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“The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted": Thom Yorke adds his support to a warning on the dangers of AI

Yorke joins Julianne Moore and thousands of other creatives in decrying the use of artists work for AI models

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“What we get here is the essence of Alesis’ flagship electronic drum set, with all the great features, minus the stuff that is likely to be ‘nice-to-have’ rather than essential”: Alesis Strata Core review

Alesis is back with a cut-down addition to the Strata line-up, but with BFD multi-sampled sounds, a touchscreen and a saving of around $/£1,000, I’m looking for the catch

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“He felt the Rolling Stones got the adulation and respect that ‘The Mop Tops’ didn’t... he would get really angry about it, and call them ‘the Rolling Pebbles’”: Lennon’s '70s confidant tells fascinating story of the ex-Beatle's competitive streak

Elliot Mintz was one of the few people who knew Lennon during the late 70s

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“I just took it out and I could see all the flame coming out on the side of it and I went, ‘Oh my goodness gracious.’ It’s just so beautiful”: Gibson unveils stunning $19,999 replica of Jimmy Page’s 1964 SJ-200 acoustic

The Murphy Lab has been turned loose on a limited run of two super-collectible acoustics inspired by the SJ-200 that Page played on Led Zeppelin’s debut album

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“Punches above its weight”: Alesis unveils Strata Core, a cut-down version of its flagship Strata Prime e-kit

BFD and all-mesh feature on more-affordable but still 'pro-level' kit

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Spitfire Audio launches LABS+ subscription platform for samples - but LABS will remain free

LABS+ is launching with a new sample instrument focused on the sounds of amapiano

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“We have the YouTube generation to thank for its explosion”: Unpacking the modern lo-fi genre

“We have the YouTube generation to thank for its explosion”

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“Our studios were right beside each other. I’m working on Missy; he’s working on Kelis. I walked in, and I heard Caught Out There. I walked back to Missy and said, ‘We gotta rethink’”: Timbaland on being inspired by the “genius” of Pharrell Williams

“Who does a hook like that?”

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“He certainly put his stamp on the first two albums”: The 6 greatest Iron Maiden songs featuring Paul Di'Anno

His voice gave a punk rock snarl to the group’s metallic assault

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“A beautifully simple stompbox that combines the most essential delay types with the features that matter”: JHS Pedals unveils the Flight Delay, offering analogue, digital and reverse delays with tap tempo

Available in blue or white, Flight Delay draws inspiration from three stompbox classics and is designed to offer these sounds in an easy-to-use package. No faffing around with an LED screen here

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"This is weirdly hilarious and also pathetic”: Fans see the funny side of festival merch typo debacle

New Found Glory becomes ‘New and Glory’

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"Anybody who gets this console, it'll be the most famous studio in the world": The legendary mixing desk used on The Beatles’ Abbey Road is going up for sale

"It's one of the best albums that’s ever been made, and it sounds so good because of this recording console"

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"I am not aware of it and don't really give a flying...": Thom Yorke’s blunt riposte to speculation about new Radiohead activity

Frontman says band have earned the right to do “what makes sense to us without having to explain ourselves”

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“The ultimate weapon for metal guitarists who demand the ultimate amplifier”: Blackstar unveils the Series One MK II, a four-channel 100W fire-breathing tube amp with “world-class” tone

After more than 30 updates to the circuit and channel voicings, Blackstar's flagship high-gain amp is here, and it's equipped with power scaling, MIDI connectivity, effects loop, and more zero "unwanted fizz"

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“Elvis sorted through them, picking out several by title alone, then listening to them on the studio speaker… when he heard the second one, he instantly brightened. ‘Let me hear that again,’ he said. ‘Something I like about that one’..."

Otis Blackwell wrote over 1,000 R&B and rock ‘n’ roll hits, including some of Elvis's most iconic tracks, but "never wanted to meet him… We had something I felt that was going pretty good"

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The internet's biggest bundle of free plugins just got bigger, as MeldaProduction introduces MDelay

Melda's colossal collection of 38 free audio effects has been expanded with what it says is "the most powerful free delay ever"

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Discover high-precision sound with the Austrian Audio Hi-X20 headphones

These professional closed-back cans deliver high-precision listening in a compact and affordable design, making them ideal for recording, mixing, or just music listening

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“We ask his fans to raise a glass in his memory”: Ex-Iron Maiden singer Paul Di’Anno dead at 66

Di’Anno sang on the heavy metal legends’ first two albums

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“I changed the sound of music forever”: Cher joins Dua Lipa to sing Believe - minus the Auto-Tune - at the Rock & Hall of Fame, as she’s inducted by Zendaya

“It was an accident, because my producer and I were having a fight,” Cher says of Believe’s groundbreaking vocal sound

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This massive study compares 2,368 synths, samplers and drum machines from 1896 to the present day - and the results might surprise you

Which year saw the most synth releases, and what's the best-selling instrument in synth history? These questions - and more - are answered by Iftah Gabbai's analysis of synth data

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“Everything that Dream Theater fans want!”: 5 highlights from their landmark London show

Featuring the return of Mike Portnoy and an epic new track

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"Kraftwerk is not a band, it’s a concept": How Kraftwerk introduced the world to electronic music - and showed us that we could make it too

We explore the resounding influence of the German innovators credited with popularizing electronic music-making and launching a thousand genres

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“I was going to buy a Minimoog because Keith Emerson had one. I was in the store and I was trying it out and I hear a voice behind me say ‘you don’t want that’”: Why Foreigner’s Al Greenwood said no to the Minimoog and bought a little-known synth instead

“It played two notes at a time, which was unbelievable - to be able to play almost a chord with it - and it had four oscillators instead of three”

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"We're here to deconstruct the elements of music theory that will demonstrably make your music better”: The pillars of music theory made simple

Want to learn - or brush up on - a little theory? We’re here to help

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Loved by Jeff Buckley, despised by Courtney Love: the singer who famously urinated on her A&R man’s desk

The late singer is remembered as “a true artist”

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