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- July 31
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- Spotify CEO: “You can’t record music every three or four years and think that’s going to be enough”
- CEntrance Mixerface R4B review
- Sontronics Podcast Pro review
- 15 questions for... Joris Delacroix: "Be careful who you’re working with, and as an artist, don’t think that the music industry is always your friend."
- How to create the perfect snare drum
- "Only writing about what you know is the worst advice ever" – Brian Fallon's 8 tips for songwriters
- Stuck with a technical issue? MuSOS is a new helpline service for musicians and producers to help you in your hour of need
- deadmau5's performance controller is now available for you to own
- Hear Mastodon's new song – plus see Brent Hinds and bluesman Markus King cover Black Sabbath's Electric Funeral
- July 30
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- 15 questions for... GotSome: "The one thing I’ve learnt over the last few months: forget the super-club and the big raves, we’ve got to get back to where this s**t started."
- You can now import your own wavetables into the Sequential Pro 3
- 23 guitar players pay tribute to their unsung heroes
- Vochlea Dubler Studio Kit review
- July 29
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- 15 questions for… The Dandy Warhols: “Be nice to everyone. There’s no point in being a d**k; it’s a small world and an even smaller music world"
- A beginner's guide to the drum kit
- Watch Max Portnoy play through Tallah - The Silo
- 10 guitar heroes' day jobs before they were famous
- Eric Johnson focuses on the dynamics of tone in his latest mini guitar lesson
- Ace Frehley takes on Ritchie Blackmore with a cover of Space Truckin'
- Tool, Primus, Mastodon, Coheed And Cambria members cover Rush’s Anthem
- PRS's new £5340 / €6139 Modern Eagle V has a crazy amount of switching options
- Turn up the heat and give your tracks some extra spank with the Parallel Aggressor plugin
- Issue 360 of Future Music is on sale now
- Charvel Pro-Mod DK22 review
- Trinity By Relish review
- July 28
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- Gilmour's Pink Floyd rotary speaker sound in a pedal? Say hello to the Dawner Prince Pulse
- Audio-Technica hits a purple patch with these new limited edition M50x headphones
- Erica Synths Bassline DB-01 review
- How to turn drum machine toms into minimal percussion
- Lurka: "Stop worrying about volume! Thankfully Spotify has made it a thing of the past"
- Learn to play a classic Peter Green guitar riff: Fleetwood Mac – Oh Well (Pt 1)
- Analogue Pocket: The ultimate all-in-one handheld retro games console, synth and sequencer is almost here
- Best travel guitars 2024: Top acoustic and electric guitars for musicians on the go
- PreSonus Studio One 5 Professional review
- Now U2 have covered Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven… but why?!
- July 27
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- Blackstar aims to make MIDI control easier with its Live Logic
- Unleash the P-90 power with Harley Benton's £226 ltd ed DC-Junior FAT
- Best compact drum kits: Our pick of the best mini-kits at any budget
- 8 great minimal electronic records you need to hear
- The Behringer UB-Xa is nearly ready and you can see it in action
- Apparently these are some of the worst synths and drum machines ever made, but does this synth jam prove it?
- Stairway allowed: St Vincent covers Led Zeppelin in tribute to guitarists everywhere
- July 25
- July 24
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- Waves’ epic 42-plugin Gold bundle is just $149.99 right now – save $650
- Interview: Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda – "Chester's voice was insane"
- Show off your production skills and win $700 and plugin synths in KV331 Audio’s SynthMaster Track Contest
- The beginner's guide to: Industrial
- How to create a minimal kick/bass pattern in your DAW
- Arturia’s Sound Explorers Collection box set puts 20 years of synth/FX plugins and presets on one 250GB hard drive
- Bacchus Woodline Jazz DX5AC-WBDP review
- Modern Vintage MVP4 review
- The 808 Lab plugin lets you play Roland’s classic TR drum machine as a chromatic instrument
- DB Bass Elbee 10, Embee 12, and Embee 1210 Series II Cabinets review
- Fender Vintera '60s Jazz review
- July 23
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- 9 minimal track arrangement tips: find out how a little can go a long way
- The playable Lego Grand Piano set is here, and it looks amazing
- Taylor Swift announces surprise album produced by The National's Aaron Dessner
- Guitar and audio equipment sales on the rise in the UK during lockdown
- Pioneers of fuzz: 13 guitarists who defined the fuzz pedal
- #LetUsDance: the UK dance music and events industry comes together to ask for urgent help from the UK government
- Blipblox After Dark is a kid-friendly synth that adults can play with after bedtime
- Classic Rock's new podcast focuses on AC/DC's Back In Black with first episode
- PreSonus Atom Producer Lab review
- Mastering The Mix Mixroom review
- July 22
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- "I wanted to make it affordable" – Jared Dines introduces his first signature guitar
- Needtobreathe's Bear Rinehart: 12 albums that changed my life
- Third Son on producing an entire album in 20 days: "There's life in imperfection"
- Talking Shop – Selective Response: “Sometimes I listen back and think, ‘where did I even come up with that?'”
- Best electronic drum pads: Top drum and percussion pads for the studio and stage
- Metallica producer Bob Rock on the St. Anger snare: “It's a snare drum sound, give it a f***ing break”
- It looks like you’ll soon be able to buy a Lego grand piano that you can actually play
- Unheard Rolling Stones and Jimmy Page track Scarlet revealed - listen here
- July 21
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- 13 guitar hero Simpsons cameos
- 8 cheap but great guitar overdrive pedal alternatives to boutique classics
- Vote for the greatest basslines of all time now
- So you want to be a... sound designer: from League Of Legends to Final Fantasy, here are Dylan Levitt's career tips
- Free €50 plugin PLUS a DAW shootout in the new issue of Computer Music!
- Why your choice of bass strings matter – and which Ernie Ball set to choose
- Mixed by Humanz on mixing John Legend’s new album in lockdown: "Mixing at really low levels in the bedroom, you discover a different style”
- Electro-Harmonix announces the 1440 Stereo Looper pedal
- Akai’s MPC Beats is a free ‘beatmaking DAW’ that puts the classic MPC workflow on your PC or Mac
- Zoom’s V3 vocal processor puts effects, harmonies and pitch correction at your fingertips
- “What would you say if we made one of the world’s most desirable synths available to you?” asks Behringer, as it teases new product
- July 20
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- How to create a minimal drum groove in your DAW
- Want to release your tracks on a major label? Here are some tips and tricks from the inside
- Two parts Strat and one part Tele-style? Say hello to the Joe Doe Punkcaster
- PreSonus’s Atom SQ is a MIDI keyboard, drum step sequencer and performance pad controller that integrates with Studio One, Ableton Live or your favourite DAW
- Can SolidGold FX's Oblivion Quad change the perception of flanger pedals?
- Tove Lo just played the cutest DJ set ever in Animal Crossing
- Chris Cornell estate releases surprise cover of Guns N' Roses song
- July 17
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- Eric Clapton drummer, Jamie Oldaker dies aged 68
- SampleRadar: 261 free funky and freaky fill samples
- Best EQ plugins 2024: Mix, create, repair, and master with these 13 amazing equalizers
- 119BPM is the most popular speed to have sex to: research reveals the most titillating tempos
- inSIDious is a nostalgic VST plugin love letter to the sound of the Commodore 64
- July 16
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- Bristol musician starts crowdfunder to donate hand wound radios to homeless
- Get all Joe Satriani's classic guitar tones in one place
- Best ukulele strings 2024: From beginner to pro
- 15 questions for… RAC: "Don’t listen to the music industry! Ignore them"
- How to program a percussive synth bass sound using an FM synth
- Do you need a $200 plastic bag for your Teenage Engineering synths? Well, you’re in luck...
- Find out how Casio Music ‘accidentally invented digital reggae’ and inspired Pulp’s Common People as it celebrates 40 years of synths and keyboards
- Reverb hikes its sales fees to 5%
- IK Multimedia enters the Space Delay race with new Roland RE-201-style plugin
- Arturia AudioFuse Studio review
- July 15
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- How to start Travis picking with your guitar chords
- In pictures: EVH Striped Series Frankie Eddie Van Halen signature guitar
- Save $/£400 on Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro: a great music-making laptop at the lowest price we’ve seen yet
- Little Dragon: "We’ve done this playing and composing thing for a long time, so I’d be surprised if we didn’t get any better at it."
- Eventide is letting you download its new Undulator tremolo plugin for $19 and donating all proceeds to social justice initiatives
- SoundCloud can now automatically master your tracks as you upload them using Dolby technology
- July 14
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- Fender embraces its short-scale guitars with five new Player Series models
- Native Instruments releases free charity artist sound pack featuring content for Maschine, Logic, Ableton Live, Massive and more
- 6 songs guitarists need to hear by… Iron Maiden
- Less is more: the beginner's guide to minimal dance music
- Gibson involved in new legal disputes with Satellite Amplifiers and Collings Guitars
- ShapeShifter is a quirky compressor plugin that can cause “blown-open, raucous carnage”
- "Paul Baloff was so pissed that he poured a beer over my head" – Kirk Hammett on quitting Exodus to join Metallica
- MasterClass: Sheila E. Teaches Drumming and Percussion course available now
- Rick Wakeman on his top 5 synths: “I suddenly had an instrument that could give the guitar a run for its money”
- SampleRadar: 327 free vocal ad-lib samples
- July 13
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- How to play a two-hand tapping riff with our bite-sized guitar lesson
- So you want to be a... videogames composer: Alan Wake and Control soundtrack creator Petri Alanko - "I sometimes think film composers have it really, really, really easy"
- The beginners guide to sub-bass: how to program a basic sound
- Harley Benton FRFR-112A DSP guitar cab review
- oeksound soothe2 review
- Samplr turns your MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar into a hands-on loop slicer for free
- Arturia KeyStep Pro review
- The truth: why managers won’t come anywhere near you
- TheoryBoard is a music theory MIDI controller that could change the way you write songs
- Quincy Jones shares world's largest virtual piano recital
- July 10
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- Misha Mansoor's Horizon Devices spent two years designing this delay pedal
- Best guitar strings: A beginner’s guide
- Talking Shop – Andres Campo: “I always needed time when touring; now we have it, I’m struggling”
- Learn chord and picking secrets from guitar master Eric Johnson
- "My whole world basically came to an end and that's when I met the guys in Alice" – Jerry Cantrell remembers his first meetings with Layne Staley and Dimebag
- Electro-Harmonix reveals its… Cntl Knob?!
- 5 ways to write a great hook: turn your tepid track into an unforgettable earworm
- Sleaford Mods: "All them A-list DJs who play their sets from the laptop? What a load of bollocks! It’s all fake… smoke ‘n’ mirrors"
- July 9
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- Learn six Billie Eilish songs on guitar for free with Fender Play
- 37 heavyweight bass production tips: recording, programming, arranging, mixing and more
- 18 songs people always ask guitarists to play
- Man beats Minecraft using his MIDI keyboard as a controller, creating a “nightmare” piano soundtrack
- July 8
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- John Mayer: "I've tried to stop playing the guitar and start playing music on the guitar"
- Session ace Guthrie Trapp shares some of the best lead guitar advice you'll hear
- Video demo: The new Victory V4 Duchess is a valve head… at your feet!
- Is the $749 Chase Bliss Audio Automatone Preamp MKII the new gold standard in drive pedals?
- Learn to play major and minor piano chords
- Learn how to play 12 essential scales on your keyboard
- Learn how to play 12 essential chords on your MIDI keyboard
- How to add interest using pivot chords
- There’s nothing artificial about Sample Logic’s new Symphonic AI orchestral and synthesis plugin instrument
- Blackstar's Debut, a dinky new practice amp series with built-in tape delay, takes a bow
- July 7
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- In defence of Ringo Starr: why drumming’s biggest target is still one of its most influential
- Don't have guitar, will travel? Harley Benton might have just what you need
- “10 years in the making”: PreSonus announces Studio One 5 DAW
- Joe Porcaro: Legendary drummer, percussionist and educator dies aged 90
- Harley Benton Fusion-II HH FR Roasted FNT review
- How to set up your studio monitors properly
- How to use Logic Pro X's new Sampler
- 15 questions for… Blancmange: "We made lots of mistakes - some we got away with"
- Behringer now has access to a ‘synth on a chip’, which could mean many more compact and affordable analogue polys
- July 6
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- So you want to be a... game, TV and movie composer: Tales From The Loop, Limitless and Cyberpunk 2077 composer tells it like it is: "Just don't be a d*ck!"
- 20 Ableton Live power tips you need to try
- Hannah Trigwell and Joe Dolman on DIY music promotion
- It looks like the new 2020 iMac will have an Intel processor, but should you wait for the Apple silicon model?
- Classic album - F**k Buttons on Tarot Sport: “We weren’t gearheads. If you can write a song, you can write a song on anything”
- How to use Logic Pro X's new step sequencer to make a beat
- 6 simple ways to improve your acoustic guitar tone now
- Cory Wong is the latest guitarist to get a signature Neural DSP Archetype plugin
- Ennio Morricone, legendary movie soundtrack composer, has died aged 91
- A lifeline for live venues as UK's £1.5 billion support fund revealed
- Here’s why installing a cracked version of Ableton Live on your Mac could lose you access to your files and expose your personal data
- July 4
- July 3
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- Kit Tour: Imonolith's Ryan Van Poederooyen
- 11 golden rules for replaying a sample in your DAW
- Jason Isbell releases his demo of Maybe It's Time from the film A Star Is Born
- Take the Sample Challenge: your chance to enter and win
- Guitar lesson: 5 ways to add new moods to your chords
- Enter a track in Abbey Road’s music production competition and win a feedback session with Brockhampton’s Romil Hemnani
- Why releasing an album is a waste of time
- Get to know the different microphone types and where you should use them
- Zoom’s heavy-duty H8 is a multitrack recorder, podcasting studio and more
- JHS Pedals PG-14 review
- Eastman SB55DC/v review
- Fender '64 Custom Princeton Reverb review
- July 2
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- Promuco announces John Bonham signature drumstick bag
- How to recognise the notes on a MIDI keyboard
- Amped Studio becomes the first online DAW to support VST plugins
- Sennheiser HD 25 vs Audio-Technica ATH-M50x: studio headphones head-to-head
- 5 reasons why the government needs to listen to the #letthemusicplay campaign and save UK live music
- Should the iRig Keys 2 Mini be your next portable MIDI keyboard?
- Arturia OB-Xa V review
- #LetTheMusicPlay: Paul McCartney, Radiohead, Rolling Stones amongst 1,500 artists demanding urgent government action to save UK live music scene
- Martin SC-13E review
- Download IK Multimedia’s $100 AmpliTube Metal software for free: heavy guitar amps and effects for all
- Fender Reflecting Pool review
- July 1
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- Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill engineer Chris Fogel: “Flea was surprisingly way out of time on You Oughta Know”
- AI helps musician make an Iron Maiden song and it's called… Power Gravy!
- Can you make a beat using only a sine wave?
- Jaga Jazzist: “We don’t know what nu-jazz means, but it never meant anything for us”
- Spitfire Audio’s Westworld Scoring Competition descends into bitterness and acrimony as Hans Zimmer says of winner’s critics: “I wouldn’t want to work with a single one of you”
- Issue 359 of Future Music is on sale now
- Why Flattley Guitar Pedals’ Centurion could be your go-to overdrive
- Guild Aristocrat HH and P90 review
- Atkin The Forty Three review
- Charvel announces new Pro-Mod So-Cal an San Dimas guitars
- EVH releases new guitar and 5150 amp
- Gretsch reveals 15 new guitar models
- See the 19 new Jackson guitar and bass models for 2020
- 4 classic Roland ‘80s synths are coming to the Zenology plugin: the JX-8P, SH-101, Juno-106, and Jupiter-8