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We didn't think we needed a compact 4-octave acoustic piano that can also work as a MIDI keyboard, but the super-cute Keybird L1 might have convinced us otherwise

Meet the tiny piano that's making a big noises on Kickstarter

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"That's what it takes to make music that's gonna last forever": Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan producer Daniel Nigro on crafting timeless tracks

In the first episode of Universal Audio's Apollo Creators series, the Grammy-winning producer/songwriter opens the doors to his studio and shares some valuable insights into his creative process

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“A fully playable electro-mechanical synth voice that tracks the pitch of your playing in real time”: Gamechanger Audio unveils the Motor Pedal – a real synth pedal with a “multi-modal gas pedal”

Forget synth emulation pedals, Gamechanger describes this mechanically powered stompbox as “the sound of a spinning brushed DC motor, pushed to the edge and tamed with precision control”

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“I don’t think they’re New Order. They don’t sound anything like them”: Peter Hook takes aim at his estranged bandmates

He says he gets DMs from fans complaining about the current band

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“From a music production perspective, I really like a lot of what Equinox is capable of – it’s a shame it's priced for the post-production market”: iZotope Equinox review

iZotope spin Exponential Audio tech into a top end reverb – it's great, but you'll want to try to get it at a sale price

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“I’m beyond excited to introduce the next evolution of the MT15”: PRS announces refresh of tube amp lineup with the all-new Archon Classic and a high-gain power-up for the Mark Tremonti lunchbox head

One of the best low-wattage high-gain amps around just got an upgrade while the Archon Classic offers hot-rodded vintage tone

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"You can repurchase if it works for your schedule": Fyre 2, Billy McFarland’s ‘luxury’ festival is postponed indefinitely

‘The Greatest Party That Never Happened’ never happened again

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“I actually specifically remember making a deal with myself": Billie Eilish reveals what she had to do in order to become “looser and jazzier” with her vocal delivery

“My voice has gotten so much better and stronger and like I just can play in a way that I never have been able to before,” she confirms

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“These guitars travel around the world and they need to be road ready”: Jackson gives Misha Mansoor’s Juggernaut a new lick of paint, an ebony fingerboard and upgrades to stainless steel frets in signature model refresh

Mansoor's arch-top Superstrat has never looked so good, and while it might be designed for crushing downtuned riffs but that five-way switching yields a lot of tones from the signature MM1 humbucker pairing

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“I’m surprised and saddened anyone would have an issue with my performance that night”: Zak Starkey explains why he got fired from The Who

"After playing those songs with the band for so many decades… but what can you do?"

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“These tariff actions will have a long-term effect on musicians worldwide”: The CEO of NAMM urges Trump to dump tariffs on components of musical instruments

US instrument manufacturers are heavily dependent on China for components

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Brace yourself: Bryan Adams didn’t buy his first real six-string in a five and dime

Now the truth is out. And you'll never guess which year he didn't buy it…

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“Nobody listens to one genre. I literally don’t know anybody who listens to one genre. You can be a fan of so many different artists at once”: Laufey on what Gen Z can teach the rest of us about how to appreciate music

On her friendships with Olivia Rodrigo and Beabadoobee, she says: “I could easily find a person that listens to all three of us, even though we’re so extremely different”

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Bon Iver - ranked: from Sable, Fable to For Emma, Forever Ago

As Justin Vernon releases an unexpectedly buoyant fifth album, we chart his path from backwoods crooner to indie-pop icon

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"We were sampling Steve Winwood in between bong rips on my OP-1": How Bon Iver met Haim backstage at a music festival - and ended up collaborating a decade later

Danielle Haim features on Bon Iver's If Only I Could Wait, from new album SABLE, fABLE

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“Non-stop heavy bass music... Almost inhumane and a form of torture": Psytrance festival is cancelled after a grand total of 11 complaints

But organisers hadn’t monitored sound levels properly

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"I didn't know you could change the tempo in Pro Tools, so I just made all my songs at 120bpm": Super-producer Benny Blanco reveals the surprising reason why most of his early hits are the same tempo

Kesha's Tik Tok, Katy Perry's Teenage Dream and Taio Cruz's Dynamite are all at 120bpm

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The Curse of Coachella: Bad sound, bad gigs and even worse audiences - Is Coachella now the worst festival in the world?

As the big gig in the middle of nowhere wraps with the usual storm of complaints and controversy, we take a look at why it's become the place where gigs go wrong

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“FORMAL CHARGES OF OVERPLAYING": Zak Starkey has been sacked from The Who

“The lead singer and principal songwriter of the group, was unhappy with Zak the drummer’s performance at the Albert Hall a few weeks ago”

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They’re [heavily rumoured to be] back… Could Daft Punk be reforming for a residency inside Fortnite?

Forget festivals and albums. The big (ro)bucks are to be made by making an appearance in one of today’s biggest video games

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“Chinese Democracy was a boring record. But calling it Guns N' Roses was not honest. It was totally a solo record”: GN’R’s ex manager takes aim at Axl Rose

He claims frontman made band “miserable” every day

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“Instead of labouring over a perfect recreation, we decided to make an expanded counterpart”: Chase Bliss teams up with Mike Piera for Analog Man collab based on the legendary King Of Tone

Years in the making, Brothers AM applies Chase Bliss’s expansive digital controls and a cornucopia of dip-switches to an overdrive classic – and it has a Beano Boost mode

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“It’s about delivering the most in-demand mods straight from the factory”: Fender hot-rods itself as the Player II Modified Series rolls out the upgrades –and it got IDLES to demo them

The Player II Modified range is a refresh of the familiar favourites, with Noiseless pickups, locking tuners, treble bleed circuits and of course there is an HSS Strat with a Floyd Rose

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“For some reason, the post office shipped your guitar to Jim Root of Slipknot”: Sweetwater mailed a metal fan's Jackson guitar to a metal legend

He received a flight case but no guitar

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"No one phoned me. They never contacted me and I thought, 'Well, I'm not going to bother contacting them either'": Ex-Judas Priest drummer Les Binks has died aged 73

“The acclaimed drumming he provided was first class – demonstrating his unique techniques, flair, style and precision”

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