So you’ve booked your first tour, and you’re hitting the road to play a bunch of dates for not a lot of money. Things are going to be really tight, but you’re getting to build a fan base. How do you maintain your sanity while earning enough to put gas in the tank? Here are 5 things you can do to earn cash without being tethered to home:
Read MoreI promised last week that I’d discuss how to map MainStage in Edit Mode. Here it is!
Read MoreIf you’re a non-geek, you might have missed Apple's announcement of their new line of MacBook Pros this week. After almost two years with no updates, Apple opted for what was a marginal upgrade in most areas (minus a few notable features).
Read MoreAs most of you know that read this blog faithfully, I took a break for the first time in 4 years from blogging each week to rethink how I’m doing my blog. A lot of you wrote me with words of encouragement, and that means so much to me. I did a lot of thinking, and asked a few of my closest friends for input.
Read MoreMainStage has a slightly confusing layer of MIDI mappings that I haven’t seen talked about much online (probably because it’s so geeky). It’s possible with MainStage to assign specific MIDI CC values to on screen controls at the Layout mode. Why is this confusing? It’s also possible to assign controllers at the edit mode, as well. Before this gets too techy, here’s the advantage to each:
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