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“Personally owned and used by one of Britain’s most favoured of all rock ‘n’ roll guitarists”: One of Status Quo legend Rick Parfitt’s stage-played Fender Telecasters is up for sale

It might not be the modded circa 1960 model that was the late Quo man's main stage guitar but this white Tele is worth rocking all over the world

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“Kim Deal with Bruce Springsteen’s guitar”: Statue of Rory Gallagher is unveiled in Belfast... but fans aren’t happy

Wrong guitar and too feminine, it seems

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"A new era of accidental techno is upon us": 2025's new DIY drum machine craze is here, and all you need is a flashlight and an FM radio

A producer creates a kick drum pattern using a torch, and it even has sidechain compression

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“A lot of the guitar parts were totally within my ability, but there were a couple that I just couldn’t navigate”: Steve Vai reveals the King Crimson riff that had him beat and the tip from Robert Fripp that helped him nail it

Celebrating the ‘80s material of prog trailblazers King Crimson, the BEAT Tour gave Vai a welcome fix of “high-information music” but some of Fripp’s material pushed him to the limit

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"For me, it was essential - even though nobody has ever asked me what my qualifications are”: Should you consider music production school?

Attending a music production school could give you the skills to succeed in the industry. But is it really worth the money?

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“You could think of this as theft, but it’s standard practice in the folk world”: A music professor breaks down the theory behind Bob Dylan's Don't Think Twice, It's Alright

As A Complete Unknown hits theatres, our resident music professor puts one of Dylan's best-loved songs under the musical microscope

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“The music never felt like a safe choice, but it always felt like the right one”: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross celebrate winning Golden Globe for Challengers soundtrack

It’s their third Golden Globe in all

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“The lyrics and music to Tiptoe Through the Tulips will be free for anyone to copy, perform, record, adapt, or interpolate into their own song”: The classic songs that are entering the public domain in 2025

“The lyrics and music to Tiptoe Through the Tulips will be free for anyone to copy, perform, record, adapt, or interpolate into their own song”

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"That's just basically D, B minor, E minor, A. That's the scope of all the chords in the entire song" : Finneas reveals how Billie Eilish's worldwide smash Birds of a Feather was written in 10 minutes, and has the simplest of structures

Basically, keep it simple, stupid – we knew there was a reason we're not global superstars

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"I'd have preferred for Uli to ask my permission. Even if he thinks it is legal, I question whether it is ethical": Roger Linn slams Behringer's unauthorized LinnDrum clone

Linn says he has mixed feelings about Behringer's LM Drum, which he says he found "confusing and difficult to use"

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“I’m not the technical producer, I’ve learned how to use a compressor but I haven’t learned why it does what it does”: Revisiting the intuitive production skills that made Avicii a superstar

As a new documentary lands on Netflix, we revisit Future Music's early interview with the late EDM hitmaker

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“Coming up with a solo is like searching for treasure”: Mark Tremonti reveals his favourite Alter Bridge and Creed songs - and discusses his heavy new album

Plus: his new gear and new tricks

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“I’m not part of the inner circle - I never have been”: Julian Lennon says that he's always been "very much on the outside" as far as The Beatles are concerned

“It’s news to me half the time," he says of the band's latest projects

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“He was a great guitar player. He’s not looking at what he’s playing, so obviously he really knows the instrument”: Which grunge icon could Joe Satriani be talking about?

Plus, he highlights the “only problem” with Yngwie Malmsteen

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“I hate a song that makes you think that you are not any good. I hate a song that makes you think that you are just born to lose”: Woody Guthrie's songwriting philosophy debated

Does Woody Guthrie's songwriting philosophy still stand?

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Sonicware CyDrums is a "next-gen digital drum synth" that promises four-dimensional sound

With wavetable synthesis, 22 insert effects and a powerful sequencer, CyDrums is a whole lot of drum machine for only $399

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“Stick to our chords”: Chris Martin rags Jacob Collier for his reharmonisation antics as they duet on a simultaneously stripped-down and more complex version of Coldplay’s Fix You

“I’m the worst musician in this room!” he admits

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“Many games were replete with quirky arpeggios, an abundance of pulse wave-based lead melodies and generally frantic delivery”: Exploring the retro video game-inspired chiptune universe

It's a genre that leans heavy on nostalgia, melding melody, harmony and lo-fi sounds

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“This supercharged amp-in-a-box pulls no punches in channeling the hallmark haymaker that inspired it”: Keeley Electronics and Sweetwater team up for exclusive $99 fuzz, overdrive/distortion and reverb pedal collection

Behold, a trio of US-made stompboxes from a top-tier builder at a very budget-friendly price

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“There’s something about the harmonics of a V8 that’s just mind-blowingly badass and powerful sounding”: Mesa/Boogie founder Randall Smith on how his high-gain amp designs were influenced by hotrodded muscle cars

In his latest YouTube video, Smith talks tubes, the similarities between automobile and amp hotrodding culture, and admits that not everybody understood his quest for more distortion

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“When I finally left the hospital I was still in a wheelchair and couldn’t use my left arm… but I was determined to make music again”: Guitarist teaches himself to play one-handed after suffering “devastating” stroke

Tony Romaine was told he might not play again but he had other ideas, relearning the guitar and making his return to the stage

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“People were like, ‘Your tone was really great.’ ‘Yeah, it was the Crush!’”: Orianthi played live on television for millions of viewers using her $219 Orange practice amp

Do you really need an expensive amp after all? For one of Orianthi's biggest gigs of 2024, her signature solid-state 1x8" combo got the job done

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Neil Young WILL play "corporate turn-off" Glastonbury after all

Chrome Hearts will headline Pyramid stage, it turns out

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"More trucks, more drivers, more gasoline, more travel. And we've already seen a lot of bands canceling tours. You're gonna see a lot more, because I know where we're at": Avenged Sevenfold star says touring is now "almost impossible" for most bands

M. Shadows on the modern economic realities of touring, even for established acts

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"Each time I'm about to play it, I take a deep breath and I exhale on that first note": 5 songs guitarists need to hear by… Rush

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