Hired Gun vs Bandmate. The Ongoing Debate.

 Hired Gun vs Bandmate. The Ongoing Debate.

Throughout my career, I have explored two options as a working musician: being a part of a band and being a "hired gun." Though both carry positive and negative aspects, I find I prefer being in a band, but have taken on hired gigs due to financial, and sometimes, career affecting reasons.

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Looking Back: Nick Reinhart's Very First Appearance On Pedals And Effects

Looking Back: Nick Reinhart's Very First Appearance On Pedals And Effects

Today I wanted to take a look back at the very first time Nick was featured on Pedals And Effects! Nick dropped by and gave us a rundown of his massive pedalboard(s), but it quickly became the start of our partnership. Nick has since been my partner in crime and frequent collaborator with the site, so I wanted to commemorate our partnership by looking back at the start:

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Looking Back: How Reverb and Chorusing work

 Looking Back: How Reverb and Chorusing work

It’s always great to look back to when Pedals And Effects was just getting started. When it was just me in a room with a camera (more often than not it was my iPhone, 5starr Sound Labs was so empty back then!). Back when I was still trying to figure out what type of videos I wanted to make and how I wanted to demonstrate each effect, I had shot this video as a means to introduce and tease some upcoming pedal reviews. It worked back then for the time, but I definitely prefer how we do our review videos nowadays.

 

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