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“If I sit down with a Dumble, the last thing I’m going to do is do any kind of fast techniques”: Mark Tremonti on why he is addicted to Dumble amps

The Alter Bridge and Creed guitarist's love for Dumbles underlines the importance of choosing the right amp for your style ...
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“It's amazing what you can do with a drum machine - and two of the most expensive sampling and production workstations ever made”: Unpacking the technical genius …

Take an old 4-track demo, add a splash of expensive 80s tech, and the results might be a good enough reason for a band of ...
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“I used to accommodate him. I'd isolate him, put him in a booth and not record him. The others, particularly Mick and Keith, would say 'Just tell him to get the hell out ...

"I don't think he had a carefully worked-out policy against Vietnam; I mean, he had a moral outrage against the war and that was about it." Whatever, it covered the Stones with a patina of radical ...
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"One of the hardest things I ever had to do was mix that song": A music professor breaks down Steve Cropper and Otis Redding's (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay

Following Cropper's passing at the age of 84, we explore the songwriting genius behind one of his most beloved collaborations ...
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“It’s quite normal to be groped by men”: Harassment, low pay and exploitation all reported by young musicians and artists in new survey

A report published today by Youth Music, a charity helping marginalised young people make and monetise music, has highlighted ...
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“The best MIDI controller setup isn’t about having more – it’s about staying connected to what matters”: AlphaTheta and Serato launch Slab, the first hardware ...

The entry-level pad controller offers a slick, simplified workflow for Serato Studio, but can also work with Serato Sample ...
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“My mom said, ‘I’ll lend you a quarter if you become a guitar player.’ I think I did!”: Legendary guitarist Steve Cropper dies aged 84

Born in Dora, Missouri on October 21, 1941, Cropper co-wrote the classic songs Green Onions for Booker T. & the M.G.’s and ...
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“We’re in an era of conformity in electronic music – very few people get celebrated for doing anything outside of it”: How TEED went back to basics with a bedroom se…

The artist formerly known as Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs dives into the making of his latest project, driven by a ...
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“It taps into yearning for a place beyond, a place of love, for me to speak my mind and be myself”: Flea teases his first solo album with a seven-minute jazz rave single

Don’t expect it to get heavy radio rotation though. It’s a seven-minute track, with plenty of bass (surprise!) which includes ...
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"When culture is allowed to move freely, people discover that their common ground is far wider than the borders that divide them": Level 42's Mark King, Jools Holland a…

Jools Holland, Level 42's Mark King and Dame Evelyn Glennie have thrown their weight behind a new cross-industry organisation ...
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“I just walked off the stage. I wanted Jake to have his moment. And Jake nailed it”: Nuno Bettencourt on why he handed Shot Of The Dark over to Jake E Lee at Ozzy's ...

Bettencourt says Lee was far too humble and had to remind him that he had done the impossible by not only replacing Randy ...
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"I've always thought that plagiarism is creative": How The Orb's Little Fluffy Clouds showed the world that sampling could be an art form

The story of the blissfully psychedelic bricolage that launched The Orb's career, introduced ambient house to the masses and ...