Articles by: Chris Barnes

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I'm MusicRadar's eCommerce Editor. It's my job to manage the buyer's guides on MusicRadar and help musicians find the right gear and the best prices. I'm a guitarist and a drummer and I've worked in the music gear industry for 18 years, including 7 years as Editor of the UK's best-selling drum magazine Rhythm, and 5 years as a freelance writer working with many of the world's biggest musical instrument brands including the likes of Roland, Boss, MusicRadar and Natal.

Articles by: Chris Barnes

Waves’ lowest-ever Black Friday prices are back again for the next 24 hours - including LoFi Space for free

By Chris Barnes last updated 21 December 21

Missed out on a great software deal last month? For 24 hours you can take advantage of bargain basement prices on plugins and bundles

Waves’s Vocal Production bundle slashed by $1,100 to just $99.99 - 24 hours only

By Chris Barnes published 7 December 21

Create more fire in the booth with this huge discount on 15 killer vocal plugins for mixing and production

Cyber Monday laptop deals for music-makers 2022: MacBook Pro, Dell XPS and more

By Chris Barnes last updated 5 January 22

Upgrade your machine today with our top laptop deal picks for Cyber Monday

Black Friday Apple deal: Get AirPods Pro at their lowest price ever

By Chris Barnes published 27 November 21

Bag Apple's top-end AirPods Pro for just $159/£185. Grab them before they sell out

Waves’ Platinum bundle drops to crazy low price in this Black Friday-beating deal

By Chris Barnes published 27 November 21

Get an instant download of 60 plugins for just $199.99 - that’s $3.33 per plugin

Black Friday is the time to learn a new instrument with up to 50% off online music lessons

By Chris Barnes published 26 November 21

Take your playing or recording skills to new heights with Fender Play, Guitar Tricks, TrueFire and more

Thomann’s epic Cyber Week sale has landed, promising up to 60% off music hardware and 80% off software

By Chris Barnes published 19 November 21

Over 400 big-name products are up for grabs between now and 29 November

Waves drops its first batch of early Black Friday deals on 32 killer plugins

By Chris Barnes last updated 4 October 22

Get Black Friday prices on best-selling music software every week throughout November - starting from $27.99

Bag a free Mustang Micro headphone amp with a one year Fender Play subscription

By Chris Barnes last updated 29 July 22

Gear up with the ultimate guitar learning and practice setup for only $129.99 with this killer early-Black Friday deal

Waves’ Halloween FX plugins sale is scarily good - up to 92% off

By Chris Barnes published 28 October 21

A sign of the epic Black Friday music software offers to come?

Waves goes wild with 30% off plugin bundles, plus buy 1 get 1 free on single plugins

By Chris Barnes published 11 October 21

An early sign of the Black Friday offers to come?

Waves $29.99 reverb, distortion and delay plugins sale

All Waves reverb, distortion and delay plugins are just $29.99 for Labor Day weekend

By Chris Barnes published 3 September 21

Take your pick from from 33 epic effects

Graphic for IK Multimedia's group buy promotion

IK Multimedia’s Group Buy promotion just hit a new milestone - buy 1 plugin, get 11 free!

By Chris Barnes published 3 September 21

Plus, the deadline to take advantage of this insane deal has been extended until 30 September

Snag up to 80% off IK Multimedia Syntronik synths, plugins and more. A sign of mega Prime Day software discounts to come?

By Chris Barnes last updated 16 June 21

Plus, snap up a free plugin if you sign up to IK's newsletter

129 popular plugins slashed to just $29.99 in the Waves Memorial Day sale

By Chris Barnes published 28 May 21

Even better, spend over $120 and get 3 extra plugins completely free

Waves' Christmas deals continue with 160 plugins down to $29.99 - plus buy 2 plugins, get 2 free!

By Chris Barnes published 15 December 20

Waves is closing out the year with one of its biggest music production software sales ever

Waves’ epic 42-plugin Gold bundle is just $149.99 right now – save $650

By Chris Barnes published 24 July 20

Plus, save 40% store-wide and get free plugins

The best drum sets 2020: the best drum kits for beginners, intermediate and pro drummers

The best drum sets 2020: the best drum kits for beginner, intermediate and pro drummers

By MusicRadar, Chris Barnes last updated 14 July 22

Explore the best acoustic drum sets for the bedroom, studio and stage, from Ludwig, Pearl, Tama, DW and more

Save up to 93% on guitar, drum and recording courses in the Udemy Flash Sale – start learning from just £12.99

By Chris Barnes published 1 June 20

Today only! Save big on epic Udemy music courses, with lifetime access to content

Save up to 94% on guitar, drum and recording courses in the Udemy Sale

By Chris Barnes published 9 April 20

Courses start from as little as £11.99 with lifetime access to the content

Get 4 months of TIDAL HiFi and pay just £/$4 per month – usually £/$19.99 per month

By Chris Barnes last updated 18 August 20

Huge discount on TIDAL's Spotify and Apple Music-beating high quality audio

Get 3 months of FREE online guitar lessons with this epic Fender Play deal

By Chris Barnes last updated 11 April 22

Start learning guitar, bass or ukulele at home today – extra free subscriptions added!

Person buying products online using a credit card

Where can you buy music gear online during the Coronavirus lockdown?

By Chris Barnes last updated 31 March 20

As the lockdown continues, many online music retailers remain open. Here’s where you can still buy guitar, drum and studio gear and how you can support your local music shop

Save up to 93% on Waves plugin bundles – prices dropped by as much as $3,700

By Chris Barnes last updated 6 August 21

Stay home and make music for less with this epic music software deal from Waves

Get 20% off guitar tab, sheet music and tuition books when you spend over £30 at MusicRoom

By Chris Barnes published 28 February 20

Money off The Beatles, AC/DC and Iron Maiden guitar tab books, plus sheet music for piano, bass, ukulele and drums

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