[the] Smart Musician: Recent Episodes

TD Miller

Insights, interviews, reviews and more for the DIY musician, engineer and technician--with a technical flavor

Hi Everyone!

It has been over a month since the last episode, and it was high-time to get something out to you!

This week, Tom is flying solo, John is stuck between the matrix and a new home, and the engines are firing back up with some new experimental things to add to the TSM lineup...

...and a little talk about the beauty of old-school tube amp simplicity.

Here are the links Tom was trying to remember, but his old age just wouldn't let him:

The TSM YouTube channel: Â http://www.youtube.com/thesmartmusician TSM Twitter account: Â http://twitter.com/smartmusician Tom's Twitter: Â http://twitter.com/tdmiller John's Twitter: Â http://twitter.com/thumper2501 Facebook:Â http://www.facebook.com/smartmusician

Tom and John wax philosophical on the old, the new and what it all means.

This week Tom and John talk about how the role of technology has evolved from simple audio processing to first class citizen musical instruments, and what that means to how musicians define their art...and the usual conversational rant.

An episode of open discussion between Tom and John…

TSM 012: The Real Reason Your Band Is Hired By Clubs

Continuation of last week’s discussion on monitoring systems.

This episode revisits the blog post from last Summer.

Ep 009: Drums and Acoustic Instruments

Ep 008: Guitars and Backline

Ep 007: Emerging Technologies and the FOH

After a little over 2 years, the TSM Weekly Podcast is back with Tom Miller and John Thayer. This week we talk about the basics behind The Smart Musician and also new and emerging technologies for the rest of us, average musicians.

This abbreviated episode talks briefly about shifts in the direction of The Smart Musician podcast, blog and new features in the works.

There will be more announcements in the next few days. Â We are working on making this a valuable contribution to the

This week we cover a few of the songwriting challenge initiatives that are available for musicians, bands and songwriters that provide an opportunity to create new music as well as collaborate with others in the music community, and build relationships al

2011 is shaping up to be a year of fundamental changes in how the music industry does business. Â This week's episode touches on some of the news of the past week that serve as evidence of this change, as well as examples of intelligent and creative use o

Distractions and Considerations of the Independent Musician

This week we continue to get the momentum going, talk about the distractions of technology, the need for the independent musician to approach endeavors as a business, the lack of technical resources geared specifically for the gigging musician and the Sma

Episode #1 :: Introduction

In this first episode of [the] Smart Musician podcast, Tom gives a very short and sweet introduction to the show and invites listeners to share comments, suggestions and info about themselves and their musical endeavors.

Listeners can find Tom on Twitter