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"He didn't want to do Glastonbury and Michael Eavis didn’t want him — he was worried he was going to do a Tin Machine set or a little drum and bass set": When David Bowie played a career-altering Glastonbury festival set… by accident

"At the end of that show you realised, and he realised, that his career had changed"

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76% of new artists say their career is "not financially sustainable": "New artists face considerable challenges when attempting to turn their passion into sustainable careers"

Toolroom Academy's From Mix to Mainstage report also found that 62% of new artists struggle to grow their audience

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“Who would’ve thought that playing with these toys as a kid would evolve into a movie about my life?”: The Pharrell Williams biopic is going to be a Lego movie, and it looks like it could be pretty good

Pharrell Williams releases the trailer for his Lego biopic, Piece by Piece

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"Without LFOs, synth sound design would restrict us to constant waveforms and effects with no movement": The ultimate guide to LFOs

Master a staple modulation tool that's been used by professional audio engineers across the globe for decades

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Full Bucket Music looks beyond the Prophet-5 and releases a free plugin emulation of the Six-Trak, a lesser-known Sequential Circuits synth from 1984

One of the first MIDI multitimbral synths comes to your DAW for free

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“This is the holy trinity of synths - I don’t need anything more than these three”: Tourist invites us into his new home studio and shows us the trio of synths he kept after ditching most of his gear

We visited Tourist in the studio to find out more about how his new album Memory Morning was made

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"If I could delete one instrument and its entire contribution to music, it would be the saxophone": James Blake says he "hates" the saxophone

"The saxophone is like the guy at the party who's done too much coke, and he's telling you about his new business idea"

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"I am very aware that so little has happened to the electric guitar from the time that it was conceived to now": A classic interview with innovator Les Paul

Les Paul was born 109 years ago, in 2009 the guitar icon looked back in one of his last-ever interviews – "Leo wanted me to be partners with him, for it to be the Fender guitar – the Les Paul Fender"

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"Bruno Mars might not be your typical guitar slinger, but his funk-inspired pop is full of fantastic chords and interesting voicings": learn 4 of them here

This pop maverick has serious chord chops in his songwriting

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"This is a sound that captured the production psyche": How to build an LFO wobble bass

Patching LFO into your life doesn’t have to make you feel wobbly with BazilleCM's bottom end

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How to make hard-quantized beats swing

Master that swing with this step-by-step tutorial

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“Did I think she’d become the biggest star in the world? You don’t think that, but I did know that she was special”: Liz Rose on how she and Taylor Swift co-wrote All Too Well, and what she thinks about it becoming a fan favourite

“It was a 20-minute long song at the time so I had to help her look at the pieces and say, ‘This needs to go here, this is important’, listen to her and grab the important lines”

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"It's a group of musicians that Roger has chosen": Pete Townshend is candid about the live lineup of The Who in new interview

He also explains why he wouldn't want to follow the Rolling Stones and Pearl Jam in making an album with Andrew Watt

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Audio interface vs mixer: Which should you choose for your home studio?

There’s more than one way to get audio in and out of your computer - we look at two of the most common options for musicians

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Blackstar just added a very useful feature with an update of its ID: Core 10 V4 practice amp

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"He didn't just select a stock beat and press play": Prince’s go-to synths and drum machine - a career in music tech gear

From the Linn LM-1 to the Roland JD-800

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“The bit where the sound starts going crazy… that’s all happening live”: Fred again.. and Anderson .Paak face off on the drums as they give a chaotic performance of new track, Places To Be

“It’s a real privilege for me to be able to jam with Anderson and hangout,” says Fred

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How to recreate the tape stop effect with this free plugin

Master the start/stop effect with this step-by-step tutorial

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"I need to make music I want to make, otherwise there's not much point": Kasbo on keeping things simple in the studio and working on his own terms

Birthed from an agonising stress-related hearing loss, and put together in an ABBA-backed prison-turned studio, Kasbo’s third album, The Learning of Urgency is a potent, melody-infused statement from an artist in ascendance

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"The distinctive sound that has helped define genres from '80s pop through to modern EDM": D16 Group's Roland TR-606 emulation Nithonat 2 updated with new sequencer, effects and more

Nithonat 2's new sequencer replaces the original's 606-style sequencer with a grid-based version that's easier to use and gives you precise control over dynamics and articulation

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"Very well-featured for its price if you want to keep your options as open as possible": Boss IR-2 Amp & Cabinet Simulator Pedal

Big things in a small package

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The FabFilter synth preset that inspired the name of Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft was used on one of its songs, and we’re pretty sure we know which one

Hear ‘Hit me soft, Hit me hard’ being played on Hit Me Hard and Soft

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How to vinyl scratch in software

Master vinyl scratching in software with this step-by-step tutorial

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"There were about four jobs with Prince that I wouldn't want for my worst enemy": Keyboardist and MD Morris Hayes on Prince's revolving door of sound engineers and the time his guitar tech tried to sabotage him onstage

"He was not to be trifled with"

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“Everyone can make this tune”: Producer reveals the 3 readily-available Splice loops that power the beat for Sabrina Carpenter’s all–conquering Espresso

Too bad if loops don’t do it for ya; walked in and reproduced it for ya

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