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“I think if he’d walked in, I’m not gonna lie, I would’ve gone, ‘Forget it’": Bob Dylan would fail American Idol audition, according to Simon Cowell

In autumn 1997, when Dylan released his acclaimed Time Out Of Mind album, which contains Make You Feel My Love, Cowell was ...
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"Artists and songwriters will have full control over whether and how their names, images, likenesses, voices and compositions are used in new AI-generated music”: …

"Artists and songwriters will have full control over whether and how their names, images, likenesses, voices and compositions ...
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"In terms of audio and signal performance, it delivers everything I would want as a vocalist": Positive Grid Spark Link XLR wireless system review review

A simple way to add wireless connectivity to an XLR device with mic signal levels, I find out how well Positive Grid's ...
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"I thought, ‘I can’t play now. He’s going to be looking at my fingers and judging me’”: British acid jazz outfit The Brand New Heavies say that Prince came to watch ...

Mark Ronson, meanwhile, loves the Heavies so much that, over a decade ago, he had them to play at his 40th birthday party, where he credited them in his speech for changing the course of his career.
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"This isn't just a new keyboard – it's a new era": Arturia releases small but mighty 37-key version of its AstroLab stage keyboard

AstroLab 37 packs the musical firepower of its larger siblings into a sleek and portable 37-key version that Arturia says ...
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In 2015, JHS Pedals released what it called the “ultimate dirt pedal” – now it has made it better with a revised circuit featuring a heap of player-requested features and ...

What’s up yet Kilt? On JHS Pedals’ 10th anniversary limited edition, it’s a whole lotta mods to make it even more versatile, ...
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"It's not just another recreation of the Jupiter-8": Cherry Audio goes "beyond Jupiter" with the Mercury-8 soft synth

This long-awaited Jupiter-8 emulation builds on the capabilities of the original synth with expanded polyphony, enhanced ...
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“I hit the drum maybe five times. That was it. Concorde flights, 14 days in a 5-star hotel. The most expensive bit of drumming in history”: When stars of Duran Duran a…

Then there was The Power Station, one of two side projects to emerge from the ranks of Duran Duran, after bassist John Taylor ...
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“I'm sure that sound influenced the Daft Punk song Get Lucky, because it uses the same trick”: The fascinating music theory behind the kicked-around track that Princ…

What happens when you write a hit for another band, but you want it back? We find out as we trace the complicated history and ...
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“It’s exquisite. It’s a gift from someone, somewhere, that it fell into her lap”: Singer-songwriter Matt Maltese says that he doesn’t really know how one of his songs ...

Speaking to The Guardian, Maltese tells the tale of how a song that he co-wrote with some friends a few years ago has ended ...
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My daily-driver podcast mic is 15% off for Black Friday at Amazon and it’s one of the smartest buys you can make for a spoken word setup

I just found the best Black Friday deal for podcasters with a generous discount on the model we called "one of the most ...
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With these massive Black Friday savings on Boss Katana amps and compact pedals, it's time to rethink your home practice rig

The Boss Black Friday deals are here, and they include the practice-friendly Katana amps, our number one looper and a classic ...