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March 31
- Gibson celebrates blues icons Slim Harpo and wife Lovell Moore with new ES-330 guitar
- Pop super-producer Rami Yacoub: "Max Martin said 'this is the magic'... It was pretty amazing”
- Fix those bad vocal recordings with ease in oeksound soothe2
- The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 39: OMD - Enola Gay
- Check out our free chord guitar lessons
- The Nord Piano 5 offers dual piano and synth engines, and double the sample storage
- Pioneer DJ wants you to slide into its VMs: new monitor speaker range announced
March 30
- Black Lives in Music Campaign launched to address racial inequality in the UK jazz and classical music industry
- The lavish Moog Sound Studio kits could bring modular synthesis to the masses: “just add headphones”
- Bodom After Midnight’s Daniel Freyberg pays tribute to Alexi Laiho: “He created his own style. It was technical excellence combined with a punk rock attitude”
- Fender releases its much-anticipated Joe Strummer signature models – the Custom Shop Esquire and Campfire acoustic
- iZotope introduces a new version of Spire Studio, the cloud-connected recording device for singers and instrumentalists
- Koka’s Pocket Beatbox is a portable multisampling drum machine that looks both cute and capable
- Ampeg launches the retro-inspired Rocket Bass combo series
- Tone2’s Warlock VST synth plugin promises both sonic sorcery and simplicity
- Vertex Effects unveils the Boost MKII
- Oddsound and Aphex Twin have created the MTS-ESP Suite, a microtuning master plugin that promises “a new dimension in composition”
- Win dream guitars, basses and more great gear with I Want In
March 29
- Evanescence's Will Hunt on The Bitter Truth: "We figured out the one rule, and that is there are no rules"
- Fender announces 10 new and refreshed affordable Squier Affinity Series guitar and bass models
- The greatest drummers of the '80s and '90s
- Gearslutz to become Gearspace: pro audio forum name change confirmed
- Nils Frahm releases surprise ‘secret’ album for Piano Day 2021: why not celebrate by learning to play?
- TONTO synth creator and Stevie Wonder collaborator Malcolm Cecil has died, aged 84
March 26
- Evanescence’s Jen Majura: 5 tips for guitar players – “What you need is taste, phrasing, tone, the ability to hear and the ability to shut up sometimes”
- Squier unveils the Affinity Jazzmaster in two classic Fender finishes
- KHDK Electronics dials LCFR for Lucifer as it unveils a signature overdrive/boost pedal for Behemoth's Nergal
- MMXX T-APE is a synth that looks like a cassette, and sounds as mad as you’d hope
- Jonas Blue on his 5 favourite samples of all time: “If you use a sample, you need to be aware that you’re going to be giving a lot of your record away”
- So, you like your metal deep? There's a distortion pedal for that – introducing LunaStone‘s Deep Metal...
- Gojira showcase latest Charvel and Jackson signature guitars in new video
- Watch Lee Kiernan of IDLES give EarthQuaker Devices a guided tour of his pedalboard
- Moby aims for “simplicity and vulnerability” as he announces Reprise, an acoustic and orchestral album that re-imagines tracks from his 30-year career
- Blues icon Billy F Gibbons announces new solo album – hear the first single now
- The Pedal Movie: release date confirmed and new trailer released
- oeksound’s soothe2 and spiff plugins give you a smarter way to reduce harshness and tame transients
March 25
- 5 songs guitarists need to hear by… Sonic Youth
- Spitfire Audio brings Abbey Road’s Mrs Mills piano to your DAW - and to Sir Paul McCartney’s
- Meshuggah announce the return of guitarist Fredrik Thordendal, enter studio to record new album
- "It's something you put it on and it's like a portal opens to another dimension" – John Smith on the 10 albums that changed his life
- Fender Play free trial! Get 2 weeks of guitar, bass or ukulele lessons absolutely free
- How to sample like Daft Punk… in an online DAW
- Denise’s Dragon Fire tonal compressor plugin roars into life, promising flexible and creative dynamics shaping
- Keys & Frequencies synth show schedule confirmed - don't miss a thing
- John Petrucci's guitar tech offers setup tips for players in this video tutorial
March 24
- "This guitar has been decades in the making" – Gibson Tom Petty SJ-200 Wildflower acoustic guitar revealed
- Look Mum No Computer: “My 1,000 oscillator megadrone was challenging”
March 23
- Watch Lindsey Buckingham perform Fleetwood Mac‘s Never Going Back Again on the new Fender American Acoustasonic Jazzmaster
- Say hello to Ronald PreAmp 150 – Mile End Effects' standalone replica of the Roland RE-150 Space Echo's preamp
- Queen‘s 1985 Live Aid set is the world‘s most popular live performance
- Things Motor is a BBC Radiophonic Workshop-inspired plugin that makes your audio signals “dance around each other like courting birds drunk on fermented cherries”
- Has Norman's Rare Guitars found the world's first Fender Telecaster?
- This custom Korg Minilogue synth looks so good that even Michael B Jordan wants one
- Arielle interview: “I want to educate people about where their guitars come from. There’s a level of disconnect that’s affecting the planet“
- Is MultiTrackStudio the first MIDI 2.0 DAW?
March 22
- Analogue Solutions unveils the “raw, ballsy and rich” Leipzig V3 all-analogue synth
- Eve Audio’s SC4070 is a “no-compromise” midfield studio monitor
- The greatest drummers pre-1980 revealed
- Expressive E provides an update on the Osmose synth, and shows off another of its unique features
- Get your string bends in shape with this Slash guitar tip and quick lesson
- Audacity, one of the best free audio editors, gets updated to version 3
- Summer NAMM show to go ahead as an in-person event in July
- Devin Townsend has soundtracked a new BBC children's TV series
March 19
- Here’s why Reason+ is the music software subscription service you can’t afford to be without
- Mojo Hand FX serves up some old-school whoosh and swirl with the Mister-O Phase Shifter
- Source Audio seeks out “a brave new universe of sounds“ for guitar and bass with the Ultra Wave Multiband Processor
- Watch modern guitar master Sarah Longfield take a deep dive into Korg’s new 'musician-friendly' SoundLink mixers
- Video Q&A: How does specialist dance music radio work? - "When DJing for radio you connect in a totally different way"
- Did Boss just release the ultimate tone hack?
- The Secret DJ on why bands split, and why we shouldn't mourn the end of Daft Punk
- Roland’s new range of padded keyboard bags promises premium protection for your synth or piano
- Get AmpliTube 5 SE completely free when you buy select audio interfaces at Thomann
- The Gretsch Vintage Select 89 Jet has landed – and you have three finishes to choose from, all pretty sweet
- Is the JZ Microphones Signature BB29 the ideal high-end mic for home studios?
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd has his Blues Music Awards nomination revoked over Confederate flag image controversy
- The Blue Stones' Tarek Jafar: Kanye West, Foals, Jay-Z, The Black Keys and the 10 albums that changed his life
- Electronic music duo Justice send cease-and-desist letter to Justin Bieber, claiming trademark infringement
- Orange Learn is now offering a course for vocalists with graded exams
March 18
- Grimes’ 10-month-old baby plays a Teenage Engineering OP-1 synth, proving that it really is a children’s toy
- SG Lewis: “There are endless examples of incredible songwriters and producers who couldn’t play a C chord on a piano”
- Line 6 issues an urgent safety warning to owners of the Relay G10, G10S or Relay G10T wireless systems
- Underplayed director Stacey Lee on the lack of women in electronic music: “When I saw the stats, I was horrified”
- Mike Portnoy steps in to bag Indonesian drummer Deden Noy a new kit from Tama and Sabian
March 17
- Tom DeLonge is selling Blink-182 and Angels & Airwaves guitar gear on Reverb
- The beginner’s guide to: chillout
- The Lucid Air is the world’s first car to feature Dolby Atmos, putting music and sounds all around you
- 11 types of guitar tone snob
- Pioneer DJ announces an Android version of Rekordbox: now more DJs can prepare their sets on a phone
- Kim Thayil reveals the classic Soundgarden riff he found particularly tricky to learn
- JHS Pedals teaches us the history of effects with a full-blown musical
- Get ready for the return of live music with an Allianz insurance policy
March 16
- BBC 6 Music's Chris Hawkins: 10 albums that changed my life – “Stop Making Sense is a beautiful work of art... David Byrne’s a genius“
- Gibson unveils the Les Paul 70s Deluxe
- Someone’s worked out how to play Daft Punk songs on calculators, and it all adds up
- Abbey Road Studios acquires Audiomovers, saying that “remote collaboration is here to stay”
- 5 fuzz pedals guitar players need to try
- Epiphone has released a signature Emily Wolfe Sheraton Stealth
- Elon Musk makes an electronic music track about NFTs, which he plans to sell as an NFT
- Is Fender's new American Acoustasonic Jazzmaster its boldest version yet?
- Cherry Audio enters the Oberheim fray with another VST plugin take on the Eight Voice synth
March 15
- The Elvis Presley Hagstrom Viking II guitar from his Comeback Special is up for sale
- Pro tip: Steve Vai's visual guide to musical modes
- There’s a complete, free DAW - plus a massive guide to show you how to make a track for free - with the April 2021 issue of Computer Music!
- Behringer RD-8 vs Roland TR-8S: can you tell the analogue 808 drum machine from the digital one?
March 14
- Enhance your picking with this great thumb upstroke guitar lesson
- How to build a music production PC
March 12
- Looking for a new ukulele at a bargain price? We've got good news for you!
- Clark: “I wanted to write an album that reflects how club music isn’t really working for me anymore”
- Paul Gilbert played every instrument on his new album – hear the first single
- Steve Vai to join Patreon - here's what supporters will get for $5 a month
- Hands-on demo: Making a track on Roland's Verselab MV-1 - is it more than just a hip-hop groovebox?
- The Edge's guitar tip for using delay can make you a tighter player
- Is it still worth buying a hardware drum machine in 2021 (and, if so, why)?
March 11
- Eventide makes its classic tones compact with the MicroPitch Delay pedal
- Native Instruments and iZotope come together to create “an unprecedented alliance to shape the future of music making and audio production”
- Free Ableton Live webinars announced: find out how to make music with Live and Push 2
- Cassette tape inventor Lou Ottens dies, aged 94
- Fluid Pitch is a powerhouse pitchbending plugin that promises “3 superpowers” for your MIDI keyboard
March 10
- Quilter Amplification is packing three classic Fender sounds in its new Aviator Cub combo
- Save Our Stages to launch ”One Year Dark” marquee campaign across US venues to mark a year with no shows
- The Gibson Custom Shop debuts the first Murphy Lab collection
- Woov promises to recreate the live music experience in your browser: “A live stream should be more than just a broadcast,” says Carl Cox
- PRS announces a limited run of SE P20E parlour acoustics in Antique White
- Mad Professor's Electric Blue II welcomes a newly designed vibrato effect to the vintage chorus party
- Here are the top 10 new features in PreSonus’s Studio One 5.2 DAW update
March 9
- Ernie Ball Music Man reveals the latest super-limited edition guitars in its luxurious Ball Family Reserve collection
- Joanna Connor: 10 Albums That Changed My Life – “Kind Of Blue is pure, unadulterated genius, a landmark recording, the Everest of improvisation!”
- Sonarworks SoundID Reference calibrates your speakers or headphones so that you can create better mixes
- Issue 368 of Future Music is on sale now
- Watch: How the Fender Custom Shop made the Prestige Double Neck Marauder
- M-Audio’s Hammer 88 Pro is a full-size MIDI keyboard that will appeal to pianists and producers
- Apple is discontinuing the iMac Pro, but you probably won’t care
- Cort unveils the state-of-the-art Artisan A5 Beyond multi-scale bass
- ESP reveals the stunning 2021 Exhibition Limited Series – unique Japanese Custom Shop models with eye-popping finishes
- Metal musicians pay tribute to death metal legend L-G Petrov
- Train your ears and become a better producer with the Balancing Channels app from Ultimate Producer
March 8
- PRS for Music says that more women are registering as professional songwriters, but they’re still underrepresented and earn less than their male counterparts
- Women in Jazz unveils Uncovered episode with jazz drummer Jas Kaysar
- 6 songs guitarists need to hear by… Judas Priest
- Finally, someone’s built a set of working vinyl DJ decks out of Lego
- Your chance to own a six-neck guitar called… The Beast!
- Here’s how to watch Underplayed, a new documentary that highlights electronic music’s gender equality problem
March 5
- Maximo Park’s Paul Smith on making their new album remotely: “I recorded the vocals in GarageBand in my loft”
- Boom! It's the new Electro Harmonix 15Watt Howitzer pedal amp
- Fat Mike interview: “I’ll throw in a cool bassline every now and again but I want to be known for songwriting, and how authentic we are“
- Fyfe Dangerfield: “I have such lofty musical hopes for everything I write. I just don’t want to compromise”
- Did a string company just reveal the existence of an SE model of the PRS Silver Sky?
- Behringer Oberheim trademark bid fails, so what does this mean for the UB-Xa synth?
- John Mayer shows you how to play his most difficult song on guitar
- Pianoteq 7 is here and now you can create new instruments like never before
March 4
- SolidGoldFX unleashes the 70s gated fuzz thrills with its new Imperial MKII pedal
- IK Multimedia’s Total Studio Max 3 bundle gives you all the software you need to produce music (apart from a DAW)
- Music Is Win's Tyler Larson buys the first Klon Centaur pedal ever made for $500,000
- Watch Manu Katché perform a solo in the middle of The Alps
- Mogwai: “It’s not necessary to have 45 tracks of an E string with a delay on it! But it’s still tempting…”
- Mateus Asato reposts his amazing Daft Punk Digital Love guitar solo
- Maroon 5's Adam Levine: "There aren’t any bands anymore"
- Apple’s new iPad Pro could have a chip as powerful as the Mac’s M1, so does this mean that an iPad version of Logic Pro is coming, too?
- Two of the greatest blues guitarists on the planet have new signature pedals
March 3
- The ultimate modern Mustang? A closer look at the new Fender Ben Gibbard signature
- Bunny Wailer, founding member of The Wailers dies, aged 73
- Interview: Maximo Park's Duncan Lloyd on new album Nature Always Wins and 10 records that changed his life
- Beatport DJ lets you DJ in your web browser: Tiesto hails “breakthrough” as Pete Tong calls it a “game changer”
- SoundCloud introduces fan-powered royalties, promising a fairer and more lucrative payment model for independent artists
- Get 9 Native Instruments Expansions for just $99: save 75% on new content for Maschine, Massive and more
- "We feel we managed to reach the rock sound we've been looking for for many years" – MONO's Takaakira 'Taka' Goto talks new live album and 22 years together
- Roland’s monster JD-800 synth is back from the ‘90s as a Zen-Core Model Expansion
March 2
- The Line 6 Helix Stomp XL pedal offers 8 footswitches for even more potential
- New report warns that independent music artists are being squeezed out of streaming revenues
- Focusrite’s new AI plugins could put you on the FAST track to better mixes
- This stunning vintage Minimoog synth comes in a custom case, and it could be yours
- Steve Vai injured himself and needed surgery after holding a difficult chord and ”meditating on” it for 20 minutes
- Gamechanger Audio officially launches Light Pedal – the world’s first analogue optical spring reverb
- Kiesel unveils the Clapton-inspired Jason Becker Yin Yang signature electric guitar
- Virtual synth show Keys & Frequencies is heading your way this month
March 1
- If you like Surf Green the Fender Custom Shop has a treat for you
- The Fender Custom Shop 2021 Prestige Collection reveals 11 stunning guitars
- Vybz is a one-stop lo-fi effect plugin that offers multiple ways to colour your sound
- IK Multimedia rides the Synthwave with new free soft synth offer for PC and Mac
- Harley Benton reveals EMG-loaded versions of its massively popular SC guitar model – from just £317!
- 10 ways to make your electronic drum set quieter
- PCM2612 is a free VST/AU bitcrushing plugin for adding Sega Genesis-style ‘90s digital crunch
- Will your iOS music-making apps soon run as AUv3 plugins in your M1 Mac DAW?
- Free Soldano SLO-100 amp model with AmpliTube 5, plus VIP artist presets
- Guitar bands strike back: Mogwai have a number 1 UK album and now they're trying to help Maximo Park get one too
- Teenage Engineering is now part of Nothing, a new company that’s working on something