“Our present drummer is atrocious!”: Brian Jones’s 1962 letter to Charlie Watts, in which he asked him to join the Rolling Stones, to be auctioned at Sotheby’s in December
Behringer Kick is an MPC-inspired sampler designed with vibe-coded firmware at its core: Is this really the future we want for music tech hardware?
“It’s not an ego thing, but I wanted to be somewhere where I could be one of the main guys on a roster”: Trivium’s Matt Heafy on why he’s switching to Jackson, his passion for passive pickups and the redemption of The Crusade
Apple goes all in on AI with Logic Pro 13, introducing an intelligent assistant that can control your DAW
“We made The Modern Age EP in a weekend – I never even expected it would be heard by the public”: Gordon Raphael remembers making The Strokes’ bidding war-triggering debut EP
“I remember thinking: ‘Something’s off with the tone.’ I pulled up the Fortin Amp, used by Meshuggah, and then it all just clicked”: How The Scratch mashed Irish folk and metal with distorted acoustics – and won over Iggy Pop
“Someone came up to our drummer and said, ‘You better start playing some funky music, white boy’”: The exact moment Wild Cherry’s biggest hit was born
“The technique I’m using is coming from my wrist, and it creates two sounds. And for that song, you just need that one specific sound”: Anika Nilles on how she had to adapt her technique to emulate Neil Peart’s Rush performances
“When we did Paint It Black, and it was kind of finished, and we were listening in the studio, I said, ‘There’s not enough balls’”: Bill Wyman recalls his unorthodox but vital contribution to a 1966 Rolling Stones classic
Massive XL is here: Native Instruments supersizes its flagship soft synth with AI-powered preset generation, custom wavetables and much more
“Musicians work hard to shape their sound. They deserve amplification that delivers it honestly”: Moog’s new line of instrument amps aims to preserve the unique identity of synths, drum machines and more
“There was no vocal at all and the tracks had ghost-shaped chords”: Bill Nelson recalls the freewheeling sessions behind a David Sylvian classic
“We said, ‘What’s your next single?’ They looked at each other, shrugged, but Bruce had a guitar so he gave it to George and said, ‘Sing it'”: Cliff Richard reveals his surprisingly profane reaction to hearing the Beatles’ From Me To You
“A versatile, affordable wireless solution for beginners”: the t.bone free 300 HT 823 & PT 823 review
“I carry on wondering when I’m gonna keel over. But I enjoy doing it, and it keeps me going”: Tony Iommi on what drives him on at the age of 78
Eric Clapton watched his younger self play guitar and didn’t like what he saw: “I’m not as good as I once was”
