A common question I hear from students is, “Do I need to hire a mastering engineer?” The answer is, it really depends; it depends on what you’re trying to accomplish.

I always sequence my drum beats in real-time, using a MIDI controller, such as my keyboard or drum pads.

Berklee Online guitar instructor and course author Thaddeus Hogarth reviews and demos the Two-Rock Custom Reverb Signature amplifier.

As promised, I’ve finally put together a comprehensive video about using Propellerhead’s ReCycle software and how to create your own REX loops.

This week I am writing a review on one of my favorite Overdrive pedals: the Ethos Overdrive Pedal.

Every term, without fail, I get a few assignments handed in with all of a mixer’s solo buttons enabled.

One eye-opening revelation in the quest for tone happening to me back in the early ’90s: I was playing with a relatively popular Boston-based band called the Heavy Metal Horns.

Let’s talk about attack devices, or ways to get a string moving. I know it sounds too simple to be true, but this one post might be the difference between you and your signature sound!

Guitarists might read three different types of notation. Each has its strengths.