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“This playlist is not about the solstice, nor does it have some Pagan agenda”: Hate Christmas music? Then David Byrne has a gift just for you

It’s a new playlist that’s a Wham!-free zone

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“How have we as a music industry allowed this to happen? People were all asleep at the wheel”: Country singer/songwriter Breland lambasts record companies over their investment in AI

He calls on labels to divest and prove they have artists’ interests at heart

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"Just as good as many affordable Squier, Epiphone, or Yamaha guitars I’ve played": Cort G200SE review

Cort's beginner-friendly S-type shows just how far beginner guitars have come in the last 20 years

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“It’s creepy. The whole thing that AI can do – if you think about it, it’s just really creepy”: Aerosmith legend Joe Perry warns: “AI is way beyond anything we ever thought”

“It’s nuts, man!” the veteran guitarist says

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“You wouldn’t know it’s slowed down unless I told you. But it is. Because of what I’m singing you have to have something that’s not right about it”: The elegant simplicity of Radiohead’s second biggest song

What happens if you cross the inspiration of Pet Sounds with lyrics that convey a sense of resignation, and frame it within one of the most soothing arrangements of all time?

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"This record shouldn’t, strictly speaking, be possible at all”: Here's Autechre – reinterpreted on acoustic guitar

Shane Parish is releasing a whole covers album

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"This is our way of saying thank you": Soundtoys is giving away six free plugins this Christmas, starting with Little PrimalTap

Each free Soundtoys plugin will be available for only 48 hours

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Lennon was clutching the tape of the final mix from this session as he and Yoko left for the Dakota: The story of John Lennon’s final creative act

The lyrics to this left-field song would prove tragically prophetic

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“I wanted to make it a truly unforgettable, unmissable week – a run of shows to dream about”: Robert Smith announces line up for his first run of Teenage Cancer Trust concerts

Elbow, Garbage and My Bloody Valentine all headline

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"Humans will be doing all the serious music transcription for the foreseeable future": Songscription review

This AI-powered transcription tool promises to convert any audio file into sheet music, tab or MIDI. But can it really match the skills of a professional?

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“If I sit down with a Dumble, the last thing I’m going to do is do any kind of fast techniques”: Mark Tremonti on why he is addicted to Dumble amps

The Alter Bridge and Creed guitarist's love for Dumbles underlines the importance of choosing the right amp for your style

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“I don’t know if I’d call them guitar heroes, but there are players with amazing dexterity that can pretty much play anything – and quicker than the human ear could possibly hear!”: Journey’s Neal Schon says that “classic guitar records” still matter

"You need more than just guitar thrills – you need an overall artistic statement"

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“It's amazing what you can do with a drum machine - and two of the most expensive sampling and production workstations ever made”: Unpacking the technical genius behind one of the most iconic rock songs of the 1980s

Take an old 4-track demo, add a splash of expensive 80s tech, and the results might be a good enough reason for a band of prog legends to reform!

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“Nobody can play better than that guy, man!”: In a new in-depth interview, guitar virtuoso Steve Morse discusses the supernatural powers of John Petrucci, Eric Johnson, Angel Vivaldi and Deep Purple legends Jon Lord and Ritchie Blackmore

His new Steve Morse Band album Triangulation is an audacious work of instrumental rock

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“I remember my assistant putting on his headphones in the studio, and he took them off after a few minutes, looked at me and said, ‘Wow, this song is crazy’”: Dan Nigro says that he always knew that Chappell Roan’s Pink Pony Club was something special

Recorded in 2019, it took five years for it to become a hit

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“Mix, overdub, spinback and scratch, all locked in time with your modular”: ALM Busy Circuits' new Pamela’s Disco module lets you sync a Eurorack rig to a CDJ or mixer

The 4HP Eurorack module can convert a Pro DJ Link master into analogue clock outputs

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“I used to accommodate him. I'd isolate him, put him in a booth and not record him. The others, particularly Mick and Keith, would say 'Just tell him to get the hell out'": Beggars Banquet, the album that was the turning point for the Rolling Stones

Album was the original ‘return to form’

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“I was sitting there with my four-track and there was this riff that I had. I started singing this melody and saying that line, ‘I want to be yours…’ And I remembered the poem”: How Arctic Monkeys’ most popular song was created from early-’80s punk poetry

It has an astonishing 3.4 billion streams worldwide

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"One of the hardest things I ever had to do was mix that song": A music professor breaks down Steve Cropper and Otis Redding's (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay

Following Cropper's passing at the age of 84, we explore the songwriting genius behind one of his most beloved collaborations

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"What were the skies like when you were young?": How The Orb's Little Fluffy Clouds showed the world that sampling could be an art form

The story of the blissfully psychedelic bricolage that launched The Orb's career, introduced ambient house to the masses and even prompted a lawsuit from Rickie Lee Jones

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“It’s quite normal to be groped by men”: Harassment, low pay and exploitation all reported by young musicians and artists in new survey

Over 70% say they feel unsafe in a music industry workplace

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Dirty Boy turns the tables on guitar’s digital revolution with a preamp pedal inspired by a plugin – the all-analogue SilverBOY

SilverBOY is fully wired for sound and presents players with a high-functioning preamp pedal with all mod cons, proving that the inspiration between pedals and plugins can go both ways

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This $99 plugin recreates a classic studio technique invented at Abbey Road for The Beatles – and it's free for the next three days

AIR Music Tech has made Tape Double Track available as a free download until December 8

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"They put it on hold so nobody else can record it. But he didn’t actually record it. That was when Don Henley said, ‘You need to quit giving your songs away’”: Sheryl Crow says that she once wrote a song for Eric Clapton that never saw the light of day

She still isn't telling who My Favorite Mistake was written about, though...

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"We didn't want to make just another controller": OXI Instruments' E16 is a sleek and portable MIDI controller that's more powerful than it looks

Snapshot morphing, knob recording and LED-ringed encoders give this performance-focused controller an edge

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