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Phrivolous Euphonius Phact #11005

Jonathan Houseman Davis, lead singer of Korn, was born a Presbyterian, but converted to Catholic because his mother wanted to marry his stepfather in a Catholic church. He was also a member of his high school’s bagpipe band. (For those of you who have been to Hume Lake’s Christian Camps, if you know Cliff, the [...]

Taylor Swift Signature Guitar

Lets face it, the guys at Taylor sure know to build a guitar, and their instruments show amazing quality right down to their Baby Taylor series. This particular model is the Taylor Swift signature and unlike all their other small bodied guitars this thing has a pretty massive tone.   It’s amazing to hear such [...]

Phrivolous Euphonius Phact #10927

According to Beatles producer George Martin, Neal Hefti’s catchy composition of the 1960′s “Batman” Emmy-winning theme song inspired George Harrison to write the hit song “Taxman.”                 Tweet

Great New Toys from Korg!

GREAT NEWS… We have the Korg Kaossiltor Pro,       Kaoss Pad 3               and Quad Dynamic FX processor in store for any budding DJs, musos and all looping enthusiasts to have a try. And the best news is that they have all come down dramatically in price. [...]

Lachlan Plays: Fender Jaguar

One of my main guitars is the Fender Jaguar- it’s a guitar that is great to play live. It’s comfortable, not too heavy, not too light and the body is contoured in a similar way to the Stratocaster so it feels super familiar to me. One of the things that tends to daunt people that [...]

Clint Plays: Roland GW8 Workstation

I use a GW8 as a secondary synth in all of my gigs.         I like it because the bank and favourite presets are really simple and quick to use. You can change all of your keyboard settings (FX, tone, Rhythm, volume, pedal assign) at the touch of a button. The piano sound is a [...]

Rick Plays: KRK Headphones

KRK KNS8400 studio headphones.     Just bought some because of the great reviews they are getting in the audio press and on the ‘net. They’re right – great detail and accuracy for monitoring / tracking / mixing. They also are well isolated acoustically, so you’re less likely to get headphone sounds bleeding into your [...]

Robyn Plays: Hercules Stands

Hercules are the king of stands, whether you need to hold up your Guitar, Trumpet, Sax or music. For me personally, I use Hercules Trumpet Stands and Music Stands. Having seen some disasters (usually on stage, usually in front of a large audience and/or TV camera, and usually with a very grumpy conductor looking on [...]