recorded in Nashville by drummer Harry...