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Hi! Everyone, This weeks FEATURED ARTIST OF THE WEEK is talented singer-songwriter & musician ROY RAD 1.Please Introduce yourself  I'm Roy...learnt guitar at the age of 12..played in a band through my teens playing covers, played in pubs at 18...at the age of 20 took studying seriously so put my guitar away. Reached fifty and started writing songs and uploading them onto bandcamp, formed a band with guys who liked my songs and now play as many gigs as we can...we want more gigs!!!..hint hint. 2.Who are you influences? Influenced by the 80s  The Jam, Go west  Elvis Costello, Duran Duran etc. 3. Tell us about your latest  release  Life and Money Game check out: royrad.bandcamp.com  4. If you were on a desert island what 3 musical gear would you take?  Desert Island i would take one acoustic guitar. 5. Where can fans find your music (links) etc? Fans can find my music on: royrad.bandcamp.com or google Roy Rad I also wrote a classical piece c

Nowadays there are quite a few synth apps available. Some are free & others are paid. This app is completely free. Its a very powerful synth. Which app am I talking about? AUDIO KIT ONE. If you are interested in synth apps then I would recommend downloading this app. Here are a few features: Over 300+ presets Compatible with Garageband, Beatmaker 3, Cubasis etc 16 Step Sequencer Audiobus 3 5 Oscillators 2 LFOS Arpeggiator Ableton Link Reverb & Delay (multi-tap) Touchpads etc If you would like to hear more sounds please check out the video below Until next time Law OFFICIAL WEBSITE LW MUSIC SERVICES (Mixing & Mastering) TWITTER FACEBOOK (Law) FACEBOOK (LW Music Services) FACEBOOK (The Solar Project) YOUTUBE 

Hi! Everyone, This weeks FEATURED ARTIST OF THE WEEK is the talented musician, singer-songwriter & psychotherapist ANDY WHITEHOUSE 1.Please introduce yourself Photo Credit:Andy Welland & Grace Weatherburn Hi. I’m Andy Whitehouse. I’m a songwriter, singer, guitarist and psychotherapist. I include my non-musical trade as really everything I do is about trying to establish or experience contact with others. We could all use a little more sense of connection. 2. How did you get into music? I was fortunate to grow up with older siblings who were into music. So I started out with a good education in  Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Sandy Denny, John Martyn and so on. I started writing poetry as a teenager and was encouraged by an English teacher, but no one wanted to listen to poetry so I started to play guitar. I didn’t really do much with it until I was in my thirties .Maybe it is in the last ten years, in which time I had a venue and was lucky enough to meet some amazin

Yes, it's that time of year again. More new music gear for summer. So what did Summer Namm have in store for us this year? Here's a few that were mentioned: CASIO- The Casiotone is back for beginners. Originally released in the 80s. This is a portable keyboard. Built in sounds, rhythms, 50 patterns in dance music mode etc LINE 6 SPIDER V MKII- The amp comes in around 5 different models. If you are a fan pf Line 6 amps then these amps could be worth looking at IK MULTIMEDIA ILOUD MTM STUDIO MONITOR- These monitors are the ILOUD MICRO 's older sibling EVENTIDE BLACKHOLE, ULTRATAP & MICROPITCH FOR IOS- I think more & more music brands are re-creating some of their plugins, hardware etc to iOS format. I think that this is a good idea. Some musicians nowadays do use the iPad etc to crate, mix music etc PRESONUS STUDIOLIVE 64S- 64 channel mixing desk, 43 mix buses, plugins, control your mixes via an iPad, iPhone & Android devices. this looks one very powerf

Hi! Everyone,   This weeks FEATURED ARTIST OF THE WEEK is the talented musician, singer-songwriter & band leader VIRGINIE LACOUR-PUIBOUBE from the contemporary jazz soul band LAUGHING WITH THE RAINDROPS Photo Credit: Lutfia Mustafaev 1. Please introduce yourself My name is Virginie Lacour-Puiboube: I am a songwriter and band leader. I play the electric guitar and sing. I am French and moved from Paris to London a long time ago, to form a band. I've been in the UK for quite a while. I am currently doing a Master’s degree in popular music performance at the London College of Music. 2. How did you get into music? My first experience of music was learning the piano around the age of 6 or 7. I subsequently got into playing the guitar in my teens because of my family circumstances and musical interests which at the time were more guitar-based. 3. What instruments do you play? Guitar, bass and I use keyboards for composing and arranging. 4. W

If you are a DJ you might be interested in this. BEATPORT LINK, Stream around 6 million songs using either WeDJ or REKORDBOX (More partners coming soon). It doesn't matter whether you are a beginner or a pro DJ. BEATPORT LINK caters for all DJ's. With subscription plans to cater for various budgets. From around $4.99 a month to $59.99 a month. you can cancel anytime. I think this could be a good idea for DJ's. If you are interested had over to  Beatport website. Until next time Law OFFICIAL WEBSITE LW MUSIC SERVICES (Mixing & Mastering) TWITTER FACEBOOK (Law) FACEBOOK (LW Music Services) FACEBOOK (The Solar project) YOUTUBE 

Hi! Everyone, This weeks FEATURED ARTIST OF THE WEEK is the talented singer-songwriter & musician REGAN VINCENZA from the pop duo RYKER SEAR Photo Credit: Drew Paul 1.Please introduce yourself Hi! I'm Regan, the singer and primary songwriter of the pop duo Ryker Sear. 2. How did you get into music? I've been obsessed with music since my tiny tot days....I was inspired by hearing my dad play acoustic guitar in the garden of our old house, by watching the 80s classic 'Barbie & The Rockers', and singing Kylie Minogue songs on my junior karaoke machine! I wrote and recorded my first songs at school. Then I went to University for a bit, before realising I wanted to leave and form a band. 3. What instruments do you play? I sing and play guitar. I can also play the piano and keyboard, well enough to write songs. I can also play the flute! That was from my school days. It came from my dad's love for Jethro Tull. He bought a flute but didn't

It was around 1986/87 I had my first walkman. I was very young. I remember it was white. I loved my walkman. I could now listen to cassettes really whenever I wanted. In the 80s the walkman seemed very popular.  People walking down the streets with their headphones on, walkman kinda clipped to their clothes (you couldn't really fit it into a pocket). As a child I loved listening to music so the walkman was brilliant for me. Yes, I'm sure the cassette got stuck a few times & had to be sorted out using a pencil, lol. Making sure we had enough AA batteries in the house in case the 2 batteries needed ran out. The walkman was really the first portable music device, it was available around 1979. Last week the SONY Walkman celebrated its 40th Birthday. Walkmans were manufactured up until 2010. (However you can still purchase Walkmans) These days music has become a lot more portable with iPods, MP3 players, mobile phones etc. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONY WALKMAN! Until next tim

Hi! Everyone, This weeks FEATURED ARTIST OF THE WEEK is the talented musician, singer-songwriter ERIC SOMMER 1.Please introduce yourself Hello Hello - My name is Eric Sommer 2. How did you get into music? My Dad gave me a guitar when I was 6 years old; I grew up in SE Asia, and my beautiful parents felt they needed to get me something to keep me busy and off the streets 3. What instruments do you play?   Stringed Instruments like guitars, sitar, banjo and cigar box things I make mostly, plus Harmonica, Piano and kick pedal tethered to a cardboard box 4. Who are your influences? I grew up immersed in Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger, and then acoustic players mostly, from Steve Howe to Davy Graham, Bert Yansch, and John Renbourne plus the early Pentangle stuff and I was and still am attracted to the clarity, pure emotional content and unforgiving beat of early punk - Clash, Dead Kennedy's, Gang of Four, and then the new wave stuff with The Cars... I am very interested in

Recently, DAVID GILMOUR (Pink Floyd) auctioned 126 of his guitars. The auction took place at 'Christies' in New York' He raised $21 million dollars (£16.5 million) for the charity: Client Earth One guitar that fetched a staggering $4 Million (£3.1 million) was the 'Black  Fender Stratocaster' that GIMOUR used to record some of PINK FLOYDS classic songs: 'Comfortably Numb', 'Shine on you Crazy Diamond' & 'Money'. WOW! That is probably the most expensive guitar ever sold? My guitar will not be fetching that sort of money any time soon 😂😂. I'll be lucky to get £100 for mine😂😂 Until next time Law OFFICIAL WEBSITE LW MUSIC SERVICES (Mixing & Mastering) TWITTER FACEBOOK (Law) FACEBOOK (LW Music Services) FACEBOOK (The Solar Project) YOUTUBE