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“I signed some contracts back in the ‘90s that I thought were amazing - I celebrated with a bottle of champagne. I look back now and think, ‘how the hell did I agree to sign this?’”: Sasha on breaking into dance music - and why it's not any easier in 2024

The original superstar DJ drops some essential advice for aspiring producers and talks us through his ambitious Dolby Atmos score for the immersive Da Vinci Genius exhibition

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“Imagine standing in front of a wall loaded with tube amp heads and 4x12 speaker cabinets, grabbing your guitar and hitting a chord”: Crazy Tube Circuit’s Heatseeker is an amp-in-box to help you nail Angus Young’s high-voltage AC/DC tones

Packing three vintage Marshall-inspired modes plus a preamp enhancer inspired by the AC/DC guitarist's not-so-secret secret sauce, the Heatseeker is a formidable drive and tone shaper for rock guitar

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“I'm not afraid of breaking the rules": Viral 67-year-old producer The Last DJ shares his essential techno tips

Internet sensation Nick Hayes shows us how he uses his trusty Elektron Syntakt to craft hard-hitting techno

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“Yes we can!”: How Barack Obama almost facilitated a Bob The Builder and Bruce Springsteen collab

Sadly, it was nixed for being ‘too political’

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“It's Christmaaaas!”: How Slade created a festive classic - with a little help from John Lennon

Still making half a million quid a year, it’s the Christmas gift that keeps on giving!

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“The show will be a powerful celebration of the coolest instrument in the world, the electric guitar!”: Joe Satriani and Steve Vai to share the stage again on epic 2025 UK/Europe tour

The Surfing with the Hydra Tour is an early contender for guitar event of 2025, with over two dozen dates announced, and more to come, and the promise of new music from the SATCHVAI Band

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Taylor Swift gives away $197 million away in bonuses to Eras tour crew

Sunday’s Vancouver show marks the end of Swift's record-breaking tour, in which she spent a total of 484 hours on stage

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Behringer proves the haters wrong and releases Wave, the PPG Wave clone that's been four years in the making

Days after responding to "vaporware" critics, Behringer announces that its recreation of an "'80s icon" is now shipping

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“Technical virtuosos fiercely dedicated to their craft... Experimental, innovative and brave”: President Biden presents Grateful Dead with Kennedy Center Honor

And outgoing president suggests he might actually be a Deadhead...

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“It was probably the best two weeks that I’d had for years!”: Geezer Butler on the time Black Sabbath sacked him for a fortnight

They’d forgotten that they'd fired him

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"People like the feeling of anticipating what's going to come next - almost like ascending to the top of a rollercoaster before the breath-taking plunge": Write better songs by learning song forms

All the theory in the world can’t make you a competent songwriter, to make a song work you need to understand how common song-forms engage listeners

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“They weren’t quite as glamorous as they are now. You could have mistaken them for a band from York”: The night The Killers played above a pub in Lincoln

They were reportedly “amazed” by the fog in the cathedral town

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“It’s high and low, it’s poetry meets drugs, it’s earnest meets arrogance”: Which classic album could Charli XCX be talking about?

She namechecks its influence at Variety’s Hitmakers awards

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“The Beatles' Because is based on Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata (played in reverse). So, was John Lennon cheating when he flipped Ludwig Van?”: Digging into the long history of the sampling debate

“The Beatles' Because is based on Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata (played in reverse). So, was John Lennon cheating when he flipped Ludwig Van?”

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"Chorus is a beautiful effect when used nicely, but it can also sound horrible if over-applied - unless that’s what you want": How to harness the chorus effect to give your tracks more life!

"Chorus is a beautiful effect when used nicely, but it can also sound horrible if over-applied - unless that’s what you want"

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“Some of the things that age most quickly are electronic drums, which I’ve used tons of, but they usually sound very of their time”: Finneas on how he and Billie Eilish made a conscious effort to make Birds Of A Feather sound “timeless”

“The drums on this song - real and programmed - all have a kind of organic feel,” he explains

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Behringer hits back at critics accusing the company of only making "vaporware" in defensive social media post: "No other company delivers as many innovative and affordable products as we do"

The synth and effects manufacturer says it will be returning to NAMM after ten years away and plans to launch "another 6 to 8 groundbreaking products" before the end of the year

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“Like something Paul and Linda cooked up while they were smoking”: The Asimov–McCartney alien musical that never was

Treatments revealed in new McCartney biography

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“This particular 808 is arguably the single most important drum machine in history”: The origin of house music in 5 key tracks

The origin of house music in 5 key tracks

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"We have no recourse besides to try to sue Kanye, but that's costly": Producers for Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign say they haven't been paid for work on Vultures 1 and 2

The situation is indicative of a wider problem in the industry, as producers are increasingly going without compensation until long after projects receive an official release

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“I’ve got the 303 but I don’t know how to work it - it’s making all these crazy sounds!”: How a small group of Chicago producers invented house and changed music forever

“I’ve got the 303 but I don’t know how to work it - it’s making all these crazy sounds!”

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What the Ek? Spotify founder is richer than any musical artist, ever

And Spotify nuke Spotify Unwrapped, the protest site that worked out just how little they’re paying artists

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Wish that Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour could go on forever? Now even The Eras Tour Book will be a record-breaker

After hit albums and the world’s most lucrative tour, the star’s next number one is in publishing

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“Each toy is designed in house and rigorously tested by our dogs on staff”: Schecter has a treat for the player who doesn’t mind a squeak or two and some bark in the mix

Introducing the The Humbarker and The Chompest, dog toys with off-the-charts playability for the tone hound in your life, all for a good cause

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“They haven’t agreed on anything for 20 years”: How Ice-T got Roger Waters and David Gilmour’s go ahead for Body Count’s Comfortably Numb cover

More unlikely than his choice of song were the odds of the two warring Floyd members saying yes to it…

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