More than 100 people were taken to local hospitals during the 14th annual Electric Daisy Carnival at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Exposition Park. The LA Fire Department said some of the injuries occurred as people rushed barriers Saturday to… more »

by Frank “Catfish” Butler So there I was, sitting in a meeting at the Los Angeles office of BareFootMusicNews when in walks Debbie Shair, the keyboard player for Heart. You couldn't find a cooler, more laid-back person if you tried. She was in the ne… more »

Summer NAMM was kicked off in Nashville on June 17 by NAMM Young Professionals (NAMM YP, for NAMM member under 40 years of age) hosting its first annual Networking Reception coinciding with NAMM’s Pre-Show Party. NAMM hosted booths to support Nashville… more »

It's like a Zen Riddle and playing is like a meditation, opening yourself to the world around you and moving with that world. Music Theory is like the laws of physics. But you don't have to understand biology to be a butterfly. more »

Take It From Me by Edward LappleWhen you receive money for playing music, it is taxable whether you are an individual or a business. However, as a business, any money that you spend to make these paydays happen is considered an expense and is tax deductible… more »

The Live Oak Music Festival is a three day concert and camping event held every year on Father’s Day weekend in the hills above Santa Barbara, California. Live music ranging from traditional, folk, bluegrass and gospel, to blues, jazz, classical and wo… more »

Gary Shider, one of the best-known members of George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic and musical director of the P-Funk All-Stars for much of their history, died June 16 due to complications from brain and lung cancer. He was 56. Shider inducted into t… more »

Register until June 25 at All-Pro Sound for a chance to win a Tascam recording studio package valued at $969.96, including: DP-008 Portable 8-Track Digital Recorder TM-78 Studio Condenser Microphone VL-M3 Powered Stereo Monitors HP-VT1 Stereo Headphones… more »

Review by Ken Cote Photos by Music In Pictures made their return to the stage tonight after a year and a half away. With opening bands Stoic & Burn The Witch… more »

by Frank Butler While hitting booth after booth at the 2010 NAMM show, we came across EKO Guitars. EKO Guitars, an Italian company, puts out some really nice guitars with bodies that look like fine art.  The best artisans in Europe build them with th… more »

Dan Grigor said he loved these articles because they were “a wonderful look into the mind of the working musician.” I don't know about that, but it warms my wretched heart. more »

Rock fans have had enough of being brainwashed on a daily basis on TV and radio with the manufactured hits from the puppets of the popular TV show. History was made after over half-million people… more »

Wild tricks in the recording studio are the stuff of legend. Musicians in the know will whisper about how the latest hottie got his sound. Ever since Les Paul invented the multi-track tape recorder, there have been a… more »

Maybe there is some cosmic catalog of consciousness which remembers us all after we're gone and allows us to continue on in some way. And, being musically minded, I kind of think music might be the answer. more »

When original Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton sadly passed away too soon in 2008, many felt that the reunion of Iggy Pop and The Stooges was a joyful, short-lived time that would be laid to rest a… more »

Take It From Meby Edward Lapple Many of the articles I write have to do with bettering your economic status as musicians. You can actually make money playing music, and of course, once you are discovered, once you have "made it," once you're a star… more »