Music tuition

Here's how to keep a sparsely-populated track interesting

Learn Joe Satriani's favourite mode

Let’s use samples to build a classic minimal house-style drum pattern

The inner workings of a major record label

Create a bass with frequency modulation

In this guest lesson from GuitarTricks.com's Abram Poliakoff, learn how to get to grips with the famed fingerstyle technique

Synthesis is one of the quickest and, potentially, easiest methods of creating awesome bass sounds from scratch. Here’s how it’s done…

Built around sparse beats, repetitive loops and simple arrangements, ‘minimal’ dance music might look easy to make, but it's not as simple as it sounds...

A guide to recording studio vocals

Both hands on the fretboard for this slippery tapping riff!

If you don’t reach the bottom, how can you hit the top? Get the lowdown on making your subs sound sweet

The crucial ingredients for a unique hook and a memorable tune

More than three dozen priceless nuggets of bass production wisdom

Once you've got a grip on scales, it's time to start stacking notes on top of each other

Emulate Led Zep's multi-instrumental powerhouse

Know your Dorian from your Mixolydian

Majors, minors and more

Stuck in a rut of reaching for the same chord progressions? With a little lateral thinking and some pivot chords, you can bust out of the norm

Buying the right speakers is only the first half of your monitoring journey - now you've got to place them correctly…