Take It From Me by 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… more »

Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois If you haven’t guessed it yet I am a movie freak, and I love movies about music.  I want to share a movie with you.  Wouldn’t it be really cool if you could see Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Buck and Bubbles… more »

Went to see Heart perform at Harrah’s Rincon and got our socks knocked clean off (those of us who indulge in wearing them)! Ann and Nancy Wilson thrilled their very loyal and responsive fans with past favorites and a few songs off their upcoming… more »

Fourteen more bands have recently been added to the three-day Download Festival line-up, June 11-13. Some of these acts will be playing on the brand new Jägermeister acoustic stage – bringing the total of stages to five. This has got to be one of the… more »

Tony Bennett once said, “The bottom line of any country in the world is ‘What did we contribute to the world?’ … We contributed Louis Armstrong.” As if we had anything to do with it, contribute we did. We liked him,… more »

You read our story about their fantastic concert at Wembley Arena, and saw the exclusive photos by our Moonshayde. Throughout their 37-year career, KISS has sold 80 million albums, played in front of millions of people and become an integral part of… more »

by Edward Lapple If you are going to record your music, you need to know the basics of proper level setting. Say that you want to record your guitar. What would the signal path be? Well, the strings vibrate over a magnetic pickup; the output… more »