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“You hear the record and they took you off!”: Ace session guitarist Brent Mason reveals how he made it to the top
By Andrew Daly published
And he admits: "I've messed up a lot!"

Is synth-pop-country a genre? Sabrina Carpenter’s new single suggests that is
By Ben Rogerson published
“It sounds like the song embodiment of a loving eye roll and it feels like a never ending road trip,” she says

Ableton Live 12.2 gives this "incredibly versatile" device a much-needed refresh
By Si Truss published
Live 12.2 will be released on June 11, bringing updates to Meld, Roar, new Max devices and more

“Will definitely please those who are a fan of the sound already, but standalone price is expensive”: Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus plugin review
By Matt McCracken published
The world’s most famous solid-state amp finally gets an official amp model for your DAW

“I immediately heard the melody in my head”: How Madonna created a dancefloor classic — with the sample from heaven
By Neil Crossley published
An intoxicating mash-up of ’70s disco, ’80s electropop and 2000s club music

Ethel Cain's ethereal new song features a Yamaha DX7S heard on the Twin Peaks soundtrack
By Matt Mullen published
The singer-songwriter was inspired by a viral video of Twin Peaks composer Angelo Badalamenti explaining how he and Lynch dreamt up Laura Palmer's Theme

“The big take-home is the overall playability of this wonderful keyboard, we simply got lost for hours in the enjoyment of playing”: Nord Piano 6 review
By Roland Schmidt published
The Nord Piano reaches its sixth generation, with some sizeable upgrades. We sit on a stool and take notes!

"I can’t find the hook. I can’t find the chorus”: Barry Manilow says that songwriting has changed
By Ben Rogerson published
“Young people don’t write the way I was trained to write,” he believes

Empress Effects unveils the Bass ParaEQ, the world’s first parametric EQ pedal designed especially for bass
By Jonathan Horsley published
Empress Effects promises total control over your tone with heaps of features, including three parametric bands with 15dB boost/cut, footswitchable boost, various filters and more

“It creates a tone that you can't find in Guitar Center”: Disiniblud on the self-built instruments behind their debut LP
By Danny Turner published
Guitars merge seamlessly with modular sketches on Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith's beautifully realised debut. Danny Turner finds out more about their "wordless" collaboration
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