Beatmaking & Production
Beatmaking & Production
“When I was a child, I had a poster on my wall of BB King playing his signature Lucille… I just wanted to be a part of that world”: Gary Clark Jr channels the King of the Blues for limited edition Gibson Custom Shop collab
Gibson and Gary Clark Jr have unveiled a limited edition ES-355, fresh from the ...
Beatmaking & Production
“The tones may not quite be best of the lot, but it’s comfortably the easiest and most enjoyable modeller to use”: Line 6 Helix Stadium XL review
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Pitbull fans will attempt to break a world record at Hyde Park gig in July
Well, it’s one way of driving up ticket sales: It’s been announced by the organisers ...
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“I was super flattered to be invited back into The Simpsons universe, and particularly with this grand message of great hope”: Michael Stipe returns to Springfield to sing a rewritten version of one of REM’s biggest hits
REM, or rather Michael Stipe specifically, has returned to world of The Simpsons.The ...
Beatmaking & Production
“Those first two days we got along like brothers, but then after we did the album thing, it was like, ‘This isn’t happening’”: How the gift of a divisive Rolling Stones album scuppered the chance of a collaboration between Nile Rodgers and John Mayer
Nile Rodgers has never been reluctant to talk about his successful collaborations, ...
Beatmaking & Production
“Cruise Ship Designer sounded so weird, I would have been scared if you’d said it would ever become a single”: We speak to Dry Cleaning about the making of the Cate Le Bon-produced Secret Love
“As a demo, Cruise Ship Designer sounded so weird, I would have been scared if you’d ...
Beatmaking & Production
“I brought two speakers, keyboards and a vocal mic, and moved the dining table”: Producer Mike Sabath on starting Raye’s “outrageous” second studio album at an Airbnb in the mountains, and the “crazy” reaction to Where Is My Husband!
As we continue to count down to the 27 March release of Raye’s hotly anticipated ...
Beatmaking & Production
“He was a guy in my neighbourhood who played… I was scared to say it at the time, but he played at the level of John McLaughlin!”: Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid pays tribute to a lost genius
Vernon Reid’s new solo album Hoodoo Telemetry features a track inspired by a ...