Recently UK television show The X-Factor has been under the spotlight for its use of ‘vocal enhancement’ effects including controversial auto-tune technology. This was made apparent when tell-tale signs of auto-tuning were heard by viewers of a recent programme (which is usually a symptom of overly-strong auto-tune settings or out-of -tune singing, oops!). The use… Read More
Korg is giving away a FREE tuner every Monday (until the 19th December). Enter to win here. You can enter as often as once per day until the promotion finishes! Click here to enter Korg is giving away a FREE tuner every Monday. Enter to win here. You can enter as much as once each… Read More
Tickets are now on sale for charity rock event ‘Rockin’ for Cerebral Palsy’ due to take place at the King’s Head, Belfast on Wednesday 15th September 2010, with all proceeds going to The Cedar Foundation. Tickets cost £25. Approximately £24.5 out of each £25 to be used directly for the nice stuff Cedar find it… Read More
While I am obliged to keep the exact details of the new Roland Connect 2010 products a secret until the 1st of September, I can still tease you with a few things… Firstly guitarists, pianists, synth players, sound engineers/producers and music educators all have a lot of shiny new things (17 new things to be… Read More
On Saturday September 4th, from 10am to 5pm.Yamaha’s top demonstrator, Richard Bower, will be at the “Yamaha Homeworld” in our Chester store, giving a series of informal demonstrations, featuring the very latest Yamaha CLP and CVP digital pianos. Yamaha have constantly evolved and improved their Clavinova models, ever since they were introduced in 1983…. Read More
Back in May we said that ”any student who gets an “A” grade in their A-level results this year will be entitled to 10% off at Dawsons Music from the 19th to the 21st of August“ and we weren’t kidding. This offer excludes gift vouchers, Apple hardware and sale or clearance items but it includes everything… Read More
The intriguing history of the Marshall amp used by Slash on Appetite For Destruction and its subsequent disappearance has now passed into rock folklore. Widely believed to be a hot-rodded, 100 Watt, pre-master volume model from the early 70s, this legendary amp was hired specifically for the “Appetite” sessions in 1986. Eager to hold on… Read More
“By far the best value practice amp on the market, packed with authentic classic valve amp models, powered by the onboard 12AX7 tube pre-amp, and a top quality, fully tweakable effects palette. A fantastic amp for the house, but also loud enough for small gigs, mine has never let me down.” – Sam Salisbury (Dawsons… Read More
“Plug this straight into any amp’s clean channel and step on it. You won’t believe how BIG it sounds!!!” – Gus G. The HT-BLACKFIRE is a dual channel valve metal distortion pedal. The channels are named after the fan-favourite Firewind track ‘The Fire And The Fury.’ The ‘Fire’ channel delivers a high gain classic distortion,… Read More
