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Lorde reflects on the "damage" she suffered when her Melodrama tour was hit by low ticket sales
By Ben Rogerson published
“People don't think about the fact that the person on stage, whose name is on the banner, is looking at someone walking out, some seat not being full”

It lives… Madonna just dropped a remix album of Ray of Light 27 years after it was released
By Daniel Griffiths published
Following decades of rumour and suggestion, we finally get to hear an alternative take on her '90s classic

"No complicated signal routing, no phase issues, no stress": Time Off Audio's Dime [ms] makes mid/side easy
By Matt Mullen published
This time-saving plugin host makes it a breeze to employ mid/side processing with any of your existing AU/VST3 effects

“You hear the record and they took you off!”: Ace session guitarist Brent Mason reveals how he made it to the top
By Andrew Daly published
And he admits: "I've messed up a lot!"

Is synth-pop-country a genre? Sabrina Carpenter’s new single suggests that is
By Ben Rogerson published
“It sounds like the song embodiment of a loving eye roll and it feels like a never ending road trip,” she says

Ableton Live 12.2 gives this "incredibly versatile" device a much-needed refresh
By Si Truss published
Live 12.2 will be released on June 11, bringing updates to Meld, Roar, new Max devices and more

Ethel Cain's ethereal new song features a Yamaha DX7S heard on the Twin Peaks soundtrack
By Matt Mullen published
The singer-songwriter was inspired by a viral video of Twin Peaks composer Angelo Badalamenti explaining how he and Lynch dreamt up Laura Palmer's Theme

"I can’t find the hook. I can’t find the chorus”: Barry Manilow says that songwriting has changed
By Ben Rogerson published
“Young people don’t write the way I was trained to write,” he believes

Empress Effects unveils the Bass ParaEQ, the world’s first parametric EQ pedal designed especially for bass
By Jonathan Horsley published
Empress Effects promises total control over your tone with heaps of features, including three parametric bands with 15dB boost/cut, footswitchable boost, various filters and more

Kiesel debuts the Kyber – a radically contoured and super lightweight electric that screams shred
By Jonathan Horsley published
Kiesel’s new design is all about the ergonomics, with the California high-performance brand offering every excuse for players to carry on up the Kyber's fingerboard
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