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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.