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One of the hardest things for me to do as a worship leader is to find replacements. Part of the reason is because I was never trained by anyone. I cut my teeth leading worship from the moment I decided to learn the venerable G-C-D chord progression. From the very beginning I was the guy.…

Stage design has become a staple in many churches today. It is a way to keep things fresh, and there has been an increasing amount of time, energy, and resources devoted to these designs over the past few years. The pursuit of cool stage designs can be both addicting and expensive, both in money and…

Scotts Valley, CA (January 19, 2017) -- Universal Audio, a leading manufacturer of professional audio recording hardware and software, is proud to announce that the Apollo Twin MkII—a ground-up redesign of the world's most popular professional desktop recording interface for Mac and Windows—is now available in stores worldwide. Featuring onboard Realtime UAD-2 SOLO, DUO, or…

Playing in a band is a lot of fun. I think everyone who likes music even a little bit thinks about starting a band. It's a great experience to create music with other people. One thing I've noticed though, is that each musician tends to think that their part is the most important–it's a human…

Today I want to talk a little bit about guitar parts and how they sound. Because I'm a front of house guy I get a little bit of a different perspective of how parts work together. This could spawn into a couple different topics but for this one we're going to talk about the complexity…

In an article from 2015, Anthony Catacoli talks about some of the go-to mics for getting the best sound out of your rig. Everything he mentions there is great stuff and I agree with everything he's saying. In fact, this article is going to build off of that. So let's talk a little bit about…

Petaluma, CA (August 10, 2016) -- Mesa/Boogie is excited to announce the addition of four new signal management products aimed at preserving the integrity of the signal sent from instrument to amplifier. The product line includes the Stowaway Buffer, High-Wire Dual Buffer and Line Driver, Clearlink Send Line Driver and the Clearlink Receive ISO/Converter. Mesa…

SEATTLE, WA (August 8th, 2016) – Tracktion Corporation is once again breaking with typical retail paradigms by offering its award-winning T5 DAW software completely free to the public. Now anyone can download this powerful, critically acclaimed multi-track recording and editing software at no cost or further obligation. The progressive Seattle-based company has been providing its…