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MOE POPE by Alex Lane
Boston’s MC offers up some insight into his recording process: including tracking in living rooms, closets and basically anywhere with the right acoustics to capture his signature sound.
Ricky Skaggs by Brad Hardisty
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Sarah Wilfong by Benjamin Ricci
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Mystical Weapons by Heidi Schmitt
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The venerable bluegrass icon chats about all Nashville-via-Chicago’s fiddle master The new indie duo dishes on vintage gear, aspects of his creative process, including working takes us inside the studio and gives some tricking out their ARP synthesizer, and with the right producers and collaborating with pro tips on recording string sections. the importance of improvisational music. artists outside his comfort zone.
D E PA R T M E N T S 5 Obituaries
48 What to Know About the Pandora Fight
7 Local News
49 Legal Pad: First Sale Doctrine & You
13 Tour Stop: Nashville, TN
50 My Favorite Axe: Jay Manley
14 Spotlights: Nightlands,
51 Recording: Tracking With Reverb pt.2
The FountNHead & ExDetectives
Photo credits: counter-clockwise from top: David Salafia, Skaggs Family Records, Ben Grimes, Charlotte Kemp Muhl Cover photo by David Salafia
52 Studio Diary: Motive
36 Top Picks: The best in new music
54 Gear Reviews
46 Piano Accompaniment for Ballet
56 Flashback: Teletronix LA-2A JANUARY 2013 PERFORMER MAGAZINE 3