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“Most musicians can’t easily find notation for the songs they actually want to play – we’re using AI to close that gap”: Songscription is an AI-powered platform that converts any audio file into notation, tabs and MIDI

Songscription wants to make transcription fast, easy and accessible for those without the skills to achieve it

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“Now, more than ever, we believe it’s critical to spotlight the humans, creative process, and stories behind the music”: Spotify expands its song credits and previews a SongDNA feature that reveals samples, cover versions and more

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“We were recording Michael Bolton’s version of (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay. And right next door was Steve Cropper, who wrote the song with Otis Redding and played on the original. I was kind of nervous!”: When a legendary guitar hero got the jitters

It was a recording that could have led to Bolton joining Journey

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“This is the first time ever that Abbey Road has created a musical instrument that you can physically pick up and play”: Gretsch teams up with Abbey Road for the Studiomatic – a hollowbody with a filter circuit inspired by tech from the studio

The limited edition Abbey Road RS201 Studiomatic redefines the studio guitar and has an onboard version of Abbey Road's ‘Rumble Filter’ from the 1950s integrated into its wiring

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The band didn't like the English lyrics, the record company didn't want to release it as a single, and the song had no chorus: The story of the 'foreign language song' that became an international hit

UFOs, Mick Jagger, and cold war paranoia: Nena on the bizarre origins of 99 Luftballons (aka 99 Red Balloons)

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“It was right after high school. I was 18. That was the first Gibson bass I had ever played. That became my sound for a long time – and my look”: Epiphone unveils signature G-3 Grabber with Gibson USA pickups for Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt

The Grabber was Dirnt's first Gibson bass and he says his Epiphone performs just as well, and he has tested it in front of 180,000 people

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Ashun Sound Machines launches Diosynth, its follow up to the Hydrasynth – but it’s probably not what you were expecting

ASM’s new wind synth combines sampled sounds with the Hydrasynth’s wavescan oscillators

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“Just another Tube Screamer clone, or something more?”: Warm Audio Tube Squealer review

Adding options to a tried-and-tested circuit, Warm Audio releases its take on an iconic overdrive pedal

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Is this the future of the DAW? Melosurf is a voice-controlled AI assistant that lets you talk to Ableton Live

Open plugins, tweak parameters and even generate chord progressions using a simple voice command

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“Ringo used to say that the Beatles would have only made three albums if it wasn’t for Paul”: Giles Martin unpacks the upcoming remastered Beatles Anthology series

One of the greatest music documentaries of all time now has an all-new episode, as well as remastered picture and sound

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Secondary ticket rip-offs – UK Government to finally act?: Next King’s Speech likely to include ban on profiteering

Plus Viagogo and StubHub are under investigation over hidden fees

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"You never see a hearse pulling a U-Haul": Legendary $1 billion Jim Irsay Collection to be auctioned in 2026, including Kurt Cobain's Teen Spirit Fender Mustang

Auctions will begin in March next year

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“Dua sings everything”: Dua Lipa’s live engineer reveals the special sonic sauce he uses to add the “pop shine” to her vocals on her Radical Optimism tour

“It allows me to maintain that precision, that fidelity on a vocal”

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“When I brought up the talk box, everybody in the band started laughing at me. But when it actually worked, it became an integral part of that hit song”: How Bon Jovi created their signature rock anthem – with a 'hit doctor' and a 'goofy' guitar effect

“When I was a teenager, Frampton Comes Alive was such a huge record"

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“I’m drifting, broken, shell shocked, just watching one foot fall in front of the other”: Gary Numan opens up about his brother’s sudden death

He is dedicating current UK tour to him

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“Every metal component – from the silver-nickel covers and baseplates to the screws and springs – has been expertly aged”: Gibson cooks up “holy grail” PAF mojo with the 1959 Humbucker Collector’s Edition Series 3 – the ultimate Les Paul tone hack?

Limited to 1,000 units, available exclusively direct from Gibson, this PAF humbucker set has been reverse engineered to give you golden era tone – and they even ship in a brown Lifton case

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“Very worrying to see him so emotional”: Fans voice concerns after Gary Numan breaks down during Birmingham gig after hearing "worst news ever"

He says he’ll share more when he’s ready

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Fender just launched its Black Friday sale and I can't believe the Player II Stratocaster is this cheap - save up to 30% off a range of Squier and Fender guitars

The Fender sale has some amazing deals on guitars - here's 7 of the best for you

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"Why don't we take a moment, a little quiet, think about him looking down on us”: Kiss pay tribute to Ace Frehley at Las Vegas shows

Plus, director of upcoming biopic says that "every young actor in the world wants to be a part of this movie"

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Babyface's recording studio – home to "125 Top 10 hits, 45 No 1 R&B hits and 13 Grammy wins" – goes on sale for $7 million with $800,000 worth of gear

The Los Angeles recording facility has hosted Michael Jackson, Ariana Grande, Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder and more

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“As close to perfect as we have ever heard”: ValhallaDSP’s new plugin is the product of eight years of research and development

ValhallaFutureVerb combines pristine, modern reverb with creative delay tools

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“I've spent 20 years of my life learning how to be good at music. To hear someone get rewarded so quickly for something made by AI is just so disappointing”: BBC Introducing under fire for featuring artist that uses AI

Plus, Paul McCartney adds his contribution to silent AI protest album

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“No, your uploaded files do not earn royalties”: Tidal launches Tidal Upload, an artist-aimed free route to get independent music on its platform. There are cash incentives - but don’t expect any royalties

Tidal’s new upload service is currently offering ten independent artists $100,000 for publishing directly to the platform

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“Their argument is: ‘Well, you signed it.’ I’m like: ‘Yeah, I signed what I was told, and I was too young and too stupid to double-check it.’”: Kelis and the complicated story of Milkshake

Singer claims she was ‘swindled’ by its producers

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“I'm getting on an airplane, I'm listening to a song and it has my sound in it”: How DECAP's Drums That Knock became the must-have sample pack for modern producers

With his astronomically popular samples featuring on hits by the likes of Charli XCX and Kendrick Lamar, DECAP is launching a new plugin that distills years of expertise into an easy-to-use drum production toolkit

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