Coheed and Cambria are out on tour now, supporting their new album “Year of the Black Rainbow”, which releases on April 13, 2010.  Progressive to say the least, Coheed and Cambria have produced several stellar concept albums, all of which contribute to a larger storyline. This has garnered tons and tons of fans who not only love the music, but can’t wait for the story to develop further.

So, we were really excited when they called us to order a pair of Mackie HD1521 High-Definition Powered Loudspeakers for their rehearsal space in upstate New York.

Lead singer, Claudio Sanchez has the following to say:

"The clarity and power in these compact size speakers fills our rehearsal space needs, tight low end and very crisp clear high end project well across the space."

Connect up with Coheed and Cambria, check out their tour dates or pre-order their upcoming album. If you’ve heard them, you know you want it. If you haven’t…you’ve got a bunch of great material to catch up on.

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Mackie is a proud sponsor of the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, supplying a full set of Mackie HR624mk2 studio monitors for their 5.1 system. EQ Magazine recently partnered with “the bus” to create this cool video that offers an inside look at the gear that makes the bus the best mobile studio around. Check it out:

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TT24 v1.7.1 Build 110 Now Available

To download the file and view release notes/ instructions, please click here.

Bugs Fixed since version 1.7.1 Build 108
1. Fixed crash when editing effect parameters
2. Fixed an audio bug that occurs when creating snapshots with a U100 card in slot B
3. Fixed other small stability issues

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“Caspar Babypants is one of the few children’s recording artists that I can listen to without wanting to stab myself in the eyes.” – Weird Al Yankovic

I am sure all the moms, dads, aunts and uncles can appreciate Weird Al’s endorsement. After all, you want your children to listen to music and, yes, the normal Barney/Thomas/Wiggles tunes do teach your child important life lessons. But it can get old…quick.

Enter Caspar Babypants. One listen is all it takes to know that Caspar is not the average children’s musician. The songs still deliver crucial value lessons, but they do so in a way that makes sense for a modern family. You will probably even enjoy the tracks yourself…if not, you have killed your inner child. Shame on you.

If Caspar (Chris Ballew) looks or sounds familiar, its because he’s a founding member of The Presidents of the United States of America…a band well known for bringing out the childish nature that we often neglect.

Caspar performs at libraries, town halls and other kid-friendly videos and keeps the tots dancing from start to finish.  He uses the Mackie SRM150 for all his amplification needs. That’s the beauty of the SRM150…since it houses a mini Mackie mixer, you can plug in your mic and guitar, point it at the crowd and go. It’s the perfect solution for small performances. Caspar certainly thinks so.

I searched and searched for a convenient small powerful solution to my live sound needs playing music for kids in all kinds of settings. When I test drove the Mackie SRM150 in the store it BLEW AWAY systems more than twice its size and price. I am beyond satisfied with the clarity and ease that this unit provides. BRAVO MACKIE!!" – Caspar Babypants

So, do yourself (and your kids) a big favor and check out Caspar Babypants. Here’s everything you need to get more info:

• Official Caspar Babypants Website
• Caspar Babypants on MySpace

And why not? A quick video:

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