Levon Helm will forever be one of my favorite musicians. His musicianship was always in the pocket and for the song. Add a great voice and great chops and you have a musician with a lot to say. Unfortunately Levon passed away to throat cancer and will be greatly missed. HardWiredMedia came across this great ...
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John Fogerty & The Black Keys Cover “The Weight” in memory of Levon Helm, dead at 71
Getting that “sound” with proper drum mic positioning
Perfecting a recording is a very difficult task when working with basic equipment. This article will focus on getting a stellar drum sound without multiple high end preamps, mics, and processors. There are two different methods I like to use for getting a great drum sound. One involves multiple mics and mic placements, while the ...
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Apple releases Garageband for Iphone/Ipod Touch
Apple has just released an iPhone version of their popular application garageband. It allows recording and multi-tracking just like the popular Mac program. I am extremely glad they decided to port this over to touch devices, as it will open up the possibilities for recording and using the built-in amp effects. It’s available for $4.99 ...
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A tribute to Steve Jobs from Jordan Rudess
We all know Steve Jobs is one of the most influential corporate leaders of our time. He led apple through many great products and ideas. It’s no surprise that keyboard great Jordan Rudess expressed the same gratitude to Steve Jobs. Jordan has been using the iPad to push the boundaries of music and touch pads ...
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Reconstructing images from your mind…digitally, just add music.
In recent news, UC Berkeley scientists have developed a system to capture visual activity in human brains and redevelop it as digital video clips. This is both a scary reality, and an amazing technological feat. Recording images from the brain isn’t what this machine exactly does, but it will closely match patterns in the brain ...
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Jonathon Carver moves on to Absolute Goo Semi-finals
Jonathon carver is a great St. Louis local musician who is known for his great Goo Goo Dolls Covers. In fact, he does such a good job at covering their material he decided to submit one of his covers to the absolutegoo.com cover challenge. It was a great move by Jon, as his cover is ...
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The new Glowing Souls festival website, designed by HardWiredMedia!
The Glowing Souls Festival is a brand new festival going on it’s second event, “Equinox Moon.” In preparation for the great new bands, HardWiredMedia was asked to design a fresh new look for their website, which focuses on the bands and the great crowd that is involved. The festival is planned for October 6-8, 2011. ...
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Gibson wood seized…is your guitar next? Be wary of traveling with your exotic wood guitar!
On wednesday August 24, 2011 The Gibson Guitar Factory was raided by Federal Agents claiming Gibson had participated in “purchasing illegally harvested wood.” Gibson’s CEO, Henry Juszkiewicz, defended his policies. He accused the Justice Department of aggressive law techniques. “The wood the government seized Wednesday is from a Forest Stewardship Council certified supplier,” he said, suggesting ...
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