Performing Solo – Earning Money
Internet Killed the Club Rock Stars Back in the 70’s and 80’s, before the Internet,...
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Author: Richard MacLemale
Review – Sterling Music Man Cutlass SSS
Music Man makes high end guitars that are awesome. The Sterling brand, owned by Music Man, is a...
Read MoreWhat Big Box Music Stores Are Doing Wrong
My favorite music store is Replay Music in Tampa. Like most people, I also go to the “big box music stores” – Sam Ash and Guitar Center. I’m not going to zero in on either chain, but basically all big...
Read MoreLive Sound for Singer/Songwriter Solo Performers
Here in Florida, we have a lot of tourists. And so we have a lot of opportunities for musicians to perform in places, but the budgets are not huge. As a result, there are tons of solo performers. They mostly fall into two...
Read MoreHave All of the Good Songs been Written?
That’s a real question people ask, and it’s based on what I call a “ten second theory.” A ten second theory is a theory that seems to hold up if you examine it for 10 seconds or less. Seems like a good...
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My 2019 Pedal Board
Everyone has a pedal board these days, and the market is absolutely glutted with choices. Back in...
Read MoreEveryone is Pissed at Gibson
The other day I was eating breakfast in Embassy Suites in Orlando and I pulled up musicradar.com as I always do. It’s the best site for daily music news. Anyway, they had a headline about the latest Gibson bonehead move,...
Read MoreGibson Removes Controversial Interview
After posting a video in which Mark Agnesi of Gibson warned other guitar companies that Gibson would be coming after them if they think they’re being copied to closely, Gibson ended up removing the video. Here at Budget...
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