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“Beyoncé is a scientist of songs. I’ve never seen anyone work the way she works”: Why Beyoncé's Lemonade remains an enduring 21st century classic

“Beyoncé is a scientist of songs. I’ve never seen anyone work the way she works”

“That’s a part of the story that suckers some young people in, you know... Dying young is good for the record company, but what’s in it for you?”: Springsteen on the pressures of fame

“That’s a part of the story that suckers some young people in, you know... Dying young is good for the record company, but what’s in it for you?”: Springsteen on the pressures of fame

Springsteen on the pressures of fame on young artists

“He’d be like, ‘Let’s throw Lukather in there.’ The next thing I knew, I’m in a room with Stevie Wonder and all these guys. It was like a childhood dream come true”: Steve Lukather on Quincy Jones’ ability to create “magic” in the studio

“He’d be like, ‘Let’s throw Lukather in there.’ The next thing I knew, I’m in a room with Stevie Wonder and all these guys. It was like a childhood dream come true”: Steve Lukather on Quincy Jones’ ability to create “magic” in the studio

"Everyone played their best around Quincy. He commanded the room. Everyone was their extra best for every take”

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Found! The artists behind ‘the most mysterious song on the Internet’ revealed at last

The 'most mysterious song on the Internet' is identified at last

"This is a very impressive neck experience for a guitar at this price": Harley Benton TE-62DB

Double-bound for glory?

"Make composing, producing and mixing more inspirational than ever": Steinberg launches Cubase 14 with new pattern editor, drum machine, effects, modulators and more

The latest version of Steinberg's flagship DAW has arrived

“Musicians that have invested in the platform over the years deserve more than this”: Maschine 3.0 software review

NI’s beat-maker gets its first full upgrade in 11 years adding stem separation, a new sound library and… not much else

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The long and winding history of Rhodes: New Anthology plugin leads classic electric pianos to your DAW

The long and winding history of Rhodes: New Anthology plugin leads classic electric pianos to your DAW

Both classic and rare models are included

“He gets up on a high horse on that part... He rides the horse!”: What Green Day would sound like without guitars and Jon Batiste on piano

“He gets up on a high horse on that part... He rides the horse!”: What Green Day would sound like without guitars and Jon Batiste on piano

Jon Batiste jazzifies Green Day's Holiday

“I’m not getting any sound from one of my pads!”: 10 common electronic drum set issues and how to troubleshoot them

“I’m not getting any sound from one of my pads!”: 10 common electronic drum set issues and how to troubleshoot them

Don’t let annoying gremlins spoil your playing. From no sound to too much noise, most problems can be solved with some simple settings or affordable upgrades - here’s how

“It was very, very warm and wonderful. I was crying at a certain point because I felt that I had hurt him”: Simon and Garfunkel have patched up their old friendship

“It was very, very warm and wonderful. I was crying at a certain point because I felt that I had hurt him”: Simon and Garfunkel have patched up their old friendship

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel have met up and patched up their friendship

"It's what the overwhelming majority of us listen to first and foremost": How to become a master of melodies

"It's what the overwhelming majority of us listen to first and foremost": How to become a master of melodies

"It's what the overwhelming majority of us listen to first and foremost"

“As soon as he is in the studio, he hears his voicing come back at him through the speakers and says, ‘No, I don’t like that’”: Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor on how “manic goat” Freddie Mercury found his voice and became rock’s greatest frontman

“As soon as he is in the studio, he hears his voicing come back at him through the speakers and says, ‘No, I don’t like that’”: Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor on how “manic goat” Freddie Mercury found his voice and became rock’s greatest frontman

The making of Queen’s debut album was a learning process for all, none more so than Mercury who used the studio as a tool for radical self-improvement and take full command of his instrument

“You can actually play something like a digital horn, for example”: Archive BBC footage reveals the wonders of MIDI music making in 1990

“You can actually play something like a digital horn, for example”: Archive BBC footage reveals the wonders of MIDI music making in 1990

The show was called Techno, but the music definitely isn’t

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“For guitarists and bassists looking for a portable solution to bring along on their travels…”: Meet the JAMster series, the $42 desktop guitar and bass amps from Harley Benton you can take anywhere

For a super-budget travel and practice option, the 10-watt JAMster series is hard to beat. It has Bluetooth connectivity, a headphones out and can be battery-powered. All for less than $50

“You have these silly lists that come out about the greatest guitar players; I usually don’t even make them... or they’ll put me behind somebody who I could play circles around”: Billy Corgan feels he’s underrated as a guitarist

Billy Corgan thinks he's under-rated as a guitarist

Dreadbox unveils Artemis, a 6-voice analogue poly inspired by the Typhon monosynth

The Greek brand celebrates its 10th anniversary with the release of a beastly analogue poly kitted out with Sinevibes effects

“I did a demo. I had Sheila E playing on it and Michael sang on it. I played it for Quincy and he said, ‘No.’”: Greg Phillinganes on the Michael Jackson song arrangement that Quincy Jones rejected because it wasn't "sexy" enough

Phillinganes reveals that he last saw Jones earlier this year, when they “talked and reminisced”

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“The core thing to remember is that your beats are slow - 90 bpm maximum - and they are filthy”: Unpacking the dark, sample-based sound of trip-hop

It's this genre that set a blueprint for today's down-tempo sounds

“Kurt was sitting in the bathtub with a Walkman on, listening to the song, and when the tape ended, he kissed me and said, 'Oh, finally, now I don't have to be the only songwriter in the band!'”: Dave Grohl's evolution as a songwriter

“I was in a band with one of the greatest songwriters of our generation, so I didn’t really want to rock the boat”

“Limited mentally – a megalomaniac, narcissistic. I can’t stand him”: The late Quincy Jones on Donald Trump

Fans have been sharing Quincy Jones's views on Donald Trump

“Using this pedal is like adding a new and ultra-flexible distortion channel to your favorite clean amplifier”: JHS Pedals and Lari Basilio join forces for Violet, a versatile overdrive/distortion with a powerful EQ

Basilio’s Violet is available now in Purple and Black and features a clever 3-Band EQ in which the midrange controls are placed before the distortion to expand your palette of tones

Online fraudsters scamming 100s of Oasis fans: Lloyds Bank reveals £1,000s are being stolen via fake ads and social media posts

Online scammers are targeting Oasis fans desperate for tickets

“He was one of the weirdest bass players in the history of rock”: 5 basslines that capture the genius of The Grateful Dead's Phil Lesh

We take a backwards glance at 5 of Lesh's greatest moments with The Grateful Dead

“I am about to delve into P-90 world pretty hard... whenever I pick up a guitar with P-90s in it I get some inspiration”: Warren Haynes says he has been working with Gibson on two prototype signature guitars and one is a Firebird with three P-90s

The Gov't Mule frontman says a Les Paul and a Firebird are incoming...

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