Fusing music and the freedom of the road
by Brian McKinny, editor, Music Insider Magazine
Charlie Brechtel is an icon in the realm of Biker Music. In fact, you might call him the ‘Godfather’ of Biker Music, and you wouldn’t …
Read the fine print
by Stephen Stern, executive editor, Music Insider Magazine
Defining success as a professional musician comes in many forms — including the organic creative charge it creates within you and others; the horizons it expands from travel …
An insider’s guide to session drumming
by Rich Redmond
As a 15-year veteran of the Nashville music scene, I’ve been fortunate enough to record 10 number-one hits with country rocker Jason Aldean, a number-one hit with the pop-country duo Thompson …
Power to the songwriter
by Aaron Triplett
I’ve spent most of my life — 35 years — as a professional guitarist in rock bands. I joined my first band, Intruder, at age 14 and began playing gigs. I started writing …
Attention-deficit-disorder rock in a tragic era
by Teri Doty and Tamara Halbritter, Music Insider Magazine
Ever hear of the Boogaloo Cats? That’s the name of the band that vocalist Forrest Day, bass player John Sankey and guitarist Terrell Liedstrand — …
Ending “pay to play” gigs
by Stephen Stern, executive editor
The Equal Rights Amendment of the 14th Amendment was adopted In July 1868, but it seems most venue owners failed to get the constitutional memo. Rather than support the …
A marriage between the technical and creative
by Erich Gobel, engineer, West Triad Studio
Fellow engineers may know the great feeling you get when you mic up an instrument, begin to shape the sound of a recording and then hit …
by Mark Schulman, guest writer
Hello everyone. If you haven’t already seen my DVD, A Day In the Recording Studio: A Musicians Complete Guide To Recording Drum Tracks In the Studio, then you need to stop reading this article …
Avoiding the production abyss
by Julian Coryell
After weeks, months or even years of writing, you’re finally ready to record that long awaited album but you’re lost in the production abyss. Where do you begin? Here are some key components …
