A Glimpse into my RSS Reader
These are the musical instrument news websites and blogs I follow every day.
Working in the industry, I need to keep up on this stuff, so I have each one of these feeds loaded into my RSS reader. Since it took me a while to come across all of these great sites, I figure it's something worth sharing.
Harmony Central
The #1 Online Community for Musicians
The grandaddy of all musical instrument news sites, Harmony Central has been online for over 10 years. This is the most complete news source for gear announcements.
Visit Harmony Central
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byGearPipe.com
Musical Instrument Deals and Discounts
This is a site I started in late 2007. I felt that musicians lacked a good site pointing them toward bargains on gear. A few other shopping sites have musical instrument sections, but nothing as comprehensive as GearPipe.
Visit GearPipe.com
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byElectric Guitar Review
News, Reviews, & Commentary
Run by Cary Miller, Electric Guitar Review is (in my opinion) the best electric guitar blog out there. Cary does a great job of breaking new gear news first, offers in-depth product reviews, and is a very entertaining writer.
Visit Electric Guitar Review
Fetching RSS feed... please stand bySix String Soul
...a conscious resource for the boutique minded guitarist
Six String Soul is run by my friend Dan Kern. Dan in I played in a band, Stillhouse Burning, together for a while. He's a great guitarist, and a total gearhead...especially effects pedals.
Visit Six String Soul
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Gearwire
Another great website that covers all types of musical instrument news. Gearwire also does a great job of covering industry trade shows such as NAMM and Musikmesse.
Visit Gearwire
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byMusic Gadgets
Music Gadgets does a great job of covering all corners of the musical instrument world: guitar, drums, keys, pro audio, recording, etc.
Their news is pretty straight forward but Khriz, who runs this site out of Barcelona, always adds in a few comments of his own.
Visit Music Gadgets
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byIG Blog
(life-music-guitar)
Although it doesn't focus as much on gear announcements, this is my favorite guitar blog to read. IG discusses playing techniques, turns his readers on to random guitar-related stuff, and offers general advice on balancing playing music and life.
Visit IG Blog
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byNew York Times
On the New York Times website, they actually have a category for musical instrument news. It's not always totally relevent, but it's kind of fun to see what kind of gear news the rest of the word finds interesting.
Visit the New York Times
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byGrab Bag
- dB: Brian of SOTL, Eluvium, Helios, Deaf Center
- As one half of Stars of the Lid, Brian McBride has contributed to the essential drift music of our t...
- PAT METHENY BIOGRAPHY
- The early group featured a unique sound, particularly due to Metheny's Gibson ES-175 guitar coupled...
- Label Profile: Motive Sounds
- Clear, crisp acoustic guitar mixing with light drums, twanging electric guitars in the background an...
- By Ned Sublette Smithsonian magazine, August 2008 I helped Bo ...
- The diddley bow, a single strand of wire nailed at both ends to a board, was a fundamental African m...
Am I Missing Something???
If you know of another great musical instruments news blog or website, please let me know.
If you just want to say hi or leave a comment, please do that, too!
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Posted March 25, 2008
