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Building Your ‘Musical Village’

3 foundational requirements
by Stephen Stern, executive editor

Short of going viral, Gangnam Style, busting through the density of the entertainment lithosphere takes a village — a village far different in mindset and skillset than a decade ago and, to …

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Gearheads Unite

The rise and fall of the pedal board
by Gene Baker, editor, Music Insider Magazine

ear in any industry goes through fads. In the guitar world, much of these gear trends are driven by technology and its perpetual wheel of …

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NAMM Show Yo!

by Ray Rocha, editor, Music Insider Magazine

an you believe it’s almost here already?  Or finally?  NAMM is set for January 24-27, 2013.

Never been to NAMM? Well let me give you an overview  …

The venue is situated in …

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Surviving Yoko Ono

Our band founder has a girlfriend who comes to every practice and every event. We wouldn’t mind it that much if she would just observe and let us do our thing. She’s always telling us how we should dress, what …

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13 Tips for the Touring Musician

Following the rules of the road
by Rich Redmond

Since 1997, I have split my time as a musician between touring and recording. I find that both of these activities “feed” and support each other. Playing in the studio usually …

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Promoting Your Band … Have No Fear!

by Ray Rocha, editor, Music Insider Magazine

I recently had a conversation with some musician friends about how to go about promoting our projects.  None of us are “rock stars”, but we’ve all been forming, playing, performing and promoting bands …

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Vivian Campbell

Def Leppard Guitarist Solders Royal Metal Work
by Stephen Stern, executive editor

As bombs burst in Belfast nine miles away, an angry adolescent raged against the system. An atheist during the Catholic-Protestant separatist uprising, Vivian Campbell was trying to find …

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