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“They're poised to have a breakthrough year”: Can Shazam really predict music's next superstars?

The track identifying app's Fast Forward 2025 pinpoints who its data suggests will explode in the coming 12 months

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"It's pure analogue": Deadmau5 teams up with Telegrapher for limited-edition versions of its studio monitors

The mouse-headed king of EDM puts his stamp on three high-end monitor models from boutique brand Telegrapher

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“How do people do that? No click, he played through it and ‘bam’”: Prince’s ability to keep time when he was recording drums was remarkable, says his engineer, but it also made things difficult during the editing process

“He would say ‘OK, that’s so close, cut it one more time,’ and I wouldn’t do it because I physically couldn’t cut a 16th of an inch without chowdering the tape”

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"The soulful rough edges are what set your tracks apart from algorithmically-generated TikTok bops": 7 ways to make electronic music sound more human

Breathe life and personality into your beats with these 7 tips for humanising your electronic music

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“Quality sound, volume on tap, and plenty of flexibility”: Positive Grid Spark Edge review

We put PG’s latest pint-sized powerhouse to the test

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“It's rare to encounter a song from the last 70 years or so that doesn’t involve it in some way”: How to work with reverb effectively

“When used correctly, a good reverb can lift a song into the stratosphere”

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“Faithfully recreated with modern upgrades, this amp defined ‘90s rock – powering metal, nu-metal, rap-rock, grunge, pop-punk and more”: Mesa/Boogie announces imminent return of the '90s era two-channel Dual Rectifier

Mesa/Boogie says the classic high-gain head will be reissued on 14 January

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“We’ve never met, but I’m most impressed with Jack. He’s fearless and certainly innovative”: Jeff “Skunk” Baxter to perform at NAMM 2025 and present TEC Innovation Award to Jack White

The legendary Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers guitarist will host NAMM’s 40thannual TEC Awards and appear at seminars on song structure, music marketing, and sound therapy

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"We’re here to break the barriers and put powerful instruments into the hands of real musicians, not collectors": Here's the 2025 update on all the synths and drum machines that Behringer has announced that aren't in the shops yet

The controversial company has teased a huge number of reimagined products and some of its own designs, too. Here's where everything's at...

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“There might be a new song happening very soon... We’re in a great place creatively”: The Edge suggests new U2 single might be imminent

And band are “hoping to do some shows” in 2025

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"Anybody who thinks they can do exactly the same thing they did 50 years ago is mad": Deep Purple's Ian Paice and others on the demands of playing drums in your 60s and 70s

It’s a matter of keeping fit and adapting your style, they say

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Which streaming service pays artists the most per stream? Benn Jordan has crunched the numbers - and the answer will surprise you

It's not Apple Music, Deezer, or even TIDAL...

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“Personally owned and used by one of Britain’s most favoured of all rock ‘n’ roll guitarists”: One of Status Quo legend Rick Parfitt’s stage-played Fender Telecasters is up for sale

It might not be the modded circa 1960 model that was the late Quo man's main stage guitar but this white Tele is worth rocking all over the world

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“Kim Deal with Bruce Springsteen’s guitar”: Statue of Rory Gallagher is unveiled in Belfast... but fans aren’t happy

Wrong guitar and too feminine, it seems

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"A new era of accidental techno is upon us": 2025's new DIY drum machine craze is here, and all you need is a flashlight and an FM radio

A producer creates a kick drum pattern using a torch, and it even has sidechain compression

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“A lot of the guitar parts were totally within my ability, but there were a couple that I just couldn’t navigate”: Steve Vai reveals the King Crimson riff that had him beat and the tip from Robert Fripp that helped him nail it

Celebrating the ‘80s material of prog trailblazers King Crimson, the BEAT Tour gave Vai a welcome fix of “high-information music” but some of Fripp’s material pushed him to the limit

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"For me, it was essential - even though nobody has ever asked me what my qualifications are”: Should you consider music production school?

Attending a music production school could give you the skills to succeed in the industry. But is it really worth the money?

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“You could think of this as theft, but it’s standard practice in the folk world”: A music professor breaks down the theory behind Bob Dylan's Don't Think Twice, It's Alright

As A Complete Unknown hits theatres, our resident music professor puts one of Dylan's best-loved songs under the musical microscope

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“The music never felt like a safe choice, but it always felt like the right one”: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross celebrate winning Golden Globe for Challengers soundtrack

It’s their third Golden Globe in all

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“The lyrics and music to Tiptoe Through the Tulips will be free for anyone to copy, perform, record, adapt, or interpolate into their own song”: The classic songs that are entering the public domain in 2025

“The lyrics and music to Tiptoe Through the Tulips will be free for anyone to copy, perform, record, adapt, or interpolate into their own song”

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"That's just basically D, B minor, E minor, A. That's the scope of all the chords in the entire song" : Finneas reveals how Billie Eilish's worldwide smash Birds of a Feather was written in 10 minutes, and has the simplest of structures

Basically, keep it simple, stupid – we knew there was a reason we're not global superstars

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"I'd have preferred for Uli to ask my permission. Even if he thinks it is legal, I question whether it is ethical": Roger Linn slams Behringer's unauthorized LinnDrum clone

Linn says he has mixed feelings about Behringer's LM Drum, which he says he found "confusing and difficult to use"

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“I’m not the technical producer, I’ve learned how to use a compressor but I haven’t learned why it does what it does”: Revisiting the intuitive production skills that made Avicii a superstar

As a new documentary lands on Netflix, we revisit Future Music's early interview with the late EDM hitmaker

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“Coming up with a solo is like searching for treasure”: Mark Tremonti reveals his favourite Alter Bridge and Creed songs - and discusses his heavy new album

Plus: his new gear and new tricks

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“I’m not part of the inner circle - I never have been”: Julian Lennon says that he's always been "very much on the outside" as far as The Beatles are concerned

“It’s news to me half the time," he says of the band's latest projects

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