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The EBow is a small plastic‑cased gadget, powered by a 9V battery, and when it’s hovered over a guitar string, it causes it to vibrate...
It's fair to say that keytars have had bad press over the years. It's my view that this malicious campaign was started by...
My confidence grew to the point that tackling surface-mounted components was not the horror I was led to believe...
When you use chance operations correctly, you end up challenging yourself constantly...
Even if some people who hear it loathe your music, there will always be some who adore it. Whether you care about either camp, or just decide to make music to please yourself, is entirely up to you.
Steve gave me his time that day, he was good-humoured and made it fun. He showed me how synthesizers work and how to create sounds... it was magical.
Almost no cell service reaches my home studio. People come here to record, and within moments of arrival, they inform me that they have zero bars... Then a wonderful thing happens: they put away their phones and we get to work.
For all the headaches it's caused my mechanic, my car has been of huge value to my musical life. My mobile disco lets me indulge my guiltiest musical pleasures without fear of judgement...
My name is Simon and I have Gear Acquisition Syndrome....
I am a bit older than most Sound On Sound readers. I was in high school when I watched the Beatles get introduced...
It wasn't until life dragged me by the scruff of the neck out of bed at an unfathomably early hour that I began to learn the value of being up before everyone else.
Verticality has been such a revelation that I now no longer own a beanbag!
Fretless bass: the instrument that dare not speak its name. It had its 15 minutes of fame in the '80s, when almost every bass player who'd caught a glorious moment of Jaco Pastorius in Weather Report or in Joni Mitchell's band had a go at fretless...
“Garage band sessions, where the drums have been mixed on a single microphone, embody honesty and humanity.”
"I love the fact that recording and production has become so cheap."
"Tracks in the context of an album can have a totally different effect in comparison to hearing those tracks in isolation..."
"With its unique voice and rich timbre, the acoustic guitar in the hands of a creative mind has unlimited possibilities."
"It's a harrowing journey trying to turn a cube-shaped room in an apartment building into a listening room suitable for mixing a quality record."
"I have resisted the explosion in modular, monosynths, polysynths and gizmos... because of the lack of focus they inflict."
“I’ve loved standalone sequenced synths and grooveboxes since coming late to the Roland MC202 and Korg’s Electribes. But the computer always seemed the way forward...”