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“There's so many of these so-called vocal experts that I could kick 'em right in the balls”: Ex-Skid Row man goes on wonderfully unhinged rant about Youtube armchair critics

Especially ones with air conditioning

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“AI could prove incredibly useful, from configuring our kits to generating the sounds in our head”: Where might electronic drums go next? Here are 9 of our predictions

Electronic drums have come a long way over the last few decades, but where are they headed in the future? From AI to radical new playing surfaces and authentic cymbals, this is our wishlist

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“Well designed, feature rich and reasonably priced interface expander or standalone line level USB interface”: SSL Alpha 8 review

If you need to make use of your interface ADAT connections this flexible unit could be just what you need

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"Tony Banks got wind of it. From then on, we knew that Pete could leave at any time, but we had a 150-show tour to do": Phil Collins discusses his legendary career in far-reaching documentary

Phil Collins: Drummer First revealed the secrets of his sound, his career highs and lows, and the story of that drum fill…

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“Any musician should be able to find a brilliant new colour to add to a developing mix”: EastWest Lo-Fi review

Aimed at those looking to rough up their software-constructed songs, Lo-Fi is a vivid playground of blended effects that will twist your sounds deliciously

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“I started pacing around the room - usually I take notes but I was just taking it all in. I went ‘Play it again'”: How Dave Grohl delivered the incredible Smells Like Teen Spirit drum track

The drum part that introduced Nirvana and a drummer named Dave Grohl to the world was released back in 1991

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"I look forward to hearing everyone’s interpretation - don’t hold back”: Remix Madonna's Ray of Light and win $12,000 of music gear

Beatport's Global Remix Challenge invites producers to put a spin on the title track of Madonna's Grammy-winning 1998 album

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“This may sound pretty obvious, but we only have 4 limbs. So, as a drummer this means the most drum elements we can play at any one time is 4”: How to think like a human drummer when building software beats

Ditch the repetitive loops and unlock more dynamic rhythms

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“It wasn’t music that I really resonated with”: Josh Freese lifts the lid on his departure from the Foo Fighters

He felt he “had to be firing on all cylinders all the time.”

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"You may as well just remove the front head so that you can get a mic right in on the beater point": 10 tips for recording perfect drums

Essential information for anyone who wants to capture a kit

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“Each effect in the PX-1 delivers the genuine sound and response of the pedalit’sbased on”: A compact series stompbox you can turn into any one of 16 classic Boss effects? Meet the Plugout FX

The PX-1 Plugout FX is a pedalboard chameleon with 8 preset slots for loading models of Boss’ most-loved effects, with 16 in total to choose from

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“C’mon bro... It could generate $2M for teen cancer”: Zak Starkey pleads with Axl Rose to give the go-ahead for charity cover of Bolan classic

Axl sang on an all-star version of Children Of The Revolution

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“I had no way to play Hotel California live. I played so many guitar tracks on that song”: Don Felder on why he had to mod his white Gibson doubleneck to play the Eagles’ biggest hit – and how he got the idea from Chet Atkins

What do you do when a standard doubleneck is just not enough?

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“Crazy winds” wreak havoc at Nevada’s Burning Man festival

Site has been hit by dust storms, thunder and rain

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11 great movies, documentaries and shows that drummers should check out

From the educational to the inspiring, these dynamic docs are well worth your time

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"It's often more difficult to play with a consistently even feel at slower tempos than fast ones": 10 tips to help drummers to develop better timing

Smooth-out your timing and you'll make everything easier. Here are some practical ways to get your inner clock ticking

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“At certain points in music history it became fashionable to place accents on certain beats”: How to score a drum part

We explore the theory behind beats, and how we score kicks, snares, hats and percussion

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“The most psychopathic contract a session musician could ever be handed”: Cradle of Filth guitarist Ashok fired mid-tour, days after keyboardist wife Zoë Marie Federoff quits citing low pay and “toxic” atmosphere

Frontman Dani Filth says accusations “unfounded” and fired Marek 'Ashok' Šmerda after Ashok echoed wife's complaints, slammed Ed Sheeran collab and said he was leaving at the end of the tour

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“He’s like, ’I’m not a technical guy. I’m not a musician. But I bring my taste”: Daron Malakian on what Rick Rubin brings as a producer

He’s the ultimate sounding board, guitarist argues

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“I just had to sit there, drink a bit, have a cigarette, wink at the band”: Why David Bowie ditched promoting Low and instead became Iggy Pop’s keyboard player

Bowie put helping his Berlin flatmate Iggy Pop first, with promo for one of his greatest ever albums falling by the wayside

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The Weeknd is looking to raise $1 billion using his back catalogue as collateral

Move would mean he'd keep his publishing stake

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“With practice, players can perform swells, shifts, or rhythmic changes in their delay sound as they play”: Jack White’s Third Man Hardware teams up with Black Mountain for the Roto-Echo, the delay pedal you can control with your foot

This delay packs a PT2399 chip under the hood and roller wheel for adjusting parameters as you play

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"He created rolling barrages of tribal intensity": When British rock drumming ruled the world

Half a century ago, a select handful of British drummers became the most talked about and influential players in the world

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Bitwig takes its flagship DAW to "another level" with Bitwig Studio 6, bringing improved automation, key signature awareness and a host of workflow enhancements

Giving users "fresh and faster ways to work that will feel familiar", Bitwig Studio 6 focuses on core DAW functionality, making arrangement and composition more efficient and intuitive

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“Dumb idea to give a guitar away that has meant so much to you. I had given it to a 12 year-old kid, shortly after Creedence broke up”: John Fogerty explains why he let go of the iconic guitar he played on his classic hits – and at Woodstock

Fogerty admits the return of his Acme Rickenbacker used on many of Creedence Clearwater Revival's greatest tracks gave his Legacy rerecordings an authenticity – but why did he let it go?

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