“It’s insane. He died aged 25, only guitar players remember him, and yet he was the sound of the Pretenders”: Chrissie Hynde on the underrated guitar hero who defined the Pretenders
“That’s the version I wish came out originally. You’re going to hear a lot of jazz chords, ladies and gentlemen”: Charlie Puth reinterprets his back catalogue – including his huge 2015 US number one – as he performs at the Tiny Desk
We speak to the noise music creatives pushing out at the extremes of sound: “It’s somehow a kind of fetish”
“The ‘90s are back”: Steinberg celebrates 30 years of VST with the Classics Collection, a new free plugin bundle that includes the first ever VST instrument
“Try to put yourself in the mindset of a music listener, not a music maker”: Record better guitars at home with 8 of my pro tips
“He never rated himself as highly as everyone else did”: New documentary in the pipeline about Rush’s Neil Peart
“It was his way of saying, ‘Welcome to the big leagues kid. I’m testing you to see if you have it’”: When a 12-year-old Joe Bonamassa played with his blues hero
Producer claims Kanye did use AI on Bully and sues for unpaid wages: “Despite nearly two years of demands, the defendants have refused to compensate plaintiff for plaintiff’s services”
“The firm’s scattershot denial seemed unconvincing, like Mötley Crüe insisting they have no idea what happened to that attaché case of cocaine”: From string demos to fake influencers, AI’s main use case seems to be ‘ruining music’
“I was watching a Brad Paisley video and saw this contraption attached to his strap: ‘What is going on here?’ I heard of this thing called the B-bender…” How John Osborne fell down the B-bender rabbit hole and came out with a signature Fender Tele
“He’s like an alien. I mean, he’s better at guitar backwards than I have been at guitar my whole life”: Gracie Abrams is impressed by Paul Mescal’s left handed playing
“No option and no choice”: Glenn Hughes announces he’s retiring from live performance on medical advice
“I was like, ‘Bro… Metallica’s never been tighter and you want some yahoos to come jump in and try and be Hetfield? Is that what you’re saying?’ And they’re like, ‘Yeah'”: Pepper Keenan remembers when he auditioned to dep guitar for Metallica
“AI models built on stolen intellectual property have no protection under the law”: German performing rights society wins significant victory over Suno
“Since we debuted Motion at NAMM, the anticipation has been off the charts”: Fender’s Motion MIDI controllers have finally landed – and they come with a free copy of the Fender Studio Pro DAW
“Billy shared that the Pumpkins had confirmed headlining Lollapalooza. He said sweetly, ‘If you wanna join us for a song, please do’”: Melissa Auf der Maur lifts the veil on her surprise appearance at Lollapalooza with the Smashing Pumpkins
