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“I'm fed up with playing it. It's all right but you do get fed up with it after 50 years”: The surprising truth behind one of the biggest-selling instrumental hits of all time

Few realise that Acker Bilk’s haunting Stranger on the Shore had a very personal origin

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Cherry Audio emulates the Ensoniq ESQ-1 for its 40th birthday, “faithfully reproducing the complex, evolving, and richly textured sounds that defined the hardware”

The officially licensed plugin ups the polyphony, enhances the sequencer and adds a comprehensive effects section

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"When a doctor had to explain to me that one of the cords was literally atrophying, it was confusing”: After battling to return to the stage, Jon Bon Jovi says he’s now “fully recovered” from his vocal cord surgery

"It was longer than I’d ever expected, but it had to be right. We never lost faith”

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“It's an intimidating field to step into as someone who doesn’t - cannot - read music”: Harry Styles reinterprets a Simon and Garfunkel classic plus his back catalogue with help from Jules Buckley Orchestra and Gospel House Choir

Singer is halfway through curating the Meltdown Festival

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“Despite this minimalist footprint, it’s one of the sturdiest racks I’ve tested in this price bracket”: Donner Groove Ultra electronic drum set review

Donner continues its assault on budget gear with an e-kit packing fantastic hardware and standout looks, but the module needs some work

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“So insanely powerful that I could see it lasting a decade or more in home recording studios”: Apple Mac Mini M4 review

Apple’s miniature desktop packs enough punch to run most music-making tasks without breaking a sweat

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“It changes how I work – it delivers the best sound, simplifies setup, offers a sonic palette that spans decades and improves everything”: The new MU-1 mic makes the much-loved ribbon-and-condenser recording trick way more accessible, says JZ Microphones

It promises to combine a classic dual-mic studio technique into one product

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“First and foremost, Fender is not suing anybody”: CEO Edward ‘Bud’ Cole pushes back on the cease-and-desist controversy

“We’re talking specifically about the Stratocaster”

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“This is the record that’s been the most cathartic. The title seemed to sum up the way I think a lot of people are feeling”: A new Johnny Marr album is on the way, and his new single is out now

The Age Of Everything is his fifth solo record

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“I get to 171 tracks before any errors during a full playthrough at the lowest buffer setting”: Apple MacBook Neo review

We put Apple’s newest machine to the test to find out if it really is the ultimate budget laptop for music production

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“People who grew up in that era know all about turning the volume up at the end of the fade - that's when all the cool stuff starts happening”: Keith Urban explains the lost art of the song fade-out – and its influence on his new yacht rock covers album

"You could just hear the guitarist do something that was so cool, because typically the session players figure, ‘We're out by now, they're not going to use all this, we're just now playing for playing's sake'"

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“The day that I finished learning the last song on the album, I wept. I felt like a bona fide musician”: Amanda Seyfried reflects on her viral Joni Mitchell moment – and the Joni biopic she was preparing for that never happened

She learned to play the whole of Blue and earned praise from Beck

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How to beat writer's block: 11 tips to help you finish that track today

No more staring at a blank screen or endlessly auditioning loops. Here’s how to make that track idea a final, finished reality

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“What a weird song. Weird chord sequences, weird everything. I have no recall of what was going on in my head. For that to be your most streamed song… kind of weird, don’t you think?”: Mick Jagger on The Rolling Stones’ deathless classic

“I wish we could do something like that now”

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“What is the point of this?”: Boy George has released a new AI version of Karma Chameleon, and fans aren't impressed

He’s joined up with new company that aims to help artists ‘reclaim’ their back catalogues

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“All the sonic devastation of its predecessors at roughly half the size”: EarthQuaker Devices unveils compact version of Sunn O))) Life Pedal – and this time the ultimate doom pedal is here to stay

The EarthQuaker Devices' HalfLife is a more compact version of the drone metal pioneers Sunn O))) octave fuzz and boost pedal based on the

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“Thank you for making this week so effin’ amazing!”: Rush thank fans for their support after triumphant comeback shows

Band are on tour until next April

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“The ‘We've gotta hold on’ was the first chorus. Jon was happy with that. I said, ‘No, no, no, that's just the B section. Let's write the chorus now’”: Songwriter Desmond Child had to fight for Livin' On A Prayer's killer chorus – and for the song itself

“Richie and I knew what we had, and at another writing session we got on our hands and knees, literally, and begged Jon to at least try it”

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“I remember when it entered the Billboard charts, when it was number one – then we had champagne in the office the whole day”: ABBA confirm that their ‘fifth member’ Gorel Hanser has died, aged 76

She had worked for the Swedish pop giants since 1969

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"For really just a long time, it was just way too sad for me to make music”: Mike D on his grief at the loss of Adam Yauch

The ex-Beastie Boy releases his solo debut later this summer

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“I don't know any of the chord names. I would describe my guitar playing style as nothing technical. It's technically bad, actually, but it feels correct”: Singer-songwriter Eloise talks voice notes, vocal harmonies and learning guitar by watching YouTube

“I don't write any lyrics down, because I've always had this rule, which is if it's a good song and you have got your feelings right, you will remember it the next day”

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"It’s freedom from that lie that anything was ever under control. You don’t chase the parade anymore”: Dylan publishes his thoughts about ageing

"You’re an old king from some vanished country,” he says

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“It means whatever you want it to be”: The hidden meaning of Earth Wind And Fire’s ‘ba-dee-ya’ September chorus is revealed in new documentary

Questlove-helmed film is out on HBO now

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Do you want to remix faster and better? Here's 6 essential remix skills every producer should know

Get the technical know-how required to make great remixes with these essential techniques

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“I was looking for it and he said, ‘Oh that? I threw it away. It was crap.’ I couldn’t believe it”: How Tony Iommi found the secret to his Black Sabbath tone (and how he lost it)

A moment of madness from an amp tech and Iommi's secret weapon was gone, never to be seen again

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