RAW vs JPEG: Which File Type is Right for You?

Plenty of photographers focus on post-processing; it’s the most personal and detail-oriented way to iron out all the details of an image. However, before you even get get to post,…

How to Improve Your Vocal Tracks

With GarageBand and decent built-in microphones coming stock, it seems like the music world is opening up to everyone with an instrument or a voice. This new wave of potential…

How One Button Changed How We Listen to Music

Music has changed in countless ways in the last few hundred years — instruments have evolved, recording and playing have gone from analog to digital, and the industry that sells…

How to Promote Your Band Online and On the Street

Promoting your band has changed a lot in the last few decades. What started as passing out fliers and getting your name out by word-of-mouth has now become Internet promotion…

The Business Behind Vintage Audio Gear

Bruce Springsteen. Jay-Z. Lenny Kravitz. Billy Corgan. Kanye West. Those five artists may only have one thing in common – but that one thing has helped them transform their entire…

Pleasure Chemistry: How Our Brains Process Music

Why does music bring us pleasure? Well, the simple answer is that it changes our brain chemistry… literally. Music triggers the parts of our brain associated with reward, motivation, and…