Will Brewster

1 month ago | mixdownmag.com.au | Will Brewster |Lewis Noke-Edwards

Your live show is what all this work has been about! Being onstage and feeling like you’re microwaving the same eight songs – often with the same eight people in attendance – every night can be a bit of a drag and can even lead you to lose faith in your band’s chemistry or your own prowess as a performer. But don’t fret – unless that’s your job in the band, of course.

1 month ago | mixdownmag.com.au | Will Brewster |Lewis Noke-Edwards

Sure, they can be hard to tame at times, but wrestling with a fuzzbox to scrape out a sputtering square-wave lead or a chugging velcro riff at full volume is one of every guitarist’s guilty pleasures. And when it comes to reward for hard labour, no pedal is quite as rewarding as when you master the Arbiter Fuzz Face. Known both for its iconic quirky looks and gnarly tones, the Fuzz Face is undeniably one of the most important effects pedals of the 20th century.

1 month ago | mixdownmag.com.au | Will Brewster

Since first emerging in the ’50s as a natural evolution of R&B, funk guitar and soul tends to revolve around a less-is-more ethos, with the funk guitar playing secondary to the groove in most examples. This approach was solidified in the ’60s through the increasing popularity of acts like James Brown and the roster of artists on Motown and Stax, including Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and Issac Hayes.

1 month ago | mixdownmag.com.au | Will Brewster |Lewis Noke-Edwards

Whether it’s a spanky Fender clean, a crisp Vox jangle or the cannonball tones of a roaring Marshall stack, most of the names that are thrown around when discussing the best classic guitar amplifiers tend to be tube-driven – bar for one. The Roland Jazz Chorus range of solid-state guitar amplifiers is considered by many to be akin with the holy grail of clean tones, with its famous crystalline sound and iconic stereo chorus effect making it a go-to for guitarists of all ilk.

2 months ago | mixdownmag.com.au | Will Brewster |Lewis Noke-Edwards

The US-based producers were critical in advancing digital audio recording technology in the 1980s and were one of the first companies to bring home recording to the masses by tailoring audio interface products to iOS in the 2010s. With this history in mind, it should come as no surprise that the reputation Apogee has as a trailblazer of digital audio recording is only further advanced by its latest run of Symphony Studio audio interfaces.