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Category: Artist / Heroes
Killer Guitar Playing and the Discoverability of Brilliance
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Posted by: Will Cady | Posted in: Artist / Heroes
Three Saturdays ago, I had a late night debate with my girlfriend and a friend of mine about undiscovered greatness. The question that pulled us through three bottles of wine was, “Is the recognition of brilliance an inevitability in the modern age?” Through our debate, we decided that we needed…
Another Musikmesse in the bank!
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Posted by: Will Cady | Posted in: Artist / Heroes
Another year at Musikmesse in the bank! This year we came loaded up with a secret weapon in the form of one Quintin Berry, upside down groove-master bass player extraordinaire. It’s hard not to stop when you see a guy like Q ripping it apart on the bass as…
Great Festival Shows with moe and Umphrey’s McGee
Monday, April 11, 2011
Posted by: Randall Gollard | Posted in: Artist / Heroes, News
How's this for some pre-summer celebrating? The Summer Camp Festival, May 27 through 29 in Chillicothe, Illinois, features moe and Umphrey’s McGee – as part of a total line-up of 65 bands and 5 stages. Enter yourself in a DJ battle, join a jam session with Brendon Bayliss, or…
Steven Wilson - Blackfield - new cd and tour
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Posted by: Randall Gollard | Posted in: Artist / Heroes, News
For all of you Porcupine Tree fans, Blackfield, another project of Steven Wilson who teams with Israeli singer and musician Aviv Geffen, is ready to release a current batch of songs, titled “Welcome to My DNA”. Also, a short US tour has been scheduled for the Spring and early Summer…
Jam City at NAMM 2011!
Monday, January 31, 2011
Posted by: Will Cady | Posted in: Artist / Heroes, News
There was a definite change in the atmosphere at Booth 5599 in Hall B this year. To put it as simply as possible, we seemed to have more gravity than in years past. When people attend NAMM, whether they be renowned artists, presenting manufacturers, store owners with a long checklist,…
Catch us at Winter NAMM 2011 with Bakithi Kumalo, Kevin Walker and more!
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Posted by: Will Cady | Posted in: Artist / Heroes, News, Tips and Tricks
Sound Minds: Enhancing your musical creativity with effects Through the years we’ve spent introducing music effects both classic and new, we’ve found that perhaps the biggest road block musicians face in expanding their sound is that no one talks about how to use effects pedals to…
Hanging with Grundy
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Posted by: Will Cady | Posted in: Artist / Heroes
Recently we met up with bassist Matt Grundy as he came through Boston on the Donavan Frankenreiter tour. The Frankenreiter band have become big proponents of the Source Audio line of pedals since we first had them tinker with them at this past summer's Life Is Good festival. As it…
Xan McCurdy of the Band CAKE Plays Soundblox!
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Posted by: Jeffrey McAlack | Posted in: Artist / Heroes
We recently added a personal favorite of mine to the list of guitarists using Source Audio pedals, Xan McCurdy of the genre defying Sacramento, California band CAKE. For the most part, Xan uses effects very sparingly, but he found some great tones inside the Soundblox Classic and Multiwave Distortions. With…
Photographic Evidence That Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins Uses The Hot Hand Phaser/Flanger
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Posted by: Jeffrey McAlack | Posted in: Artist / Heroes
The Source Audio archive department recently dug deep into that mysterious and unruly jungle known as the Internet to uncover a very exciting picture. We’ve now got photographic evidence that a genuine rock legend is using one of our pedals. Billy Corgan, the mastermind behind iconic 90s alternative rock architects…
Jesse Miller of Lotus adds the Multiwave Bass Distortion to his Pedal Board
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Posted by: Will Cady | Posted in: Artist / Heroes
We recently had a visit with Jesse Miller of Lotus as the band came through Boston to headline the House of Blues. Together, we explored the sounds of the Soundblox Bass Envelope Filter and the Soundblox Pro Multiwave Bass Distortion by plugging them straight into his pedal board. Jesse has…