Latest articles by Ben Rogerson
Thomann Black Friday 2024 deals: You can still save up to 70% today in Thomann's massive Cyberweek sale
There's an incredible selection of discounted gear in the Thomann Cyberweek sale - from Harley Benton and Yamaha, to Universal Audio and Boss. We're rounding up all the best deals as they happen, including Daily Deals and new additions
"A great beginner keyboard, and a potential gateway into electronic music making in general": Roland Go Keys 3 and 5 review
The beginner keyboard market gets a couple of fresh contenders that offer more than you might think
The open-source Minichord looks like a pocket-sized Omnichord
Chord playing device has a subtractive synth engine
“What? How did you even get there!?”: Songwriter Julia Michaels on Sabrina Carpenter’s nonsense lyics
“A lot of the time I feel like it’s hard to tell someone’s personality through their music, and with her you know exactly what you’re getting,” she says
"Nothing is good enough”: Billy Joel explains to John Mayer why he gave up on songwriting
“The writer thing is a curse you take with you throughout life, and when I listen to material or listen to other people’s songs the writer is always at work,” he says
James Bay says that Jimmy Fallon knew immediately how to sort out his guitar feedback issue
“He really knows what’s going on,” says Bay
"Her voice and artistry have continued to resonate": Apple Music names its Artist of the Year
She also won the inaugural award in 2019
Ariana Grande says that there was never any doubt that the Wicked movie vocals would be recorded on set
“Our movie set was also a recording studio,” confirms director Jon M Chu
Miley Cyrus on the Pink Floyd classic that served as the unlikely inspiration for her new album
“It’s a concept album that’s an attempt to medicate somewhat of a sick culture through music,” she says
“As mobile as your smartphone”: Is Korg’s NanoKey Fold the most portable MIDI keyboard yet?
A 25-note controller that bends in half and really does fit in your pocket
Bob Geldof remembers what Bono said to him before he recorded his vocal on Do They Know It’s Christmas?
“I was able to say, this is not soggy liberalism; this is coded anger,” Geldof recalls
Easy to set up, great to play and beautiful to look at: Here’s why Arturia’s KeyLab Mk3 is the premium MIDI keyboard you need in your life
The latest generation of the much-loved controller is stuffed with upgrades
Beabadoobee says that “missteps” are more important than perfection in songwriting
She also reveals what supporting Taylor Swift taught her about touring
Cat Burns releases “unapologetic” cover of Wheatus’s Teenage Dirtbag
A new version of the song that was designed to sound like “Metallica, AC/DC, Paul Simon and James Taylor from the waist up,” and “LL Cool J and Public Enemy” from the waist down
“I’m working late, because I’m Santa”: Sabrina Carpenter brings A Nonsense Christmas to Netflix
“I am excited to bring my take to a classic holiday variety show,” says the star
U2's Adam Clayton contrasts the audio in the Sphere to “these sports buildings that sound terrible”
“We rehearsed, we built the show outside of the building, turned up day one, did a couple of rehearsals and said, ‘Well, I don’t know if it’s going to work, but let’s go’”
Korg’s PianoRec gives you a simple way to make high-quality recordings of your digital piano, and the built-in mic means that you can capture your voice, too
Plug ‘n’ play device is designed to simplify the whole process
The piano that was used to record the famous coda from Derek & The Dominos' Layla is up for sale
Rita Coolidge claims that she wrote the part with her then boyfriend Jim Gordon, but her contribution was never officially acknowledged
A synth from the Purple Rain era and the mixer that Prince used to record Dirty Mind are up for auction
The items come from Matt ‘Dr’ Fink’s personal collection, and could fetch up to £100,000 and £60,000 respectively
A classic ‘80s digital reverb has just landed in Logic Pro for Mac 11.1 and Logic Pro for iPad 2.1
Quantec QRS emulation is joined by workflow enhancements and new a modular-style sound pack
Rick Wakeman: “The truth of the matter is, there is no such thing as a solo on record"
“The truth of the matter is, there is no such thing as a solo on record,” he argues
“I get paid, so why not?: Sting says he’s fine with other artists interpolating his music
"I never object because I always learn something about the song that I hadn’t known or anticipated," he says
Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon says that the “golden era” of being in a band is over
“Now, could you say who’s the top band in the world?”
