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February 2012
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- February 29
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- In Pictures: SJC snare within a snare
- Monkees singer Davy Jones dies aged 66
- Audiobus: mix the audio from multiple iOS apps
- Computer Music 176, April 2012 – Hip-Hop
- Listen: Noel Gallagher's first track from Amorphous Androgynous sessions
- GarageBand for iPad tutorial guide released
- Steinberg Cubase 6.5 released
- Win a guitar lesson with Joe Satriani
- The Guitar Collection: George Harrison iPad app now available
- PRS SE 245 Quilt Top guitar series unveiled
- VST/AU plug-in instrument/effect round-up: Week 39
- Me in my studio: Sacha Robotti
- Billy Corgan promises online excitement for Smashing Pumpkins' Oceania
- February 28
- February 27
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- VIDEO: Keith Richards, Eric Clapton perform together at Hubert Sumlin tribute
- Interview: Five Finger Death Punch's Zoltan Bathory on American Capitalist
- DJ Tech Tools MIDI Fighter 3D
- Bath Guitar Festival and Summer School 2012
- Kerrang!'s Alex Baker to judge Live and Unsigned 2012!
- VIDEO: Eric Johnson talks about his new Eminence EJ1250 guitar speaker
- VIDEO: producer Rik Simpson on recording Coldplay
- Billy Talent drummer undergoes heart surgery
- February 26
- February 25
- February 24
- February 23
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- Members of Cream, Living Colour, Santana form supergroup
- Interview: Dave Sardy on producing Noel Gallagher, working at Abbey Road
- Drummer quits 36 Crazyfists for pencil art
- Video: James Hetfield pranks security guy mid-song
- Career In Beats: Tommy Lee
- Pioneer DJM-850 mixer announced
- VIDEO: Flickinger Tone Boxes Cranky Atom overdrive pedal demo
- Me in my studio: Jupiter Ace
- Lars Ulrich on Orion, 3D movies and Lulu
- What's the best VST plug-in effect in the world today?
- February 22
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- The Beatles, Apple make 27 songs available as iTunes ringtones
- Interview: Zakk Wylde on Gibson's new Zakk Wylde Vertigo Les Paul
- Computer Music Singer-Songwriter Production Guide on sale now
- VST/AU plug-in instrument/effect round-up: Week 38
- Computer Music unveils Singer-Songwriter Production Guide
- Dave Lombardo's Philm to release album
- Brit Awards 2012: Ethan Johns named best producer as Adele and Ed Sheeran triumph
- The Singer-Songwriter Production Guide
- February 21
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- VIDEO: David Lee Roth interviews Eddie and Alex Van Halen - Part 2
- Listen: DragonForce release their 'fastest song' ever
- Cool and classic basses: Gibson EB-1 Electric Bass
- Me in my studio: Gaudi
- Rob Rolfe on Enter Shikari, creating beats and looking beyond 4/4
- Sonisphere 2012: Mastodon to play 'The Hunter' in its entirety
- Queen to headline UK leg of Sonisphere 2012
- February 20
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- Queen, Kiss and FNM for Sonisphere
- Interview: OK Go's Damian Kulash on Needing/Getting, high-concept videos
- Scan Computers announces 4th Pro Audio Day
- Turn your desk into a MIDI control surface
- The 'Pirate Brits': the UK's most torrented artists revealed
- 10 great analogue-style compressor VST plug-ins
- Interview: Calvin Harris on software, hardware and hit-making
- Sugar Bytes announces Cyclop plug-in "wobble" synth
- 10 Riffs: InMe
- TG225: Deep Purple and 'Smoke On The Water'
- February 19
- February 17
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- VIDEO: Chris Cornell pays tribute to Whitney Houston at Obama fundraiser
- Nicolas Cage wants to be just like Led Zeppelin
- Dave Grohl clarifies his Grammy Awards speech
- Future Music's new digital edition: All you need to know
- Future Music Issue 250 On Sale Now
- VIDEO: Tenacious D rock acoustics at Guitar Center Drum Off
- Green Day begin recording new album
- The best guitar effects pedals of all time
- VIDEO: Man makes electric guitars and basses from shovels
- In pictures: Nu Tone's garden studio
- February 16
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- VIDEO: Alter Bridge Slip To The Void exclusive premiere
- Guitar Weekends announces Cotswolds open day
- Pluginboutique: one-stop online plug-in store launched
- Interview: Steve Moore, the 'Drummer At The Wrong Gig' on YouTube fame
- Apple Mac OS X Mountain Lion previewed
- Jason Bowld launches new web store
- Slash reveals artwork for new album Apocalyptic Love
- Buy and sell gear at Guitar Trader
- February 15
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- Classic Track: Robbie France on Skunk Anansie's Weak
- MuTools MuLab 4 released
- VIDEO: David Lee Roth explains Van Halen's 'no brown M&Ms' tour rider
- VIDEO: Gretsch Electromatic G5105 CVT III, G5435T Pro Jet & G5448T Double Jet demo
- PreSonus prizes worth £2354 to be won!
- New boutique guitar showroom set for Manchester
- VIDEO: Giants of sound design talk inspiration and technique
- VIDEO: Fender Telebration Cabronita Telecaster demo
- Lordi drummer dies aged 38
- Listen: John Lydon's first new Public Image Ltd song in 20 years
- February 14
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- VIDEO: Peter Frampton gets his 'Frampton Comes Alive!' Les Paul back
- Riff Of The Month: Metallica 'Just A Bullet Away' (TG225)
- Warren Haynes Guest Lesson (TG225)
- Steve Lukather Guest Lesson (TG225)
- Stanley Jordan Guest Lesson (TG225)
- Rockschool Grade Four (TG225)
- RGT Initial Stage Rock (TG225)
- Cool and classic basses: Jaydee Supernatural Classic Series 1
- PreSonus Studio One v2 half price for Valentine's Day
- In Pictures: Molecules drums in all their glory
- First bands announced for 2000trees Festival
- Interview: Megadeth's Dave Mustaine talks guitar, politics and today's music
- Quick licks: intermediate #11
- February 13
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- Grammy guitar jam: Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Walsh
- Dave Grohl's Grammys speech tells industry to learn an instrument
- Skrillex wins three Grammy Awards
- Download missing Tommy Lee feature page here
- Adele, Foo Fighters the big winners at 54th Grammy Awards
- March issue of Rhythm on sale now
- February 12
- February 11
- February 10
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- Toontrack announces EZmix 2
- Interview: Carlos Santana on guitar tone, AC/DC and his new Blu-ray/DVD
- Great British Guitar Show confirms Whitesnake legend
- Steinberg announces Padshop granular VST synth
- SampleRadar: 123 free Roland SH-101 synth samples
- Graham Coxon offers free download of 'Truth'
- New Mashup software matches songs automatically
- Blues Guitar Heroes: Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter
- Guitarist issue 352 - on sale now!
- February 9
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- Celemony Software Melodyne wins Grammy
- Craig Blundell clinics announced
- Washburn Guitars debuts new models and colours in popular HB Hollow Body series
- Interview: Bob Mould talks Sugar's 1992 album, Copper Blue
- Cool and classic basses: Vox Phantom IV
- DJPad mixing app for Android tablets
- Gear advice: what's the difference between glued in and bolt-on necks?
- Daft Punk working with Chic's Nile Rodgers
- February 8
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- VIDEO: Eric Clapton's isolated guitar on The Beatles' While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- Former Stone Roses guitarist to judge Live and Unsigned
- In pictures: Florian Meindl's studio
- New Slash album gets release date and snazzy video trailer
- Periphery's debut album track-by-track (Part Three)
- Stix Zadinia: I like drummers that play 'from the nuts up, not the brain down'
- Gretsch introduces new Roots Collection acoustic models
- February 7
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- Metallica will play the 'Black Album' at Orion festival
- Slash announces new solo album, Classic Rock fan pack release
- Periphery's debut album track-by-track (Part Two)
- Best Guitar Amps For Gigging: 15 of our favourites
- VIDEO: David Lee Roth interviews Eddie and Alex Van Halen
- Live and Unsigned supporting the best independent festivals in 2012
- February 6
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- 60 seconds with… Al Di Meola
- In Pictures: Tommy Lee's Motley Crue drum rollercoaster
- Vintage drum gear: North Nexus kit
- Gibson hosts Tech Talk event in London tomorrow
- VIDEO: OK Go play 1000 instruments for Needing/Getting
- Periphery's debut album track-by-track (Part One)
- Steve Moore's top showmanship tips
- Musikmesse 2012: Warwick and Framus announce new guitar and bass models
- UPDATED: Bill Ward out of Black Sabbath reunion?
- February 5
- February 3
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- The Super Bowl: a history of musical halftime shows
- UPDATE: Black Sabbath respond to Bill Ward's threat to quit band
- VIDEO: The Rolling Stones record Sympathy For The Devil
- Brann Dailor's Mastodon drum setup in pictures
- Gibson Tech Talk in London this Tuesday
- Big brands line up for Great British Guitar Show 2012
- 5 reasons why Buddy Holly is still cool
- Weckl, Harrison, Bissonette and more set for Buddy Rich show
- Classic interview: Paul Weller talks acoustic guitar, 2002
- SampleRadar: 250 free modular synth samples
- Roy Mayorga picks his favourite drum showmen
- Interview: Phil Collen talks 30 years with Def Leppard, Rock Of Ages film
- February 2
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- Interview: Leslie West on his first show since leg amputation
- Interview: Air talk new album Le Voyage Dans La Lune
- Paul Weller: Sonik Kicks track-by-track review
- iPhone/iPad iOS music making app round-up: Week 57
- Build a guitar in beautiful northern Tuscany
- The Aristocrats to hit the road in the UK in March
- Mike Byrne talks Smashing Pumpkins, rabid fandom and click tracks
- Guitarist Presents: BB King King Of The Blues on sale now!
- February 1
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- Andy Grammer's top 10 tips for buskers
- Interview: Lamb Of God's Mark Morton talks new album, Resolution
- How to: select the right scale
- NAMM 2012: Gibson Guitar highlights in pictures
- Computer Music 175, March 2012 – Future Synths
- Download the new Darkness song 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us'
- Why your studio might be making your mixes sound worse – and what you can do about it
- VST/AU plug-in instrument/effect round-up: Week 37
- Cool and classic basses: Gibson EB-2
- TC Electronic unveils John Petrucci signature pedal: The Dreamscape