Photo Credit: Melanie Escombe Melanie Escombe has been a professional concert photographer for years now, having captured concerts both for publications and on a freelance basis.  For her, it all comes from an undying love of music that made itself known early on in her life, and that love hasn't gone away ever since.  Escombe […]

Professional composers and musicians have a special talent for acting as musical chameleons. They can do it all, and they change their style to fit with the project they're working on right now.  But through all those changes, it can be difficult to find the time to follow their own musical ambitions.  Artist projects can […]

Advertising is a highly dynamic field, and it's difficult to summarize advertising trends without excluding a certain approach or style.  Brands and advertising agencies have been making clever use of talented composers for years, but music for commercials is especially crucial right now, when ads have only a precious few seconds to capture a viewer's […]

Fun drums you can play with your hands! A lot of my fellow Jam Addict team members are drummers. Drums and percussion are actually the most popular instruments here in the office (guitar is the second most popular, in case you’re wondering).  The other day I was going through the Jam Addict Compound studio and […]

Interview with the LA-based composer and musician on the nuts and bolts of his latest project Arswain is the conceptual electronic project of Los Angeles-based composer and producer Freddy Avis. His latest album, Partitioning, is a unique swirl of styles, from electronica to dance music, that provides listeners with equal opportunities to both dance and […]

Do you want to learn how to play the drums with step-by-step training? Are you trying to find starter drum lessons that will show you the basic basics of how to play the drum set? If so, you've come to the right place! We've assembled a quick starter guide to help you get you playing […]