Recording for Beginners week 2 knocks drums into shape… The Recording for Beginners session 2 at Manchester was another great success. Jono covered all of the major means of producing, programming and recording drums, from drum machines, to recording acoustic drums, via loops and samples on the way… This is often a bit of an… Read More
It’s Week 2 on the Recording for Beginners course with Jono Buchanan at Manchester It’s time for another Recording for Beginners session at Dawsons Manchester, and this week it’s focused on recording drums. For those who haven’t seen previous posts, this is a free, four week tuition course providing insight into recording techniques led by… Read More
Learn to Play Day at Dawsons has expanded once again, with more teachers and experts plus in-store giveaways! The Learn to Play Day event taking place on March 31st is snowballing into quite an event. If you haven’t already read anything about it, this is day dedicated to giving anyone who has ever wanted to… Read More
As National Learn to Play Day approaches, the event is becoming bigger and better… National Learn to Play Day, as mentioned previously in this blog, is a day where musical instrument and equipment retailers throw open their doors for anyone who has ever had aspirations of playing an instrument to come in and give it… Read More
Find out about all things Korg at our in-store events at Manchester and Chester Dawsons are hosting two more in-store Korg Days at our Manchester and Chester branches. These are due to take place on the 18th February, and 25th February respectively, with Korg demonstrator Luke Edwards in-store to demonstrate the range and answer any… Read More
Learn to Play Day is a chance to try a free, taster music lesson! March 31st is National Learn to Play Day, and at Dawsons we are proud to say we’ll be taking part. The main of the day is to encourage anyone who has harboured dreams of playing a musical instrument to give it… Read More
Recording for Beginners workshops with composer and producer, Jono Buchanan Taking the first steps towards recording and mixing your music can be an intimidating, and bewildering experience, but to help you through these early stages, Dawsons are pleased to announce a series of in-store ‘Recording for Beginners’ workshops. The workshops are to be presented by… Read More
Three of the finest aged, limited run Gibson Les Paul models you’ll ever see. What are the chances? The guys at Manchester dropped me a line to let me know that they currently have three of the best, limited run, aged Gibson Les Paul guitars they’ve ever had, in stock right now. And, looking at the… Read More
Fender Johnny Marr Jaguar is launched, honouring the former Smiths guitarist The Fender Johnny Marr Jaguar is a signature guitar that some may say has been a long time coming. The legendary Mancunian guitarist was half of the massively influential songwriting partnership within The Smiths, taking all of pop that had gone before, and redefining… Read More
Dawsons Music help out US Metal Band Black Stone Cherry with a Cajon We like to help where we can at Dawsons, and when US Southern-Fried metal band Black Stone Cherry were in need of assistance, we are happy to say we could offer a hand. Black Stone Cherry was formed in Kentucky in 2001…. Read More
