Archive for 2009
Best 103 Music Websites from Music Connection
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
We always find the content from Music Connection Magazine to be interesting, but this article is a “must read” for any independent musician. Think you already know all the best websites? Guess again. Music Connection polled its AMP network members and readers to find out which sites are most helpful to the careers of artists and musicians. This list is as long as it is wide, and it’s sure to turn you on to some effective new internet tools. Since this is from the current December 2009 issue, and they change the issue on their website each month, we suggest that you check this out ASAP. The Best 103 Music Websites starts on page 44.
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New Namba Gear T-Shirts & Holiday Special
Friday, November 20th, 2009
OK, we suspect that it’s a little childish, but the Namba Gear crew was actually giggling with excitement when our 1st Official Namba Gear T-Shirts arrived. The boxes of navy blue t-shirts were opened in our warehouse and a big cheer went up as the shirts were displayed for the 1st time. The consensus seems to be; these are very cool shirts and a great addition to anyone’s wardrobe. To find out more about our t-shirts click here.
Here’s the Holiday Special
We are going to get just a little jump on the holiday spirit. Since we can hardly wait to start seeing our shirts being worn… on the streets, in the studios, in the clubs, (Heck, we would be happy to see one on someone weeding their garden). But we digress, since we can hardly wait to see our shirts being worn, we are going to include a FREE Namba Gear t-shirt ($20.00 value) with every webshop laptop bag order from now until January 1st, 2010.
Order either the Big Namba or Lil Namba laptop backpack, or Kava or Shaka laptop messenger bags off our online webshop (sorry, the Samba Personal Stash Bag doesn’t qualify) and we’ll put a free men’s large t-shirt in the box. You don’t even need to order the shirt, we’ll just put it in the box. The shirts are also available in men’s medium or men’s xl sizes, so if you need a different size just tell us in the comments section of the order form.
We have limited quantities, so this offer is available only from our online webshop, while supplies last. Our webshop ships U.S. orders only.
Happy Holidays from your friends at Namba Gear!
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Luigi Lazareno - Namba Gear Featured Artist
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Luigi Lazareno (musician, producer, certified Pro Tools instructor)
CITY: Houston, TX / Mexico City, MX
WEBSITE: www.midilandia.com
FAVORITE MUSIC SOFTWARE: Pro Tools
Namba Gear: Big Namba Studio Backpack
Luigi Lazareno is an honor graduate of the Berkee School of Music, with experience of over 35 years in the music industry as a Director, Producer, Composer, Arranger and Pianist for the most important record labels in the industry: Polygram Records, Peerless, Musart, Melody, Sony, and BMG/Ariola. He has participated as Producer, Musical Director with artists such as: Vicky Carr, Ricky Martin, Luis Miguel, Lucero, Jorge Muñiz, Rocío Banquells, Wilfrido Vargas, Manoela Torres, Lorenzo Antonio, Emanuel, Alberto Vázquez, Cesar Costa, Napoleón, Trigo Limpio and Frank Pourcel among others.
Luigi has also participated as a producer, arranger in the most popular music festivals in Latin America, Festival OTI, Valores Juveniles, Juguemos a cantar and Talento Grupero. He was selected as musical director of theater musicals like The Fantastiks and Kumán Rock Opera and has performed as pianist and keyboardist for different types of bands of Latin Music, Jazz and Pop.
Producer and Musical director for Latin TV series like: Somos (with news broadcaster legend Jacobo Sabludowsky), and Soap operas like: Al filo de la muerte, Muchachitas, and The Show of the Stars with Cesar Costa, Luigi has received several nominations, awards and gold records throughout his 35 year career.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR LATEST PROJECT.
I just moved to Texas and I opened an Official Digidesign Certification Training Facility, I always liked to share my knowledge and this new adventure gives me the chance to do it teaching Pro Tools users in English and Spanish and living full time in the USA; it’s a one time life experience.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT YOUR NAMBA GEAR BAG?
As a computer freak I’d like to have my computer and portable recording with me at all times, and especially when I go on the road or to teach on site, My Big Namba Studio Backpack allows me to take my stuff effortlessly, due to the fact that it’s so well designed that the weight is evenly distributed, so my back doesn’t get hurt even in long walks in airport aisles. And it fits perfectly on the upper bin over the passenger seat.
My Mobile DAW contains a Mac PowerBook, Oxygen8 V2, Profire 610, a external HD to accommodate sound data and all the goodies and cables and more cables… …the Studio Backpack has plenty of room to accommodate all that and much more, writing pads, cell phone, etc…can’t move without my Big Namba.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE REMOTE RECORDING LOCATION.
Well, Well..I’d certainly like to use my mobile Pro Tools DAW and do programming at the pool, nothing more relaxing and inspiring than the sound of water and the breathing of fresh air.
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Namba Gear Coolness Factor - Software Piracy Survey
Sunday, October 25th, 2009
Have you ever wanted the chance to tell software companies how you feel about copy protection, limited installs and iLoks? This is your opportunity to have a perfectly good rant and you have a chance to win some fantastic prizes in the bargain. How cool is that?
If you complete IMSTA’s survey and opt to reveal your identity, you are entered into a contest with 18 fantastic software prizes. The prizes include some of the Big Dogs of software; Komplete 6 from NI, Reason or Record from Propellerheads, Sonar from Cakewalk, and AmpliTube Fender from IK are just a few of the great prizes. Not only are the prizes of the highest level, but the chances of you actually winning something in this contest are about the best you could ever hope for.
Here is the link to “Let’s Talk Piracy” Survey: http://imsta.org/imsta_survey.html
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Namba Gear Adds Two New Colors to Remix Backpack
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Introduced in the Spring of 2009 in Namba Gear’s recognizable Mayan Brown exterior with blue interior, the Lil Namba Remix Backpack is now available in Namba Gear’s Olive Green and Charcoal Grey colors. Both bags follow Namba Gear’s bright interior color scheme with a bronze interior for the Olive Green bag and red interior for the Charcoal Grey bag, so that a musician or Dj can easily find their gear even in a dimly lit backstage area.
The Lil Namba Remix Backpack was created by our design crew to provide the best carrying solution for a computer Dj using Rane/Serat0 or Vestax VCI300. The Remix Backpack functions equally well for transport of a laptop mobile studio using a smaller footprint keyboard controller such as the M-Audio Oxygen 8, and using up to a 15″ laptop computer, including the larger screened 15.4″ MacBook Pro.
The Lil Namba Remix Backpack is another in our line of high performance bags. We gave them the high performance designation because of the attention to construction detail and the extreme high grade weather-resistant 1680D poly nylon materials used.
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