Music gear knowledge from Red Dog Music
With the recent demise of DV247 owner White Rabbit Records, there has been much soul-searching within the MI (musical instrument) industry and on forums about the future of musical equipment retail. The DV247 website and stock was purchased in a pre-pack administration deal by German company Music Store Cologne to the consternation [...] Read more »
We love the annual cheese rolling. To celebrate it, we are aiming to compile the ultimate list of cheese pun song titles and we need your help! Read more »
The most famous classical singer of all time didn't always hit the right notes. Here's our top 6 tracks that Pavarotti categorically ruined. Read more »
Is this a breakthrough in studio and stage robotics or a childish novelty you could easily make yourself for half the price? The Red Dog team investigate... Read more »
The man behind the drumkit for Norman Connors, Hue & Cry, Jean Carne and the late, great Phyllis Hyman – the legendary Paul Mills dropped by his favourite music shop to perform some V-Drum duets with his son, 11 year old Little B Mills. They played the flagship Roland [...] Read more »
Does your studio look like it has just been raided by a horde of over-caffeinated detectives looking for evidence for their latest enquiry? If so, perhaps a studio spring clean could be in order. Not only can messy studios be bad for your gear (dust bunnies as big as your [...] Read more »
1. They are rarer. There just aren’t as many bassists about. You’re in much more demand than guitarists, just check the classified ads in music shops: bands always need bassists (and drummers for that matter, but they seem to have a shorter shelf-life for various reasons). Of course, rarer doesn’t [...] Read more »
Chances are, when you sit down in the studio to produce you listen to your mixes on headphones or a pair of monitors, listening to your mixes in stereo. However, have you ever stepped back to listen to how your mixes sound in mono? You might be surprised… In this [...] Read more »
After a hard day’s work at Red Dog Music HQ, there’s nothing that relaxes us more than browsing the internet for videos of animals doing hilarious things. If you’re looking for that Lyre bird making David Attenborough cry with his chainsaw impressions, look elsewhere. This is fun. This is ridiculous. [...] Read more »
We love working in Edinburgh, and we especially love working in the Grassmarket. We will never tire of the sight of Edinburgh Castle looming above us in all it’s megalithic glory. It is the rock to our roll. For this reason, we were particularly chuffed to be featured in a [...] Read more »