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The Adelaide International Guitar Festival announces two new international acts, unveils young South Australian talent and announces the full program for this year’s jam packed event.
MARCEL YAMMOUNI has been around the traps for a while, sometimes as a gun session bass player and other times as an amazing lead guitarist. He
AM’s Greg Phillips chats to two emerging, talented singer songwriters Eliza Hull and Hayden Calnin. Both Eliza Hull and Hayden Calnin have a great sense of
The Sony HDR-MV1 is a new camcorder concept designed and engineered specifically for musicians — the HDR-MV1 Music Video Recorder. From stage to web, the video
Georgia Fair is Jordan Wilson, vocals and acoustic guitar and Ben Riley, guitars and harmony vocals; they are Sydney born and raised but now based in
Emma Sidney’s career started in the field of opera. However, things changed when she had pleasure of meeting and jamming with jazz legend Gil Askey for
Check out this powerful performance of The Church doing Tantalised at the Sydney Opera House. The whole gig is now available on DVD! In recognition of
After recently returning from a run of shows and festival performances throughout The Netherlands; Claude Hay has unveiled a film clip for the single ‘Borracho’ –
PETER FARNAN (BOOM CRASH OPERA) – GUITAR What was your first guitar? A Kasuga acoustic – still got it. Extremely narrow neck. Big body. I was
What was your first bass? A late ‘60’s Fender Musicmaster bass. I’ve still got it, but it’s loaded with ’75 P-Bass pickups I ripped out another
The legendary Jimmy Haslip dropped by the Aguilar Artist Loft to demo the DCB™ pickups and OBP-3 preamp! Aguilar President Dave Boonshoft walks you through a
Optimized for solo songwriting, but also perfectly suited to recording and performance, Breedlove’s Solo Dreadnought delivers a warm voice and substantial projection. The solid Sitka spruce
The prestigious US-based International Songwriting Competition (ISC) has announced its 2013 winners and many Australian artists are among them. Out of nearly 20,000 entries from 120
TC Electronic, a leading manufacturer and developer of loudness management solutions, is proud to announce three new loudness meter plug-ins for audio and video editing systems.
April 2014. Having worked with UK rockers Def Leppard in the studio and as concert front-of-house engineer for well over a decade, Ronan McHugh has had
Product: Roland FA-06 Workstation Reviewer: Christopher Steller Info: www.rolandcorp.com.au/ Never having been a huge fan of workstations, I have always considered them to be overly complex
BIGSOUND, the annual music conference held in Brisbane (September 10-12) has signalled its 2014 intentions by bringing a collection of the world’s most influential live music
There’s a certain calm which envelops you when experiencing a Lior recording or performance. Even when he ramps it up a notch and straps on an
Oz rockers, Veludo have been gathering quite a ground-swell of interest with their energetic live shows and new single, Stay Young off their self-titled EP. The
The Picco drummer’s throne is a good choice, not just for the beginner, but for the advanced player too. A unique clamp with a patented push-button
Hercules DJConsole Rmx2 is a compact DJ controller, highly portable and offering uncompromising sound quality and features. With DJay 4 on Mac, Hercules DJConsole Rmx2 is
Presentation of the new KAWAI MP7 stage piano. www.kawai.net.au/
Taylor Guitars’ Bob Taylor outlines his vision for the company for the next 40 years. Taylor Guitars distributed in Australia by www.audioproducts.com.au/
Forged from an oak tree found outside of the Dallas studio at Dimebag Darrell’s house where Pantera did most of their recordings comes the Dimebag “Roots’
Peter ‘Maz’ Maslen first came to our attention as drummer in 80s rock pop outfit Boom Crash Opera, a band which has been doing quite a
By the age of six, Michael Dolce already had the guitar bug. His playing credits today include the TV show The Voice (Australia), Delta Goodrem, Keith
CHRIS CHENEY, PHIL JAMIESON, JOSH PYKE & TIM ROGERS The White Album Concert, a sold-out live rock experience from 2009 is back, featuring 30 of the
Casio’s XW-P1 Performance Synth features a powerful monophonic lead synth, Hex layer, Drawbar organ, all your gig-ready tones plus hands on real-time control, giving you everything
Audio Technica’s new System 10 Stompbox is an innovative Digital 2.4 GHz High-fidelity Wireless system. Combining advanced 24-bit, field-proven performance, easy setup and clear, natural sound
Yamaha proudly introduces a new version of the free “Song Beats App” designed for drummers and DTX electronic drum players with iPhones or iPod Touch devices,
It was on, then off and there was speculation it was never going to be finished, but the documentary ‘Johnny Winter: Down and Dirty” finally premiered
Fronting his own band Tank Dilemma, Richard’s keyboard style borrows from the very best in soul, blues, swing and funk. ‘Tank’ as he’s known is also
Composer, mulit-instrumentlaist, vocalist and musical adventurer, Sallie Campbell has achieved so much and is only just beginning. One of Sallie’s most impressive pieces is her composition
Nobody was more surprised than Russell Morris himself, that his album Sharkmouth became a platinum-selling hit. The project was created after Russell had read about a
These days ex-pat Aussie guitarist Gwyn Ashton resides in the UK but rips up stages worldwide. Pic by www.pixievision.com/ What was your first guitar? My very