Affiliate Disclosure

SlowHum is a project of Hilly Shore Labs. Some links on this site — in our instrument guides and on the “from the listener to the player” recommendations on certain tradition pages — are affiliate links. If you click one and buy something, we may earn a small commission. It costs you nothing extra, and the price you pay is the same as it would be otherwise.

Our rule

We only recommend instruments, books, and gear we’d genuinely point a friend toward. Recommendations are never paid placements, and no brand can buy its way onto a list. A commission never changes what we suggest — only, occasionally, where the link points. Prices shown are approximate and may have changed since we last looked; always confirm the current price on the retailer’s page.

Amazon

SlowHum is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

Reverb and others

For instruments that aren’t well served by Amazon — hand-made, used, vintage, or traditional pieces — we may link to the Reverb marketplace and other specialist retailers through their affiliate programs. The same rule applies: we link there because it’s genuinely the better place to find that instrument, not because of the commission.

A note on expertise

Our recommendations come from research and our own listening — not from claiming to be master players of every tradition we cover. Where we describe an instrument, we’re interpreting and synthesizing, in the same spirit as the rest of the site. If you’re a maker, player, or community member who thinks we’ve gotten something wrong, we’d like to hear it.

Questions

Anything at all about how this works is welcome at hello@slowhum.com.