David Lowery, of Cracker and Camper Von Beethoven fame, recently wrote an article titled "Meet the New Boss, Worse Than the Old Boss," which is based on a talk he presented at a previous SF Music Tech Summit. In the article, Lowery argues that the current digital distribution model is hurting artists more than the old model that was driven by a few large record labels. The … [Read more...]
Heritage Guitars
Premier Guitar magazine has profiled Heritage Guitar for their June 2012 issue. I didn't know much about Heritage Guitar until a few years ago, and I find their story to be quite interesting. If you're not familiar with the Heritage Guitar story, they were founded by former employees of Gibson when Gibson moved their headquarters to Nashville. A group of employees did not want … [Read more...]
Acoustic Addicts Episode 2
The second episode of Acoustic Addicts has been released: In this, the second installment of Acoustic Addicts, Carl Franklin and Richard Caruso test five Martin dreadnought guitars (2011 D18, 2011 D28, 2011 D35, 1968 D35, 1997 HD35) and a 2011 Yamaha Gigmaker. The focus of this show was to compare the Mahogany D18 and Rosewood D28 which are identical except for the tone … [Read more...]
Guitar Center Podcast
I enjoy listening to podcasts, especially music-related podcasts. So, I was happy to recently learn about the At: Guitar Center Podcast with Nic Harcourt. The current episode features Joe Bonamassa, but past episodes have featured up-and-coming stars the Alabama Shakes, Switchfoot, legendary engineer and producer Alan Parsons, Quincy Jones, and many others. Check it out on … [Read more...]
Jazz III 30-Day Experiment Follow-up
In November, I conducted a 30-day experiment of exclusively using the Dunlop Jazz III pick. I started using the Jazz III as my only pick on November 1. I thought I'd give this follow-up to discuss the results. I should note that my experiment consisted only of trying the red standard Jazz III picks. Prior to the experiment, I had used the Jazz III pick sporadically, but had … [Read more...]