“Every record ever made has mixed the bass too quiet!” From Kajagoogoo to Steven Wilson, Nick Beggs has made a career of turning up the low-end
“Being in the studio with George Martin was incredible. He was pulling at me going, ‘Give me more of that Stanley stuff!’” Stanley Jordan on his imaginary B.B. King collab, technical development and the time he controlled fire with his guitar
“No screens. No menu diving. No clutter. Nothing in the way between your ideas and sound”: Stylophone launches its battery-powered On-The-Fly Performance Sequencer
“I had a moan on stage about why it’s always Spandau Ballet. We’re always the bridesmaid to Gary Kemp!”: Shed Seven tell us why their own gold-tipped single deserves its moment of Olympic glory
“Acoustics are like this whole other world of guitar, and I absolutely love it”: Zakk Wylde talks about his penchant for the lighter side of rock guitar
“Life is nothing if not surprising and now, here we are, able to make this particular dream come true” Rush confirm five-date Sphere residency for May 2027
Splice’s new AI DAW feels like a cheat code for music production – but it left us with one big question
“It was very different. But I think it was good”: Pink Floyd announce 50th anniversary reissue of Animals, their first Britannia Row-produced album
“I couldn’t keep Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave together. I had these two massive bands and they dissipated. But that opened a door”: Tom Morello on embracing mistakes, his secret folk career – and why his son is no nepo riffer
“I had never picked up a bass in my life until I was cast in School of Rock”: She wanted to play guitar alongside Jack Black, but Rivkah Reyes ended up inspiring a generation of bassists
George Harrison on the ’60s guitarist who could outplay them all: “He could blow all those people off the stage if he wanted to”
