Chris Wickett
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24 tips for writing lyrics
By Chris Wickett published
There are many different approaches, and what will work well for one lyricist will not necessarily work for another, but here are some tips, tricks, dos and don'ts...

BLOG: Advertising and music - the record industry's latest 'saviour'
By Chris Wickett last updated
Has the music industry finally got the right idea?

Max/MSP diary part 4: music and maths
By Chris Wickett last updated
This week: a video of a homemade 'Theremin' patch

First European DRM-free download deal with all major labels signed
By Chris Wickett last updated
7digital gets Universal, Sony BMG, Warner and EMI onboard

Max/MSP diary part 3: learning the basics
By Chris Wickett last updated
Making sense of Max patches

Pink Floyd founder Richard Wright dies
By Chris Wickett last updated
Keyboardist and songwriter passes away aged 65

Max/MSP diary part 2: getting started
By Chris Wickett last updated
What's the difference between Max and MSP?

Muse write 'hardest and longest' song for fifth album
By Chris Wickett last updated
Three-part 'symphony' on the way

BLOG: Are video games more 'popular' than music?
By Chris Wickett last updated
New report suggests so, but should we be worried?

Ozzy Osborne, Stone Gods drummers to appear at Music Live
By Chris Wickett last updated
Tommy Aldridge, Robin Goodridge Rich Battersby, Robin Guy and more…

Thom Yorke loves Apple; the Apple world loves him back
By Chris Wickett last updated
Radiohead frontman one of the Top 10 Apple Influencers of 2009

Björk reveals how she created new single Náttúra
By Chris Wickett last updated
Thom Yorke collaboration dispenses with "Lego" editing…

Max/MSP diary part 5: the evolution of a patch
By Chris Wickett last updated
From ugly duckling to, err… magnificent swan

Muse give away free live track, Fury
By Chris Wickett last updated
But where's album five?

BLOG: Why do we like the music we do?
By Chris Wickett last updated
Neuroscience is beginning to unravel one of music's greatest mysteries

Video: Joe Satriani on his Vox Satchurator distortion
By Chris Wickett last updated
Q&A session at Frankfurt Musikmesse 09: Part one

Video: Teenage Engineering OP-1
By Ben Rogerson, Chris Wickett last updated
Mini synth/controller in the flesh

Doves video: Jez Williams' live rig revealed
By Chris Vinnicombe, Chris Wickett last updated
On tour with the Kingdom Of Rust guitar star

Hands-on with Ableton Live 8 beta
By Chris Wickett last updated
MusicRadar's first impressions of the new DAW

NAMM 09: The coolest stand award
By Chris Wickett last updated
Fender pushes the boat out this year

FIRST LOOK: Pro Tools 8
By Chris Wickett last updated
Our first impressions of Digidesign's Pro Tools rethink

7 Xmas gift ideas for Radiohead fanatics
By Chris Wickett last updated
Gifts that won't drive you round The Bends

University music royalty fees could make piracy 'legal'
By Chris Wickett last updated
Model could be precursor to web-wide plan
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