Name: Ayla Zelles When you started touring: Almost 10 years ago! June 2008 Specialty/Position: Tour Manager, Yoga Teacher & Sober Living Coach Music genre you work with the most: I have worked in all genres over the years. Prefer bus or van tour? Bus, You can sleep while someone takes you to the next venue, …
Every Friday, we will will be featuring a new crew feature to give an insight in to what we do in the music industry. Touring crew members are some of the most underrated people in the industry, but without them, the show would not go on. From the tour manager to tour photographers, every role …
This is a guest post by ex-Warbringer guitarist Adam Carroll. Adam contacted us immediately after seeing various reactions to yesterday’s death of Suicide Silence frontman Mitch Lucker. Similarly, we noticed a fair share of well wishes prefaced with “I wasn’t a fan of Suicide Silence, but…” and felt Adam made a pointed observation about how, even …
Guitarists, have you ever wanted to get a great quality pedal, like an overdrive or delay? But when you priced what seemed to be the best corporate branding had to offer, you were looking at anywhere between $150-$200 and upwards of $250 for “branded” boutiques? Last week, I sat down with DIY boutique pedal-maker Walt Cannoy …
Thrash, Hardcore, Nu Metal, Glam, Grunge, Metalcore, Death Metal. What do all of these genres have in common? Two things: They can’t possibly exist under the same stadium roof together. The other thing is that they’re all part of the same musical family tree. Constantly, I’m finding people all over the internet going on about …
The days of simply being an artist have long gone, and yet I still see a lot of bands not taking a more business-like approach to their company (band). Then there are the others that have naturally taken various roles besides being just the musician, driver, and/or merch seller. Then finally, the situation where bands …
For the past eight years that I’ve been in the local music scene, I have slowly watched it fall. I have watched the bands I love break up, and I have watched friends become enemies. I know everyone has seen this happen. We all ask ourselves “why did this happen?” But what we really need …
When it comes to adding third-party plug-ins to your recordings, there is abundance. Many are over-priced and out of reach for most musicians. Relying on successful branding, Neve, Pultec, etc., companies like Waves and Universal Audio charge premium prices for digital “replicas” of classic outboard gear and may require the purchase of additional hardware to …
In today’s industry, artists do not have the luxury of being on the front line of a blossoming new movement, where bands and artists are getting signed “right and left” like those that came before us. I am not saying they had it easy — because they earned every bit of fame and fortune — …