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“The award for best AI song goes to…”: The Future Sound Awards are new music awards for AI music
By Daniel Griffiths published
Reckon that your AI tune doesn’t get the love that it should? A new competition aims to celebrate the best new AI music and its makers

“Thunderous sub-octave, expressive envelope, and lush modulation effects with killer tracking and sustain”: MXR unveils the MB301 Bass Synth – instant funk for your pedalboard
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Bass Synth is a funk engine with selectable waveforms, presets, and monophonic synth sounds evoking golden era Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and Parliament/Funkadelic

Scott Gorham recalls Thin Lizzy’s close shave when they nearly split over Brian Robertson’s beard
By Jonathan Horsley published
Thin Lizzy's Live And Dangerous lineup was exactly that, and with Robertson, things could get hairy over the most trivial matter

The Oasis song Liam hated because it was 'reggae': "I remember Our Kid saying 'Why are you writing reggae songs?' And I was like, there speaks a man that has never heard reggae"
By Rob Laing published
A songwriter in peak form, a singer and band who hated it, and the song that became bigger than anyone could have imagined

Why wait for Prime Day when Thomann's massive Music Days sale will save you up to 65% off big brands right now?
By Daryl Robertson published
Thomann's Music Days sale sees the price slashed on popular models from Fender, Gibson, Alesis, Casio, ESP and much more

Billie Joe Armstrong says 'Good Riddance' to fan who gets on stage and plays an Oasis song
By Will Simpson published
“Best song of the night,” quips Liam Gallagher

“We don’t want our music killing people,” Deerhoof just quit Spotify after Daniel Ek's weapons deal
By Daniel Griffiths published
“Spotify is flushing itself down the toilet. Eventually artists will want to leave this already widely hated data-mining scam masquerading as a ‘music company”

“If you don't like what the answer is going to be, don't ask!”: Steve Harris on the secret to Iron Maiden’s success
By Paul Elliott published
Plus: how he recently left a Maiden fan in tears
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