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“I was fearless. I could write a song immediately in front of the audience, the band would join in, and they had no idea what I was doing! You have to be a little crazy to do something like that”: How Neil Diamond flew by the seat of his pants in the ’70s

“It was exciting, and I was so confident in my powers then”

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“I was working on this song which he liked, and then he died, and it turned into more of a tribute to him”: How Chrissie Hynde channeled grief into The Pretenders’ classic comeback hit

And why George Harrison claimed to have inspired the song

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“An inspiring meeting point for professionals, creators, and tech enthusiasts alike”: Thomann are holding a special live music trade fair in May

Live Days runs from May 11 to 30 at their Treppendorf campus

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“A lightning bolt just hit me from above. I really did feel like this was sort of a divine intervention. It was everything that I was looking for”: Gibson unveils signature SG for Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka

The Greta Van Fleet guitarist's signature SG is based on his battle-scarred '61 Les Paul SG and comes with an extra backplate signed and stamped by Kiszka

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“Mark Knopfler, he's soloing kind of all through the record. And that's what I did, too”: Bruce Hornsby explains why a classic Dire Straits song is a “kindred spirit” to his biggest hit

He also reveals which hip-hop interpolation of The Way It Is he likes the best

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“I haven’t spoken to Bernard for… I didn’t even speak to him. He spoke at me. That’ll be 15 years": Peter Hook says he won’t perform or stand with New Order at their RNR Hall Of Fame – unless he receives an apology

Liam and Noel Gallagher could be intermediaries, he says

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After over a decade of silence, Boards Of Canada confirm new album

Duo had teased it via mailouts of VHS tapes

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"Want to harness the lush analogue sonics of one of the most sought-after synthesizers in music history?": Behringer's Jupiter-inspired JT-2 is available for preorder

The Eurorack-compatible JT-2 promises "warm pads, punchy leads and huge analogue tone"

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“I would never say that to anybody. Isn't that horrible?” So what exactly did Dave Grohl say to David Bowie the first time he met him?

“I backpedalled so fast,” he recalls

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“A moving tribute to the emperor penguin and the fragile ecosystems it depends on”: Martin marks Earth Day with a custom graphic 00L Biosphere IV acoustic in the name of penguin preservation

This stunning slope-shouldered 00-14 features artwork from Robert Goetzl, an FSC-certified build, and recognises a universal truth that the world is infinitely better with penguins in it

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“This track had no right to exist in 1973”: How Kraftwerk invented techno, nearly a decade before the genre was officially established

House music might well have been called 'Dorf' music if this Düsseldorf track had only reached the right ears

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“An excellent addition to the 64 Audio product line, bringing their excellent build quality and design to a more affordable price point”: 64 Audio Aspire series review

There’s an enticing new offering from in-ear leaders 64 Audio and we have three of the models on the test bench

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“I don't think Kurt really dug me. I think he stayed away from me because I was a pretty high octane individual”: Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin recalls the heady days of the early ’90s

“I had a huge respect for him as a musician”

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“There are two ways that you cannot sing – if you're crying or if there's hair in your mouth”: Vanessa Carlton explains how her surprise Coachella performance of her classic piano pop hit was almost blown off course

Carlton also says that she went through a "bad period" with the song – "it was like a burden to bear"

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“Everyone is using these tools, artists at all levels – but they don't want to talk about it”: How AI is changing electronic music

From Suno sampling to robot B2Bs, artificial intelligence is reshaping the way electronic music is created and performed, blurring the lines between innovation and exploitation

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Plinky 12 is an expressive touch synthesizer available with three swappable faceplates for “different kinds of musical thinking”

Making Sound Machines’ new instrument is available in three different configurations named Blocks, Chords and Toadstep

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“Step it in, play it in, or let the machine take the lead”: Cre8audio Programm is a CV and MIDI sequencer that blends playability and algorithmic generation

The 12 track sequencer can be used as a desktop device or Eurorack module

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“Forged from the fires of Hell and made for players ready to take on the Lord of Hatred”: Calling all role-playing dungeon crawlers, Jackson has the unholy Diablo collab you’ve been waiting for

Jackson unveils a graphic finish Kelly to frighten the neighbours and celebrate the arrive of the Diablo IV: Lord Of Hatred videogame

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“They’re the foundation of any real culture. Without them, you don’t get The Smiths, Amy Winehouse or The 1975. You get silence”: New study suggests thousands of young people have given up on music because there’s nowhere to play

The UK has lost 11,000 venues since 2019

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The budget sampler Casio teased at NAMM is now available for preorder

Looking like a colourful hybrid of a Game Boy, a calculator and a Roland SP-404, the SXC-1 draws inspiration from the classic SK-1 sampler keyboard

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“Canoga works brilliantly plugged into an amp with a bit of hair on the tone already”: FAO Jimi Hendrix fans, Strymon expands analogue range with the vintage Fuzz Face-inspired Canoga

What began a decade ago as an afternoon project of Strymon CEO Gregg Stock becomes only the brand's second ever analogue pedal

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“She's asking me what tricks I have - as if she's asking me! I have no tricks that she doesn't know about”: PinkPantheress responds to Imogen Heap’s request for production tips, and says she really wants a pair of her musical gloves

“Those gloves are everything. I've always wanted a pair of those – I want to ask her for some”

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“Daily deliveries keep increasing”: 44% of Deezer's daily uploads are AI slop

That’s 2 million tracks each month

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“Jimi and I sat down facing each other, with Jimi on six-string acoustic and me on 12-string”: The life and times of Dave Mason, the Traffic legend who played with Hendrix, McCartney, the Stones and more

“If you're going to learn something, you may as well try and put yourself around the best”

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