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Gretchen Menn - proud Source Audio user!
Saturday, July 02, 2011
Posted by: Randall Gollard | Posted in: Artist / Heroes
And we are proud as well! San Francisco-based Gretchen Menn is among the growing list of new Source Audio users. Gretchen is using her new Envelope Filter and digging on the new tones. Gretchen is a member of a number of a number of creative and active musical projects,…
Los Angeles Times on Galactic and My Morning Jacket
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Posted by: Randall Gollard | Posted in: Artist / Heroes
This is one publication that you can count on for some insightful entertainment reviews. In their much heralded "Overrated - Underrated" section, here's what they had to say obout Source Audio artists Galactic and My Morning Jacket: "Galactic's 'The Other Side of Midnight': If you've been watching HBO's "Treme," odds…
Be Like Mike! Tour Through Mike Gordon’s Multiwave/BEF Settings
Friday, June 10, 2011
Posted by: Will Cady | Posted in: Artist / Heroes
Are you rocking out, getting funky tones with your Soundblox Pro Multiwave Bass Distortion and Soundblox BEF but looking for a few tips on how to take that funk to the next level? A quick look at the settings used by Mike Gordon, bass master pro from Phish, should point…
Behind the Scenes with Paul Simon: How Do You Rewrite a List of Classics Every Single Night?
Thursday, June 09, 2011
Posted by: Will Cady | Posted in: Artist / Heroes
We at Source Audio had the chance to witness a remarkable scene this past week when we met up with our good friend Bakithi Kumalo, bassist for Paul Simon. We found ourselves in the late afternoon, sitting on empty road boxes on the side of the stage at the…
My Morning Jacket on VH1 Storytellers
Saturday, June 04, 2011
Posted by: Randall Gollard | Posted in: Artist / Heroes
Don't you dare miss it! Jim James has been a Source Audio user for years and of course we're huge fans of their music. Here it is, just in case you missed or if you need to see it again! Jim James shows and tells once again on…
Top 10 Greatest Phaser Effect Recordings of All Time!!!
Friday, June 03, 2011
Posted by: Jeffrey McAlack | Posted in: Artist / Heroes
Let’s talk about Phasers. Phaser pedals, as we know them today, have been making life easier for guitar, keyboard and bass players since the late 1960s (no surprise there, it seems like everything was invented in the 60s). Anybody whose played through one of these things knows that a nice…
So that’s how you play guitar in Botswana!
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Posted by: Will Cady | Posted in: Artist / Heroes
That's Ronnie Moipolai you are watching on the guitar there. He's a street performer out of Gabarone, Botswana. He's recently acquired a good dosage of Internet fame with this unique upside down technique. We can see that the man is a teacher, with this video of a lady friend…
“Guitar Nerd” - new Peter Thorn release!
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Posted by: Randall Gollard | Posted in: Artist / Heroes, News
Imagine playing guitar for Jewel, Chris Cornell, Don Henley, Melissa Etheridge, Courtney Love, while traveling worldwide and and appearing on stages, tv shows and stadiums. Sounds like a great fantasy, right? Well, if your name is Peter Thorn, that's your reality. Not only is Peter a heck of a nice…
Warren Haynes’ ‘Man in Motion’: His Best Work Yet??
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Posted by: Roger Smith | Posted in: Artist / Heroes, Music Reviews
by Roger Smith, President/CEO of Source Audio About five years ago Rolling Stone magazine ranked Warren Haynes #23 on their list of the greatest guitarists of all time. For some at the time, it was a controversial choice when bracketed by the likes of Mike Bloomfield (#22) and The Edge…
Bootsy Collins Announces First Tour in 13 Years
Friday, May 13, 2011
Posted by: Will Cady | Posted in: Artist / Heroes, News
Legendary Funkateer Bootsy Collins is hitting the road again for the first time in 13 years. The last time the interstellar groove master fired up the Mothership was in 1998. If you want to feel old, here are some pillars of modern culture that didn’t exist then: Google, Facebook,…