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No. 44 APRIL 2007 www.iLiveToPlay.net NITY THE COOLEST GIG AND S HOTTEST PROMON S EOPPORTUA SEVE ON THE ROCK THE BOAT! WINTER NAMM REPORT 0 5 8 0 6 % M 6 A 1 9 R . 8 • GET5 BETTER PRESS / A B 9 P W 9 R R 7 I L 3 • MIXINP G WITH A MOUSE D 1 3 0 • STOMP BOXES • STAY WELL-PLAY WELL 4 • PRIMERA DISC PUblISHER • TC C300 COMPREssOR • PEAVEY KOSMOS V2 inside Features Published by Dayspring Communication Group, LLC 16 Rock the Boat PUBLISHER The coolest gig—and hottest promo opportunity— Robert A. Lindquist on the 7 Seas. EDITOR IN CHIEF 20 Winter NAMM 2007 Bill Evans The SAM staff finds the gems in a giant pile of ASSISTANT EDITOR guitars, amps, mics, speakers, recorders, Dan Walsh mixers, keyboards, accessories and… OFFICE MANAGER 28 Buyer’s Guide Jacque Rhodes What “stompboxes” do and what to ARTIST LIAISON look for when buying one. Jake Kelly Director of SALES & MARKETING 30 Now Playing on iRadio Robert Lindquist Check out the new look of the iLTP Web Site - www.iLiveToPlay.net. Art Director, PRODUCTION Linda Evans, Evans Design EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Tech Stuff Priscilla DiLallo Erin Evans 12 Live Sound 101- Gain Structure CIRCULATION Even something golden on the Elizabeth Edwards input will sound crappy in the Barbara Lindquist speakers if you do not follow some simple rules. Welcome to HOW TO REACH SINGER&MUSICIAN the world of Gain Structure. For subscriptions, change of address or back issues, 24 24/7 Studio - Mixing With A Mouse contact us at: Mixing with a mouse sucks. Here is Singer&Musician how you can make it suck less. P.O. Box 10 Naples, 32 Gear Reviews NY 14512-0010 Peavey Kosmos V2 System Enhancer, TC Electronic C300 Compressor, Web: www. Primera Bravo SE Disc Publisher ILivetoPlay.net Columns Departments 6 Set List 9 On the Road How to make the most of a radio appearance. 34 Product Spotlight 40 Singer&Musician’s LETTERS, 10 In the Trenches Mall Classifieds To get more press, make the editor’s job easier. COMMENTS,& 40 Advertiser’s Index editorial 42 My Back Page SUGGESTIONS: Jake’s mom digs the Beatles. Fifty-Cent, not so revbill@ILivetoPlay. much… net Proud Member of: • Folk Alliance Singer&Musician University • NAMM • IAJE • Deconstructing “Dirty Little Secret” by All American Rejects • Breck Alan - “Ask The Coach” Singer&Musician Magazine • Richard Gilewitz - Doing Music Seminars (issn#1555-9831) is published • Lis Lewis - “Ask Lis” six times per year. Subscription • Ocea - Stay Well / Play Well rates—US and possessions: $29.95 for one year, $39.95 for two years or $49.95 for three years. Canada: $29.95 for one year, $39.95 for two years or $49.95 for three years. All other countries: $60 per year. Subscriptions outside US must be paid in US currency. Copyright © 2007. All rights reserved. Reproduction of copy, photography, or artwork prohibited without permission of the publisher. onthecover All advertising material subject to Last year’s Rock Boat breakout artists, Wideawake, play the publisher’s approval. popular Lido Deck Stage during Rock Boat VII cruise. See this issue’s cover story on page 16. This page: Stomp Box Buyer’s Guide on page 28. Photo illustrations by Erin Evans, Evans Design. 44172_APA538CS-16 1/26/07 3:22 PM Page 1 Contain Yourself We’re not necessarily referring to your enthusiasm for these four exciting new MG-Series mixer models. It’s more about the unique single-knob compressors on their mono inputs, designed to keep loud from getting too loud and soft from getting lost in the mix. Combine this with MG’s other performance-enhanced features and it’s hard to resist a visit to your local Yamaha Live Sound dealer for closer examination. ©2007 Yamaha Corporation of America www.yamaha.com • Switchable Monitor Mix Routing • Digital Multi-Effects (MG82CX/MG124CX) • Mic Stand-Mountable (MG102C/MG82CX) • $149.00– $379.00 Suggested Retail Price SETLIST All Aboard By Bill Evans n this day of electronic communication we all have friends who we have never Imet in person. For me, one of those virtual buddies has been a publicist from Atlanta by the name of Paula Donner. I “met” her back when she was working for Capricorn Records and I was editing GIG. She turned me on to some great music and we worked together on a bunch of stories (in fact, she’s the person who introduced us to Angie Aparo who graced the cover of our October ’06 issue). When I got shown the door by the publishers of GIG, she was one of the first people I called to let know I was a free agent. She did like wise when Capricorn folded. But we had never actually met in person. A year ago, she called with a great opportunity to cover something called the Rock Boat. All I had to do was get a writer to Galveston, TX and they would take it from there. We tried, but it was too short notice to find someone who could take four days away from other activities to do this—even though it meant a free cruise. I promised Paula then that we would find a way to do it in January of 2007. This time we started talking in September and did a couple of preview things for my day gig magazine, FOH, but it was still touch and go right up until a couple of weeks out as to whether (between production of four magazines and all the other craziness of life) we were going to be able to pull it off. Truth is that I (as a diver) became determined when I found out that the one port of call for the Rock Boat would be Grand Turk in the Caribbean—a primo diving location where I had never had the opportunity to get wet. So we went and a small part of our experience—emphasis on small—is to be found in the pages of this issue. But as Paula told me early on, “Until you go you can’t understand it and once you’ve been you can’t explain it.” She was right. The closest I can come is to say it is maybe the perfect meeting of fans and artists. Take something like Folk Alliance or SxSW and take all of the business BS out of it and you might have a glimpse of how cool it is. Turns out it wasn’t much of a vacation. We actually worked Load-in is a little our butts off most of the time. We were checking out shows, shooting different on a boat. pics, and doing interviews. My wife—and your intrepid art director for Singer&Musician—shot nearly 800 pics, which is quite a feat when your subject matter is in constant unpredictable motion. But where else can you go to see hip indie rockers standing around a piano singing “Don’t Stop Believing” or “Jessie’s Girl” with their fans at 2 AM? We loved everything about the Rock Boat—the bands, the fans, the crew (one of the best I have had the pleasure to be around) but most of all the very real feeling of family onboard. As we were coming to the end of the journey—and it didn’t matter if we were sitting at a table getting a quick bite to eat, in an elevator moving between places we were supposed to be or at a show—the phrase we heard most often was “See you next year.” And it’s not just an affectation because the Rock Boat has a return rate of better than 70%. And on top of all that I finally got to meet Paula who, once again turned me on to some great music. I know Sister Hazel and a couple of others but a few—like Five Star Iris out of Atlanta—have the potential to be huge. Some things you can just count on be it in cyberspace or, finally, in person. Josh Kelly and Friends in a late-night jam in the Firebird Lounge. Thanks, Paula. SM singer&musician April 2007 CONTRIBUTORS have been involved The important thing to remember is me they were going on the road. And they were that every single person who contributes to leaving in two days. He missed the wedding and in what we in the Singer&Musician is involved in making music on was on the road for most of the next 20 years. some level. People like Mike Aiken and Richard He was the absolute driving force behind the publishing biz call Gilewitz are on the road all the time doing scenes of country heartthrob Gary Allan getting I concerts and clinics. Phil Parlapiano is a fixture his deal and played with Gary for the next 14 “niche” magazines for on the roots music scene, plays with several well- years. He took that boy from the house band at a closing in on 20 years. known bands and did stints with both Grant Lee little bar in Downey, CA called the Lion D’Or to Buffalo and John Prine. They are busy and super tours opening for the likes of Brooks and Dunn, It’s a joy and I love what I talented and we pay them not nearly enough. Dwight Yokum and Rascal Flatts. do—most days—but wanted They do this because they love it and we are You have met Jake before but now you need fortunate to have them as part of the team.