Some admirers might associate samplers (cloths embroidered with designs in different stitches) with American Colonial women. But samplers have played a pivotal role in women’s lives throughout the ...

The modern software sampler is a phenomenally powerful and flexible music-making tool. Platforms like Steinberg HALion and NI Kontakt are infinitely more capable than the hardware samplers of the late ...

Decision-making is tough, disagreeable work. Alfred Sloan, the former head of General Motors, is rumored to have dismissed a meeting of one of his top committees because they did not disagree. Now, I ...

Making music production accessible and fun to all has been a longtime goal for Spokane husband-and-wife duo Tobias and Chelsea Hendrickson, even if they had to make the tools themselves. This prompted ...

MINNEAPOLIS — It was a holiday tradition for 30 years in the Twin Cities: The Cities 97.1 Sampler. The CDs filled with live-in-studio recordings from some of music's biggest artists were a phenomenon.