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George Harrison’s songwriting brilliance deconstructed in his own words The quiet one’s songwriting gifts fully flourished during the latter half of the Beatles’ reign, and we’ve collected his own insights into his craft
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The Cure’s godfather of goth remains one of music’s key figureheads, yet his attitude to songwriting is anything but orthodox
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“Just keep trying to play live,” he says. “That’s the way you improve as a musician and a songwriter”
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Available in Standard, Deluxe and Custom Editions, this weighty 400-pager is essential for Metallica gear heads and tells the story behind Hammett's most-famous guitars
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Kims Gordon and Deal team up for Netflix show
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These PA systems and speaker setups are ideal for amplifying vocals and instruments – including Roland, Bose, Yamaha and JBL speakers
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Elektron's hardware FM synth was already a modern classic – but this update is still a significant upgrade
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Record a vocal using Splice Mic, pick a genre and the app will automatically detect the key and find samples that match it
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In a recent radio appearance, Eno shared his thoughts on vocal production tools and revealed the piece of gear that he says launched his career
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FXPansion’s market-leading drum library is onboard
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Song has been used to soundtrack images of officials handcuffing detainees
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Record company argues that Drake’s action “disregards the conventions of the diss track genre”
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The first new design from EVH under Wolfgang Van Halen's watch is a Gibson-inspired semi-hollow with plenty of personality
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Available now from select retailers, these rock and metal-friendly FSR models sport a hot-rodded vibe with black hardware, locking tuners, and hard-tail bridges as standard
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This Ghost with the most yields a chorusing effect to your reverb trails
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Available in Standard, Deluxe and Custom Editions, this weighty 400-pager is essential for Metallica gear heads and tells the story behind Hammett's most-famous guitars
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Described as “a near 1:1 comparison” of the original models that inspired them, these box-fresh new electrics and bass guitars give you that old-school tone and feel without the vintage price tag
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Kims Gordon and Deal team up for Netflix show
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Cort's Space program has expanded with a four-string variant and you might want to get onboard
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The HPL’s had a glow up, but how do Martin’s latest affordable dreadnoughts sound?
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We take a look at two different products that can help you get your frets gleaming and your guitar back to its best for smoother bends and clearer vibrato
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Key techniques guitar players can learn from the Led Zeppelin legend
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Chord hieroglyphics can take several forms. We unravel the mysteries of one of the most symbolic and common examples
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A string change is the ideal opportunity to get your 'board back to its best
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Massively expand your musical vocabulary and songwriting options with these beautiful acoustic guitar chords
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Master five classic songs with just a handful of chords
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This free mono synth plugin is creative, chaotic and fun to use. It’s time to go West (Coast)
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We take a look at two different products that can help you get your frets gleaming and your guitar back to its best for smoother bends and clearer vibrato
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It’s true, sometimes working relentlessly on perfecting a song or track that you’re just not feeling can do more harm than good
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Putting together the elements you need to craft a beat that just won't let up
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Key techniques guitar players can learn from the Led Zeppelin legend
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In today's world of music production, pretty much everything you can dream of will have a virtual counterpart. Let's explore
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Chord hieroglyphics can take several forms. We unravel the mysteries of one of the most symbolic and common examples
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Forget flowers, chocolates or champagne – give your loved one a free vintage compressor plugin instead! Better still, just get it for yourself…
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It’s easy to get precious about the true meaning of our creative endeavours, but how much authority do songwriters really have to own the definitive reading of their work?
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It’s easy to carry on fiddling with our tracks, but as Richard D. James knows all too well, that urge to keep going can prove a problem
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Sometimes imposing rules can force us out of our creative comfort zones. It's a tactic David Bowie used to birth some of his most celebrated songs.
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Building an extension to a chord doesn’t require planning permission, but it might require a degree of design. We add 9ths to our extension palette
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Don't know where to begin with buying and using studio monitor speakers? Listen up
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If your chord progressions sound a little clunky, try approaching your harmony in an inverse way.
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