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May 31
- 5-minute blues guitar lesson: Learn to play two-note trills
- Mike Johnston: “If you think what happened to George Floyd was justified, email me and I'll cancel your membership”
- Liquid Tension Experiment: Is Mike Portnoy about to reunite with his former Dream Theater bandmates?
May 29
- Bon Jovi's Phil-X shows you how to play the band's biggest guitar riffs
- Get versatile with your tones for less with Harley Benton's new ST-62 Hot Rod
- How to fix crackly pots and faders on your synths, mixer and more
- Jon Gomm's acoustic guitar masterpiece Passionflower is finally on Spotify
- 12 epically self-indulgent ‘90s electronic music tracks to luxuriate in during lockdown
- “The key with death metal singing is you’ve got to sing quietly" – Paradise Lost's Nick Holmes talks vocals and songwriting
- Facebook launches Collab, a video collaboration app for locked-down musicians
- Acoustic guitarist Kaki King's top tips on how to break through writer's block
May 28
- PRS announces affordable Fade SE Custom 24 guitars
- Tal Wilkenfeld shares her tips for musicians: “Honestly, I’ve never practised with a metronome. It’s always been playing along with a record or what’s in my head"
- Make music from start to finish with the new issue of Computer Music!
- Scaler 2 is a “music theory workstation” plugin that could help you to write better songs
- Waves’ free StudioRack chainer adds macros so you can create your own “custom plugins”
- New pedal Kickstarter offers you David Gilmour's Dark Side Of The Moon sustain
May 27
- Act fast and you can get iZotope’s $129 Ozone 9 Elements for free!
- Backbone is Steinberg’s new “one-of-a-kind” drum resynthesizer plugin
- Pioneer DJ’s new rekordbox update makes it easy avoid vocal clashes in your mixes
May 26
- Guitarist Of The Year winner Gabriel Cyr: 10 albums that changed my life
- 3 ways to use the element of surprise in your bass parts
- This $1 app means you no longer need to restart your Mac when you install a new Logic AU plugin
- Melodyne 5 promises to give you “musically perfect” vocals and can make any audio fit the chords in your song
- Guitar skills: Learn extended chords with our easy lesson
- Eric Johnson is offering rare online guitar lessons – watch two of them now
- Cherry Audio releases Voltage Modular 2 and offers “one of the finest Juno-106 synth emulations ever created”
- UVI’s Drum Replacer plugin promises a smarter way to hone your beats
- Ableton FlexGroove review
May 22
- Guitar lesson: Start playing folk with this 5-minute lesson
- 808 State: "How many great pieces of music are buried in crap production?"
- 17 tips for recording guitar at home from producer Romesh Dodangoda
- Behringer takes a deeper dive into its new MonoPoly synth with a demo song and feature overview
- Tech analyst says he’s “100% confident” that Logic Pro is coming to iPad Pro
- Teenage Engineering POM-16 review
- Teenage Engineering POM-170 review
- Celebrate 40 years of Casio keyboards, synths and pianos in less than 4 minutes
- Polyend Tracker review
May 21
- A guitar rig in your pocket: Positive Grid's new BIAS FX 2 mobile app released for iOS
- Darkglass Electronics Microtubes X Ultra review
- Trickfish Bullhead 1K Amp and TF-112 Cabinet review
- Ashdown Engineering The Grail and The Saint review
- Ibanez Premium SR2405W-BTL review
- Krotos Audio Concept review
- How to create a kick drum using a VST plugin soft synth
- Korg Germany gets in the mix with free Pyjama Cookbook for locked-down musicians
- 5 songs guitarists need to hear by… Brian Setzer
- Me in my studio - RAC: “The OP-1 is a truly amazing sampler, synth and MIDI controller”
- “The most significant Prince guitar that’ll ever come up for auction” is for sale
- New photograph of blues guitar legend Robert Johnson discovered
- Music sampling service Tracklib switches to a subscription model and adds more songs and features
May 20
- Blackstar announces HT Club 40 MkII Black & Blue Edition combo guitar amp
- Duran Duran's John Taylor breaks down the bassline to Rio
- Lesson: How to compose catchy lead guitar solos
- Cory Wong’s 5 golden rules for producing other artists
- FabFilter says that its Saturn 2 saturation and distortion plugin runs rings around the first version
- 5 reasons to spend more money on your studio monitors
- Klevgrand’s new 4-band rotating modulation effect plugin will leave you in a Spinn
- Valhalla Supermassive could be the best free reverb/delay plugin you download this year
May 19
- PRS surprises by going vintage with its new SE Parlor acoustic guitars
- Why choose between overdrive and distortion when the Old Blood Noise Endeavours Fault V2 pedal gives you both
- The Two Notes Torpedo Captor X load box and cab sim is now shipping
- Arturia’s Oberheim OB-Xa plugin synth emulation might make you Jump for joy
- KMA Audio Machines reveal the Logan Desert ltd ed Transcend Drive pedal
- ddrum announces Dominion Ash and Dominion Standard snare drums
- Can EZbass do for your basslines what EZdrummer did for your beats?
- Classic album: The Qemists on Join The Q
- Is Splice planning on going beyond samples and creating its own music-making apps?
- Audient Evo 4 review
- Native Instruments gets vocal in new Pharlight Kontakt-based synth
May 18
- Soundgarden's Matt Cameron and Taylor Momsen record Chris Cornell tribute
- Cort adds the first classical guitar to its flagship Gold acoustic series
- Asking Alexandria's Ben Bruce: the 10 guitarists that blew my mind
- DiscoDSP’s OPL synth plugin sounds like your PC from the ‘90s
- Akai MPC Live II review
- The Ibanez Mostortion pedal is reborn as the Danelectro Roebuck distortion
- Drake’s exclusive new Bösendorfer piano is the real star of the Toosie Slide video
- The Track: Twin Atlantic break down the making of Barcelona
- Orange Terror Stamp review
- Erica Synths Sample Drum review
- Steinberg Cubasis Add-ons review
- FL Studio 20.7 makes it easy to create a social media music video inside your DAW
- Pande-Mic: man turns a face mask into a musical instrument
May 17
- Guitarist Of The Year winner releases debut solo EP and song playthroughs
- Learn semi-tone guitar slides and string rakes with two lessons from Chris Buck
- Virgil Donati's tips for building control, speed and finding your voice on the drums
May 15
- Get creative with your guitar chord playing in 20 minutes
- How understanding music theory can help you to make better EDM
- 5 tracks producers need to hear by… Jamie xx
- Wolf Alice's Joff Oddie pays tribute to his guitar heroes Nick Drake and Davey Graham on new solo album
- The Pretty Things vocalist Phil May has died, aged 75
- Is Mark King in a sailor hat doing a Level 42 bass playthrough the funkiest lockdown video yet?
- Gretsch introduces new Brooklyn and Brooklyn Micro finishes
- Novation’s Launchpads offer plug and play control of Logic Pro X 10.5’s Live Loops
- Apple Logic Pro X 10.5 review
- Music for All launches the 444 social media challenge
May 14
- iPad Pro vs MacBook Pro: which should you buy for music-making?
- Matt Bellamy reveals plans for Manson Guitar Works pedals, plus a Whammy-loaded guitar
- Why the kick, snare and clap are the core elements of a beat
- Akai’s MPC Live II has built-in monitors for true standalone music-making
- Is Behringer working on an MPC-style standalone music production box?
- Universal Audio brings the iconic Neve 1084 preamp and EQ to its UAD powered plugins platform
- IK Multimedia’s Safe Spacer wearable helps workers maintain social distancing
- Unlimited potential: how networking has transformed professional audio
- Roland Zenology review
May 13
- 5-minute blues guitar lesson: Learn to play fluid bends
- Duran Duran's John Taylor explains the evolution of the Girls On Film bassline
- Covet's Yvette Young and YouTuber Ichika share online guitar collaboration – Sprout
- Dean guitars embraces rockabilly and versatility with its Colt Bigsby
- Stevie Wonder at 70: 5 reasons why he's a music legend
- Blue Cat Audio’s Re-Head plugin “creates a mixing room experience when using headphones”
- "A wasteland": UK's festival scene on verge of permanent collapse
- Numark’s new Mixtrack FX DJ controllers promise pro features at a beginner-friendly price
- So you want to be a... videogames composer: insider tips from label boss Danny Kelleher
- Behringer’s MonoPoly synthesizer picks up where Korg’s ‘80s original left off
May 12
- Watch Megadeth's Dirk Verbeuren perform a drum playthrough of The Conjuring
- Moog’s polyrhythmic Subharmonicon synth is here to divide and conquer
- Moog Subharmonicon review
- One of the UK's top slide guitarists is playing two online gigs
- Interview: Orange Amplification founder Cliff Cooper on the company's online guitar lessons and what makes their amps special
- Apple Logic Pro X 10.5 released with Live Loops, new samplers and fresh beat creation tools
- Watch: MIXROOM is a new intelligent EQ plugin designed to speed up your mixing
- Hardwell has an impressive new holiday home studio, but can he actually use it?
- CableGuys CrushShaper review
- EastWest / Quantum Leap Hollywood Backup Singers review
- GetSongKey.com gives you essential music theory information about more than 6 million songs
- Elementary my dear Aston: how one pro audio company is asking you to shape its new product…
- Roland’s Zenology plugin brings its “most advanced sound engine ever” to your DAW, and promises seamless compatibility between software and hardware
May 11
- Smashing Pumpkins guitarist talks about his highly-customised Yamaha Pacifica
- Dave Grohl praises Post Malone and Travis Barker’s Nirvana covers set
- Guitar skills: Start playing Texas blues with this 10-minute lesson
- Kurt Cobain's Nirvana MTV Unplugged Martin D-18E guitar is up for auction
- Our 2018 Acoustic Guitarist Of The Year winner has now covered Eminem's Stan and MC Hammer
- Composer Carter Burwell: the importance of space
- Me in my studio - Seeb: "This is going to be a very synth-focused gear article"
- Modulation for beginners: get to grips with LFOs, envelopes and more
- Coronavirus giveaways: the best free software and services for musicians
- Create a “daring” remix for Real World Records and win a Universal Audio Apollo audio interface
- Stream out loud: how the music industry is adapting to 'the new normal'
- Daft Punk’s Alive 2007 pyramid is now a Lego set, and you might be able to buy it
- Mymusicstore offers a new online platform for buying and selling your used musical instruments
May 10
- The Guitar Pro app is free for a limited time
- Blackstar unleashes "Bluespower" with its Jared James Nichols signature JJN-20R combo amp
- Duran Duran bassist John Taylor breaks down their biggest songs in new series
May 9
- Little Richard, rock 'n' roll giant, dies aged 87
- Tune into Meinl’s Instagram today for a hand speed lesson with Mike Johnston
May 8
- Could Taylor's new initiative save ash from disappearing from guitars?
- Watch Vic Firth’s star-studded brush masterclass
- Guitar skills: Learn 5 essential fret-hand techniques with our lesson
- Muse's Matt Bellamy releases solo song Tomorrow's World
May 7
- Orange Amplification announces new Crest Edition Wireless Headphones
- Essential tips on making soundtrack music for TV and film from the duo who have scored trailers for blockbusters
- Spitfire Audio’s new $49 BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover plugin is free if you’re willing to wait for it
- Classic album: Danny Tenaglia on Hard & Soul
- Best high-end studio monitors: Professional studio speakers for musicians and producers
- Tom Morello: “I'm disgusted by the fact that a lot of young people these days aren't willing to sit down and practice the electric guitar for eight hours a day"
May 6
- 10 classic guitarist stage moves
- Musical instrument sales and software downloads surge during coronavirus lockdown
- Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider has died, aged 73
- 7 instant workflow boosters to refresh your lockdown music-making
- Score a scene from Westworld and win $20,000 worth of Spitfire Audio software
May 5
- Gibson launches free Virtual Guitar Tech Service
- Positive Grid donating to musicians COVID-19 fund for every Spark amp and BIAS software sold in May
- Test your guitar chops by learning Andre Nieri's incredible solo from the latest Virgil Donati album
- The Track: Jack Wilson of Fickle Friends breaks down Pretty Great
- Harley Benton announces new finishes for some of its most popular guitars
- The Make Noise 0-CTRL could be the perfect device for all your CV sequencing needs
- 10 ways to improve your guitar practice now
- Best high-end hardware synthesizers 2023: keyboards and modules for $/£600 and above
- Akai’s MPCs can now control all the MIDI gear in your studio
- The 980 Spark plugin promises a thicker sound with minimal effort
- Balaguer Standard Series Espada review
- Synchro Arts offering up to 50% off VocALign Pro 4 and Revoice Pro 4
- The Stranglers’ keyboard player Dave Greenfield dies after testing positive for Covid-19
- A new app aims to bring fans and metal bands together where Facebook, Instagram and Twitter fail
- This automatic melody-making plugin could provide the hook your track has been missing
May 4
- 5-minute blues guitar lesson: Learn to play the BB King 'Zinger'
- Red Witch unleashes its most ambitious fuzz pedal with the Seraphina
- The Striso Board is an expressive MIDI controller that helps you to “understand music theory”
- Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook Pro might hit the sweet spot for music production
- Download Serato Play for free: learn to DJ and save your lockdown house party
May 2
- Tool guitarist Adam Jones shows you how to play the riff to Pneuma
May 1
- Pearl Jam launch competition with the chance to help write setlist for a show, be Eddie Vedder's guitar tech
- Korg Nu:Tekt OD-S Overdrive Kit review
- Queen and Adam Lambert record lockdown version of We Are The Champions for charity
- PRS Guitars announce limited run of S2 studio model with 7 pickup combinations
- Classic interview: Slipknot Vs Korn
- Aston Microphones announces Project Element – gives mic design ‘to the people’
- Maebe: 13 guitar albums that blew my mind
- There are big savings to be had on Soundtoys plugins right now
- Issue 357 of Future Music is on sale now
- How to make a guitar stay in tune
- Could the MP MIDI controller finally make your plugins feel like hardware?
- Hamstead Soundworks Subspace Intergalactic Driver review
- Mogwai surprise release new soundtrack album – ask fans to pay what they want to aid charities
- Get a free AmpliTube Orange Tiny Terror amp sim courtesy of IK Multimedia
- Boss RC-10R Rhythm Loop Station review
- Tony Allen, pioneering Afrobeat drummer, dies aged 79