Is Music Piracy OK?
I’m old enough to have grown up back when the only way to listen to music at home was to listen to the radio or buy the album. Almost every weekend I headed into Philadelphia to “3rd Street Jazz and Rock”. They had the best selection around of all the punk, new wave, alternative stuff […]
Devi Ever Console Kickstarter
I wrote about the Devi Ever Console last year. But after a short while there stopped being updates on it, and I assumed the project dead. I’m guessing the popularity of Kickstarter had a big part to play in this project coming back to life. The idea of the console ‘pedal’, is similar to an […]
RockSmith for Bass Coming This Fall
It’s a total coincidence that this is the second bass story in a row. But as I mentioned, I’m practicing my bass a lot more lately so this is exciting news. Ladies and Gentlemen, we’re happy to officially announce that BASS is coming to Rocksmith this fall! It will initially be offered as a DLC […]
Roger Waters P-Bass Giveaway
I’ve recently started getting more serious about my bass playing abilities. Partly, because I’d like to be less reliant on loops and samples when writing and recording, and partly because I am currently helping out a new custom bass business with some graphic design and marketing(more on that in the coming months). So don’t be […]
Taylor Guitars – The State of Ebony
Apparently, Taylor guitars now owns 75% of the worlds last legal, commercial supply of ebony. Taylor Guitars co-founder, Bob Taylor, talks about what this means to the guitar industry. I guess it’s good that someone who has a vested interest in seeing this resource become sustainable is in control of it. But it’s a shame […]