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“She's one of the world's great musicians. She was Prince's right-hand woman for years”: How Wendy Melvoin’s bass playing became the “secret weapon” on Sombr’…

The track breakdown video has Sombr being interviewed alongside industry veteran Tony Berg, his key collaborator, and the ...
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“Quickly grasp tone, timbre and intention behind each preset”: Arturia Pigments 7’s new reactive UI offers in-app tutorials and lets you visualise every sound

Here, it’s reworked to offer an audio-reactive representation of the sound on offer, designed to provide quick visual cues ...
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“I truly believe this is one of the best guitars ever made when we talk about quality for the price”: Harley Benton just put a Vega-Trem on a $700 signature guitar for ...

HSS Tesla pickups with coil-split, roasted maple neck, rolled fingerboard edges, Luminlay side markers... this is on ...
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"He came and said, 'Are you going to pay me for that sample?' We said 'Oh, we already paid you', and he went ‘No – you paid somebody else'": Fatboy Slim on The …

"There was four different samples on it we had to clear, and they all wanted 40% or 50%... we were like, 'You can all have 25 ...
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"It’s just the most emotive piece of music": Alter Bridge's Mark Tremonti on the greatest guitar solo of all time – and how alternate tunings are the key to unlocking …

Like what, 99.99 per cent of players, the Alter Bridge and Creed guitarist looks for patterns on the fretboard, but alternate ...
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“People still assume that a female artist is just going to be a singer, and people will listen to my music and ask who I got to do the guitar solos and I’m like, ‘That ...

Rising British singer-songwriter Maya Delilah has been discussing what it’s like to be a young female guitarist in the ...
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“We hadn’t rehearsed. We weren’t used to playing acoustic. We did a few rehearsals and they were terrible”: Why everyone involved in Nirvana's MTV Unplugged appea…

Speaking with American Way magazine in 2015, Dave Grohl recalled some of those gloomy expectations: "That show was supposed ...
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“Not the most thunderous of kits. Not particularly loud, but sophisticated, rounded and darkly inviting": Slingerland Radio King drum set review

Drum Workshop brings back to life the most historic brand in drum set history with this warmly re-imagined Radio King outfit ...
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“It had a swing and a weird swagger to it that can’t really be duplicated. Kind of like lightning in a bottle”: Ex-Guns N’ Roses drummer Josh Freese says that nobody ...

Josh Freese is one of many great drummers to have featured in Guns N’ Roses over the years – and as far as he’s concerned, ...
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"FL Studio is coming to your browser": Image-Line announces FL Studio Web in bid to "lower the barrier to entry" for new users

Image-Line has confirmed that the browser-based DAW will be compatible with FL Studio, so projects can be started off in the ...
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Who run the world? Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter is highest grossing solo tour of the year

Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter tour is apparently the highest-earning solo tour of the year, according to Billboard’s annual ...
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“His deep commitment to innovation and artistic evolution places him among the most distinctive and influential musical architects of the last three decades”: Which '90s ...

It’s been a quiet year in terms of new music for Corgan, although last month he teamed up with the Lyric Opera of Chicago for an operatic ‘reimagining’ of the Pumpkins' 1995 album Mellon Collie and ...