“My secretary came into the house and said, ‘Wow, you look like you’re under a lot of pressure. I bet you that’d be a good idea for a song.’ And I went, ‘Thank you!’”: The accidental genesis of Billy Joel’s quirkiest single
“I kept it a cappella, and began to sing it this way in my live show. This detail affected everything to come”: The butterfly effect of Tom’s Diner – how Suzanne Vega’s choice affected the way we all listen to music
“He fired a shotgun out of a window into a bird sanctuary. When we heard the bang, we said to the tour manager, ‘You need to take that gun off him!’” The Sweet’s last man standing Andy Scott on wild times and triumphs in glam’s most influential band
Leading record industry bodies unite to introduce labelling program for generative AI in recorded music
“It has grown way beyond what I could have ever imagined when I sat in a little studio in 2013, messing around with these little ‘80s tracks”: We catch up with synthwave figureheads The Midnight who exclusively reveal an eye-catching new collaboration
“Our preference has always been dialogue and practical solutions—not litigation. Unfortunately, Thomann chose a different path.” Fender sues Thomann in latest escalation of its Stratocaster copyright crackdown
“A rare and often overlooked chapter in amplifier history”: IK Multimedia makes 9 elusive lost era Fender amps available as a TONEX plugin
“I said, ‘What does it matter? If someone listens to it on their phone, they don’t know it was cut on tape – it doesn’t make any difference’”: Mick Jagger didn’t see the point in using tape on the new Stones album, but producer Andrew Watt had other ideas
“When Jaco and I first worked together there was nobody I’d rather hang with. There was an appreciation, a joie de vivre, a spontaneity”: How Joni Mitchell combined with Jaco Pastorius to create her sophisticated jazz-infused masterpiece Coyote
“Hey Spotify, I’m going to go out on a limb and say we don’t want this. Not only is this inaccurate, but reducing a song to an AI-generated meaning right at the source feels like it limits free interpretation”: Lorde slams Spotify’s About the Song feature
“When John smashed that guitar above my head, I knew it was coming. But it was terrifying nonetheless”: Stephen Bishop on friendship, luck, and his impossible-to-miss Ferrington guitar
“Thomann isn’t a small independent guitar builder… It is one of the world’s largest instrument retailers and the owner of one of Europe’s largest guitar brands”: Fender fires back at Thomann and sues for copyright infringement – read the full statement
“It’s not just about the money – I just wanted my name on there because it was my work and somebody else took the credit”: Rogét Chahayed on signing away his contributions to Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly for “a few thousand bucks”
“His death was an incredible loss, not only for the band but for guitar fans as well”: Every Deep Purple guitarist, from Blackmore to McBride
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