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While ambient music can be stereotyped as meditative or calming, it bridges the gaps between noise and silence, helping us find solace.
I bought my first CD player in 1984. I had been lusting for one since I first saw/heard the new format three years earlier,...
My first experience with distortion was with guitar pedals. There was something amazing about physically stomping on a device...
Could live streaming open up fresh worlds for your music?
The electric guitar — has there ever been an instrument so identified with rebellion, with danger, with transgression?
Sometimes you need to free yourself from the reign of the click track and headphones...
Live sound has been a fascination of mine ever since I did my first live sound job at a pub in Cambridge back when I was at college and around 18 years old.
The state of flow is a term used in different practices ranging from sports to the creative arts, but what does the state...
When I started my musical career in 1968, playing live was all there was. My first band Uriel lived for the moment when...
Modern, computer‑based music technology has revolutionised home production. For all the positives, though, one downside...
My school attendance was, ahem, erratic to say the least. The only place I felt I was any good at anything was hitting drums...
How a setback forced the writer to question and freshen the way he had been doing things...
Should arranging play a role in music education?
With your laptop to hand, have a go at performing a rough mix on your headphones whilst the sun is shining. You might be surprised how inspiring it can be!
SOS reader Ashley Pomeroy celebrates the creative power of gates.
Isn't 'the future' meant to be all about user convenience?
The lovely thing about electric guitars is that you can tweak them to your own preferences in terms of both how they feel to play and in what features you add to them.
When I was but a wee lad, I loved things that were noisy. But as I got older, I started to appreciate moments of calm...
Good photography, like a good recording, comes from a mix of experience and pragmatism...
With the live music industry on pause, artists have had to find new ways to connect with their fans. Cue Tim’s Twitter Listening Parties...