#Inspiration
Pedalboard Love: Designing your Sound for Under $500
Building a pedalboard is a journey - we all have different tonal needs and tastes, and our preferences can change over time. Pedalboards can grow into incredulous creations, almost resembling the dashboard of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Naturally, a board like that will come at an exorbitant cost too. Today,… Read more
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Gretsch: 5 Legendary Players
“The Great Gretsch Sound” they say. The unmistakable snap and twang, or the warm, round but brilliant sound - Gretsch guitars were right at the forefront of the rock ‘n’ roll era in the 50s and has been an essential part of guitar history ever since. Together with the great… Read more
#Buying Guides
10 Lifestyle Products Every Musician Should Own
USB Vinyl Player “I remember opening up my first vinyl and seeing the incredible artwork it had. There’s nothing like it. You also get that true gritty sound on vinyl that really makes a rock record sound great” Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe) The sound that vinyl records produce is no… Read more
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6 Songs for the Synth Lover
Perhaps the introduction and influence of the synthesizer is most eloquently described by Giorgio Moroder himself on Daft Punk’s homage to the disco master, Giorgio by Moroder. The track starts with an interview with Moroder where he shares a bite-sized history of his life as a musician, and recounting how… Read more
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10 Blistering Drum Solos that Took Centrestage
“Playing drums is my therapy,” confesses a certain Travis Barker. The punk rock stalwart was considered by many as being single-handedly responsible for the genre’s renaissance in the early 90’s just by his need to beat the drums like his life depended on it. While banging out anthems with Blink… Read more
#Gear & Tech Tips
Picking Out Your First Acoustic Guitar
How a guitar conjures a whirlwind of emotions with just six strings is just part of its allure. The rest of it results from delayed gratification - it take weeks and sometimes months to develop the finger strength and muscle memory to play your first song, and even longer to… Read more
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5 Cajon Covers To Get You Started
For all the times we’ve flipped a box over and created beats by banging on them, we’ve wished for an actual instrument that could take that much of a beating. The cajon (pronounced "CAR-HORN") serves that very purpose, and was born out of poetic necessity that traces back to the 18th… Read more
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5 Groundbreaking Effects That Pushed The Guitar To Its Limits
On the fields of a dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York, a mud-soaked crowd of 400,000 witnessed Jimi Hendrix’s rendition of Star Spangled Banner. It was 1969, and the crowd were treated to the squeals and wails of his white Stratocaster. What dominated his sound, was… Read more
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4 Producers We Love That Went Against The Clock
A home studio can mean different things to different people, and there hasn’t been a more exciting time to build your own. Get your foundation up and running with a software on a laptop, and a nice pair of monitor speakers. Once you’ve got that, take your studio anyway you… Read more
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6 Fender Custom Finishes To Drool Over
Ever wondered about Fender’s custom finishes - how they came about, and what they’re meant to represent? Throw it way back to the post-war era in 50s and 60s and you’ll find America’s obsession with the automobile at its peak. Beyond its interiors and functionalities, a car’s paint was really… Read more
#Events
Live & Local: Vokatones
2017 gave us plenty of reasons to be merry, as we took it to The Atrium at Star Vista with The Gift of Music to spread the festive cheer. The crowd were treated to their favourite Christmas carols, delivered by the A capella ensemble, Vokatones. With one perfect note after another and… Read more
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Vinyl and the Art of Digging
Vinyl has seen a massive resurgence in recent years, and aren’t all of us just loving it! We’re thrown back to the days of drool dribbling artwork, the sensation of removing the record from its sleeve for the first time, dropping the needle, and hearing it crackle like admiring your… Read more