We are really excited to share with you our latest podcast interview with Ike Willis (audio below), vocalist & guitarist For The Frank Zappa Band. Ike was a regular member of Frank Zappa's studio and touring bands from 1978 until the last tour in 1988.…
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This is a guest post by AirGigs artist Seth Caldwell of SongLaboratory It’s no secret that nowadays you can get a pretty unbelievable sound from your bedroom studio. DAW’s and digital sounds have come a long way and finally can compete with major studios. But…
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This is a guest post by AirGigs artist Luke O'Kelley Building a song with great sounding drums is no simple process. There are a lot of elements that can contribute to, or detract from a great sounding drum track. The quality of your kit, drum…
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Originally from Hawaii, Dave Roe moved to Nashville in the early ‘80s, where he became a highly sought after bassist. Perhaps best known for his long tenure as Johnny Cash’s last bassist, a position he held from 1992 till Cash’s death in 2003, Roe has also…
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This is a guest post by AirGigs artist Lydia Salnikova BGVs, as in “background vocals”. It is actually a synonym of “harmonies” and those 2 terms can be used interchangeably, but for the purpose of this article I have chosen to separate them. As discussed…
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This is a guest post by AirGigs artist Lydia Salnikova Hi, I’m Lydia Salnikova and I’m here to talk about one of my favorite subjects: background vocals. First, please allow me to share a bit of my own background – not only to establish credibility…
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We were really excited to catch up with Singer, Songwriter and Music Producer, Elan Noelle. Elan is a seasoned session vocalist, and one of our top rated service providers here on AirGigs. Outside of the recording studio, she is also the lead vocalist in the…
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We are really excited to share with you our recent conversation with Ronnie Eades (audio below), one of the co-founders of the Muscle Shoals horn section. Ronnie has an had an incredible career working with some of the biggest names in the business. He shared…
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We recently had the pleasure to catch up with and interview songwriter, guitarist, producer, and top rated session player Clint Wells. Since his teens Clint has been a working professional guitarist. Now residing in Nashville, he makes a living touring and doing sessions with a…
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We recently had the opportunity to catch up with multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and Emmy nominated songwriter John Lee Sanders. With a career spanning 5 decades as a solo artist, and working alongside industry icons such as Bonnie Raitt, Freddie King, Stevie Wonder, Randy Newman, Heart and…
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Rap is a burgeoning medium that has rapidly begun to expand outside of hip-hop into almost every genre of music. Since Linkin Park’s genre bending album Hybrid Theory rap has spilled outside of hip-hop and rock into EDM, Jazz, Classical, Pop, Disco, Musical, and so…
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Songwriting, like any art form, is a very personal and complex process. Sometimes it is easy and effortless, as if something (or Someone?) else is guiding your pen. Sometimes it is laborious and even strenuous, keeping you up at night and requiring all of your…
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