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June 30
- Ibanez reveals headless ICHI10 signature guitar for Ichika Nito and Quest series
- Classic interview: Slash on the story of Guns N' Roses's Use Your Illusion I & II
- The greatest '80s and '90s keyboard players revealed
- Issue 372 of Future Music is on sale now
- Faith reveal new PJE Legacy series rosewood acoustic guitar models
- Match your capo to your guitar finish with Fender and Kyser's new partnership
- Guitar bargain? Harley Benton upgrades one of its best-sellers with the SC-550 II
- Justice’s Gaspard Augé on his BBC Euro 2020 theme, Force Majeure: "English people have better taste in music"
- Erica Synths and Sonic Potions have cooked-up the LXR-02, a new digital drum machine
- Jon Gomm is offering artists the chance to apply for support slots on his UK tour
June 29
- Check out St Vincent and Jason Isbell‘s covers of Metallica classic Sad But True
- Manson Guitar Works‘ new KR-1 Matt Bellamy Signature guitar is a lovely piece of limited edition KITT
- How to restring your Bigsby guitar tailpiece the easy way
- Is PRS about to unveil a Robben Ford signature model?
- Crazy Tube Circuits has been working around the clock to bring us the TI:ME delay pedal
- Steve Vai recalls his intense auditions for Frank Zappa and credits him for introducing him to tapping
- Traktor Pro 3.5 integrates Beatport and Beatsource LINK and adds support for Pioneer DJ’s CDJ-3000s
June 28
- Kithara Guitars and artist Terry Bradley raffle Never Give Up guitar for charity
- Behringer says that the RD-8 MKII is an even more authentic 808-style analogue drum machine
- Step into the Abyss with Tracktion Software’s colourful new ‘visual’ plugin synth
- Behringer says that its UB-Xa Oberheim synth clone will “blow you away”, as the design is completed and beta testing concludes
- British synth pioneer Peter Zinovieff, one of the creators of the EMS VCS3, has died aged 88
June 27
- Alex Lifeson confirms new album and project: "I'm really excited"
June 26
- The 50 Greatest Live Albums Ever
June 25
- Brian Setzer announces new solo album Gotta Have The Rumble
- Harley Benton keeps the good news coming for southpaw metal players as it unveils left-handed Amarok models
- How to get synth sounds with your guitar effects pedals
- Hannah Peel: "Delia Derbyshire would be completely in awe of all the synthesizers and recording technology we have now"
- Laney expands your low-end options with the top-line Digbeth bass amp and cabinet series and a trio of UK-made Black Country Customs pedals
- First gig booked? Refresh yourself on the dos and don'ts of playing shows
- 7 ways to be a better DJ post-lockdown
- Get gig-ready with these 10 essential guitar warm-up techniques
- 6 guitar pros on how to prepare your playing for tour
- Blood Red Shoes’ Laura-Mary Carter: 10 albums that changed my life – “Pixies are one of our biggest influences. That's why Steve and I both sing“
- Windows 11 promises to improve your productivity and creativity, but when will your DAW and VST plugins be compatible?
- Catalinbread turns a shade of Deep Purple with a two-pedal box set for exploring Ritchie Blackmore's tone
- Tommy Emmanuel and Mike Dawes join forces on stunning cover of Somebody That I Used To Know
- Inside the space bubbles: How Flaming Lips cheated the pandemic
- Pro Tools now has M1 Mac support, and lets you create bigger projects than ever before
- Blues powerhouse Christone “Kingfish” Ingram shares his top tips for touring as he returns to the road
- Canadian death metal guitarist forced to relearn as a leftie, then plays gig at elementary school
- Live streaming: what we learned from a year of streamed shows
- Native Instruments energises the Maschine MK3 with a limited-edition Dinamo version
- Discover the creative power of spectral sound shaping with Smooth Operator
- Back To Live: Let’s get this party restarted
- Video Exclusive: The Darkness on the UK tour set to blow away the Covid cobwebs in November
June 24
- What happened to Jimi Hendrix's Monterey Stratocaster?
- Want a show from your sofa? Exploring the world of VR performance
- Get bigger gigs with this essential guide to growing your audience
- From latency to lighting - how to perform as an electronic musician
- Live primer: Using Arturia KeyStep Pro onstage
- Sound advice and mixing know-how from pro engineer Chris Bergstrom
- Live primer: Using Native Instruments Maschine+ onstage
- 5 ways men can be better allies to women in the music industry
- Live primer: Using the Korg SQ-64 onstage
- Get gig-ready with these 8 live tips for keyboardists
- Live primer: Using Akai's MPC One/Live II onstage
- Guitarists! Ace your soundcheck with our pre-gig checklist
- Live primer: Using IK Multimedia UNO Synth Pro onstage
- Live primer: Using Novation Circuit Tracks onstage
- Live primer: Using Korg Wavestate & Opsix onstage
- Want to perk up your performance? Here are 6 of the best live software controllers
- Play to your strengths with these key tips for taking electronic music onstage
- Live wires: how to hit the road with modular gear
- Download Pilot as it happened: Music, moshing and a whole lotta rain
- How Paul Gilbert, Vince Gill and Gretchen Menn powered through the pandemic – and what it means to return to the road
- Get more out of your band rehearsals with these 5 tips from Joe Satriani
- The future for live music and 7 tips on performing online with Tesseract bassist Amos Williams
- Packing to play a show? Make sure you check this essential gig kit list first
- Do you need in-ear monitors?
- How tech can support live music's return
- David Crosby: “I am losing my ability to play guitar"
- You can now ‘DJ’ with Teenage Engineering’s OB-4, and it has a booming 808 kick for a metronome
- 5 great wah pedals guitarists need to try
- Steinberg’s SpectraLayers 8 audio editor promises ‘AI processing with a human touch’
- The Boss Cube Street II continues the legacy of the classic Roland busking amp
- Universal Audio launches UAFX Control mobile app
June 23
- Andrew Hung: "I didn’t realise how much technique was involved in singing - I thought it was just like talking"
- KV331 Audio brings SynthMaster 2, one of the best VST plugin synths, to the iPad
- Behringer aims to disrupt the wireless earphone market with its $39 T-Buds
- KnittedKeyboard II is the expressive MIDI controller you can wear like a scarf
- Roland’s GO:MIXER PRO-X looks like its best smartphone audio mixer yet
- Behringer has got us beat as it drums up excitement ahead of a new rhythmic product launch
- Transform your guitar solos by breaking out of the stock pentatonic scale shape
June 22
- The new PRS HX guitar amps are based on Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock head
- Harley Benton unveils the versatile, modern and very budget-friendly Marquess bass guitar
- Metallica enlists Miley Cyrus, Elton John, St Vincent and more for a 53-artist, 30th anniversary reworking of The Black Album
- Novation’s Circuit Rhythm groovebox marches to a different beat, with onboard sampling and performance features
- See Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds guitars through the years
- Pigtronix promises “a whole new world of looping” with the MIDI-compatible Infinity 3 Deluxe Stereo Looper
- On our radar: James Frankland
- Gibson releases the much-anticipated Noel Gallagher Gibson J-150 acoustic
June 21
- Classic interview: James Hetfield – "I’m able to show Lars some drum stuff and he’s able to show me riff stuff"
- The perfect amp for your jam space, Positive Grid Spark
- Telex: "When we went on Top of the Pops I was sitting next to Gary Numan for an hour and he didn’t say a word"
- Play smoother guitar solos with these two legato exercises
- Origin Effects founder responds to trademark dispute controversy: "This situation is not as portrayed"
- Oeksound’s spiff might make you think about transient control in a whole new way
June 19
- Slade’s Don Powell enlists Brian Bennett, Karl Brazil, Craig Blundell and more for Let There Be Drums charity single
June 18
- 5 songs guitar players need to hear by… Death
- Slate Digital Seismic gives you over 800 drum samples, and it’s being released for free!
- The greatest keyboard players pre-1980 revealed
- Harley Benton loses its head with 4 new Dullahan guitars
- Dave Mustaine says David Ellefson's bass playing will not feature on the new Megadeth album
- Arturia’s MatrixBrute Noir synth has a black finish so it’ll never go out of style
- Janet D'Addario, co-founder of D'Addario & Company, dies aged 72
June 17
- Behringer reveals the LmDrum, its long-awaited LinnDrum reboot, but it might not quite be what you were expecting
- Steve Vai's guitar tech Thomas Nordegg shares his setup tips
- Lau.ra: "To be honest, I can make a banging tune with very little equipment"
- KMA Machines turns frequency splitting up to 11 with its new Tyler Deluxe pedal
- Sample Logic is promising “the next step in assisted music creation” with Animation Station, its new MIDI arpeggiator plugin
- The Boss Heavy Metal pedal is back as the HM-2W and available to buy now
- Behringer says it’s made a development breakthrough as it aims for a “100% authentic” Yamaha CS-80 analogue synth clone
- How to start two-hand tapping on an acoustic guitar
June 16
- Fender's Custom Shop goes to town with 12 special 'student' model guitars
- What are Sarah Longfield’s favorite Elixir Strings for long-lasting, superior tone?
- Behringer channels Mutable Instruments’ Plaits in Brains, a multi-engine digital oscillator
- U2's The Edge launches signature guitar strap with Love Welcomes in aid of charity
- Here’s how to get IK Multimedia’s $50 T-RackS Classic Clipper for free
- Moog Music denies accusations of workplace discrimination and misogyny made in $1m lawsuit
- Slate Digital’s new ANA 2 Ultra Bundle will change the way you play
- On our radar: JJ Wilde
June 15
- Harley Benton launches the Aeolus series – stylish semi-hollow singlecuts with a touch of AAA flame maple class
- Epiphone reveals signature Les Paul Axcess for Rush guitar legend Alex Lifeson
- A Bigsby vibrato in pedal form? Gamechanger Audio buddy up with Fender and Bigsby to make it a reality
- Music Venue Trust calls on UK government to provide urgent financial support after live music reopening delayed four weeks
June 14
- The Cure's Robert Smith: "I was listening, thinking this is the best music this band has made and my words are drivel"
- Left-handed guitarists: Harley Benton has got a treat for you with new EX-76 and EX-84 models
- Nick Rhodes on his top 5 synths: “I’ve got nothing against digital synths, but I just happen to prefer the real thing”
- This Lego bass guitar features 2,000 bricks
- Get a free spring reverb plugin based on a rare 1960s effect that was built for the BBC
- Behringer teases Brains: hardware MIDI sequencer, groovebox, synth, DAW, or something else?
- Discover Taylor’s “perfect size” acoustic guitar for home and live playing
June 12
- Could the UNO Synth Pro be one of the best value analogue synths out there?
June 11
- Jared James Nichols shares hard-rocking new single, Skin 'N Bone, and announces new EP
- Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals bassist Juan Nelson dies, aged 62
- How to use reverb pedals in your guitar signal chain and get the best from them
- She's Got Claws: "Years ago I’d have thought you were crazy if you’d said a computer was all you needed”
- Solar Guitars unveils the weaponised Type T body shape for its latest series of heavy metal shred machines
- Brian May: why I use a sixpence for a guitar pick
- Hamstead goes cosmic once again with the Comet Interstellar Driver
- Producer Federico Vindver says that Timbaland’s new solo album contains “some of the most incredible music that I’ve heard in my life”
June 10
- Wolfgang Van Halen interview: "I really think I found my own way, I never tried to replicate anyone”
- Coldplay and Kanye producer Federico Vindver: “You can do everything with just a laptop and a pair of headphones. You can make the best music ever”
- Dave Grohl reveals surviving members of Nirvana have recorded “really cool” new music
- Win an entire fully-powered KMA Machines pedalboard!
- Brian Eno to share 300 unreleased tracks from across his career on Sonos Radio HD
- Lindsey Buckingham returns with fingerpickin' good new single, I Don't Mind
June 9
- Splice Sounds now works better with your DAW, and there are new beatmaking and synth plugins, too
- Arturia’s FX Collection 2 offers even more ‘audio effect plugins that you’ll actually use’
- Apple confirms Logic Pro update with Spatial Audio authoring tools
June 8
- Redbeard Effects makes its overdrive pedal debut with the Angry Rhubarb Paradynamic Overdrive MKII
- 5 reasons Rush's Geddy Lee is the greatest bassist of all time
- Cort revises its flagship electric guitar range with the impressive G280 Select
- Rush’s Geddy Lee and Neil Peart voted greatest rhythm section of all time
- The 30 greatest bassists of all time - ranked
- 15 questions for... Ya Tseen: "I have a healthy synth obsession"
- Apple macOS Monterey and iOS 15 could make it easier for musicians to collaborate and work across multiple devices
- The 30 greatest drummers of all time - ranked
June 7
- Give Dad the gift of music this Father's Day with an all-access pass to Qello Concerts
- Watch Slash, Def Leppard's Phil Collen and Stone Temple Pilots' Robert DeLeo cover Jimi Hendrix's Fire
- Van Halen Fair Warning-era video of band performing in dinosaur park is unearthed
- Dolby Atmos: experience the future of music today
- See 5 historic shots from Anton Corbijn's Depeche Mode photo book
- Flowsonics’ Graindrop plugin is here to add a splash of granular processing sauce
June 5
- Spectre Sound Studio’s Glenn Fricker unveils SMG Ironic Drums sample pack
June 4
- Nonlinear Labs C15 synth gets an internal audio recorder
- KHDK unveils the Ascendancy – a limited edition Trivium signature overdrive pedal
- You can pay what you want for the Invader 2 softsynth from E-Phonic
- Jimmy Page tops Total Guitar readers poll for Greatest Guitar Riff of All Time
- TC Electronic unveils Paul Gilbert signature edition of the MojoMojo overdrive on the day Gilbert's new album Werewolves Of Portland is released
- John Mayer takes the Last Train Home to the 80s as he shares new Toto-inspired single from forthcoming album, Sob Rock
- Nektar's slim new SE61 controller still manages to pack in the features
June 3
- Producer Mitch Easter shares the inside story of R.E.M.’s early recording sessions: “It was glorious. They rehearsed a lot just because they liked to play together“
- Protection Racket unveils case for Yamaha EAD10 and DTX modules
- Fender and Dhani Harrison team up for a signature ukulele
- F.'em is touted as one of the most powerful FM synths ever
- 5 digital delay pedals guitar players need to try
- Orange Amps' collaboration with Blast Cult's Jason Burns bears fruit as the stunning OE-1 Custom Guitar is unveiled
- The Prince Estate shares a previously unreleased Prince single from the vault – Born 2 Die
- The beginner's guide to: chillwave
June 2
- 10 things to know about Gibson, from the Gibson Garage to new Frampton and Orianthi guitars
- Spiritbox: watch an exclusive guitar playthrough of Circle With Me and interview with Mike Stringer
- Chaos Audio revamps the Stratus, a do-it-all app-controlled multi-effects pedal – is it time to ditch the pedalboard?
- Queen’s Roger Taylor announces new solo album, Outsider
- Sony makes a play for the guitar, keyboard and DJ effects market with the Motion Sonic wrist controller
- If Behringer doesn’t snap up the Positron16 synth concept, then someone else must
- Ernie Ball Music Man officially releases the St Vincent Goldie
- Classic album - Ben Westbeech on There's More To Life Than This
June 1
- Roland at Back To Live
- Årabrot‘s Kjetil Nernes: “My approach to guitar has developed through the years, but this mix of punk-rock and Glenn Branca minimalism is still the backbone“
- Issue 371 of Future Music is on sale now
- Roger Waters takes aim at David Gilmour, accusing him of “whopping porky pies“ and taking more credit for his work in Pink Floyd “than is his due“
- Get ready, Behringer has announced the RD-9 is finally shipping
- Zach Myers: 10 albums that changed my life – “I wanted to play like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Freddie King, but I wanted to be Garth Brooks”
- Back To Live, our massive online event, is live!
- Back to Live, our massive online event, is here!
- John Mayer teases a hot pink finish for his PRS Silver Sky series and new solo album announcement
- Black Corporation is bringing back the Jupiter-8 and with extra features
- The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time - ranked!
- Marcus King: 4 tips for great live performance
- The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 1: Vangelis - Blade Runner Main Titles