Livermore, CA—November 2017… Joey McCloud, aka Joey Mack, and podcasting partner JDub often spend 90 minutes commuting to work, Mack in the San Francisco Bay Area and JDub in Oregon. The two friends usually call each other during their commutes to help pass the time, and most often they discuss beer and board games. Eventually, they decided to turn their conversations into a podcast, and the Gaming on Tap Podcast was born.“The podcast is bite sized,” observes Mack. &ldqu

Montebello, CA - August 2017… In response to the explosive popularity of podcasting as a hobby, vocation and creative outlet, TASCAM is pleased to announce the launch of TASCAM Talkback, a bi-weekly podcast created specifically for podcasters and streamers. Designed to help podcasters enhance the art, craft, and content of their shows, TASCAM Talkback will delve into the technical aspects of putting together an ongoing podcast series, as well as the critical and organizational skills requ

Monterey, CA - July 2017… Held at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in June 1967, the three-day Monterey International Pop Festival was the first great rock festival and helped kick off the late 1960s music scene, the Summer of Love, and much that followed. From June 16 to 18, 2017 -exactly 50 years to the day later - "Monterey International Pop Festival Celebrates 50 Years" brought two of the same artists (Eric Burdon and The Animals and Booker T., albeit without the MGs) and man

Los Angeles, CA – June 2017… He’s a Grammy-winning producer and engineer who has worked with such artists as Marilyn Manson, Jack Johnson, Los Lobos, Beck, and The Mars Volta. Not surprisingly, Robert Carranza has a firm grasp of the latest digital technology. In addition to his DAW, he employs a TASCAM DV-RA1000HD Master Recorder, and more recently he added a TASCAM DA-3000 Stereo Master Recorder/ADDA Converter to his studio.But Carranza also records to good old analog tape,

The TASCAM DA-6400DP, IF-DA64 Dante interface card, IF-MA64/EX MADI interface card, and CG-2000 were introduced in the OB van system recording AKB48's 9th Senbatsu election's audio. Although record-heavy rainfall forced a change of location, it was a calm atmosphere from start to finish once the election began. TASCAM got the chance to interview Minoru Hamasato of Third Wave Inc. who designed the recording system. TASCAM: Please tell us why you decided to install the DA-6400DP and C

TASCAM: The Misfits formed in 1977, broke up in 1983, and got back together after 33 years in 2016. Talk about the beginnings and evolution of the band over the years.Doyle: Well, in 1977, I was 13 and my older brother was in a band with Glenn (Danzig). When I graduated eighth grade, my brother brought me a guitar. Glenn showed me the bar chords, and my brother showed me the notes on the A string and the E string, the big strings. And that's all I've ever learned. By the time I was 15, I

Los Angeles, CA – June 2017… Randy Rodarte is a music educator on a mission. While most music teachers school their young charges on classical music and orchestral instruments, Rodarte’s Modern Band program at Pio Pico Middle School in central Los Angeles covers music of the last 60-70 years, including Motown, Beatles, and other contemporary sounds, with students learning on modern instruments including electric guitars and basses, electric keyboards, and drums. As he observes

Phoenix, AZ — April 2017… As any audio engineer will testify, recording a live performance is not for the faint of heart. It’s a world rife with unpredictability, from the environment to the spontaneity of the performance itself. And within that world, even fewer engineers dare to tread into the realm of symphony orchestras and acoustic performances, where the demands are even more pronounced.Jim Stern has been happily inhabiting that world for more than 30 years. The owner of

Burbank, CA—March 2017… Jimmy Church has a multifaceted career. He recorded and produced rock bands on the Sunset Strip in the 1980s, opened the Pro Audio department at Guitar Center’s Megastore on Sunset Boulevard and became the GC chain’s number one salesperson, and worked in sales for equipment manufacturers Alesis, Amek, and HHB. In 2008, he started an Internet radio sports talk show, then went on to be the host of a live show, Fade to Black on the Game Changer Netwo