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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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“The minute you put a microphone right up against the skin of a drum you've got a problem because it doesn't sound like it's supposed to”: How the rules of drum recording were shaped over decades of trial and error

A history of those who figured out the best ways of capturing a live drum kit in the studio

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"Instead of just strumming some really stupid chords, I made something out of it": Sting sued by ex-Police colleagues for a share of Every Breath You Take royalties

Summers and Copeland believe their contributions deserve co-credits

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“An immersive activation filled with gaming stations, giveaways, live game streams and DJ performances”: Gorillaz announce London Fortnite pop up event

It’s at House Of Kong exhibition until next week

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“I’m not getting any sound from one of my pads!”: 10 common electronic drum set issues and how to troubleshoot them

Don’t let annoying gremlins spoil your playing. From no sound to too much noise, most problems can be solved with some simple settings or affordable upgrades - here’s how

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Coming like a ghost town: The UK has lost a quarter of its clubs and late night venues since 2020

Towns are becoming “night-time deserts” warns Night Time Industries Association

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“It's the first heavy metal riff ever written – and I wrote it!”: How Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page combined to create a groundbreaking song – and then argued over the writing credit

It also features Keith Moon drums – and screams

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"Refrain from sarcastically asking 'Do you need my sticks too?', because you already know that the answer is 'Yes’": The 10 people drummers will inevitably encounter when playing a gig

The allies and nemeses you can expect to see at your live shows

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“I was blown away with the distinct Tony Iommi and Black Sabbath sound I was able to get out of them”: Gibson goes back to the beginning, reissuing its first-ever signature pickup, the Tony Iommi humbucker

Is this the power-up your riffing has been waiting for? The Godfather of Heavy Metal's signature pickup makes a comeback

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“We used to play that song faster”: Slipknot’s Eloy Casagrande reveals the secret lessons he gave his Sepultura replacement

The drummer dishes the backstory on his Slipknot switch and what he really thinks of Greyson Nekrutman…

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“It was a difficult moment to be hit in the face and then asked to sing a song. It was a tragic moment for me”: How a singer’s spell in Black Sabbath turned into a nightmare

"I was never a Black Sabbath-type singer", Glenn Hughes says

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“It’s kind of gothic post-punk... it went by the wayside”: Spandau Ballet drop a lost early track for new box set

Everything Is Now 1978 - 1982 covers band’s early New Romantic years

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“Porcaro makes the whole process look effortless and easy. We can bet that this didn't happen by accident, or overnight!”: Exploring the genius of Jeff Porcaro's Rosanna Shuffle

Having a groove named after you is possibly the highest accolade a drummer could ask for, so join us as we dissect the Porcaro Shuffle

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