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“All subscription models are from Satan and there is a special place in hell for those people in charge that went for this business model”: Are music software subscriptions really as bad as some people say?

“I think the dislike of subscriptions is almost universal”

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“That was the first time that I knew that I recorded the song incorrectly. Because I remember, when she said that, I wanted to crawl into a hole”: Luke Combs on being told by Tracy Chapman that he’d made a mistake in his cover of Fast Car

“I think about it every single time that I sing the song, and I will think about it every single time I sing this song for the rest of my whole life”

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Across the Spooniverse: Meet Hunter and Abby, the Spoon Man and Spoon Lady at the forefront of the spoons revival

Hunter and Abby - two spoons specialists reviving the instrument

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“I was leaving the studio, but they were like, ‘we’re doing country, man!’ and I was just like, ‘that’s different, let’s go.’ We did one country idea, then we started Texas Hold ’Em”: Killah K on the making of a lead single from Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter

“It’s incredible how Beyoncé was able to hear herself in the original demo; it was completely left-field from what we’d usually hear from her and that’s just how genius she is”

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“This is like Buddy Rich saying Ringo couldn’t drum. Because, coming from Buddy Rich’s sensibility, Ringo can’t drum”: What Paul McCartney said about that beef with Quincy Jones

How the two legends made their peace

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“There’s constant hype about the instruments, synths, speakers and computers that producers use - but will your music sound better because of that?”: Gábor Lázár on sound design, generative techniques and designing his own instruments in Max

Hungarian producer Gábor Lázár tells Danny Turner how his 8th album, Reflex, evolves his experimental approach to electronic music-making

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“If you master just 10% of its power, you'll be able to create pro tracks in no time”: New to DAWs? Start here

A DAW allows anyone to make music regardless of their abilities

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Waves is teasing a free plugin to be dropped on Black Friday - sign up today to be first in line

It's the most wonderful time of year to bag a freebie

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“The beauty of Anti is that it is way more than just a 5150 emulation”: Universal Audio Anti 1992 High Gain Amp pedal

Universal Audio finally gets into the high-gain game – and about time

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“Beyoncé is a scientist of songs. I’ve never seen anyone work the way she works”: Why Beyoncé's Lemonade remains an enduring 21st century classic

“Beyoncé is a scientist of songs. I’ve never seen anyone work the way she works”

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“That’s a part of the story that suckers some young people in, you know... Dying young is good for the record company, but what’s in it for you?”: Springsteen on the pressures of fame

Springsteen on the pressures of fame on young artists

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“He’d be like, ‘Let’s throw Lukather in there.’ The next thing I knew, I’m in a room with Stevie Wonder and all these guys. It was like a childhood dream come true”: Steve Lukather on Quincy Jones’ ability to create “magic” in the studio

"Everyone played their best around Quincy. He commanded the room. Everyone was their extra best for every take”

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Found! The artists behind ‘the most mysterious song on the Internet’ revealed at last

The 'most mysterious song on the Internet' is identified at last

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"This is a very impressive neck experience for a guitar at this price": Harley Benton TE-62DB

Double-bound for glory?

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"Make composing, producing and mixing more inspirational than ever": Steinberg launches Cubase 14 with new pattern editor, drum machine, effects, modulators and more

The latest version of Steinberg's flagship DAW has arrived

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“Musicians that have invested in the platform over the years deserve more than this”: Maschine 3.0 software review

NI’s beat-maker gets its first full upgrade in 11 years adding stem separation, a new sound library and… not much else

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The long and winding history of Rhodes: New Anthology plugin leads classic electric pianos to your DAW

Both classic and rare models are included

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“He gets up on a high horse on that part... He rides the horse!”: What Green Day would sound like without guitars and Jon Batiste on piano

Jon Batiste jazzifies Green Day's Holiday

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“I’m not getting any sound from one of my pads!”: 10 common electronic drum set issues and how to troubleshoot them

Don’t let annoying gremlins spoil your playing. From no sound to too much noise, most problems can be solved with some simple settings or affordable upgrades - here’s how

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“It was very, very warm and wonderful. I was crying at a certain point because I felt that I had hurt him”: Simon and Garfunkel have patched up their old friendship

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel have met up and patched up their friendship

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"It's what the overwhelming majority of us listen to first and foremost": How to become a master of melodies

"It's what the overwhelming majority of us listen to first and foremost"

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“As soon as he is in the studio, he hears his voicing come back at him through the speakers and says, ‘No, I don’t like that’”: Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor on how “manic goat” Freddie Mercury found his voice and became rock’s greatest frontman

The making of Queen’s debut album was a learning process for all, none more so than Mercury who used the studio as a tool for radical self-improvement and take full command of his instrument

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“You can actually play something like a digital horn, for example”: Archive BBC footage reveals the wonders of MIDI music making in 1990

The show was called Techno, but the music definitely isn’t

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“For guitarists and bassists looking for a portable solution to bring along on their travels…”: Meet the JAMster series, the $42 desktop guitar and bass amps from Harley Benton you can take anywhere

For a super-budget travel and practice option, the 10-watt JAMster series is hard to beat. It has Bluetooth connectivity, a headphones out and can be battery-powered. All for less than $50

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“You have these silly lists that come out about the greatest guitar players; I usually don’t even make them... or they’ll put me behind somebody who I could play circles around”: Billy Corgan feels he’s underrated as a guitarist

Billy Corgan thinks he's under-rated as a guitarist

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