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"Thanks to streaming, more artists than ever before are generating royalties at every career stage, more than at any time in music history": Spotify is bigger and paying out more than ever with $10 billion heading to rights holders' pockets

Those are the figures from its latest Loud & Clear report and Spotify reckons that's great news for everyone

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“A truly modern take on the high-powered super amp, full of clever design decisions and boasting features which open it up to all sorts of uses”: Blackstar St James 100 212

A 100-watt, 2x12, four-channel 'super amp' that weighs the same as a Deluxe Reverb?

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"The bass drum is a total bad-ass, while the potential for Aphex-style bleeps and mayhem is available": Cherry Audio KR-55C Software Drum Machine

Steppin’ Out with Cherry Audio’s post-punk beatbox that provides more than a few surprises

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“It made me feel bad that I didn’t put it on the album”: From Pavement to Donna Summer, here are six more B-sides that became huge hits against the odds

Adding to the collection of songs that started out on the flip side of a single, but went on to become playlist staples

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"I thought I had just broken my wrist”: Rick Springfield reveals he has brain damage from fall 25 years ago

Veteran rocker also confirms he’s experimented recently with LSD and ketamine

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“This is what I learned to play during the pandemic for almost two years”: Amanda Seyfried just showed off her new-found dulcimer skills and proved that she’d be the perfect fit for Cameron Crowe’s Joni Mitchell biopic

An ‘impromptu’ performance of a Joni classic has got the internet talking

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SampleRadar: 273 free funk keys samples

If you're no Herbie Hancock on the keyboard, don't despair - use these free samples instead

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“Being mostly a humbucker guy, I’m really loving the hum-free P-90s”: Warren Haynes’ signature Gibson Les Paul Standard is here and it’s a plain-topped '60s Cherry beauty with an onboard boost

The Gov't Mule frontman has gone for a set of Billie Joe Armstrong favourite pickups, a fat ‘50s profile neck, an onboard clean boost and no pickguard

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Arturia releases 88-key version of the KeyLab mk3 MIDI controller keyboard with new fully-weighted hammer-action keybed

The French manufacturer's flagship MIDI keyboard gets an 88-key model with an "authentic piano feel" thanks to its Fatar TP/110 keybed

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Cherry Audio steps out with an emulation of '80s Korg drum machine used by Joe Jackson and Depeche Mode

KR-55C is a software version of Korg's "Rhythm 55" KR-55A and KR-55B, heard on Jackson's 1982 hit Steppin' Out

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“I said, ‘Are we sure we can write a song about death?’”: The story of Mike + The Mechanics' classic No.1 The Living Years

"If we’d got it wrong, it would’ve been very schmaltzy"

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"Have time apart, learn new skills, get new musical ideas and experiences… it’s been a healthy break”: The xx reveal their return to the studio in new social snap

Despite coming together on solo album collabs, this will be the band’s first group material since 2017

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“I understand that this next chapter may leave you feeling uneasy”: What could Drake mean by his cryptic Instagram post?

Could this be ‘round two’ of the Lamar feud?

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“It’s not really a sore point. It’s just such a stupid point”: Here's why Hans Zimmer’s Dune 2 soundtrack didn’t get an Oscar nomination

“It’s called Dune: Part Two, not Dune 2” argues the famous composer, as his soundtrack falls foul of ‘sequel’ regulations

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“I played lots of rhythm guitar on it, and Freddie said, ‘No, no, no, no - it’s a piano song!’”: How Brian May had to fight to get himself heard on a Queen classic

May calls it “a massive Queen song”

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“I was told I can’t do a women’s tour because nobody will go see it. ‘Women don’t sell like men sell.’ Then I toured with Cher and we played for a million people”: Cyndi Lauper announces final dates on farewell tour

Valedictory run of shows winds up at the Hollywood Bowl on 30 August

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“Gene Simmons is very down-to-earth, funny, and knowledgeable on almost any subject:” The Kiss legend wants you to be his assistant… but there’s a catch

Simmons is heading out on the road and one lucky fan per gig has the opportunity to get up close and personal. For a price...

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“Brian May was a huge inspiration for this project”: Teenager constructs electric guitar from scrap wood

Sam Golder has built his own Red Special

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“D’Wayne’s life was incomparable, and his music and service impacted millions around the world”: Tony! Toni! Toné! guitarist and singer D’Wayne Wiggins has died, aged 64

He also worked with Destiny’s Child and Alicia Keys

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“The idea was to make an album heavier than anything that had ever been heard before”: Tony Iommi recalls the making of Black Sabbath’s legendary debut

"It was a bit nerve-wracking!"

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How a lone Bee Gee became the first person to use a drum machine on a pop hit

When it hit the chart in 1969, it was the first exposure the record buying public had to an electronic beat

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"If you hated Tool fans, this is what you would do": Tool booed by their own fans at their own festival

The band didn’t play two completely ‘unique’ sets, it seems, and the diehards weren't happy

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“I could play the same parts that Edward played - but it never sounded like him”: Steve Vai reveals his favourite Van Halen song to play

And he ain't talkin' 'bout Jump!

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"The Stream Light feature is nothing short of revolutionary - a learning tool that once felt like science fiction": Yamaha CSP-255 digital piano review

This technology-packed digital piano is the ultimate home learning companion for aspiring pianists - all backed by Yamaha’s renowned craftsmanship

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“Can you learn 17 Mastodon songs immediately? Please give some love, stage right, say hello to Mr Ben Eller”: YouTuber makes Mastodon live debut following Brent Hinds’ shock exit – but what’s next for the prog-metal behemoths?

Hinds is out. Eller is in for now. Brann Dailor has a black eye. Palace intrigue notwithstanding, “all 2025 touring plans will remain intact,” says the band

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