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“I have guitars at my cheese shop. You can come in and trade guitars for cheese, or vice versa”: Spinal Tap’s Nigel Tufnel is open to swapping guitars for artisanal cheese – but here’s why you won’t sell him on amp modellers

As Spinal Tap prepare to make a triumphant return to the silver screen, lead guitarist Tufnel admits he's still addicted to pushing air

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No cats were harmed in the making of Will Smith's AI controversy response

But what is he trying to say?

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“The most immersive, intuitive headphone amp on the market today”: Blackstar Amplification unveils the BEAM SOLO – has the Fender Mustang Micro Plus found a rival?

The BEAM SOLO is a $129 all-in-one solution for silent practice, equipped with meticulously engineered digital models of Blackstar amps, with editing via the app and “pro-level” tone

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Crazy Sheep? Anthrax become the latest victims of AI slop impostors

Their new ‘album’ suggested a sudden detour into EDM

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"There is no one better to turn real humans on to new music than other real humans": Bandcamp launches subscribe-to-own music discovery service Clubs

Subscribers will receive a new album each month chosen by notable tastemakers, along with access to exclusive artist interviews and live listening parties

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Stem separation! Splice integration! Ableton is playing catch-up with Live 12.3… but its best new features are the ones hidden beyond the headlines

Forget AI, device A/B states, an upgraded Auto Pan and Push’s XY mode are the coolest parts of Live’s latest release

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Murder investigation underway at Nevada’s Burning Man festival

Man found “lying in a pool of blood” on Saturday night

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“That first record has a crazy amount of falsetto… definitely related to the drugs I was taking”: Damon Albarn lets slip secret about the debut Gorillaz album

He doesn’t which ones though...

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5 creative ways to use distortion in Ableton Live: From punchier drums to dub techno delays

Let's explore how devices including Saturator, Roar and Erosion can help bring a track to life

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“We went back to the castle, went down to the dungeon where we were set up, figured out what key we were gonna play in – and then Blackmore came up with that riff!”: Glenn Hughes recalls his magical time with Deep Purple in the ’70s

“I’m very proud of everything that I did with that band," he says

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“I haemorrhaged my vocal cords - they exploded... The doctor was like, ‘I’ve never seen a miracle like this’": Ava Max reveals how her vocal cords grew back – in a fortnight

Singer was doing promo for Sweet But Psycho at the time

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Sonicware’s retro Lofi-12 XT sampler’s v1.5 update makes it more creative and versatile than ever

Crunchy ‘90s-style sampling meets glitchy looper effects in Sonicware’s newly-enhanced hardware instrument

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“I don’t know why I keep believing that I could keep a secret in Ireland”: Fatboy Slim secret gig cancelled after too many people find out about it

Norman Cook played Electric Picnic festival over the weekend

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“The magic happens when you start adjusting its parameters, making every turn feel like a discovery”: The Doppler is a desktop FM synth designed for ‘ultra-tweakability’

The two-operator, eight-voice synth comes in a compact package designed for hands-on exploration

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“A synthesizer enhances worship. When we use the synthesizer, we sing even more enthusiastically”: Exploring the link between spirituality and synthesizers

Why has the synth has become a key navigational aid for those seeking deeper truths?

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“My mind’s the most cosmic place I could ever visit. All I have to do is zone out and play the guitar, and before you know it, I’ve visited places unheard of”: Remembering Brent Hinds, the maverick who trampled metal guitar underfoot with Mastodon

Unorthodox, virtuosic, wild in all the right ways, wholly unique, Brent Hinds was the guitar hero the 21st-century metal needed

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“An excellent build and pretty formidable soundset make it a desirable studio-based keyboard”: Arturia AstroLab 88 review

Arturia brings us a galactic-sized update to the AstroLab series, with a full 88 notes, more sounds and extended functionality

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“I'll never be able to sing that perfectly in tune. But I don't want to. I'm human": Meet the real artists that are victims of AI fake tracks

Grifters are apparently targeting folk and Americana artists

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“Without Chuck Berry there wouldn't have been The Beatles or the Stones. But none of those guys attended his funeral, which I thought was very strange”: Gene Simmons recalls his eulogy for a rock ’n’ roll legend

Plus: the shocking stories Simmons heard from his former partner Diana Ross

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“I have been gigging for well over 20 years now, and have experienced - and learned from - each and every mistake on this list!”: 11 live mistakes every drummer makes

Avoid these common pitfalls and your gigs will go a lot more smoothly

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“He said, ‘So, what about playing for me?’ I said, ‘Play what?’ He said, ‘Drums.’ I said, ‘Really? That would be so dope'”: The many drummers of Prince

We round up some of the Purple One's best sticksmen and women

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“It was deemed that an artist could sample ‘an unrecognisable portion of a work’ without the need to declare the sample or indeed pay the original artist”: When sampling ruled the world - and drummers didn’t get paid!

Believe it or not, there was a time when drummers weren't paid properly for their samples, in fact they weren't paid at all!

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“I never liked film music very much”: World famous film composer John Williams makes startling admission

He says it was “just a job”

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“The way she delivered it was more important than the actual subject matter. Her delivery of that chorus is so powerful”: How The Cranberries created the monster hit Zombie

"That song just seemed to hit a nerve and click"

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“We pillaged a few things from Freddie’s solo work and refashioned them. It was a great labour love”: Brian May recalls how a Queen album was created after the loss of Freddie Mercury

Plus: the one thing that was 'sacrosanct' in Queen's songwriting process

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