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May 31
- Song premiere: ZZ Top return with the blues stunner Consumption
- Got a question for Zach Myers from Shinedown? Let us know and win strings
- VIDEO: Guide to Remote Session Drumming
- July issue of Rhythm on sale 6 June
- VIDEO: New Way Huge Echo-Puss Analog Delay pedal unveiled
- The Darkness unveil new song Every Inch Of You
- VIDEO: Plug-in developers talk Reason Rack Extensions, VST and more
May 30
- Book excerpt: John Frusciante on being a guitar antihero
- Kit Chat with Brooks Wackerman
- Jimmy Page "feeling rather hurt" over Olympic snub
- Got a question for Steel Panther's Satchel? Tell us and you could win some strings
- Bluegrass guitar legend Doc Watson dies aged 89
- 6 great percussion performances
- Vintage drum gear: Leedy & Ludwig and Ludwig & Ludwig
- Nick Augusto's Trivium drum setup in pictures
- Interview: Brian Wilson on Beach Boys hits, The Beatles, bass playing and more
May 29
- ZZ Top to release four-song digital EP, Texicali
- Southbank Centre UK's most prolific live music venue
- Iron Maiden's The Number Of The Beast voted Best British Album of the last 60 years
- Carl Palmer on Asia, XXX and why 60 is the new 40
- WIN plugins and gear from iZotope, Rob Papen, Toontrack and ESI, worth £1059!
- The stars' favourite music software
- Listen: Steve Vai's rifftastic new song, Gravity Storm
- Cool and classic basses: Fender Transition P-Bass
- Hard Rock Cafe Guitar Amnesty returns
- VIDEO: Can monkeys play synthesizers?
May 28
- Stewart Copeland on The Police, drum solos, Rush, double bass pedals and more
- Interview: Mike Matthews (Electro-Harmonix founder)
- Nathan Walker on Lit, gear and hitting the studio
- Mono M80 guitar case review
- Benji Vaughan's favourite music software
- VIDEO: Steve Reich talks tape loops, African drumming and Brian Eno
- Giorgio Moroder to feature on new Daft Punk album
- 4TrackTrigger DJing controller announced
May 25
- Live and Unsigned alumni play summer festivals
- Got a question for Opeth? Tell us and win some strings!
- What's the best format for putting out your music?
- COMPETITION: Win two tickets to Glade festival
- 10 classic guitarist stage moves
- Smart practice
- SampleRadar: 586 free analogue drum and bass samples
- Free EQ plugins with Computer Music 179: DDMF CM EQ Pack
- iPhone/iPad iOS music making app round-up: Week 65
- Interview: Alex Lifeson talks Rush's Clockwork Angels track-by-track
May 24
- Traktor Pro 2.5 now available
- Six Of The Best: Full-sized guitar amp heads
- 5 things you can learn in this month's Rhythm
- Butch Vig: Career In Beats
- Black Sabbath drum saga - All you need to know
- Moog chief engineer Cyril Lance demonstrates the Google Doodle
- VST/AU plug-in instrument/effect round-up: Week 46
May 23
- VIDEO: Example drummer talks through his LED Chequerplate kit
- Toontrack releases Pop! EZX expansion pack
- IN PRAISE OF: Ovation bowl-backs
- Got a question for Guns N' Roses? Tell us and win some strings!
- Ed Sheeran on The A Team's Ivor Novello success
- Computer Music 179, July 2012 – Delay: The CM Guide
- Interview: Visionquest
- Rockschool launches version four guitar syllabus
- Propellerhead unveils Pulsar: modulation Rack Extension
- IK Multimedia iRig Mix now shipping
May 22
- Albert Lee announces one-off UK guitar masterclass
- VIDEO: Lostprophets We Bring An Arsenal live
- Ryan Richards leaves Funeral For A Friend
- Win an Ibanez S970CW Premium worth £949!
- Online plug-in stores: what you need to know
May 21
- What strings do you use, Walter Trout?
- Native Instruments releases The Giant upright piano
- Giorgio Moroder offers tribute to Donna Summer, wants to work with Rihanna
- Vintage Drum Gear: Ludwig kits
- Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees dies at 62
- Quick licks: intermediate #14
May 19
- How to play Metallica – Just A Bullet Away riff
May 18
- In pictures: Tony Iommi's Black Sabbath Laney touring rig
- Me in my studio: Ben Coda
- Competition: Win an Orange Micro Crush amp with the Metal Hammer Golden Gods
- Giles Martin on George Harrison's Early Takes, track-by-track
- SampleRadar: 246 free dirty Dutch house samples
May 17
- Quick licks: easy #14
- Donna Summer dies at 63
- Adele wins two Ivor Novello awards
- Virgin Atlantic installs Pro Tools 'studio' in its Heathrow Clubhouse lounge
- Steve White Mapex clinics coming this summer
- Future Music Issue 253 On Sale Now
- Future Music Issue 252 On Sale Now
May 16
- Jimmy Page offers fine art photo collection for sale
- Gibson announces new Sheryl Crow Southern Jumbo Special Edition acoustic guitar
- Steve Barney's The Wanted drum setup in pictures
- Should you buy a software-specific MIDI controller?
- VST/AU plug-in instrument/effect round-up: Week 45
- MCR drum gig – Jarrod Alexander vs War Games computer
- Confirmed: Bill Ward out of Black Sabbath reunion
- Me in my studio: Submotion Orchestra
- How to play Pantera – Piss riff
May 15
- Give your Carillon PC the thumbs up to win a new audio computer
- DJ /Rupture releases his free Sufi Plug-Ins for Ableton Live
- Livetronica Studio: A new live performance DAW?
- Scott Weiland says he's rejoining Velvet Revolver
- Guitar Guitar City Blues Jam announced
- Sebastian Ingrosso and Alesso to host 'Spotify house party'
- Cool and classic basses: Rickenbacker 4001 CS
May 14
- All-Star Gear: Steve Morse's Frankenstein Telecaster
- Trevor Horn and Ash Soan: how to be a session drummer
- TG228 On Sale Now: The Ultimate Guide to Recording Guitar
- Win a pair of tickets to the sold-out Black Sabbath Birmingham O2 Academy show!
- Blog: Inside The Institute (Part 2)
May 13
- Production legend Ken Scott on 10 career-defining records
- Legendary bassist Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies aged 70
May 12
- How to play Slash – You're A Lie riff
May 11
- Prime Loops launches Prime Plugins
- Radio 1's Annie Nightingale to judge Live and Unsigned
- The Ultimate Guide to Dubstep – CM Special 53 on sale now!
- Loopmasters adds new DJ Mixtools titles
- SampleRadar: 496 free random sequence samples
May 10
- George Harrison's wife says her husband wasn't stifled by The Beatles
- Jimi Hendrix Estate issues statement on All Is By My Side biopic
- What strings do you use, Dave Grissom?
- Interview: bass legend Leland Sklar on sessions, gear and getting hired
- iPhone/iPad iOS music making app round-up: Week 64
- Slash on new album Apocalyptic Love: track-by-track interview
- Vinny Appice: Heaven and Hell album was 'stupid'
- Interview: Marco Lys on production, gear and breaking through
- Turn your QWERTY keyboard into a Logic control surface
- New version of SoundCloud now in beta
May 9
- VIDEO: James Taylor shows you how to play Fire & Rain on guitar
- Spectrum Road with Vernon Reid, Jack Bruce due 5 June
- Skrillex's editing secret revealed
- Albino 3 synth to be discontinued
- VIDEO: ZZ Top premiere new song, I've Got To Get Paid, in beer commercial
- 10 guitar hero day jobs
- Electro-Harmonix Superego Synth Engine pedal unveiled
- VST/AU plug-in instrument/effect round-up: Week 44
May 8
- Mad Men paid $250,000 for The Beatles' Tomorrow Never Knows
- Producer Nick Raskulinecz talks Rush's Clockwork Angels
- Live and Unsigned regional winners
- OutKast's Andre 3000 to play Jimi Hendrix in biopic
- COMPETITION: Win a pair of weekend GlobalGathering tickets
May 7
- Rush: Clockwork Angels full album reviewed track by track
May 5
- Musicians react to the death of Adam Yauch of Beastie Boys
- How to play Van Halen – The Trouble With Never riff
May 4
- Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, aka MCA, dies
- New Kings Road Vintage Guitar Emporium offer a part of Rory Gallagher's guitar collection for sale
- New Kings Road Vintage Guitar Emporium offer a part of Rory Gallagher's guitar collection for sale
- June issue of Rhythm on sale now
- SampleRadar: 204 free world music samples
- VIDEO: The Ultimate Guide To Recording Guitar examples (TG228)
- Portnoy, Tichy, Adler, Appice (x2) and more for Bonzo Bash
- New guitar gear of the month: review round-up (May 2012)
- VIDEO: Retronyms XOX Drum Deranger app on Miselu neiro
- Guitarist issue 355 - on sale now!
- VIDEO: Rockschool Debut Grade - Chord Playing lesson (TG228)
- VIDEO: RGT Preliminary Grade Rock - G major scale lesson (TG228)
May 3
- VIDEO: Soundgarden unveil first new song in 15 years
- Interview: James Morrison talks songwriting, soul and his album The Awakening
- In Pictures: Jojo Mayer discusses his Perfect Balance pedal
- Why should computer musicians use hardware?
- See inside the Classic Rock Presents: Slash Apocalyptic Love Fan Pack
- iPhone/iPad iOS music making app round-up: Week 63
- Amazing dubstep sample pack free with Computer Music 178!
- The Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon: "I wrote "45" in five minutes"
- Quick licks: advanced #13
- Gene Hoglan gear bag stolen
May 2
- VIDEO: Jimi Hendrix guitar tribute jam breaks Guinness World Record
- IN PRAISE OF: EVH 5150 III Head
- WIN u-he DIVA, ACE and Uhbik – $1488 of prizes!
- VST/AU plug-in instrument/effect round-up: Week 43
- Reason Rack Extensions: more details revealed
- Christian Coma on Gadd, Krupa, Bellson, Jordison and more!
- Yamaha extends Try Before You Buy offer
- BIMM launches Peter Grant scholarship
- Joe Bonamassa talks new album Driving Towards The Daylight track-by-track
May 1
- Fender introduces new additions to revamped Pawn Shop Series
- Arturia announces Hybrid Madness promotion
- RØDE Rocks international band competition announced
- BIMM announce Peter Grant Memorial Scholarship
- Cool and classic basses: Epiphone Rivoli
- New music tech gear of the month: review round-up (May 2012)
- VIDEO: Joe Satriani, Sammy Hagar play Ronnie Montrose tribute
- MXR Slash Octave Fuzz signature pedal unveiled
- Roger Taylor plays down Freddie hologram rumours
- Fender teases new Pawn Shop 2.0 models
- Tom Morello summons 'GuitArmy' to Wall Street protest
- New drum gear of the month: review round-up (May 2012)