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LUDWIG ATLAS at NAMM 2012
NAMM 2012
LUDWIG ATLAS
http://www.ludwig-drums.com/atlas/pro.php
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COLLINGS GUITARS at NAMM 2012
NAMM 2012
COLLINGS GUITARS
http://www.collingsguitars.com/
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THE CRYSTAL METHOD HELPS CASIO LAUNCH NEW SYNTH
The Crystal Method's Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland perform at Casio's launch party for the XW-G1 Groove Synthesizer in New York.
THE CRYSTAL METHOD HELPS CASIO LAUNCH NEW SYNTH
By Christopher Walsh
Casio—which debuted the XW-P1 synthesizer at this year’s NAMM show—has now expanded the XW Series with the launch of the XW-G1 Groove Synthesizer. The manufacturer introduced the XW-G1 at a private event this spring at New York’s Highline...
NEW MARTIN STRING AMBASSADORS | THE DIRTY GUV’NAHS
NEW MARTIN STRING AMBASSADORS | THE DIRTY GUV’NAHS
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FOLK FORWARD – ESSENTIAL FOLK
FOLK FORWARD – ESSENTIAL FOLK
DUST BOWL BALLADS (1940)
WOODY GUTHRIE
In a whirl of autobiography and activism, Guthrie reinvents American song. The Oklahoma native recorded this 1940 gem in two days, laying the groundwork for thousands of guitar-strumming followers. These are dusty, hard-bitten ballads that somehow gleam and soar more than 70 years after their creation.
THE FREEWHEELIN’ BOB DYLAN (1963)
BOB DYLAN
The folk bard’s...
FOLK FORWARD – NEXT GENERATION
FOLK FORWARD – NEXT GENERATION
Shel
SHEL
Based in Fort Collins, Colo., sisters Sarah, Hannah, Eva and Liza Holbrook are classically trained musicians whose songs meld ethereal harmonies, out-of-the-box melodies and remarkable musicianship. Producer Brent Maher, who’s worked with everyone from Ike & Tina Turner to the Judds, co-produced SHEL’s When the Dragon Came Down EP and is working on a full-length follow-up.
John Fullbright
JOHN...
FOLK FORWARD
FOLK FORWARD
How a sound born of tradition is thriving in the modern day
By Peter Cooper
It’s the other “F” word. And like its more obscene counterpart, it means different things to different people in different contexts. In the 1950s, it was sweater-vested political subversives. Later, it was shape-shifting musical revolutionaries and introspective singer-songwriters. It has been used to describe troubadours who specialize in journalistic...
THE SOUNDS OF SUMMER WITH DONAVON FRANKENREITER & MARTIN GUITAR FACEBOOK CONTEST
THE SOUNDS OF SUMMER WITH DONAVON FRANKENREITER & MARTIN GUITAR FACEBOOK CONTEST
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The Producers Conference – Musicians Institute
The Producers Conference – Musicians Institute – this Saturday
When:
May 12th, 2012. 1pm, to 6pm. (doors open at 12:30pm)
Where:
Musicians Institute
6752 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Get your ticket now! Click here >>
This interactive learning session is only $35 per person.
Come to The Producers Conference at the Musicians Institute and find out how song ideas turn into finished mixes, and how those finished...
2012 ASCAP EXPO Photo Coverage
I Create Music • 2012 ASCAP EXPO
April 19-21, 2012 • Los Angeles | The Premier Conference for Songwriters, Composers and Producers
‘The ASCAP Expo offers a comprehensive road map for a successful career in music—while providing plenty of inspiration to keep musicians motivated along the way.’
–M Music & Musicians magazine
Photography by Jeff Fasano
Kiersty Rouge
Apogee Electronics at 2012 ASCAP EXPO
ASCAP’s...
MEAT LOAF
MEAT LOAF
Telling big stories, going for broke and having a hell of a time
“I think dramatically,” declares Meat Loaf. “My albums are big, complicated stories.” Indeed, nearly every project Meat Loaf undertakes is bigger than life, starting with 1977’s smash rock opera Bat Out of Hell. Produced by Todd Rundgren and composed by classically trained songwriter Jim Steinman, the album has sold more than 14 million copies in the U.S. alone.
Meat...
KAISER CHIEFS
KAISER CHIEFS
One new album in a seemingly infinite number of variations
For its fourth album, the English group Kaiser Chiefs posted 22 new songs on its website and let fans assemble and purchase their own 10-track “bespoke” versions. The band, best known for the songs “I Predict a Riot” and “Ruby,” assembled its own iteration last year for release overseas under the title The Future Is Medieval. Yet another version is out now...
REBELUTION
REBELUTION
The sky’s the limit for this sunny California quartet’s brand of uplifting reggae rock
It’s no wonder that Santa Barbara, Calif., is often referred to as the American Riviera. The sun seems to shine incessantly and the beach always beckons. No wonder, then, that reggae-rock band Rebelution found its sound in the small seaside town of Isla Vista, one of Santa Barbara’s more carefree enclaves, making music teeming with spectacularly...
NNXT
NNXT
HOMETOWN: Atlanta
INFLUENCES: Peter Gabriel, Imogen Heap, New Kids on the Block
ALBUM: Shut Your Trapper Keeper, out now
WEBSITE: nnxtmusic.com
From age 4, Jessica Gore was a piano prodigy who spent much of her childhood playing in classical competitions. But her musical direction changed entirely a few years ago, when she got her hands on a four-track digital recorder. “It totally blew my mind that more than one instrument or voice could...
SUGAR + THE HI-LOWS
SUGAR + THE HI-LOWS
HOMETOWN: Nashville
MEMBERS: Trent Dabbs (guitar, vocals), Amy Stroup (vocals)
ALBUM: Sugar + the Hi-Lows, out now
WEBSITE: sugarandthehilows.com
The old-school sound of Sugar + the Hi-Lows was born three years ago, when Trent Dabbs and Amy Stroup got together to write songs in Nashville. Dabbs brought along a vintage amplifier, which turned the conversation toward their favorite music from the 1950s and ’60s. Before long they’d...
BEN HOWARD
BEN HOWARD
HOMETOWN: Totnes, Devon, England
influences: Nick Drake, John Martyn, Van Morrison
ALBUM: Every Kingdom, due out in April
WEBSITE: benhowardmusic.co.uk
Howard picked up his mother’s guitar when he was 8, inspired by his parents’ love for folky singer-songwriters of the 1960s and ’70s. “That’s what we’d listen to in the house and in the car,” he says. His debut album was recorded in cellist India Bourne’s barn in the English...
MICHAEL WILLIAMS
MICHAEL WILLIAMS
Neither Hendrix nor his heritage keeps this guitar hero from reaching beyond the blues
Michael Williams is well aware that he seems unusually cheery for a man who claims the blues as a birthright. “At first, I just wanted to be a guitar player,” he explains. “I never wanted to be a singer or a songwriter. But I found myself being pigeonholed and strictly defined as a blues player. That wasn’t intriguing to me. I wanted...
