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Why I Dumped my Analog Console

In the ever changing world of Digital Recording is it really important to have a large mixer in your studio? If you can't afford a SSL or Neve console just say no!

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Why I Dumped my Analog Mixer

In the current world of Digital Recording, analog is still the holy grail. Everyone wants that warm sound that analog gear gives you, so why would I pull my analog…

Music Consumer Survey!

Making a Scene Presents the Music Consumer Survey! There are as many opinions on where the music industry is going today as there are musicians that are looking to understand…

Review of the Kush REDDI DI Plugin

You wouldn’t think of a direct box as having a certain character, unless you’ve worked in a facility that has really good character DI’s. After all, in the age of…

Independent Blues Awards Submission 2019!

IMPORTANT!! PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU ENTER ANY NOMINATIONS The independent Blues Awards celebrate the diversity and power of the music that is created by those artists that acknowledge their inspiration…

Georgia Blues and Roots Festival Sept. 29, 2018

Photography by Tom Dausner www.photographictom.com Making a Scene Presents an Review of the Georgia Blues and Roots Festival by Rhetta Akamatsu It was a gorgeous Autumn day at Mable House…

Get your Music on Spotify Playlists!

Let's face it, the age of buying music in a physical form is on it's way out, Radio is losing its influence in breaking new artists and new cars don't…

The Music Modernization Act passes in the US Senate

Music creators need copyright reform to ensure fair compensation for their work. Congress and the Senate listened. The Music Modernization Act, the biggest update to music legislation in the past…

Gain Staging and the -18DB Sweet Spot!

Common advice is to “gain stage” your tracks by calibrating them to -18. People often leave out whether they mean -18 dBFS or -18 dBVU, both of which would yield…

Is Your Genre Killing your Music

Is restricting your music to a single music genre killing your chances of reaching a new market of music consumers? When I was becoming musically aware, there were very little…

Sync Up: Your Band as a Business - Samantha Fish Interview

Making a Scene Presents - Sync up: Your Band as a Business - Samantha Fish Interview It is not often I post a single video as an article on Making…

On the Road with an Indie Blues Band - John Pagano Band - Part 3

Making a Scene Presents "On the Road with an Indie Blues Band - Part 3" - The John Pagano Band When we left off in Part 2 The band made…

On the Road with An Indie Blues Band Part 2

Photo By Cathrine Gosselin MAKING A SCENE Presents On the Road with an Indie Blues Band - John Pagano Band Part 2 We pick up the band as they head…

On the Road with an Indie Blues Band Part 1

When you go to a show in your local venue that is presenting a touring artist, you often have no idea what happens behind the scenes. You enjoy the show…

4 Handy Guitar Pedal Hacks that You Probably Don't Know

4 Handy Guitar Pedal Hacks that You Probably Don't Know While owning and using a guitar pedal can be a great way to bring new life into your performances, these…

Independent Blues Awards 2018!

2018 Independent Blues Awards Making a Scene congratulates the winners of the 2018 Independent Blues Awards. It is clear that the winners as well as the Nominees represent…

Review of Waves PRS Amp Models

As many of you may have noticed, the long awaited Paul Reed Smith amp models from Waves were released. From the moment I downloaded and plugged in a guitar (In this instance…

How to Build a Buzz on Spotify!

The idea that streaming services, and in particular Spotify, are integral to a successful music marketing campaign no longer comes as a surprise to anyone who has been following the…

Writing a Business Plan For your Music

The Indie Artists Guide to Writing a Business Plan When it comes to the independent musician, the music business can be a strange, frustrating and scary concept. A good first…

Take the Music Consumer Survey!

Help the Indie Musician understand the new music consumer market. Take the survey and let us know how you get your music!

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2019 Independent Blues Award Nominations Open

Nominations for the 2019 Independent Blues Awards are now OPEN!

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Artist Interviews

Making a Scene Talks to Bob Margolin!

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with the Legendary Bob Margolin! Boston native Bob Margolin was born in 1949. Inspired by Chuck Berry, he started playing…

Making a Scene Talks with Kirk Fletcher

Home Page Facebook page Making a Scene Presents an interview with Indie blues artist Kirk Fletcher! Kirk Fletcher has a reputation as a bonafide can’t-miss performer. His soulful playing and…

Making A Scene Talks With Charlie Treat!

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Charlie Treat! Muddy waters tapes, an Otis Redding CD, Bob Dylan’s first 3 albums and a dog laid around…

Making a Scene Talks with Doug Deming

Home Page Facebook Page Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Doug Deming! Eastside Detroit native Doug Deming, now hailing from Florida’s Gulf Coast, has garnered widespread attention for…

Making a Scene Talks with Alastair Greene

Home Page Facebook Page Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Alastair Greene! Guitarist, Singer, and Songwriter Alastair Greene has been a mainstay of the Southern California music scene for over 2…

Making a Scene Talks with Brandon Miller

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Brandon Miller Music has always been a part of Brandon Miller’s life. From an early age, his dad would…

Making a Scene Talks with Rev Rob Mortimer

Home Page Facebook page Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Reverend Rob Mortimer! Rob Mortimer, is the trifecta of a Mississippi Delta Blues Artist, a Undertaker, and a Reverend. From the…

Making a Scene Talks with Dustin Arbuckle!

HOME PAGE - The Haymakers HOME PAGE - The Damnations FACEBOOK PAGE-The Damnations FACEBOOK PAGE-Haymakers Making a Scene presents an Interview with Dustin Arbuckle! As a founding member of the…

Making a Scene Talks with Geoff Achison

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an Interview with Geoff Achison Geoff Achison is an award winning blues-roots artist from Australia known for his live performances, song-writing, and…

Making a Scene Talks with Michelle Lewis

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Michelle Lewis! Many performers live for applause. Michelle Lewis just wants to make you cry. There are sad songs,…

Making a Scene Talks with Jonathon Long

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an Interview with Jonathon Long “All that I know how to do is take a pen and a sheet of paper or…

Making a Scene Talks with Barbara Blue!

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with Indie Blues Artist Barbara Blue! Born and raised in Pittsburgh Pa, Barbara has had the blues since the day…

Making a Scene Talks with Frank Bey

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an Interview with Frank Bey! Born and raised in Millen, Georgia, Frank Bey began his singing career performing gospel at the tender age of…

Making a Scene talks with Keith Stone!

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an Interview with Indie Blues artist and New Orleans own Keith Stone! A first-time visitor to New Orleans looking for directions, finds…

Making a Scene Talks with Scott Sharrard!

Home Page Facebook page Making a Scene Presents an interview with Scott Sharrard! SCOTT SHARRARD IS BEST KNOWN as lead guitarist and bandleader for the late Gregg Allman. But his…

Making a Scene talks with Mikalyn Hay

Home Page Facebook page Making a Scene Talks with Indie Singer/Songwriter Mikalyn Hay! Mikalyn is a unique artist, old soul and world weary and yet so young and fresh. She comes at…

Making a Scene talks with Amanda Fish!

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with Indie Blues Artist Amanda Fish Amanda Fish began as a singer songwriter in late 2012, refining her original material…

Making a Scene talks with Anthony Geraci

Home Page Facebook page Making a Scene presents an interview with Anthony Geraci For almost 40-years pianist, Hammond organist and composer Anthony Geraci has played behind some of the most influential blues…

Video of the Week

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CD REVIEWS

Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne “Inspired By The Blues”

Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne “Inspired By The Blues” Stony Plain Records Keyboardist Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne Spruell was born in Spokane, Washington in 1944. His mother instilled in him a…

Joe Louis Walker/Bruce Katz/Giles Robson Journeys To The Heart Of The Blues

Joe Louis Walker/Bruce Katz/Giles Robson Journeys To The Heart Of The Blues Alligator Records Guitarist/vocalist Joe Louis Walker is a blues icon. He is one of the most productive bluesmen…

Cary Morin - When I Rise

Cary Morin When I Rise When I Rise is the newest album by singer/songwriter Cary Morin and delivers a potent Blues/Roots Message. The Music that shapes our formative years stay…

Kevin Burt Heartland & Soul

Kevin Burt Heartland & Soul Little Village Foundation The latest installment from West Coast’s Little Village Foundation and Kid Andersen’s Greaseland Studios is Iowa-based Kevin Burt, the 2018 IBC Winner…

Sean Chambers Welcome To My Blues

Sean Chambers Welcome To My Blues American Showplace Music Sean Chambers learned by fronting a Stevie Ray Vaughan tribute band. “Strong Temptation”, his debut recording, was released in 1998. While…

SHIJIN

SHIJIN Self-titled Alter-Nativ/SOCADISC/AN100 You’re likely already thinking “what kind of name is that?” and “what’s with the weird record label name?” Yes, this is not your usual jazz group but…

Sandy Carroll Blues & Angels

Sandy Carroll Blues & Angels Catfood Records Sandy Carroll hails from McNairy County in West Tennessee; two hours east of Memphis. Carroll spent her early career singing in venues throughout…

Delta Moon Babylon Is Falling

Delta Moon Babylon Is Falling By Rhetta Delta Moon is arguably the finest "swamp rock and blues: group around. Babylon is Falling," their 10th album is both comfortably familiar and…

Paul Kelly Nature

Paul Kelly Nature Gawd Aggie Paul Kelly considers Nature a companion piece to 2017’s Platinum-certified Life Is Fine but although it bears some similarities, it’s not exactly a sequel. It’s not…

John Akapo Paradise Blues

John Akapo Paradise Blues Mensch House Hawaii usually conjures up that special sound of the Hawaiian slide guitar, not acoustic blues but Taumei “Big John” Akapo is here to change…

Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones Complicated Mess

Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones Complicated Mess Eller Soul Records Doug Deming was born and raised in the greater Detroit area. Deming is a guitarist whose influences include R…

Maria Muldaur Don’t You Feel My Leg

Maria Muldaur Don’t You Feel My Leg The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker The Last Music Company Maria Muldaur was born and raised in Greenwich Village. In…

John Fedchock Quartet Live - Reminiscence

John Fedchock Quartet Live - Reminiscence Summit Trombonist and composer/arranger John Fedchock releases his follow-up to 2015’s Fluidity, both albums recorded live during a three-night stint at the now shuttered…

Ultan Conlon Last Days of the Night Owl

Ultan Conlon Last Days of the Night Owl Dark Sideout Irish singer/songwriter Ultan Conlon deliver his third album, recorded in Galway over the winter of 2017. Songs were written on…

Fiona Boyes Voodoo in the Shadows

Fiona Boyes Voodoo in the Shadows Reference Recordings/Blue Empress Fiona Boyes has been Australia’s foremost blues artist for over two decades now. She spends considerable time in the states touring…

Dave Keller Every Soul’s a Star

Dave Keller Every Soul’s a Star Catfood Records Dave Keller makes Montpelier, Vt. his home. He studied acoustic blues with Paul Rishell and in 1993 recorded a cassette called “Deep…

Blue Largo Before the Devil Steals Your Soul

Blue Largo Before the Devil Steals Your Soul CoffeeGrinds This is one mega project. Aside from the two principals, Alicia Aragon and Eric Leiberman. There are 15 supporting musicians, three…

The Odd Dogs Beneath the Surface

The Odd Dogs Beneath the Surface Manasus Music The Odd Dogs are a fusion-based group comprised of top shelf L.A. jazz musicians and Beneath the Surface is their debut. The…

PODCASTS

LIVE From the Midnight Circus Featuring Bob Margolin!

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Bob Margolin This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace…

Music on the Couch Show #442

MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #442 – 10/29/18 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11041831 SCOTT SHARRARD Scott spent almost a decade as musical director to Gregg Allman and has now released his 5th…

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Kirk Fletcher

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Kirk Fletcher This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace…

LIVE From the Midnight Circus Featuring Doug Deming and the Jewel Tones!

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Doug Deming and the Jewel Tones This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the…

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot 10/20/2018

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An…

LIVE From the Midnight Circus featuring Alastair Greene!

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Alastair Greene This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace…

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Brandon Miller

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Brandon Miller This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace…

Music on the Couch Show #441

MUSIC ON THE COUCH 10/22/18 – SHOW #341 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11028981 ALL COUCH KID NEW MUSIC SEAN CHAMBERS – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Sean made his 4th visit t…

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Rev. Rob Mortimer

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Rev. Rob Mortimer This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who…

LIVE from the Midnight Circus "Indie Blues Double Shot" 10/13/2018

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An…

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Geoff Achison

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Geoff Achison This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace…

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Jonathon Long

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Jonathon Long This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace…

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Barbara Blue

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Barbara Blue This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace…

LIVE from the Midnight Circus "Indie Blues Double Shot" 10/6/2018

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An…

Music on the Couch Show #439

MUSIC ON THE COUCH 10/08/18 – SHOW #439 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/10931205 ALL COUCH KID NEW MUSIC MATTY T WALL – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Matty returned to The Couch…

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Frank Bey

Making a Scene presents the Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus featuring Frank Bey This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace…

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Keith Stone!

Making a Scene Presents the Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Keith Stone! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace…

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Scott Sharrard

Making a Scene Presents the Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Scott Sharrard! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace…

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