Ever been stuck in a mood where you’re ready to jam out, but you’re the only one ready to? We’ve all been there and experienced the frustration of not having a backup band to play with. Well now with the OneManBand (OMB) you’ll never be stuck without backup again. This revolutionary technology works seamlessly with ...
Any voice-controlled Amazon Echo smart speaker could best be described as a Jack-of-all-trades home concierge whose astounding versatility is worth several times its weight in gold. The Sonos One ups the ante by pairing the Amazon Alexa virtual assistant platform with premium hardware chosen explicitly to appeal first ...
Given its phenomenally versatile resume of features and dimensions tailored for service in even the most minimal spaces, the newly revealed Echo Spot makes a case for simply listing the few things Amazon’s Internet of Things nexus and its ubiquitous companion virtual assistant Alexa still can’t do. So far, we have ...
All in all, it makes no difference whether you’re a preeminent producer or a hustling tunesmith fighting for that big break. Wherever you stand as a creator, only one thing about inspiration is ever remotely certain: it gives not a single lukewarm damn about your schedule. At some point, it’s on you to be prepared to ...
There are many people who would love to learn to play the guitar, but they can’t because they just don’t have the time to dedicate to classes. If that is your case, then the Fushion Guitar is the answer. Now it is possible to learn to play on your own, whenever you want, using the best teaching apps available that you ...
When will Queen's legendarily breathtaking "Bohemian Rhapsody" lose its appeal as any soundtrack's flawlessly fitting vehicle for dramatic, chaotic bombast? If we had to hazard a guess, we'd estimate right around the time Freddie Mercury rises from his grave to record something even more raucous and sweeping. As it ...
Feel free to ask us one time for every cent of the Dolce & Gabbana Stereo Bag’s $12,000 asking price, “What paint-huffing nimrod would pay the cost of an inexpensive brand-new car for a purse?” Without fail, we would roll our eyes and answer, “Please, stop making us think. We cracked open a gallon of ...
Since 1983, pop culture has known no more charismatic, endearing historian of parody than “Weird” Al Yankovic. For a fleeting limited time, you can pre-order an exclusive commemorative edition of his 15-album retrospective boxed set “Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of ‘Weird’ Al Yankovic” and partake in a ...
With both its main elements combined, the Zoom ARQ AR-96 Aero RhythmTrak looks like an enlarged version of the arc reactor embedded in Tony Stark's artificial chest cavity. Come to think of it, let's think hypothetically about this combination synthesizer, sequencer, looper, drum machine, and MIDI controller powering ...
Haven’t you ever wanted to play the guitar? Your definitely not alone, most people want to play music, but can’t because taking guitar lessons is not an option for many busy folks today. However, there is good news, now, anyone can experience the joy of playing music, anytime, using AirJamz – a music toy guitar pick ...
A parent could offer a child few gifts that broaden horizons in such fulfilling fashion as the opportunity to learn a musical instrument. Loog Guitars teach young virtuosos the ins and outs of a six-string from a foundation literally half as complex as starting out with a traditional design. Build-It-Yourself To ...
Floating speakers, also known as levitating speakers, are popular today for many reasons, the main one being that these provide crystal clear sounds because the speakers hover in air and sound is not obstructed by speaker casings or mounts. Although there are a few such speakers on the market, excitement is ...
To the musically inclined among us, the world is a garden of aural pleasure that is always in bloom. Ever hear the old saying, "When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail?" Well, a roomful of musicians never fails to remind us of a bag of hammers. Hand any drummer a pair of pens. You won't count all the way ...
Pump enough beer and pot into us and there isn't a flat, round object in the world that won't remind us just how badly we could go for a pizza at that moment. As it happens, when we get higher than all but a select 1 percent of humankind has ever been in all recorded history, there also isn't a flat, round object we ...
Feel like the world is stuck on mute until you down the last drop of that perfect first mug of coffee? Let the Wired Coffee Mug from Rocket Design remind you that there's nothing wrong with that. Hey, we all occasionally have to crank life up to "11," rip the knob off, and let 'er rip to accomplish even the simplest ...
There are many musical instruments for people to play, but out of all of them the drums are the hardest to learn because of the space needed to practice them. A full portable drum set is not a tiny task to acquire and arrange, let alone finding space in the house to place it, not to mention finding a time to practice ...
Aspiring drummers of all ages, as well as seasoned drummers, dream of being able to play the drums wherever they go, if it were possible to bring their drum sets with them. What was once impossible, is now possible – a drumkit that fits in your pocket. With the technology behind Freedrum you can go anywhere and ...
The practice of using dazzling visual ambiance to complement choice music likely dates back to the origins of recorded sound. Before such striking accessories as this Light-Up EQ Bluetooth Speaker, we'd wager a good many of you took listening to thumping house music to a new dimension in high school and college by ...
Everyone has music within them, it just needs a way to come out, Roli Blocks is that way. Now, it is possible to create music anywhere, without musical instruments, or even without any background or training in music. This amazingly simple modular system lets literally anyone express their inner beat. Everyone is a ...
Music is timeless, and those that have created popular music became legends with the passing of time, just like the band The Beatles. The names John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr are great examples of music legends. For those who suffer from Beatlemania, anything related to the band ...
As one of this century’s biggest phenomena – podcasting, people anywhere can reach out to the world, to express themselves, their opinions and to promote literally anything under the sun. However, the only things that truly holds people back from developing a fun podcast hobby into a ‘real’ business production is ...
November represents a time of renewed hope for sensibility in public policy among many states across America. It is a time when Election Day typically offers at least one opportunity for citizens to fully legalize recreational and/or medicinal marijuana in one more jurisdiction. This year, a combined nine states' ...
If you have played music for years, then you know how hard it is to play and record music because of expensive audio recording equipment and accessories were/are expensive. Smartphone technology has change all of that, and the main obstacle – expensive recording equipment, has been removed, and replaced with iRig HD ...
A few experienced competitive swimmers among the Unique Hunters family have some experience with aquatic stereo systems designed to sit at the bottom of a pool and blast music clearly through the water. Unfortunately, we haven't enjoyed as much luck finding personal MP3 players deliver such impressive audio without ...
If you enjoy wireless headphones, then you surely know how many brands and styles there are, with various features, but there is one thing they do have in common, the batteries don’t last long. Well, Skybuds changes that because these earbuds last 4 hours with every charge, and the Skydock mobile charger lets you ...
Whether you are a seasoned, performing musician, a long-time lover of music and play multiple musical instruments, or you are just learning to play the guitar, then keeping your instruments in tune is important. There are various electrical tuning tools available, but keeping these handy can be a chore, not to mention ...
There is some new tech in town – the multi-instrument known as Artiphone's Instrument 1, and it is amazing, to say the least. It has been a work in progress, but now it's reached the Kickstarter stage and has already exceeded its funding goals, as it's ability to mimic the sounds of other instruments such as the ...
It has been established long ago, as far back as recorded history, all over the world, when times are hard and the future seems dark, music can shine a light of hope that can make all things seem possible. Now, it is possible to see that light shine with the help of the Firefly Pick. When you use this lighted ...
It seems that everyone is wearing earbuds these days, and nowhere else is it more evident than in the gym, or on bike trails where people are found exercising. Because music is such a huge part of people's lives, especially while exercising because it becomes a means of motivation and inspiration, Samsung has created ...
Well, there is a new electric guitar in town and it is totting to be the future of midi guitars, as it just may be the world's most advanced MIDI guitar system out there. Oh, and it has all real strings and frets, and it produces amazing 'real' guitars sounds, but if you just want to use the MIDI sound modules with ...
Whether it is a party or a get-together with friends and family, it is always the person with the guitar in hand, singing and entertaining the guests, who gets all of the attention. Most people want to be able to play the guitar 'well', but just don't have the time to learn. Now, with MI Guitar, you can be life of the ...
If you are like most music loving people, then you can appreciate a 'good' headset. It matters, the quality of the speakers because the better your music will sound, however, would you believe that your favorite songs on your favorite headset is not as good-as-it-gets? Its hard to believe, until you try the Boomstick ...
Bluetooth speakers are the best, for more than a few good reasons. Mainly, because they totally remove wiring from the whole 'thing' – listening to music, and taking that music wherever you want to go. Wireless speakers allow you to do just that, go wherever you want and listen to your music. Thankfully, there are ...
It is nice to get out of the house, and most people like to bring their sounds with them. However, as nice as headphones are to listen to your favorite music, when you want to share it with others, it's awkward trying to let them listen to it. This is exactly why small portable speakers were created, so that people ...
There is a lot happening outside, the world is full of sounds and noises from every direction, and these affect us in many ways, good and bad. Sometimes, we cannot control the unwanted sounds around us, or are unable to relocate to a new area to escape distracting and irritating noises, what is one to do? Now, there ...
If a Rubik's cube and Bluetooth speaker got down to some awkward, blocky freaky-deaky humpity-bumpity in front of us....well, that's a sign of the Apocalypse we've spent years filling a bunker with ammunition and Spam to confront. However, we'd welcome our mechanical overlords with open arms faster than you could say ...
Musicians have it better today, because technology caters to their needs. No matter what instrument you use, or the type of music you play, having your music on your iPhone, Mac, iPad or Android is a luxury that many musician of the past had only dreamed about; all their sheet music stored in one place, and the ...
Bad news, music lovers: 2015 arguably failed to etch another "Purple Haze" or "Blinded By The Light" in the annals of legendary popular music. Here's the good news: Eugene, Chris and Alex of The Lyrics Crew offer their 16 candidate songs from The Year That Was which could each possibly go down as the next ...
Black Friday/Cyber Monday Special Throws In Free $50 Travel Case If you have an aspiring musician on your list that could use an addictively engaging guitar-teaching tool, there's still time to lock in Jamstik+'s valuable Black Friday Special package, including the limited edition red model. Around 90% of the ...
Forged from the hell fire spewed up from Satan's lair, this will surely play the devils music. Your six-string chops may melt faces, but the heat rising off Hutchinson's Molten Diabolic guitar well melt the most calloused fingertips in all of Tristram. Stay a while and listen to the hottest, sweetest tones ever ...
Axent Wear's unique Cat Ear Headphones needed just one more detail-minded collaborator to bring them around a corner separating a unique, innovative and very "doable" personal audio concept from a great one. Renowned gift retailer Brookstone has stepped up and the resulting meeting of the minds has sanded off some ...
IK Multimedia has just set an industry bar almost insurmountably high in convenient on-the-go audio engineering: the patent-pending iRig Acoustic, the world's first acoustic-optimized guitar microphone pickup engineering to install and record live in seconds to any Android or iOS device's companion AmpliTube Acoustic ...
Play Us A Song (ANYWHERE), You're The Piano Gloves For all the nostalgic longing after the simpler heyday of music's analog - both in production and enjoyment - there's just something about the rich creative experience that electronic instrumentation brings anywhere musicians can be inspired. Case in point? The ...
Anymore, if you're a musician whose standard kit doesn't include a precise digital tuner/metronome like the Snark SN-5, you may be a bit hard to take seriously. Given the Snark SN-1's incredible price point and rave reviews, it's hard not to just stick with this all-around ideal companion for guitarists, bassists and ...
For decades now, the synthesizer (and, to a less-widespread-but-more-awesome extent, the keytar) has been that standard-bearer in versatile electronic multi-instrumentation. Well, if anything was going to step up to challenge that, it might as well be the timeless acoustic guitar with a hand from the ACPAD Electronic ...
When GUITAR HERO LIVE got a much-anticipated preview of its now-ongoing comeback tour early this past summer at E3, it still seemed almost unthinkable that any game could breathe some vigorous life back into the once-terminally saturated rhythm gaming genre. As it turns out, even in the face of some cringeworthy ...
The music, games and movies you love are undeniably, uniquely and personally "you" from top to bottom. The audio vanguards at Bang & Olufsen gave that reality a moment's thought and asked themselves, "Why shouldn't the way you experience them be that distinctive?" Suddenly, along comes the Bang & Olufsen ...
One gaming session with Aftershokz Gamez Bone-Conducting Headphones (yes, really) will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that a richer, more immersive gaming experience has been all in your head from the beginning. In reality, Aftershokz are an apropos accessory for any device with a headphone jack, from any ...
If you have an unquenchable jones for the singularly catchy vibe of '80s pop, then whether you're enough of a music nerd to realize it or not, you have Roland to thank. No, not the odd guy with the Bill Gates haircut at your corner record store. We speak of the makers of some of the world's finest and most broadly ...
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