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February 28
- Noel Gallagher resurrects Oasis-era song Come On Outside for his new solo EP
- Charity auction for drum kit smashed by Mike Portnoy restarted after "drunk idiot" retracts winning bid
- Slipknot’s Jay Weinberg: Winning MusicRadar Best Metal Drummer Award is “very flattering, and I'm honoured”
- Watch Marcus King deliver astounding blues licks in this intimate performance of Side Door with Elixir Strings
- Get 20% off guitar tab, sheet music and tuition books when you spend over £30 at MusicRoom
- Video: Prince's Purple Rain gets the Mark Lettieri and Martin Miller guitar treatment
- Zultan Cymbals launches new YouTube channel
- See Mateus Asato and Gina Gleason jam with Fender American Ultra Jazzmasters
- 5 music production myths busted!
- Dell XPS 13 7390 (2019) review
- How to synthesize Drumcode-esque techno stabs
- Caroline Guitar Company goes lo-fi with its Megabyte delay pedal
- ACID Pro 10 DAW lands with new features, and the Suite version includes Xfer’s Serum soft synth
- Best left-handed guitars: Southpaws, these are the top left-handed guitars for you
- Guild takes aim for your wallet with its affordable new Starfire I guitar series
- 10 guitar shop stereotypes
February 27
- Steinberg’s new UR24C audio interface offers something for DAW users and DJs
- Kiesel Guitars bounces back from Gibson controversy with two new models
- Get free Mesa/Boogie gear for AmpliTube worth $/€45
- Steinberg Cubase 10.5 review
- Caribou: “Even if a hardware sampler has a slightly different sound, it’s too much of a faff”
- 10 reasons why you suck at playing guitar
- Steinberg Nuendo 10 review
- Is the new Electro-Harmonix Oceans 12 the only reverb pedal you'll ever need?
- Arturia AudioFuse 8Pre review
- Novation Launchpad Mini Mk3 review
- Save 70% on Output’s acclaimed Engines at Native Instruments
- Download 3 classic Waldorf LE synth and effect plugins for free: PPG Wave 2.V, Attack and D-Pole
- 5 songs guitarists need to hear by… Jack White
February 26
- Elektron Model:Cycles review
- FIRST LOOK: Elektron unveils Model:Cycles, a 6-track FM synth groovebox
- The amazing story of Rockfield Studios told in new feature-length documentary
- Video lesson: learn the most overlooked speed picking secret
- Gretsch announces Brooklyn Standard Snare in collaboration with Mike Johnston
- MAKE A TRACK IN AN HOUR - Computer Music Issue 280 is Out Now!
- The MOD Dwarf puts effect and instrument plugins in a stage-ready stompbox
- 11 types of guitarist: a spotter's guide - which one are you?
- IK Multimedia’s new reverb puts Sunset Sound studio spaces in your DAW
- See David Gilmour, Pete Townshend and Billy Gibbons at Fleetwood Mac tribute gig
- The Music Fingers put mobile beatmaking on tap
- Watch 16-string guitarist Felix Martin cover Billie Eilish's When The Party's Over
February 25
- Chapman Guitars teases first ever relic'd models
- It looks like Apple has a new 13-inch MacBook Pro on the way
- Dell XPS 13 discounts! Save up to 15% off Dell’s top-rated music-making laptops
- 10 things touring musicians need to know
- MIDI 2.0 specs now available to all: is this the beginning of a new era of musical innovation?
February 24
- Watch Chris ‘Daddy’ Dave and The Drumhedz perform on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert
- Gallien-Krueger Legacy 800 review
- Squier Classic Vibe ’60s Jazz Bass review
- Fender Mustang LT25 review
- BluGuitar Amp1 Iridium Edition review
- Anika Nilles announces UK clinic dates in association with Meinl
- “Sacrilege”: Look Mum No Computer put a MIDI keyboard in a Gibson Les Paul
- XFM2 is a tiny FM synth module that you can put together for $99
- Scratch that glitch with Hologram Electronics’ Microcosm stompbox
February 21
- “This is taking a shotgun and shooting ourselves in the foot” – industry expert blasts post-Brexit visa policy for musicians
- “Get ready to meet the Machines,” says Elektron, as it teases something new
- “Can’t wait to show you this!”: Polyend teases new music-making hardware
- Tinnitus - 5 ways for musicians to deal with it: “It’s important to understand that you are not alone”
- Universal Audio’s New Apollo X Desktop Interfaces: built for collaboration
- How to record a band: everything you need to know
- Discover the electric guitar strings that are right for you, with Ernie Ball
- Me and my guitar: Mark Morton, Lamb Of God
- How to design Dirtybird-style bass with Native Instruments Massive
- Reason 11.2 is here, and the Reason Rack Plugin can now send MIDI Out to your DAW
- Is this the best Gibson SG guitar deal online right now?
- How to become a guitar teacher: in-depth advice and 7 top tips
- Gavin Harrison auctions Sonor Designer kit in aid of MS Society UK
- Recording a guitar: 4 different setups
February 20
- Nuno Bettencourt's new Washburn signature gets extreme with 6-way switch
- Grateful Dead legend Bob Weir demos his new D'Angelico signature guitar
- Cableguys ShaperBox 2 review
- Early DAWs: the software that changed music production forever
- “We had to be ready to record anything at any point”: producer Fraser T Smith on the making of Dave’s award-winning album Psychodrama
- EU musicians will need visas to play in the UK from 2021
- How to make an ‘80s adult movie soundtrack
- Marshall’s new noise-cancelling wireless headphones have the Google Assistant built in
- TC Electronic's new Plethora X5 will give you 127 pedalboards in one
- Gibson sends cease and desist over Ultra V, alleges Kiesel Guitars – Kiesel fights back
- Sample Logic’s Motion Keys promises to “breathe new life” into sampled pianos and keyboards
- Quick! Get £150 off a Huawei MateBook X Pro laptop for today only at Amazon
- Finally, you can upload your music to SoundCloud from your phone
- This could be the most in-depth overview of the Yamaha CS-80 synth you’ve ever seen
- Blackstar is releasing an acoustic version of its awesome Fly 3 mini amp
- Guitar round table interview: Alter Bridge / Shinedown / Those Damn Crows
February 19
- Tosin Abasi to sell 100 guitars, amps and pedals from his collection
- Five Finger Death Punch's Zoltan Bathory: my essential tips for rhythm guitar
- Easy guitar theory: diatonic chord progressions
- Uli Behringer tackles 'the haters' head-on
- Blast from the past: Yamaha SY22/TG33
- Dean Guitars reveals its top tier Exile Select Series
- How to record guitar amps: the best recording solutions available today
- The beginner's guide to creating a virtual guitar amp rig
- How to create a Hot Since 82-inspired groove
- Dumble tones for $849? VHT Amps returns with something special
February 18
- KK Downing returns with former Judas Priest members in new band
- Arturia’s FX Collection gives you 15 plugin effects You’ll Actually Use, so could that be all you need?
- 4 '90s house cliches that we still can't get enough of
- How to make it as a sound designer
- Waves launches “affordable” plugin subscription plans starting at $6.99 a month
- 9 ways to stay inspired and generate ideas when you're making music
- Alice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell confirms he's working on new solo material
- Kirk Hammett will battle Mrs Smith in a live guitar Cry Baby Battle Royale wah-off
February 17
- Andrew Weatherall, acclaimed producer, remixer and DJ, dies aged 56: stars pay tribute
- Producer Finneas says that he and Billie Eilish ‘don’t let music theory inform how we write a song’
- Deckard’s Dream Mk2 is like a Yamaha CS-80 synth for your desktop
- Submotion Orchestra on the gear they use to take their sound from studio to stage
February 15
- Tony Iommi talks tone and Black Sabbath's early days with Gibson TV
- See The Band's Robbie Robertson explain how his Martin guitar inspired The Weight
February 14
- Waves is spreading the Valentine's Day love with 30% off (almost) all plugins and bundles
- Germanium fuzz without the downsides? Mad Professor's new Fuzz 32 says yes
- Learn how to build complex rock licks easily with this killer guitar lesson
- Dreadbox NYX 2 review
- Fender gets expressive with Made In Japan Art Gallery Tele and Strat
- Fender's new ltd ed Blonde Player Tele delivers affordable '51 Nocaster tones
- Dreadbox Hypnosis review
- How to produce a funky French house track
- iZotope Ozone 9 Advanced review
- Fender Vintera '50s Precision Bass review
- The 10 least-sexy sexy songs of all time
- Klevgrand just dropped a free modular audio environment that you can use to build your own effects
- How to play the Bond chord. The spy chord is back - learn it here
February 13
- Butch Walker's 13 essential tips for recording guitars
- Fender bares all with its new Raw Ash limited edition Performer Strat and Tele
- Ninja Tune and Coldcut release Jamm Pro, an iPad music-making app for production and performance
- Me in my studio - David Baron: "The ARP 2500 is a work of art"
- The 25 artists Fender is backing to go big in 2020
- How to create bassline house style vocal chops
- D'Addario gives you the finger with its new Pro Plus Capo
- US man caught producing music on his DAW while driving his semi-truck down the highway
- Supro Blues King 8 review
- Open-position guitar chords for beginners
- See Queen & Adam Lambert cover Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love onstage
February 12
- “Wow… just wow”: musicians pay tribute to keyboard legend Lyle Mays
- How to replace guitar amp speakers
- Positive Grid's Spark amp begins shipping after incredible preorder numbers
- How to build a layered '90s-style rave breakbeat
- Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 Floor review
- Softube and Marshall go the extra mile as they model The Beast, Kerry King’s signature amp
- IK Multimedia AmpliTube Brian May review
- 10 ways to get more from your guitar pedals
- Mike Portnoy smashes Rush classics on a tiny kid's kit - literally
- In-depth: Mick Thomson interview and Slipknot rig tour
- Behringer gets down and dirty with its ARP 2600 synth clone: first demo and overview
February 11
- Overdrive vs distortion: explore the sounds, the players and the effects pedals to try
- Me in my studio - Yehan Jehan: “Without UA, I don’t know if the bedroom studio could exist the way it does today”
- Fender ships Eric Johnson's Virginia Stratocaster Artist Signature
- Rode’s NT-USB Mini microphone promises “studio-quality” recording in a compact, easy-to-use package
- How to DJ on a laptop: a beginner’s guide to the software, gear and techniques you need
- 50 production secrets from the pros
- Jazz pianist Lyle Mays, co-founder of the Pat Metheny Group, dies at 66
February 10
- How Humanist made one of the albums of 2020 with Pro Tools LE, 2 mics, Dave Gahan, Mark Lanegan and… a blanket
- 13 ways to improve your home studio's acoustics and make it sound better
- Everything you need to know about: ’80s synth-pop
- Roland's TAIKO-1 is an electronic drum for traditional Japanese percussionists
- “Hey Bob!”: Herbie Hancock has signed a vintage Minimoog synth, and you could win it
- Arpeggio is a mini melody-making machine that comes with a built-in synth
- Ghosts n DJs is a free ‘80s-style videogame that lets you play as deadmau5 and battle ghost producers and ‘fake’ artists
- Harley Benton's new DC-Junior FAT Faded Cherry unveiled for preorder
- Strymon Iridium review
- Play bass and guitar at the same time with A Little Thunder's Version 2 pickup
February 9
- See John Frusciante play first gig with Red Hot Chili Peppers in 12 years
February 8
- Issue 354 of Future Music is on sale now
February 7
- Elon Musk boasts that his EDM track is the “8th hottest song on SoundCloud!”
- Hear Joe Satriani go back to the future with new single Nineteen Eighty
- Morgan Page: “Ableton’s very flat and cartoony; it’s almost like you’re reading a paper. That changes your perception of the sound”
- Has Carl Martin made the ultimate floorboard for acoustic guitarists?
- Behold the supercar-inspired Fender Custom Shop Carbon Fibre Stratocaster 1
- Watch: Paul McCartney guitarist Brian Ray's incredible Gibson collection
- Victory VC35 The Copper review
- Will we see some new affordable combo amps from Aguilar Amplification soon?
- Clavia Nord Grand review
February 6
- How to manage 'silences' using automation
- A musician has created a “groundbreaking” app that promises to provide relief from the symptoms of tinnitus
- Apple to enable Universal, one-time purchase apps across Mac, mobile and TV
- 17 drummer's gig bag essentials
- Don Powell, Slade drummer since 1966, allegedly fired by 'cold email'
February 5
- 6 of the finest formant-shifting plugins
- After 40 years, Moog is back with a $5,000 reboot of its 16 Channel Vocoder
- “It sucks”: Devil Fish owner slams Behringer’s plan for ‘Murdered Out’ version of the TD-3 synth
- 12 essential networking tips for musicians
- Ozzy Osbourne: "Tony Iommi intimidates the f**k out of me"
- Billy Sheehan: "I was offered the Van Halen position as bassist three times"
- David Guetta takes you inside his Ibiza studio: “this is my perfect setup”
- Michael Schenker on his brother: "Rudolf doesn’t have much talent as a guitarist"
- Producers: how to get your music played by DJs
February 4
- Ampethron Portable is a hardware synth that DJs can play like a video game
- Could this €1 soft synth change the VST plugin market forever?
- Behringer’s free online music gear marketplace launches… then crashes
- New Gibson Firebird features in Shakira's stunning Super Bowl halftime set
- Mouthin’ Off is a free VST beatboxing plugin that sounds “authentic and raw”
- 10 chords every beginner guitarist should know
- Explainers: What’s the best UK music course for me?
February 3
- Watch: The Chino Moreno-approved Loathe show us their modded Jazzmasters
- Watch: Snarky Puppy's Mark Lettieri, Beyoncé's Ari O’Neal and Ayla Tesler-Mabe jam with Fender Ultra Strats
- Final tickets for Eric Clapton's Ginger Baker tribute show up for grabs
- Tape emulation plugins compared: listen to how they sound
- Watch: Someone has built four effects pedals into an original Sony PlayStation 1
- Sigma: 5 things we’ve learned about music production
- Roland’s TR-808 drum machine has finally been inducted into the NAMM Hall of Fame
- Billie Eilish’s brother and producer Finneas explains why he prefers recording at home to being in a “fancy-ass” studio
- Man creates a microtonal guitar using Lego blocks as frets
February 2
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February 1
- Gang Of Four guitarist Andy Gill dies aged 64
- Solid-state guitar amps are back - and here's why they're sounding better than ever