To all the folks who slyly popped Pause (Domino, 2001) into the stereo in anticipation of a little late-night tonsil hockey, to all those who ever sipped...
If playing a show doesn't involve swearing (sometimes at the audience) or onstage mishaps, James Murphy doesn't want anything to do with it. And although...
In 2001, Zach Sciacca, aka Z-Trip, hit pay dirt with his self-released CD, Uneasy Listening (Against the Grain, Vol. 1), a slice-and-dice mix CD on which...
The trio that comprises Tpopmusik doesn't approach collaboration in any traditional sense of the word. In fact, Stephan Haeri, Fabrice Dumont and Christophe...
We editors spend a lot of time figuring out ways to help you make music and forge a career in the industry. But we don't devote much attention to helping...
As vice president and co-founder of Reach Global Inc., an independent music-publishing company, I get asked a lot of questions by curious songwriters....
Computer-based music has long suffered from the stigma that it's not quite ready for prime time. Pretty much everybody can think of examples in which...
When I first entered the world of digital audio, I was interested in producing and engineering but had no clue where to start. I knew I needed a computer...
ALLEN & HEATH XONE:S6 ROTARY DJ MIXER Allen & Heath scored big-time in the past few years with its Xone range of DJ mixers, particularly the benchmark...
Musicians have always longed to break free from the studio. Face it: Few things are less inspiring than sitting down at your music workstation day after...
The turntable is an instrument? But you're just playing records! So goes the claim of the naysayer of turntablism as an art. DJ Babu of the Beat Junkies...
When most people discuss sequencing software, they invar-iably seem to get hung up on the differences between the major platforms. What many people don't...
The art of DJing has evolved significantly since the Technics SL-1200MKII turntable entered the scene in the early 1970s. For years, 12-inch singles and...
GURU Version 7.0: The Street Scriptures (7 Grand) Gang Starr's mouthpiece reveals split-personality gene It's hard to be a rapper these days. Cash cows...
ZERO-G MORPHOLOGY VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT/SOUND LIBRARY With a name synonymous with explorative analog synthesis and sample-library productions, Ian Boddy...
Danny Howells worships his records almost as much as he loves his coffee, which he takes iced, and his tequila, of which he prefers Patron. Clutching...
For musicians, few things are worse than playing to an empty room. People don't want to practice long hours and spend time setting up for a show only...
LETTER OF THE MONTH A VALID POINT If I never read another letter about the virtues of sampled/electronic music versus instrumentally performed music,...
HAVE YOUR CAKEWALK If you're dying to get a guided tour of Cakewalk's Project 5 Version 2, you're in luck. The company is launching an expansive tour...
During the past decade or so, the ubiquitous DAW/sequencer/multitrack audio recording software has truly reshaped the recording landscape like nothing...
VINYL POOL is the handy state-by-state directory that lists some of the fine independent vinyl shops and DJ-gear retailers that carry your favorite magazine,...
Since when did field trips get so cool? On April 8, 100 grade-schoolers from P.S. 34 and P.S. 188 in Manhattan met up with guest teacher Talib Kweli at...
Turning electronic music into a improvisational experience that both maintains the feel of the original material and allows for some flexibility is not...
As if you expected anything less, the Remix Hotel Miami brought some serious heat to Southern Florida for the fourth year in a row March 24-26. Infiltrating...
A visibly animated Bernard Sumner holds his drink a pick-me-up power smoothie that resembles antifreeze in color and consistency up to the light and grimaces....
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