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Posted By Brandon on May 2, 2012
Category: News

Come join us this Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 @5pm on the stage at our Honolulu location for a very special performance with Blues Hall of Fame artist Darrell Mansfield!

Darrell Mansfield is regarded as one of the world’s finest harmonica players. Mansfield began his music career in 1974 with a band called Jubal. Mansfield’s band changed it’s name to Gentle Faith, releasing their first album in 1976. Three years later, Mansfield formed Darrell Mansfield Band, releasing the first of his over 30 albums. Mansfield’s blues style vocals and harmonica playing and engaging performances have gained him an International following. Over the years Mansfield toured heavily and has continued to be on the forefront of blues music both gospel and mainstream, releasing critically acclaimed albums including his latest, “Born to Be Wild”. Mansfield has also contributed harmonica to many other artists recordings as well including albums by Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Adam Again and Loverboy.

Mansfield was inducted into the Hohner Harmonica Hall of Fame in 1980 and is the “Ambassador to California” for the Blues Hall of Fame. ”His live performances are a must see and hear for blues and harmonica fans world wide.”

http://www.darrellmansfield.net

Posted By Mike on May 2, 2012
Category: News

I have waited for this pedal for a long time!   Ever since I first heard Eric Johnson’s magic tone, I’ve wanted one. Well at least since I first learned that he used a fuzz face as part of his legendary magic tone . The funny thing is that I have never been a huge fuzz pedal fan until now. EJ worked closely with Fuzz Face guru Jeorge Tripps to create his signature pedal. It is inspired by EJ’s prized personal Fuzz Faces and is built to his incredibly strict specifications, featuring hand-selected BC183 silicon transistors (for higher gain), custom repro ’68-’69 knobs, and a vintage-style hammertone finish. The result: a beautifully dynamic, expressive, and powerful pedal. “I first heard the Fuzz Face when I was about 12 and loved playing through it,” he says. “It’s the classic tone used by Jimi Hendrix, one of my greatest influences. No other pedal gets this type of sound. It’s the pinnacle of psychedelic fuzz. In the accompamying video we have a quick clip by EMC customer Hale and his EJ rig minutes after hooking up this pedal and taking it for a spin.

Posted By Randall on April 30, 2012
Category: Featured Products, News

Too many times have I seen it happen… A guitar player is totally going off with his performance and then BANG! Their axe goes straight to the floor. Don’t be that guy!

Dunlop Straploks are for everyone. They allow you to securely lock the strap of your guitar to the body. If you are an aggressive performer, or just have an expensive instrument, these are invaluable!

In the video, we describe what parts come in the package, how to install them, and how easy it is to use your strap with these locks.

Get your Straploks today!

Posted By Paul on April 28, 2012
Category: Featured Products, Product Videos

Superior Drummer by Toontrack!! This plug in is such an awesome tool to have! No need to find a room, buy all those mics, have an interface large enough, or even need a drumset to get a pro sounding drum recording! This plug in offers actual pre-recorded wav files that you can tweak to your liking! Get 10 times the quality at 1/10th the price and effort!!

Posted By nylen on April 26, 2012
Category: Featured Products, Product Videos

There are few things more frustrating for a musician than an out of tune instrument. When you can’t see your tuner clearly, that just adds insult to injury. Fret not (pun intended), for we have just the solution! This is the KORG Pitchblack chromatic tuner. Its small and stealthy design make it a great addition to your pedal board, and the super bright and large LED’s mean no more struggling to figure out what the note is. The Pitchblack has 4 different tuning modes (Meter, Full Strobe, Half Strobe, Mirror), a 9v in and OUT (to power your other pedals) and is 100% true bypass. That means you won’t be giving up tone to be in key which is definitely a plus. It also has a broad detection range from E0 (20.60 Hz) to C8 (4186 Hz), and can be calibrated from 436 – 445hz. Check out the video to see the 4 tuning modes in action.  Come try the Korg Pitchblack out for yourself today at Easy Music Center!

Posted By Jericho on April 25, 2012
Category: Events

Come join us this Friday, April 27, 2012, at 5PM for a vocal workshop and showcase hosted by Cat Wong of CatWongStudio.

“How can I help a singer achieve vocal success? How can he or she find their own unique voice?”

These are some basic questions Cat Wong, Honolulu vocal coach & instructor of Cat Wong Studio, must answer every time a client comes in for a session.  Equipped with knowledge as a certified Speech-Level Singing^TM (SLS) Instructor (Level 3) combined with 20+ years of off-and-on performing, 8 years of college-level teaching (Public Speaking & Critical Thinking), and a degree in Communication Studies, what better path is chosen than to pass on the right information to up-and-coming performers, musicians, and people who just want to sing. Period. 

Speech-Level Singing^TM (SLS) is an effective vocal training method that has been widely endorsed and practiced by over 120 Grammy Award winners, Broadway performers, and actors.  Artists such as Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Linkin Park, and Kelly Clarkson have used this method.  Now this same method and wisdom is accessible to the local community as a way of helping others sing in a relaxed, healthy, effortless way all those songs that are “out-of-reach” or just seem too difficult to sing.  If you have had your struggles or need more help, vocal lessons may be the key.

Cat has been mentoring voices since 2005 and has done commercial work, voice-overs, and is a community advocate for affordable housing.

Contact: Cat Wong 808.375.7071 or visit www.catwongstudio.com

Posted By Bryan on April 24, 2012
Category: Bash 'Em with Bryan

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Posted By Jericho on April 23, 2012
Category: Events

Come join us Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at our Pearl City location at 5:00PM, as well as Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at 5:00PM at our Honolulu location for an amazing clinic as well as performance by the talented, Christine Havrilla.

TC Electronic and TC Helicon are sending west coast-based Christine Havrilla to Honolulu, to showcase the just released TC Helicon VoiceLive Play. This vocal FX processor has a complete vocal path: adaptive compression/tone, chorus/flange/modulation, Reverb, Delay with tap tempo, Harmony, Doubling, HardTune, Distortion, 30 second looping, and pitch correction.  It also has an 1/8″ input with voice elimination, practice mode with intelligent pitch display tracks and singing stats, and a built in USB audio interface for playback and recording.  The VoiceLive GTX features all of these effects for voice as well as guitar, with amp simulation on the guitar chain.

Also featured will be Voicelive Touch and VoiceLive Rack.

Christine Havrilla, a Philadelphia native who has five studio albums, three EPs, and over a decade of touring under her belt, ventures into a new band project with Gypsy Fuzz. The power trio based band features Christine on electric guitar and has been described as “70s rock meets R.E.M delivered by the modern singer/songwriter.”

Gypsy Fuzz’s first release, Searching. Finding. Living. is co-produced by Havrilla and renowned producer, Larry Crane (Cat Power, Sleater-Kinney, Elliott Smith…).   Layers of sound and dark lyrics take listeners on a journey from power-house rock on tracks like “Buzz Kill”, “Desire”, “Grace” and “Sail” to ethereal sounds on “Dance with Me”, “Over My Line” and “Foolish Lullaby”.

Gypsy Fuzz is fronted by Christine Havrilla on electric guitar, as she brings her aggressive, raw, trash-style playing well known by fans and critics alike from her solo projects.

* “Strong and soulful…a confident and seasoned performer…”
(The Washington Post)
* “Raw, simple, and wonderful…” (Curve Magazine)
* “Havrilla’s a talented veteran songwriter, one who is worth joining for the ride” (Upstage Magazine)
* “Terrific, big sound…” (Michaela Majoun / WXPN Radio)

www.GypsyFuzz.com
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/GypsyFuzzMusic/149973058403379

Also, we will be giving away (2) awesome prizes as well as some TC shirts.

We will be giving away (1) TC Electronics ND-1 Nova Delay at each clinic ($345 Retail Value)*.

*Winner of the ND-1 at Pearl City Clinic is not eligible to win the ND-1 at the Honolulu Clinic.