Picking one from the hundreds available is a tough ask, so here are five great keyboard controllers under £200… Choice is a very good thing. I mean, buying clothes would be an empty experience without it- as would buying music, food and just about anything else. It’s partly down to unique taste and partly down… Read More
Digital wireless microphones are becoming more common, but what are the advantages, and do you really need one? Over the past few years, many performers and venues have been in a bit of a panic about wireless microphones. It all relates to the digital TV switchover. Essentially, the government aimed to have a situation whereby… Read More
The Pop Filter is as effective as it is innocuous-looking, and has improved billions of recordings… Despite the very best of design intentions, there always seems to be a set of circumstances whereby equipment is unable to work well. Whether we’re talking about a set of tyres in snow, or a phone screen that’s difficult… Read More
There are many ways of upgrading digital drum kits for added power and flexibility – here are four… Electronic drums have taken over the percussion world, it would seem. Due to their low noise and practical nature, a digital kit has become the first choice for beginners. You might think that, unlike acoustic drums where… Read More
Moongel Damper Pads have been the saviour of many a drum performance, but what exactly are they? Though it might not seem it, the drum kit is one of the most tonally complex instruments there is. Every component of a standard 5-piece kit produces a sound of astonishing harmonic richness. This, of course, contributes to… Read More
They’re everywhere you look in the music software world, but what is a plug-in? The technology now available to the home producer for relatively modest sums of money is pretty astonishing these days. But, with great music tech sophistication and power, comes great responsibility…. Okay, that last bit is a lie, but it does come… Read More
If you’ve got the spirit of the delta running through your veins, here’s a mini guide to four of the best guitars for blues Though it’s easy to consider the Blues as a single musical form, the truth is rather more complicated. It is a many, many faceted musical genre. From the early Delta blues… Read More
The humble string winder is an item that all guitarists should have in their gig bag… There are some musical items that, whatever reason, just seem to slip under the radar of many. In many cases, the item is too small to or inexpensive to shout about, and to look at it, it might not… Read More
If you’re a beginner, or ‘crossing over to the dark side’, you might wonder, how do electronic drums work? – Here’s how… The digital revolution has transformed the world of musical instruments. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the world of electronic drums. Nowadays, the digital drum kit has become the beginners’ first choice… Read More
As a beginner, deciding which electric guitar to buy can be a task- here are some tips to help… Over the past twenty years, the sheer number of electric guitars available to the beginner has grown to colossal levels. Whereas once, beginner guitars were just basic instruments, with the bare minimum of features to keep… Read More
