Latest articles by Daniel Griffiths
Producer Mike Stock on the secret sauce in Rick Astley's biggest song and hating being called a 'hit factory'
"It made us sound like a sausage factory – that we were just churning them out – and that couldn't be further from the truth, because we always put the time and the hours and the effort in"
Misstra know it all? It's MusicRadar's Quiz of the Week #9
Have you been paying attention? Well?
Confused by guitar tabs and notation? Use this complete guide to reading music for guitar
Learn to play acoustic and electric guitar in record time with our guide to easy-to-read notation
Bad Brains? It's MusicRadar's Quiz of the Week #9!
Tenshun! Have you been paying attention to what's been going on in the world of music this week?
Let's get quizzical: It's MusicRadar's Quiz of the Week #8!
It's that time again… Test your knowledge of this week's music news with our fiendish top 10 quiz
Quizzy Gillespie: It's MusicRadar's Quiz of the Week #7!
Can you scale our top-ten music news quiz questions and get to number one?
Quizzy Rascal: It's MusicRadar's Quiz of the Week #6!
Round off your week with our 10-question recap of this week's hottest music news
What just happened? It's MusicRadar's Quiz of the Week #5!
We spin back this week's hottest music news and test your musical might
What just happened? It's MusicRadar's Quiz of the Week #4!
It's time to flex your mind and take a look back at this week's hottest music news
Jimmy Jam on sampling, AI and his new EastWest drum machine plugin
Alongside co-producer Terry Lewis, Jimmy Jam shaped the sound of the '80s and '90s. Now he’s got the future in his sights
It's MusicRadar's Quiz of the Week #3!
Have you been paying attention to what's been going on in the world of music this week?
It's MusicRadar's Quiz of the Week #2!
Featuring all the action from the world of music and the last seven days of MusicRadar…
It's MusicRadar's Quiz of the Week!
Starring all the action from the world of music and the last seven days of MusicRadar…
“I lay on my floor one night and wrote the whole thing": 40 Years On – The Making of West End Girls
From Lake Geneva to the Finland Station… Here's all the ups, downs, history, mystery, studio secrets and more of Pet Shop Boys' biggest hit
New treatment for tinnitus could finally bring relief to millions of sufferers
Musicians and ‘critical listeners’ are among the most affected, with no effective treatment currently in place
Amazon and Kylie Minogue have got Christmas wrapped up as their exclusive deal propels her to No.1
The enduring power of Minogue PLUS the might of world’s biggest shopping brand just made their Christmas wishes come true
“David was a nice guy, but never a superstar”: 54 years on, how Hunky Dory rebooted Bowie’s career
The album’s creation and release marked a turning point in Bowie’s talent and trajectory
"Miley is all about positivity. She’s just not a ‘feeling sorry for herself’ kind of person": Kid Harpoon on Miley Cyrus' Flowers
The high-flying hitmaker reflects on the making of Cyrus' Grammy-winning chart smash
“There’s a reason that the Juno-106 is still the greatest”: Kid Harpoon on vintage synths and studio secrets
We talk making hits and studio tricks with the Grammy-winning co-creator that everyone wants on their team
"Peter Gabriel said, as soon as he saw me sit down on a drum stool, he knew that I was the drummer"
Phil Collins: Drummer First revealed the secrets of his sound, his career highs and lows, and the story of that drum fill…
Slipknot’s Eloy Casagrande reveals the secret lessons he gave his Sepultura replacement
The drummer dishes the backstory on his Slipknot switch and what he really thinks of Greyson Nekrutman…
“We tried it as a laugh and now it’s our standard setup”: The secret sauce behind Sleep Token’s live drum sound
Because delivering drums for one of rock’s hottest acts requires the breaking of more than a few rules
iZotopeʼs colourful new FXEQ multi-effects plugin lets you “paint” with saturation, reverb, and delay
Each of FXEQ's effects runs through its own six-band parametric EQ, giving you targeted control over its application across the frequency spectrum
