Latest articles by Chris Barnes
Best snare drums 2025: For all budgets and playing styles
Our expert selection of snare drums for practice, playing live, or recording
Waves drops its first batch of early Black Friday deals on 32 killer plugins
Get Black Friday prices on best-selling music software every week throughout November - starting from $27.99
Thomann’s scorching Summer Music Madness sale includes Harley Benton acoustics from just £59
Plus, PA speakers, percussion and more - stock up on beginner gear and beyond ready for your most musical summer yet
6 tips for buying your first PA system
From bands to buskers, take your music to the masses with this guide to choosing a great first PA system
Bag a free Mustang Micro headphone amp with a one year Fender Play subscription
Gear up with the ultimate guitar learning and practice setup for only $129.99 with this killer early-Black Friday deal
Where to start with learning the piano: coordination, chords and more
Start playing today with these piano basics
How to practice the piano: try this 5-step routine for beginners
From warm-ups and arpeggios to playing songs, this routine will help boost your coordination, hand strength and more
All of Waves' plugin bundles are 50% off for the next 24 hours
Polish your mixes with half-price plugin bundles, plus bag up to 3 additional plugins completely free
Get 3 months of FREE online guitar lessons with this epic Fender Play deal
Start learning guitar, bass or ukulele at home today – extra free subscriptions added!
Amazon UK has slashed £46 off the Positive Grid Spark Pearl amp and bag bundle for a super limited time
Make big savings on the game-changing smart amp – you'll even get a free bag!
Create more content with up to 24% off iRig microphones and interfaces in IK Multimedia’s sale
Vloggers, streamers and mobile producers can save big until 31 March in the iRig Creator sale
Waves’ 50% off all plugins and bundles sale has just arrived in time for President’s Day
Polish your mix with half-price plugins and bag up to 3 additional plugins for free
Dell has discounted XPS 13 and 15 laptops ahead of President's Day – up to 27% off a music production machine
All laptops are also eligible for free shipping
Waves' 76-plugin Diamond bundle slashed to lowest price ever – 24 hours only
Up your mixing, mastering and production game and pay just $2.61 per plugin with this hugely discounted bundle
Waves’ lowest-ever Black Friday prices are back again for the next 24 hours - including LoFi Space for free
Missed out on a great software deal last month? For 24 hours you can take advantage of bargain basement prices on plugins and bundles
Waves’s Vocal Production bundle slashed by $1,100 to just $99.99 - 24 hours only
Create more fire in the booth with this huge discount on 15 killer vocal plugins for mixing and production
Black Friday Apple deal: Get AirPods Pro at their lowest price ever
Bag Apple's top-end AirPods Pro for just $159/£185. Grab them before they sell out
Waves’ Platinum bundle drops to crazy low price in this Black Friday-beating deal
Get an instant download of 60 plugins for just $199.99 - that’s $3.33 per plugin
Black Friday is the time to learn a new instrument with up to 50% off online music lessons
Take your playing or recording skills to new heights with Fender Play, Guitar Tricks, TrueFire and more
Thomann’s epic Cyber Week sale has landed, promising up to 60% off music hardware and 80% off software
Over 400 big-name products are up for grabs between now and 29 November
Waves’ Halloween FX plugins sale is scarily good - up to 92% off
A sign of the epic Black Friday music software offers to come?
