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Very few sounds have stood the test of time like the fuzz of the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi and all of its versions. From Boomers to Zoomers, generations have stank faced to this pedal. 

There's guides for Coachella and Stagecoach, but what about when you're not there? Here's a local guide from a local with some things to do in the Coachella Valley. 

The musical instrument industry is made up of small businesses with global supply chains. Broad based tariffs represent an existential threat to the industry even if products have enough domestic c...

The Roland D-50 joined the DX-7 as the second in the holy (or unholy) trinity of 80's digital synths in 1987, but unlike the DX-7, had some warmth to it. The D-50 was all over the late 80's and ear...

It's the guitar's turn to celebrate an iconic sound. This week we look at the Rockman, the simple, analog guitar processor that helped define the sound of the 1980's. 

The Yamaha DX7 was the worlds first affordable(ish) digital synth, and as a result is found all over the 1980's in nearly all genres. It was very difficult to program, so most artists just used the...

Occasionally an instrument or sound comes along that becomes so ubiquitous that it helps define a genre and moment in time. This week we'll explore the Roland JP-8000. 

If you wore guyliner (or eyeliner) with shiny boot cut pants and know what the Palace in Hollywood smelled like before it got turned into Avalon, break out your glowsticks and let this lesson in dr...

In 2011 some scientists played the following playlist to a study group while having their hips replaced while awake (they had spinal anesthesia, so they weren't complete maniacs), and ocean noises ...

The more you know about the idiosyncratic nature of your specific room, the better your mixes will translate to everywhere else and learning the specific modes of your room will go a long way to th...

There’s no one way to accomplish a task while producing and mixing. Just do it, learn, and mix for the genre you're producing with levels to match even if it's against the 'rules'. If it sounds goo...

While you’ll encounter many a list of love songs that cause butterflies to flap their wings with intention in your belly, there’s also a lot of weird ones out there, and here's some of our favorites.