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Streaming, live performance, and direct-to-fan sales are on the rise: How to make money from music in 2025

There may be few surprises at the top of 2024’s most-streamed charts, but new stats open up interesting avenues for the year ahead

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“I was doing a gig, I dropped the pick, and I was drunk. I was afraid if I bent over to pick it up, I'd fall. So I played the rest of the show without the pick and started to really like it’”: What Jeff Beck told his friend Joe Perry

Beck’s guitars are up for auction this week

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“I don't know how to do this. You would think I do, but it's not one of these things you ever know how to do”: Why Paul McCartney’s intuition-led attitude to songwriting is worth taking onboard

The Beatles’ legend has long been open about how his songwriting workflow is guided by ideas and not a rigid format

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“Ironic, self-aware, intimate, DIY... a song that builds power as it unfolds”: The making of Bad Guy, Billie Eilish’s biggest hit

The first single by an artist born in the 21st century to top the US Billboard Hot 100

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NAMM 2025: “This innovative neck-to-body construction delivers more tone, sustain, and stability”: Eastman debuts the FullerTone series – all-new bolt-on electrics with a retro vibe and innovative neck joint

The FullerTone neck joint is a bolt-on with a long tenon that offers three times greater neck to body contact

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“I saw the punches in my mind: Bam! Bam, bam, bam! Bam, bam, bam! Bam, bam, bam!”: How a surprise call from a movie icon inspired a classic ’80s rock anthem

It was No 1 in the US for six weeks in 1982

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NAMM 2025: “A cornucopia of metal guitar specs” – ESP unveils LTD signature models for Slipknot's Mick Thomson, Whitechapel's Alex Wade, Rammstein's Richard Kruspe and more in epic launch

It's that magical time of the year when ESP drop dozens of new models, and once again the metal guitar specialist has gone big with artist collabs

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"It costs too much and we don't need it but, yes, we really do want one": Teenage Engineering OP-XY review

It's a mobile music-making and performing wonder, but two grand can get you an awful lot other studio gear

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NAMM 2025: Melbourne Instruments teases new MIDI controller with motorized knobs

The Australian manufacturer looks set to release a controller that features the specially developed, self-rotating knobs from its Nina and Delia synths

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FireAid is go: Billie Eilish, Joni Mitchell, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Dave Matthews, John Mayer and more pile on for mega charity gig

Raising money to help rebuild communities devastated by fire, a line-up of stars will be appearing live in LA later this month

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“Sound is almost like a drug. It’s so pure that when it goes in your ears, it instantly does something to you”: The centrality of music and sound in David Lynch's work

The late Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet director’s canon has left a lasting imprint on musicians and sound designers

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NAMM 2025: Nord’s Piano 6 promises “greater flexibility for performance and sound creation”

The latest version of the iconic red piano offers advanced synth and piano layering, better hands-on control and enhanced effects

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NAMM 2025: “That’s my little secret weapon… Old Blue” – Morley teams up with Pantera’s Rex Brown for signature wah pedal with an “intense monstrous sweep”

Based on Brown’s Pro Series II Wah, with gnarly glow-in-the-dark details, this Sweetwater exclusive is available now

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NAMM 2025: Offering both digital and analogue control, Flock Audio’s Switch takes takes audio routing to the next level

With DAW control and a customisable LED display, this latest switch gear is pulling out all the stops

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NAMM 2025: “We do not want to spend our anniversary only looking back” – PRS unveils “roadworthy workhorse” Standard 24 Satin asSwamp Ash Specialmakes comeback, announces big updates to pickups, hardware and electronics

PRS makes an impressive start to its 40th anniversary year with two high-end electrics, hardware upgrades for S2 and select Bolt-on models– and what about those DMO humbuckers?

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“It’s not really enjoyable to make music now," says the CEO of an AI music-making platform, but don't worry - he's here to help

Mikey Shulman just wants to give everyone the ability to make music. Meanwhile, Suno increasingly comes under copyright threat

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NAMM 2025: "I want people to sound a little less guitar-y and more magical!": Yvette Young and Walrus Audio's Qi Etherealizer might well be the atmospheric guitar pedal you'll want to use with any instrument or voice

Guitarists will want to take it on a sonic journey, but the rest of us will want to come along for the ride

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“The album was played in LaGuardia Airport for a brief period, but travellers said it ‘induced unease’ and sounded like funeral music”: A music professor breaks down Brian Eno's Ambient 1: Music For Airports

Following the release of Gary Hustwit's long-awaited Eno documentary, our resident music prof puts the fabled producer's most celebrated release under the musical microscope

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How to make 8-bit video game sounds in your DAW with a free synth

It's relatively easy to brew some authentic Nintendo console-esque sounds with modern software. Here's how to rustle up some chiptune seasoning

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NAMM 2025: Korg gets into the turntable game with its Vestax-inspired Handytraxx range

Korg's handheld Handytraxx Play reemerges, joined by a new range of audiophile-focused portable turntables

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“The VQD could well unlock drumming for people who otherwise can’t possibly play a kit at home”: Roland VQD106 review

If noise annoys those around you when you’re drumming, this ultra-quiet electronic set has the solutions - plus, watch our volume comparison video with a standard e-kit

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NAMM 2025: “Morph across the spacetime spectrum”: Pigtronix unveils the Cosmosis I, shrinking its smash-hit ambient reverb into a compact single-footswitch pedal

One small footprint on your pedalboard, one giant leap for your electric guitar sound

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NAMM 2025: Audient unveils iD48, a flagship 8-channel 24x32 audio interface that makes integrating outboard gear quick and easy

iD48's new Switchable Analogue Inserts let you track and mix using external hardware without physically re-patching cables

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NAMM 2025: “Guitarists can fully capture the essence of their favorite guitar gear without owning the physical hardware” – Has Mooer captured the amp profiling market with the GS1000?

Mooer Audio harnesses the power of AI and its MNRS profiling tech to take on on Neural DSP, Kemper and IK Multimedia head-on

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NAMM 2025: Have all your keyboards always connected with Heritage Audio's Synth Buddy, a 10 to 1 reversible and fully passive stereo switch

Loads of gear and not enough inputs? No problem - getting your favourite noisemaker into your mix is just a dial spin away

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