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Facebook to Stream Music 2008-03-06 11:29:08 There can not be many people on the who use the internet who have not come across Facebook
. Now that it has achieved critcal mass in the world of social networking, it is working to expand its business and capitalise on the massive amounts of traffic that it receives.
The next thing that they are bringing [...] Read more:Stream
, Music
Zildjian Cymbals 2008-03-04 09:32:25 Zildjian, you don’t need to be a drummer to have heard this name….no doubt you’re nodding your head thinking, yes I’ve heard of them….
Well that’s no surprise. Let me tell you why…..
Buy Zildjian Cymbals
Back in Constantinople in the 17th century, Avedis Zildjian was an alchemist who’s attempts to make Gold by combining base metals in [...]
Still No Free Downloads from Qtrax? 2008-03-03 10:33:23 Unless you haven’t already heard, the music industry is, after many many years starting to come to terms with the fact that internet users are simply not going to stop illegally downloading music off the internet.
The answer to this little dilema is a website called Qtrax. It seems the only way to get around illegal [...] Read more:Downloads
, Free Downloads
NME Awards Winners 2008-02-29 04:09:53 The NME Awards
happened last night. Here are the results:
God Like Geniuses Award - Manic Street Preachers
Best British Band - Arctic Monkeys
Best International Band - The Killers
Best Solo Artist - Kate Nash
Best Live Band - Muse
Best New Band [...] Read more:Winners
, NME Awards
REMO Drummers Night – In aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust 2008-02-28 09:05:37 Saturday 14th June promises a banging line up of top drummers at London’s ExCel venue.
Presented by REMO, the night is also supported by top drum and cymbal companies such as DW, Zildjian, Pearl, Sabian, Gretsch, and Paiste to name a few. The night will bring the drumming community together with up to 16 top name, [...] Read more:Drummers
, Night
, Cancer
Maxim Reviews The Black Crowes Album Without Even Giving It A Listen! 2008-02-27 04:02:24 How is it that in this day and age Maxim
can assign a star rating to it–without actually listening the album?
The review of Warpaint–the new album by The Black
Crowes in the March issue of Maxim. The writer who has not listened to the album since advance CDs were not made available wrote what appears [...] Read more:Album
, Giving
, Listen
Stagg US10 Ukulele Review 2008-02-26 05:39:30 The US10 Ukulele is an the entry level Ukulele from Stagg
. It retails at £15.99, though it’s available from PlayRecord.Net at a big discount.
First impressions upon opening the box are this Ukulele is not a toy, as the £15.99 price tag would suggest. It looks like a proper little instrument.
Buy the US10 Ukulele from PlayRecord.Net
The [...]
New Scientist Music Special - Music Psychology 2008-02-22 04:16:57 For those of you who like to lift the veil on music and our understanding of it, you might fancy sourcing a copy of the latest issue of New Scientist magazine as they are doing a music special for this month. If you don’t fancy shelling out then you can see one of the articles [...] Read more:Music
, Special
Product Review: Alesis DM5 Pro Kit 2008-02-21 04:41:44 Electronic drum kits are readily available now at affordable prices. No longer does the consumer have to pay extortionate prices for an electronic drum kit that comes close to sounding like the real deal.
I’ve recently road tested one of the more affordable electronic drum kits, the Alesis DM5 Pro. Having played the standard DM5 for [...]
Product Review: Kustom KP80 P.A System 2008-03-12 09:24:14 Perfect for smaller audiences the 80 Watt Kustom KPA80 has the power and flexibility needed to meet a wide variety of sound reinforcement needs. Four channels, reverb and tone controls provide the tools needed to fine-tune the sound for any application.
Buy the KPA80 PA System
Out of the box this system takes a couple of minutes [...]
Stagg 3x Guitar Stand 2008-03-10 11:23:23 Tired of propping your guitars against a wall? I suggest you think seriously about this stand before gravity has its evil way. It’s only a matter of time….
The Stagg
SG-A300HBK is pretty much a universal guitar stand as the body shape of your guitar doesn’t actually matter as your instrument is meant to hang from [...] Read more:Guitar
, Stand
Muse Ditch Album Format 2008-03-14 11:52:32 Modern Progressive Rockers Muse have announced that they are considering dropping the traditional album format and will instead release songs one at a time. Frontman Matt Bellamy mentioned the bands thinking on their future relases whilst speaking to NME.
“I don’t think we’re going to approach the next album like we’re making an album.”
“I like the [...] Read more:Album
Greatest Guitarists Series: Mark Knopfler 2008-03-13 11:27:01 Dire Straits are one of the classic British Classic Rock bands to grace the 20th Century. Intially formed by Mark Knopfler together with brother David Knopfler and developed a sound that was refreshingly cool against a backdrop of the current Punk phenomenon and the over produced Stadium Rock of the 70’s.
Their unassuming style was lapped [...] Read more:Greatest
Billy Bragg on Musicians Royalites in the Internet Age 2008-03-29 06:17:03 In a recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Billy
Bragg commented on the fact that social networking sites are often featuring copyrighted music, but the artists are not getting any royalties. He dismissed the idea though of charging the audience and instead suggested that musicians should target the businessmen behind the sites for royalites in [...] Read more:Internet
Stagg S300BK 2008-04-07 08:42:29 For many years now the Stagg
S300 has been the staple diet of the beginners guitar market and for as little as £64.99 you can see why.
Having played the guitar for quite some time and given it a thorough checking over there is actually nothing to complain about considering the entire guitar is cheaper than [...]
Electric Guitars - SALE NOW ON 2008-04-09 04:36:03 PlayRecord are happy to tell you that you have an amazing chance to pick up an electric guitar bargain from PlayRecord.Net. We have just launched a huge sale that sees over 170 different electric guitars up for grabs at ridiculously low prices!
There is something for everyone ranging from electric guitar starter packs right through to [...] Read more:Electric
, Guitars
Ibanez EWC30ASE-RLG Exotic Wood Series Acoustic Guitar Review 2008-04-14 06:50:31 Every now and again in life you’re confronted by something that’s just down right bamboozling. On removing the protective sleeve of the Ibanez EWC30ASE-RLG, I was bamboozled. As someone who primarily plays electric guitar and also someone who goes a bit wibbly at the site of natural finishes on exotic wood, this [...] Read more:Acoustic
, Guitar
, Acoustic Guitar
Product Review: Encore E99 Electric Guitar ‘Blaster’ Pack 2008-04-17 04:27:33 There’s lots of guitar packages on the market, so there’s plenty of choice for the beginner. The EncoreBlaster
pack is currently one of the most affordable kits out there, and also one of the best value.
Available for only £149.99 down from £196, this pack is available in cherry sunburst, black or left handed black [...] Read more:Electric
, Guitar
, Electric Guitar
Glastonbury Controversy with Anti Hip Hop Backlash 2008-04-18 09:46:35 Glastonbury Festival is without a doubt the most famous of UK festivals. An infamous quagmire of muddy music fans brazenly braving the worst of the UKs climate to spend a weekend in a field listening to diverse music and generally having a great time.
This year Hip Hop
Legend Jay-Z has been booked for as headline [...] Read more:Glastonbury
, Controversy
Yamaha BB414 Black Metallic Bass Guitar 2008-04-21 08:23:20 The Yamaha
BB414 What a chunky monkey!! this is a large bass by any standard. In todays bass market there are loads of fusion size basses out there, but when a friend came to me asking what bass I could recommend, his only prerequisite was ‘not one of those small ones’. All i could think [...] Read more:Black
, Metallic
, Guitar
3000 Guitars! Keith Richards Collection 2008-04-23 09:16:14 Infamous Rolling Stone Keith
Richards has declared that he wants to display his humongous guitar collection in his own museum.
“I’ve probably got too many. I have 3,000 guitars and only one pair of hands. It’s an incredible collection of beautiful instruments but I only play about ten of them, and guitars have to be played. [...] Read more:Guitars
Tanglewood TFC-E 2008-04-29 04:29:45 I’ve been a fan of Tanglewood guitars for many years, as a Tanglewood was the first acoustic guitar I bought. The reason I bought a Tanglewood was simple, I didn’t have a lot of money and and it was by far the best guitar I could get for what little money I had.
Things have [...]
Soundcontrol Go Into Receivership : Soundcontrol Stores Closed 2008-04-30 11:11:16 We have just had news that Soundcontrol, the nations biggest chain of music shops has had to go into receivership. This means that stores across the country were unexpectedly closed this morning and staff asked to leave, followed by the locks being changed.
This is a major shock to the UK musical instrument industry and of [...] Read more:Closed
Product Review: Alesis Performance Pad 2008-05-02 06:00:45 The Alesis Performace Pad, a versatile piece of kit suitable for various uses. Eight velocity-sensitive drum pads and a built-in electronic drum machine which sounds like the classic DM5 module. There are foot-switch inputs for a bass drum pedal, HiHat pedal, and a Line-level input to connect a CD Player, iPod, computer, or other audio [...] Read more:Performance
Stagg 10 GA Amplifier 2008-05-07 09:46:00 The Stagg
10 GA is definitely one of the lowest priced guitar amps in the history of the universe, selling for as little as £24.99.
At this price you’d be right to be wary (I know I was), you’d need to ask questions like; ‘is it made from old beer cans?’ and ‘will it not sound [...] Read more:Amplifier
Tanglewood EE15 2008-05-13 11:20:50 Aaaaaaw, isn’t it cute! If Slash were a Hobbit, he’d play one of these!
The Tanglewood EE15 is a mini Les Paul and it really is diddy The guitar is wonderfully scaled down, the only thing remaining normal size is the hardware. The 21st fret is ban on 34cm (just under 13.5 inches) from the nut [...]
London International Music Show 08 2008-05-15 07:53:12 Over 300 of the worlds leading musical instrument distributers and maufacturers will be packed into Londons ExCeL venue on the 14th and 15th of June to inspire you, the consumer with their latest gear.
London InternationalMusic
Show is 4 shows in one; London Guitar show, Drummer Live, Unplugged and the Sound Recording & Technoligy [...]
Kustom KBA10X Bass Guitar Amplifier 2008-05-19 08:01:59 Kustom have been kicking out little entry level practice amps for quite some time now. The KBA10 and KGA10 have become the staple diet of beginners across the country, being supplied in Encore Playnow packs and being available for as little as £49.99.
The KBA10 of the Kustom X series is Kustom’s entry level bass amplifier [...] Read more:Guitar
, Amplifier
Music News: New Oasis Drummer Stolen from Robbie 2008-05-23 04:52:12 Oasis are said to have “swiped” Robbie
Williams drummer Chris Sharrock. It was reported that Zak Starkey, their previous drummer, has quit the band and the remaining members of Oasis have spent no time at all replacing him with Chris Sharrock.
Chris has work with a number of bands and artists in his career including the [...] Read more:Music
, Music News
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