NAMM 08 Tag Page

New FourTrack iPhone Application Now Available from Sonoma Wire Works

Los Altos, CA - Sonoma Wire Works announces the launch of FourTrack, a multitrack audio recorder for the iPhone and iPod touch (2nd Generation). FourTrack is a songwriting and practice tool for singers, guitar players, piano players and other musicians who want to capture musical ideas and record songs on their iPhone. Plug in a microphone, arm a track, record, and repeat. FourTrack works with the iPhone built-in microphone, a headset mic, or an iPod touch with a third-party mic and headphone

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District Finals in Guitar Center 20th Anniversary Drum Off Competition - Tues Nov 11th 2008

Guitar Center's 20th Anniversary Drum Off CompetitionMI District Drum-Off will be held at:Guitar Center Southfield29555 Northwestern Hwy.Southfield, Michigan 48034248-354-8075Here are the Michigan winners: CANTON, MI: KENNETH ALAN BROOKS ST CLAIR SHORES, MI: MIKE DANIELL DETROIT, MI: ZEBULUN HORTON FLINT, MI: EUGENE MCBRIDE HOLLAND, MI: KEVIN DEPREE KALAMAZOO, MI: DEREK CROSS LIVONIA, MI:

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Proposal for Etavonni Guitars & Premier Guitar Magazine

"Scotty! I need you to... beam... the Etavonni... down to the Enterprise immediately, then... beam... it to Stratoblogster's coordinates!" "I canna do it Captain! The transporter doesn't recognize the Etavonni's coordinates! Believe me Captain-- I've tried everything, but she just won't transport! I dunno what else ta do Captain!" As there are no Etavonni dealers, the only way to play the GT-1 is to travel to their facility- or shell out $6600 to order the guitar direct- OR be a guitar magazin

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TeaDay: The Daily Cup and Poll :: RE: Thursday TeaDay 9/18/08 Group Tea Tastings?

Author: tsverrir Posted: Sep 18th 08 4:38 am (GMT -4) Topic Replies: 5 I really don't know anyone (at least no one I've met in person) who shares my interest in tea so no I have not been a part of a group tasting, but it sure sounds interesting. In my cup now: Mini Pu-erh Tea Brick from puerhshop. Very tasty (namm namm).

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Call For Entries: RiffRumble 12 Online Song Contest

Prizes include up to 4 IK Multimedia Total Guitar & Bass Gear Bundles and Drummerheads InstantDrummer Sessions (PRESS RELEASE) Los Altos, CA — Sonoma Wire Works announces RiffRumble 12, an online song contest for RiffWorks recording software users. Entries will be accepted for two weeks: September 10 - 23, 2008. Contestants worldwide will record songs on their own or team up into virtual bands of two to four musicians, record songs together online, and compete for over $2500 in prizes from

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Guitar Center "Drum Off"

Guitar Center Announces Launch of World’s Largest Drum Competition - Guitar Center Drum-Off ‘08 World’s Largest Drum Competition Celebrates 20th Anniversary Offering Grand Prize Worth Over $45,000 For 20 years, Guitar Center has been committed to providing drummers across the country the opportunity to pursue their musical aspirations and achieve their dreams by way of the world’s largest drum competition: Guitar Center Drum-Off. Starting August 1st, drummers can sign up for their chance

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MixMatchMusic

The Earth Times: MixMatchMusic announced today the launch of its beta music service and dynamic music community, www.mixmatchmusic.com. MixMatchMusic enables musicians to collaborate on, profit from and engage fans with their music. The company is introducing its service at the DEMOfall 08 conference, one of the premier venues for launching new companies and services. MixMatchMusic is part of a music industry that touches more than 100 million households in the US alone, according to NAMM, an

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Dick Dale at Fender NAMM 2008 Gala

Footage from Fender's Frontline Live 2008 event at the NAMM Show '08. Dick Dale performing with G.E. Smith, Reggie Hamilton, Curt Bisquera. Dick breaks out his classic rendition of "Misirlou" to an enthused audience.

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Joe Bonamassa Just Gets Better & Better & Better...

(image:http://fargobluesfest.homestead.com) Kinda hard to believe that little Joe Bonamassa, the child guitar prodigy at age 8, has crossed the 30 year mark and come a long way since his Bloodline days. Yep, Joe is all grown up now and has proven to be way beyond a child of the novelty with a guitar or another SRV wannabe (KWS?). In fact, Bonamassa continues to expand his chops showing no signs of peaking or leveling off in his ability. Similar to players like Gary Moore & Popa Chubby, Joe

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Guitar Center Drum-Off ‘08 - World’s Largest Drum Competition

Guitar Center Announces Launch of World’s Largest Drum Competition - Guitar Center Drum-Off ‘08 World’s Largest Drum Competition Celebrates 20th Anniversary Offering Grand Prize Worth Over $45,000 For 20 years, Guitar Center has been committed to providing drummers across the country the opportunity to pursue their musical aspirations and achieve their dreams by way of the world’s largest drum competition: Guitar Center Drum-Off. Starting August 1st, drummers can sign up for their chance t

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Sonar REAC Recording Solution- Live from NAMM 08

Cakewalk and Roland recently announced a recording system Roland’s REAC technology and V-Mixing system that will allow the recording of 40 channels of 24-bit audio over a single Ethernet cable. In addition this technology will work at distances up to two km with only 1 ms of latency.

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Dave Smith/Linn LinnDrum II Pre-order List Now; Specs

We’ve been eagerly awaiting the LinnDrum II since it was called the BoomChik. We called the non-functional prototype one of the best products of this January’s NAMM – reasoning being that, based on what we heard from showgoers, a silent LinnDrum still beat more evolutionary blandness from the rest of the industry. But I’d be lying if I didn’t say some of us were getting a wee bit impatient waiting for some kind of news. Now that news appears to be here — a rough estimate on availability and

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Gibson Summer Jam ‘08

Gibson has recently posted a recap of their Summer Jam ‘08 event they held during the Summer NAMM show here in Nashville. The Summer Jam event included concerts, custom shop tours, guitar showcases, and more. Some artists that showed up included Slash, Johnny A., Johnny Winter, Kenny Olson, Jerry Cantrell, and many more. I wish I’d known about it in time…I would have love to have gone. I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out for next year’s event. Check out more photos and information from the e

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Wire to the Ear’s Summer NAMM 2008 picks.

The National Association of Music Merchants otherwise known as NAMM met for their summer event last week in Austin, Texas Nashville, TN. Here’s the new gear and software I personally thought was interesting. I know some of these are not actual NAMM debuts but they fall in the “outed summer 08″ category and were featured at the show. Korg nanoSERIES. These small, flat and inexpensive controllers are just what a lot of musicians have been waiting for. These are perfect to toss in a laptop bag.

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