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“My advice is play the song. Can you find a part that is tailored to the music”: Cory Wong’s tips for better rhythm guitar
By Amit Sharma published
“If people like how I play the guitar – great. But I’ll only play what I feel is appropriate for the song”

“A fun, unique way to express yourself”: Google add their AI music creation app Lyria 3 to their Gemini assistant
By Will Simpson published
But questions remain over its training

Abbey Road releases its first virtual instrument in collaboration with fashion house Charles Jeffrey Loverboy
By Matt Mullen published
The Big Nessie is a free Kontakt instrument that gives producers "warped percussive textures, tonal fragments and experimental rhythms to play with"

Jigsaw Falling Into Place?: Radiohead fans speculate as band form a new limited company
By Will Simpson published
Move indicates new band activity

How to conjure the spirit of early techno and trigger your own retro zaps in software
By Roland Schmidt published
How a sound design approach originally deployed for television effects became an electronic music staple - and how to make it yourself

Can Spotify’s Prompted Playlist feature put you back in the driving seat when it comes to your music listening?
By Ben Rogerson published
Instead of being force fed playlists by the algorithm, you can now try and make it work for you

Love hotrodded Plexi crunch and Mesa high-gain drive? Wampler’s Golden Jubilee serves up both in one sparkly green stompbox
By Jonathan Horsley published
Wampler is calling it a “complete gain solution” and who can argue with that…

Delving into the inner workings of the title track from Kraftwerk’s most influential record
By Roland Schmidt published
Back in the 1970s, Kraftwerk anticipated the machine-dominated world we now inhabit. We prise open The Man Machine to see how they managed it
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