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"I dream of the studio being a place that anyone can access, not just those with the money to do so": Jack Antonoff reveals plans to make public recording studios available to those who can't afford them

The Public Studios initiative will fund the building of studio spaces in LGBTQ+ youth shelters

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“Kate Bush is the only person who can get Kate Bush back on stage. I’ve tried persuading her recently, actually. Gently”: David Gilmour on carpentry, trousers and the return of Kate Bush

The guitarist is promoting a new tour and album and answering fans' questions

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“The look and feel of a long-treasured musical companion”: Gibson expands Les Paul Standard range with satin nitro finishes and a plain mahogany topped model with a warmer tone and “punchier mids”

A subtle refresh of the Les Paul range that yields some very nice single-cuts and that TV Yellow plain mahogany topped model could be a real cult classic in the making

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“Would you like to speak to my audio engineers?”: Sabrina Carpenter claps back and confirms that she sings “live every show 100%” on her Short n’ Sweet tour

She’s working late, and she’s definitely singing

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“As far as I’m concerned, with Andy not being here, it’s impossible to have a reunion of The Smiths”: Mike Joyce scotches Smiths reunion rumblings

While the drummer reveals that he’s made up with Marr, rejoining The Smiths remains an unlikely prospect

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How to buy and sell gig tickets (and when to run a mile)

Venue giants O2 dish their tips for ticketing triumph while calling for new anti-scalper legislation

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“It was the first piece of gear that I got in New York - it had this thunderous low end to it”: How a Prophet-5, a kalimba and a prog rock sample inspired the genesis of Bonobo’s biggest track

Bonobo appeared on the Tape Notes podcast to discuss the making of new single Expander and fan favourites from Black Sands and The North Borders

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"Everything being diatonic is not some sort of requirement or restriction on things sounding good": Fans and music theory experts unpick Nirvana's About a Girl

"Everything being diatonic is not some sort of requirement or restriction on things sounding good"

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“He’s enabled fans to achieve the iconic blink-182 tone they've always dreamed of”: Fender and Mark Hoppus team up for limited edition signature Jaguar Bass

The Blink-182 co-founder’s signature model is a real bespoke build with a Jazz Bass neck, a reverse-mounted Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound P Bass split coil and the choice of 3-Color Sunburst or Sea Foam Green finishes

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How ‘the loudest band in New York’ built an album out of a DIY synth (literally)

A Place To Bury Strangers’ Oliver Ackermann on recording Synthesizer and his Death By Audio pedal brand

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“I was making music completely on my own; I found it quite weird including other people in a process that felt very personal”: Rising producer Yunè Pinku on DAWs, Madonna and shaking off the cobwebs of lockdown

The Irish-Malaysian producer and songwriter talks "trash" vocals, '90s influences and her love of arpeggiators

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“Whether a listener is using Airpods or in Berghain next to a wall of speakers, the objective is to try to create a mood in people’s minds”: Producer and engineer Matt Karmil on crafting a mix that translates to any environment

Matt Karmil chats to Danny Turner about the tips, tricks and studio techniques behind his sixth LP, No Going Back

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"There are few producers who haven’t employed – or lusted after – it at some point or another, such is its legendary status": Why does everyone love the UREI/UA 1176 compressor?

Here’s why the 1176 has made such an impact in the recording world, and how you can rack one up for peanuts and use it on your music

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“We actually pooled all our money, the whole band fund, and we were able to afford one cabinet and one amp to share – even the guitar was borrowed!”: The Offspring’s Dexter Holland recalls recording the landmark Smash on its 30th anniversary

The punk rock frontman also gives us the low-down on the new album SUPERCHARGED chasing down Queen legend Brian May, and issues a come get me plea to Ed Sheeran

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“We were messing with different keys and then we heard the second verse jump up. It sounds like she’s having this idea in real-time": Jack Antonoff explains that unusual key change in Sabrina Carpenter’s Please Please Please

"It’s A to C - it’s not a typical place you would lift to - and we were just all like ‘whoa’”

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"This will help artists and producers who don’t have the option of hiring someone like me": Spike AI puts an AI chatbot based on chart-topping mix engineer Spike Stent inside your DAW

Tell Spike AI how you want your track to sound and it'll respond by adjusting the mix in real-time

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Ever wanted to play your synth like a violin? A Japanese DIY enthusiast has made that a reality

The Arduino-powered ‘Key-bowed’ is built around an adapted Roland MIDI keyboard

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"You guys definitely have to be the first band into the Sphere, because this is the future": U2's live sound engineer on how he persuaded Bono and The Edge to be the Las Vegas Sphere's first resident band

"I tried my level best and I couldn't break it" Joe O'Herlihy on the prep behind U2's astounding residency

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“They believed that if you learn the song or even hear it before you record it, it's going to sound rehearsed”: Kathy Sledge on why producers Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards didn’t play We Are Family to Sister Sledge right up until they recorded it

“They believed in spontaneity,” she says

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“She thought anything could be pop - she wanted pop to be pushed to its extremes”: Sophie’s brother and studio engineer on completing her final album and the legacy she leaves behind

We sit down with Ben Long to talk through the making of Sophie's posthumous final project and gain a rare insight into the creative process of a generational talent

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Roland just unveiled its V-Drums Quiet Design VQD106 kits, delivering “the lowest playing-noise in the history of electronic drum kits”

The electronic drums giant claims the VQD106 is 75% quieter than a regular electronic kit

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“Not only a fantastic-sounding electric guitar for stage and studio use but is also equally enjoyable as a songwriting tool and is considered by many to be the ideal ‘couch guitar’”: Gibson brings back the ES-330

The hollowbodied electric is back and looking fresh in four finish options – including Gibson exclusive Ebony – and comes complete with dog-ear P-90s, deep-set neck and a trapeze tailpiece

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“Ideal for players who love the dreadnought tone in a more comfortable size”: Martin debuts all-new body size and salutes Hawaiian influence on steel-string acoustics with the koa-backed O’ahu HG-28

Martin says mahalo to the pioneers of steel-string guitar design with new player-friendly acoustic featuring a slope-shouldered dread-style body with a 000 depth

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M-Audio’s new Forty Series monitors promise “precision sound, adaptability, and seamless connectivity” no matter where you’re working

Forty Sixty and Forty Eighty both feature Bluetooth streaming and DSP-assisted sound profiles

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Behringer's Grind is a hybrid semi-modular synth that borrows oscillators from a beloved Mutable Instruments module

Bringing together a variety of digital oscillators with an analogue ladder filter and 34-point patchbay, Grind joins Edge, Crave and Spice in Behringer's Producer series

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