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"I have no idea what I'm going to play when I get to that solo" – Brian May reveals the classic Queen song he improvises most live… and the track he takes the opposite approach with
"Every time the solo comes up live, I think, well, actually I can’t do much better than that"
“I never liked it, to be honest, the way it was mixed. But I do recognise that it works”: Brian May says Under Pressure sounded like The Who before David Bowie took out the heavy guitar parts
Brian May said he was “beaming” about the guitar on the early versions of Under Pressure. David Bowie was not
"I don't think it ever really goes away" – Brian May admits he still suffers with imposter syndrome
The Queen legend is candid on Rosie Bennet's new podcast
Brian May’s guitar tech Pete Malandrone reveals that the Queen guitarist has added a mastering EQ to his 2023 live rig to cut out “spurious, horrible RF noise”
In a new rig tour video, Malandrone reveals that he has opened up a new front in war against RF noise with the deployment of the Bettermaker mastering EQ unit
10 famous rock guitar solos and what you can learn from them
From Queen to Cream and Hetfield to Harrison
“We might look back on 2023 as the last year when humans really dominated the music scene”: Brian May warns of AI threat to musicians
The Queen guitarist says music is probably the least of our worries when it comes to worst case AI scenarios but voices concern over authorship in a industry transformed by tech
"It was the antithesis of Bohemian Rhapsody and on the same album" – Brian May on the Queen deep cut that doesn't get the love it deserves
"It just sits on an album there, and people who really want to get into Queen are aware of what that was and what it is"
"I don’t think anyone else had ever attempted something like that" – Brian May chooses his best performance from the Queen back catalogue
And it's not Bohemian Rhapsody
Brian May-approved guitarist Arielle returns with new single '73
The gifted singer-guitarist from Austin, Texas also has a new finish for her signature model with Brian May Guitars
Brian May explains how Queen rewrote the guitar recording rulebook when tracking their self-titled debut – but they were not happy with the album's sound
The sessions found an ascendant band learning to make their own rules but May admits too many overdubs and a "dead" studio detracted from his eureka moment for recording guitar harmonies