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Is pop music really being dumbed down? A music professor explains what the science really says
Scientific studies claim that modern music is growing simpler than ever before - both lyrically and musically. But are they measuring what really matters?
How we test electronic drum sets
Everything you need to know about how the MusicRadar team tests e-kits for our reviews and buyer's guides - full methodology explained
How Lola Young built on the viral success of Messy - and what musicians can learn from her journey
Exploding on TikTok or getting that one big hit might be something many artists are trying to crack - but it's no guarantee of long-term success
How the Rolling Stones drew on their own - and imagined - lives for songwriting inspiration
For some, songwriting is all about honesty and injecting lived experience into the lyrics, yet as Mick Jagger will tell you, sometimes you have to play fast and loose with the truth
"The next generation of Moog products will push boundaries while remaining deeply rooted in the craftsmanship and creativity that defines the brand": Moog at 60, from the ladder filter to the Labyrinth
As the iconic synth-maker enters a new era under inMusic, we speak to several key figures at the company to ask if it can stay true to its roots while embracing the future
“I don’t like to categorise my tracks by genre - I do it by vibe”: Dr Dubplate's 5 DJ tips
Bristol-based selector and label head Dr Dubplate offers up some advice for playlist curation and reveals the CDJ function he thinks is "underrated"
Vower’s Joe Gosney and Rabea Massaad share Neural DSP Quad Cortex inspiration for festival fly-rigs
In this video interview, the Gosney and Massaad talk modellers, hybrid rigs, and why they're now both fully onboard with guitar's digital transformation
"It's probably closer to the real hardware than anything out there": 5 of the coolest free plugins we discovered this month
Our monthly round-up of free plugins continues with spherical synths, feline delays and a killer take on the Yamaha CS-80
