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“All the energy we put into that record just exploded on to the world!”: How Chester Bennington remembered Linkin Park’s breakthrough
Chester recalled the sessions at North Hollywood’s NRG Recording as “intense” – at one point the record label tried to ditch ...
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Keeley Electronics and Andy Timmons unveil the Halo Core – same dual echo magic, simplified controls
The Tap/Hold footswitch both sets the tap tempo and if you hold it down you can access a redesigned Infinite Hold feature, ...
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For sale: one piano played by Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, Elton John and Freddie Mercury
Patton claims that two Mac classics – McVie’s Songbird and Nicks’s Sara – were both written on the piano. He acquired it ...
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“Kurt ended up giving me this rad guitar!”: Foo Fighters’ Pat Smear recalls how his ‘good’ guitar wasn’t good enough for Nirvana
He heard somebody say: “We can’t let him on stage!” ...
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PMT has gone bigger than ever with its early Black Friday sale, offering huge gear discounts up to 70% off
It seems that Black Friday music deals are much like buses. You wait ages for one then two come along at once. Following the ...
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Our all-time favourite free plugin just got another major update – why aren’t you downloading it right now?
Valhalla’s greatest contribution to the music making world however, is its brilliant free plugin Supermassive. Now, as has ...
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"No, we do not intend to add four more instrument tracks to Move": Ableton responds to critics of Move's limited track count
Replying to a comment that suggested that four additional tracks would "take Move to another level", Ableton's Head of ...
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Up to $124 off JHS Pedals at Sweetwater might just be the best pedal deal of Black Friday so far - and yes, it includes the Colour Box V2
I’ll admit it, I haven’t bought that many guitar pedals this year. I bought far too many than I needed last year and ended up ...
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“He didn't want his credibility blown by being named on a Def Leppard album!”: The rockers’ secret weapon was a synth pop boffin
Def Leppard’s 1983 album Pyromania was the multi-million selling smash that turned the Sheffield band into superstars and ...
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“The music business attracts the lowest form of life!”: How the leader of a multi-million selling rock band took on the industry and won!
In August 1976, Epic Records launched Boston’s self-titled debut album with a bold advertising slogan: “Better music through ...
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“Eddie Van Halen and Gary Moore were kind of animal players!”: Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith says he never wanted to be a virtuoso
“To me, the Thin Lizzy guitarists, Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham, they weren't really shredders, they were tasteful ...
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"It's loud, in-your-face, and has more punch than a kangaroo at boxing practice": What is OTT compression - and how do you use it?
This influential Ableton Live preset made its way into thousands of tracks, spawned a copycat plugin, and inspired a new - ...