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Blue Man Group and their drumbone

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Every week, MusicRadar trawls YouTube for the good, bad and ugly music clips you really must see. In this roundup, you have everything from a Bon Jovi song sounding good to Muppet drumming.

Guitar

1. Bon Jovi’s Livin’ On A Prayer acoustic version
Excellent. And no JBJ anywhere. And more: here’s a tribute to the cover version from guitar prodigy Sungha Jung

2. Outkast’s Hey Ya Cover acoustic version
Another great example of an inventive cover version.

3. Chic vs Slash!
Chic’s Nile Rodgers is a legend of rhythm guitar. Slash is a legend of lead guitar. But maybe they shouldn’t be friends?

4. Gene Simmons bass solo
For all the $millions Gene Simmons has made from Kiss, this probably accounts for 5 cents.

5. Bootsy Collins bass solo
MusicRadar just digs his star-shaped bass, to be honest. And his cape. Oh, and the man in a nappy/diaper.

Tech

1. A brief history of arpeggiators
Spectrasonics’ Eric Persing takes us on an entertaining tour of the arpeggiators in his vintage synths – then focuses on the one in his company’s forthcoming Omnisphere.

2. Nintendo DS as MIDI controller
We’re all getting stupidly excited about the prospect of the Korg DS-10, but how about using your DS to play your computer’s synths?