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"Cliff took Kirk's solo, which I think is just so cool": Robert Trujillo on the time Metallica mixed up their solos
By Will Simpson published
He says Orion is “the closest thing to the spirit of Cliff Burton”

"Welcome to the dystopian future we only dreamed about three years ago": Deadmau5 blasts DJ using his AI-generated deepfake to promote music
By Matt Mullen published
"AI is great, generative AI not so much; but we need to stop idiots like this from abusing it"

A whopping $900 discount on a stunning Gibson Les Paul is the headline act of Guitar Center's early Presidents' Day sale, plus a generous up to 30% off a range of music-making gear
By Daryl Robertson published
Grab impressive discounts on quality gear from Fender to Gibson, Casio, Alesis to Martin

“Streaming simply isn’t enough to sustain most artists”: App launched that provides artists with new revenue stream
By Will Simpson published
Dune works as a stock market where you ‘invest’ in an artist

"Forever a true friend and brother”: Pogues drummer Andrew Ranken has died, aged 72
By Will Simpson published
He played with them all the way up to 2014

Harley Benton just dropped an 8-string for southpaw players that has a multi-scale fretboard, high-gain humbuckers and offers change from 300 bucks
By Jonathan Horsley published
The R-458MN is a tidy-looking multi-scale eight-string that treads djently on your budget but will put some weight on your riffs

“The quality of the material is amazing”: Rare footage of Bowie to be included in new ‘immersive’ show
By Will Simpson published
David Bowie: You’re Not Alone opens in April

Waldorf Protein hands-on: Four layers, '90s wavetables & MPE in a $399 mini synth
By Si Truss, Simon Arblaster published
Waldorf's latest puts the wavetable oscillators of the Microwave into a compact and affordable instrument – is this be the best new budget synth?

Billy Corgan says virtuosic guitar solos mean nothing in the social media age – and argues guitar influencers need to make a bigger impact on popular music
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman sees virtuosos everywhere but he would like to see these talents being applied in the next generation of great alt-rock and metal bands
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