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“If it wasn’t for that song, that would have been the end of the band”: How one track’s sudden gear-switch led Coldplay into their imperial phase

In one blinding moment, Coldplay emerged from a creative rut

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“He was like, ‘You’ve got it all wrong, man": Mumford & Sons reveal what Neil Young told them about the way they were approaching their live shows and album recordings

"You need to pay attention to how you record music," they were advised

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How to write a ‘sticky’ hit: Pure luck can put you in the charts, but sticking around to make the big bucks needs pure science

What’s the secret for lasting chart success? A new report breaks down what gives hit songs their staying power

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“We had a request from the studio guys: ‘Is it okay if this local church choir comes in to record for a day?’ And thank God we let them in!”: How Def Leppard created a rock anthem - with a little bit of divine intervention

"It was a complete fluke," singer Joe Elliott said

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“My love letter to a vanished era that shaped not just my career but my identity”: Mark Ronson’s new memoir lifts the lid on his DJing career in '90s New York

Night People: How To Be a DJ in 1990s New York is out in September

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Dog Paw just invented a controller that looks like a drum pad but plays like it crossed a weighted piano with a violin…

Add in a built-in synth and sample engine and its own audio outs and you’ve a musical instrument that defies description

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“Ozzy drove us all nuts with that Moog thing. But the song was great”: How Black Sabbath took a surprise left turn on the classic album Sabotage

And how Ozzy ‘played’ a cider jug like a tuba!

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“This golden gain machine covers the entire spectrum from gritty boost through to full-on fuzz”: Great Eastern FX’s Focus Fuzz Deluxe has got boost, drive, octave, fuzz... everything going on

One of our favourite fuzz pedals just got expanded but can we call it a fuzz-box when it does so much more?

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It’s time to finally ditch those cables: SonicLink from AlphaTheta is here, and it will most likely change your life

Seamless, ultra-low latency wireless audio comes to the DJ booth

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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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“The mini humbucker fits into the same sized pickup cavity as a P-90 and delivers low-noise humbucking pickup performance and a slightly brighter and more open tone”: Gibson remixes the Les Paul Special with mini humbuckers

Available with dual mini humbuckers or with a P-90/mini humbucker combo, these Tobacco Burst singlecuts are available exclusively from Gibson direct

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“Some of the biggest artists who are performing have not been announced": Tom Morello teases "surprises" at Black Sabbath's farewell gig, and advises fans to "get there early"

He says more names will be added to the already incredible line-up

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“Would you believe that an artist is actually singing on stage if you hear them behind you? No, it would sound like a joke”: The challenges of live immersive audio with Nitin Sawhney and Polygon Live

In the studio as the Ivor Novello awarded producer prepares for the UK's biggest spatial audio festival

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Refurbished Abbey Road Studio One reopens with evening of "boundary-pushing expressive dance" that blends styles from ballet to hip-hop and crunk - and a new mixing desk

Iconic studio had been closed for six months of renovation

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“Those arpeggios... That was the sickest thing I ever heard”: Yngwie Malmsteen on why guitarists should take inspiration from players of other instruments if they want to develop their own style

Plenty of players have impressed Malmsteen, but it was a solo violin performance that would have the biggest influence on his lead style

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“This is the only tremolo pedal in the world that lets you plot your own waveform shapes using controls you first got to grips with as a child”: SoundLad Sketchy review

Don’t let the fun Etch A Sketch-inspired retro design fool you, this is a serious tremolo with serious capabilities

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Has GAK has gone? One of the UK’s biggest music retailers has closed its physical store and taken down its websites

It seems that it might be the end for the famous Brighton-based UK brand

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“A musical style, defined by plaintiffs as ‘pop with a disco feel’, cannot possibly be protectable”: Dua Lipa wins victory in Levitating court case as judge rules that there is no copyright infringement

A precedent set in a previous Ed Sheeran copyright case helped her cause

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“I used a flange on the main riff and a wah-wah on the solo. I just said, ‘Hit the record button and I’ll let it rip!’”: Kiss legend Ace Frehley on his greatest cult classic song

"Paul and Gene weren’t the only lead singers in the band"

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“Honestly, he's my best friend. Why wouldn't I wanna hang around with him?”: Rush’s Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee still meet up and jam “once a week”

But guitarist was “disappointed” with the way Rush ended

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Watch Eloy Casagrande batter the hell out of Slipknot’s ‘unplayable live’ Gematria (The Killing Name) in new 'drums only' video

Looks like the ‘new’ Slipknot drummer can’t help showing off just how much he’s loving his day job

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Sabrina Carpenter is set to be the next music star to appear within global video game phenomenon Fortnite

Get set for a short 'n' sweet gig and your chance to buy lots of things that don’t exist

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“Exceptional performance, sound, and style at an incredible value.”: Gretsch unveils trio of limited edition Streamliner electrics that offer Bigsby wobble, semi and hollow-bodied rock ’n’ roll mojo for $699

It doesn’t get much cooler than Cadillac Green, Midnight Sapphire and Riviera Blue paint jobs with gold hardware, Big Block inlays and those G-Arrow knobs

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“This is about how Little Richard was gay, and then he felt bad about being gay”: Elton John and Brandi Carlile debut new song inspired by a rock 'n' roll legend at one-off London Palladium show

The gig is set to be broadcast as a TV special

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“I was like, ‘man - this is the energy’”: Billie Eilish’s mix engineers reveal the star's “favourite part” of her smash hit, Birds Of A Feather

“The most sensitive part was getting the audio files from Logic to come into Pro Tools sounding exactly the same," they say of the mixing process

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