Weekend Warrior Alex Chigos of Sound Chaser
Jul 01, 2010
DAY GIG I’m a software developer. Computers and synthesizers have much in common, and I enjoy them both. HOW I GOT STARTED I started playing the piano at age three. I began playing in bands in public when I was 11. By the time More...
Herbie Hancock, The Master Keyboardist on the Culture-Bridging Power of Music
Jul 01, 2010
“The time for complaining is over,” states Herbie Hancock, leaning forward with emphasis as we sit in the back yard of his West Hollywood home. “Globalization isn’t going to go away.” Rather than commenting on foreign policy or More...
Scott Hardkiss - From Turntables to Tape Reels
Jul 01, 2010
In a DJ’s career, the “artist album” is a milestone. It’s what happens when you’ve amassed enough popularity and skills to cut a record of original tracks, often in tighter pop song formats than usual—let other DJs remix them More...
On Board Thomas Dolby's Solar Studio Boat
Jun 24, 2010
Thomas Dolby is hard at work on A Map of the Floating City, his first new studio album in 20 years. A  preview EP, Amerikana, is already available at ThomasDolby.com. Seeing as our own Jon Regen has been touring in the U.K. and More...
Jordan Rudess Q and A at Roland Keyz n Beats Summit
Jun 16, 2010
In April, I had the privilege to moderate question-and-answer sessions at Roland's Keyz n Beats Summit, a day of panels, performances, and hands-on synth and drum clinics held at Musicians' Institute in Los More...
Richard Devine Q and A at Roland Keyz n Beats Summit
Jun 09, 2010
In April, I had the privilege to moderate question-and-answer sessions at Roland's Keyz n Beats Summit, a day of panels, performances, and hands-on synth and drum clinics held at Musicians' Institute in Los Angeles. One of More...
PJ Morton: Six Studio Secrets for R&B Keyboard Sounds
Jun 01, 2010
Having grown up with the music of New Orleans, Grammy-winner PJ Morton knows good sounds—and how to create signature patches in Apple Logic for such artists as India.Arie and Jermaine Dupri. His own album Walk Alone is available More...
The Low Anthem: Pumps Up Their Sound with Antique Reed Organs
Jun 01, 2010
Folk rockers the Low Anthem are currently headlining their first U.S. tour in support of their album Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, on which they took a unique approach to creating a sonic identity: recording antique, pedal-pumped More...
Wallpaper's Eric Frederic on Guerilla Producing
Jun 01, 2010
In Wallpaper’s hit “I Got Soul (I’m So Wasted),” co-creator Eric Frederic becomes lounge lizard Ricky Reed. His drunken hipster character roasts hot babes and cool dudes alike as irresistible synth pop bubbles away. As a More...
David Fowler On Reggae Bubble B-3 Organ Playing
Jun 01, 2010
Grab some headphones and give your favorite reggae track a close listen. Under the surface, you’ll hear tightly-woven patterns performed with organic precision. These propelling rhythms turn simple chops into deep-pocket More...
Weekend Warriors: Steve Sutkin and Chris Anderson of the MAGs
Jun 01, 2010
Chris AndersonNew Jersey’s MAGs started as a “midlife crisis” of the band members—the acronym stands for Middle Aged Guys. They cover a diverse range of material in the classic rock, soul, and Motown vein: Billy Joel, Bruce More...
Majorminor: Joshua Condon
Jun 01, 2010
Joshua Condon has been a working musician since his early teens. “At 15, I began studying at the Eastman Community Music School—a 200-mile round trip commute—and also began as a church accompanist and music coordinator,” he More...
Alicia Keys Reaches For New Sounds and Finds The Element Of Freedom
Jun 01, 2010
“I wanted it to go somewhere new,” reflects Alicia Keys about her hit album The Element of Freedom, just minutes before bringing 20,000 hungry fans at Newark, New Jersey’s, Prudential Centre to their feet. “I was listening to a More...
Joe Sample Exclusive Video Interview
May 26, 2010
Imagine hearing the legendary Jazz Crusaders when they took the hard-bop scene by storm in the 1960s. Recently, at Yoshi's jazz club in Oakland, California, I didn't have to imagine. Pianist Joe Sample reunited with trombonist More...
Dominique Arciero: On Her Nashville State of Mind
May 01, 2010
You might not expect Dominique Arciero of pop country sensations the Lunabelles to be a music industry veteran at the ripe old age of 23, but that’s exactly what she is. “I’ve been performing with my sisters since I was 13,” More...
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