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“Without investment in music education our talent pipeline is at risk of drying up along with the huge opportunities for economic growth it brings”: UK Music draws up five point plan to “turbocharge” music education

They urge the government to recruit 1,000 new music teachers

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“How daring to have a long intro before he’s even singing. It’s like psychedelic Mozart”: With The Rose Of Laura Nyro, Elton John and Brandi Carlile are paying tribute to both a 'forgotten' songwriter and the lost art of the long song intro

“No one starts an album like that anymore!” says Carlile

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“The verse tricks you into thinking that it’s in a certain key and has this ‘simplistic’ musical language, but then it flips”: Charli XCX’s Brat collaborator Jon Shave on how they created Sympathy Is A Knife

"With Brat, Charli had put so much thought into it before we even got in the studio," he says

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“It shows enough promise to become the controller to rule them all”: Melbourne Instruments Roto-Control review

A very cool and compact MIDI controller that could well become your best desktop friend

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“Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight”: How Johnny Cash drew on his own experiences to make his greatest songs

The Man in Black comes under our spotlight as we break down his take on the creative process

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“For those on the hunt for a great quality 12-string electro-acoustic that won’t break the bank, it's a no-brainer”: Martin X Series Remastered D-X2E Brazilian 12-String review

Heavenly 12-string chime, Martin dreadnought clout and serious change from a grand? We’re listening...

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“I have that on more records than anything else”: Take a peek inside Vaughn Oliver’s studio

Seems that to unleash your creativity you should close your laptop and open your mind. And your wallet too

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“Wendy Carlos is able to build precisely the sound that she wants”: Watch synth pioneer Wendy Carlos in the studio, working Moog magic back in 1989

Footage from a UK BBC documentary show’s Carlos at the top of her game, making the transition from analogue to digital

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“It was originally called Everybody Wants To Go To War, which I knew didn’t work. When you’re a songwriter who doesn’t like the lyric, the song dies”: How Tears For Fears created an ’80s mega-hit

It all started with two simple, chimey chords...

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“No real sense of love coming from the festival toward the people… Just vibes curated for influencer culture”: Reggie Watts just summed up everyone's Coachella experience

As we head into Coachella 2025’s second weekend the festival's naysayers are only getting louder

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Ed Sheeran’s plagiarism court case forced him to hand over his old phone as evidence. Now he’s got a new single out of it

While being accused of a crime he didn’t commit cut deep, at least the experience provided some unwanted inspiration

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“Do you dare to ditch those ‘normal’ beats in favour of hands-on tweaking and extreme sounds? Of course, you do”: Sonicware CyDrums review

As many beats and blips as you need, and as much sound-design depth as you dare to dive into

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“It didn’t feel like being in the room with a 17-year-old. I’d try something and she’d say, ‘You might want to reconsider that.’ And she’d be right”: Songwriter Eg White on how Adele took some “very boring chords” and turned them into an “explosive” hit

Why working with the star on 2008’s Chasing Pavements led White to question some of his own creative instincts

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“I oversaw every element - not just the music and the lyrics and the melodies and the production, but also the merch and the fan clubs and everything”: Mike Portnoy talks about his years away from Dream Theater

“I was fried” he says, “but I went off from there to form, like, 87 bands”

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We didn't think we needed a compact 4-octave acoustic piano that can also work as a MIDI keyboard, but the super-cute Keybird L1 might have convinced us otherwise

Meet the tiny piano that's making a big noises on Kickstarter

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"That's what it takes to make music that's gonna last forever": Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan producer Daniel Nigro on crafting timeless tracks

In the first episode of Universal Audio's Apollo Creators series, the Grammy-winning producer/songwriter opens the doors to his studio and shares some valuable insights into his creative process

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“A fully playable electro-mechanical synth voice that tracks the pitch of your playing in real time”: Gamechanger Audio unveils the Motor Pedal – a real synth pedal with a “multi-modal gas pedal”

Forget synth emulation pedals, Gamechanger describes this mechanically powered stompbox as “the sound of a spinning brushed DC motor, pushed to the edge and tamed with precision control”

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“I don’t think they’re New Order. They don’t sound anything like them”: Peter Hook takes aim at his estranged bandmates

He says he gets DMs from fans complaining about the current band

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“From a music production perspective, I really like a lot of what Equinox is capable of – it’s a shame it's priced for the post-production market”: iZotope Equinox review

iZotope spin Exponential Audio tech into a top end reverb – it's great, but you'll want to try to get it at a sale price

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“I’m beyond excited to introduce the next evolution of the MT15”: PRS announces refresh of tube amp lineup with the all-new Archon Classic and a high-gain power-up for the Mark Tremonti lunchbox head

One of the best low-wattage high-gain amps around just got an upgrade while the Archon Classic offers hot-rodded vintage tone

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"You can repurchase if it works for your schedule": Fyre 2, Billy McFarland’s ‘luxury’ festival is postponed indefinitely

‘The Greatest Party That Never Happened’ never happened again

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“I actually specifically remember making a deal with myself": Billie Eilish reveals what she had to do in order to become “looser and jazzier” with her vocal delivery

“My voice has gotten so much better and stronger and like I just can play in a way that I never have been able to before,” she confirms

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“These guitars travel around the world and they need to be road ready”: Jackson gives Misha Mansoor’s Juggernaut a new lick of paint, an ebony fingerboard and upgrades to stainless steel frets in signature model refresh

Mansoor's arch-top Superstrat has never looked so good, and while it might be designed for crushing downtuned riffs but that five-way switching yields a lot of tones from the signature MM1 humbucker pairing

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“I’m surprised and saddened anyone would have an issue with my performance that night”: Zak Starkey explains why he got fired from The Who

"After playing those songs with the band for so many decades… but what can you do?"

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“These tariff actions will have a long-term effect on musicians worldwide”: The CEO of NAMM urges Trump to dump tariffs on components of musical instruments

US instrument manufacturers are heavily dependent on China for components

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