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Engineer Bruce Swedien on the making of Michael Jackson's Thriller: "I went in when Eddie Van Halen was warming up and I left immediately. It was so loud - I would never subject my hearing to that kind of volume level!"
On the anniversary of the premiere of the 14-minute Thriller video, we get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the biggest-selling album of all time
Rhodes is now allowing everyone to order their dream MK8 electric piano (if they can afford it)
Spec up the electric piano of your dreams, then wince at the price
Bono says the guitar on The Fly is "the sound of Edge's brain"
The Edge also explains how Madchester, Nine Inch Nails and KMFDM all fed into U2's sonic reinvention on Achtung Baby
The 10 best bassists in the world right now, as decided by you
2021’s low-frequency heroes revealed, as voted for by you
Taylor Swift responds to Billy Joel comparing her to The Beatles: “that broke my brain”
Joel also compared Adele to Barbra Streisand
Might as well jump: Dave Grohl covers Van Halen (and keytar is involved)
Jump is his latest Hanukkah Sessions 2021 tribute song with Greg Kurstin
SampleRadar advent calendar: 483 free movie soundtrack samples
The second day of our festively free sample giveaway focuses on cinematic sci-fi, fantasy, suspense and horror sounds
SampleRadar advent calendar: 298 free analogue drum samples
Kicking off our SampleRadar advent calendar, we've got a pack of 299 festive and free analogue drum samples from the Vermona DRM1, Tecbug DS8, Volca Kick and more
SampleRadar advent calendar: get a free sample pack every day this December
Ho, ho... holy sh*t that's a lot of free samples! This Christmas we're gifting producers one sample pack each day in our SampleRadar advent calendar
The Edge: "Even Better Than The Real Thing is probably the closest U2 will get to sounding like the Rolling Stones"
The guitarist and Bono look back on how Brian Eno named the Achtung Baby track and Paul Oakenfold helped it cross over
BBC Radio 1's Matt Edmondson: "I'd never written a song, or picked up an instrument. I knew nothing about producing, and I've learned it all. Every song you hear in the podcast is me figuring it out as I go along"
The BBC Radio 1 DJ's new podcast documents his journey from zero music-making ability to writing pop masterpieces about pimples and potatoes with James Arthur, Maisie Peters, Becky Hill, Griff and more
Meet the woman who’s been playing the piano for more than 100 years
Discover the incredible story of 107-year-old Parisian Colette Maze
Spotify reveals the most-streamed artists, songs and albums of 2021
If your name’s Olivia Rodrigo, the news is Good 4 U
See Dave Grohl singing behind the drum kit, crooning Barry Manilow and screaming death metal on cover versions
The Hanukkah Sessions 2021 with Greg Kurstin are going well so far!
Spitfire Audio’s free LA Atmos Labs instrument brings you the “beating heart” of Los Angeles in a plugin
Atmospheric field recordings from The City Of Angels
Jeff Beck: "I was pretty down at the time, I'd lost my girl, Hendrix had come and smeared everybody across the floor… I’d fallen out with the Yardbirds"
55 years on from his ousting from The Yardbirds, we revisit this classic interview with Beck looks back on an incredible story
"I took advice from Madonna for that record" – Michael Stipe explains why New Adventures In Hi-Fi and Reveal are his favourite REM albums
The singer and bassist Mike Mills also weigh in on what they thought of recent REM covers by Eddie Vedder and Jason Isbell
Ross From Friends: "I had an idea to create a piece of software that would record everything I play. It’s the same principle as sampling – except I’m sampling myself"
Felix Clary Weatheralls’ second Ross from Friends album recontextualises his love of nostalgia via the self-made plugin, Thresho. Danny Turner discusses its creation
