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Gear Rundown: Ruban Nielson of Unknown Mortal Orchestra

If there's been a major driving force in the world of rock 'n roll in the past decade, it's been through the psych...

10 Aug

Learn the fretboard: More chords from scales and modes

Keeping up with the chord theme from the last few months, let’s take something a little meatier than major or minor and use...

2 Aug

Gear Rundown: Jaco Pastorius

Few artists have been as monumental to the direction of electric bass guitar than Jaco Pastorius. Born in Florida in 1951,...

27 Jul

How to spot the difference between phaser, flanger and chorus effects

As well as being really fun to play with, modulation effects are a great tool to add movement, dimension and colour to your...

27 Jul

The controversy behind Bob Dylan’s electric set at Newport Folk Festival

Fifty-three years ago today, a crowd gathered to witness history in the making. Of course, the fans that flocked to Newport Folk...

25 Jul

Musicology: The history and rebirth of bounce music

If you, like millions of others around the world, have listened to Drake’s new album Scorpion in the few weeks since its release...

19 Jul

Gear Rundown: The Clash's London Calling

When The Clash entered London's Wessex Sound Studios in 1979, there was a sense of disposition in the air. None of the band...

13 Jul

5 pedals that will catch your eye (and still serve a purpose)

With tens of thousands of effects pedals on the market, the competition is stiff and the marketing cut-throat. With your seldom-...

12 Jul

On the other hand

For the right-handers of the world, the drum kit is set up (generally) in a certain manner that usually promotes this dominant...

11 Jul

Gear Rundown: Kele Okereke and Russell Lissack of Bloc Party

If you grew up in the 2000s, there's a fair chance you would have boogied your butt off to 'Banquet' or '...

10 Jul

Learn the fretboard: Chords from scales and modes

Chords come from scales, and of course there are plenty of types and lots of voicings. Guitar is an interesting example in this...

5 Jul

The essential items for every bass player's gig bag

Most of you gigging guys and girls, seasoned players or switched-on bedroom bashers out there will already have a solid setup and...

3 Jul

Gear Rundown: TesseracT

Do you djent? TesseracT sure do. Forming in 2003, the prog-metal group are known as one of the pioneering acts of the...

29 Jun

Mixdown's favourite debut albums

Trying to choose your favourite debut album is no easy feat. We put our writers to the test to see what pieces of nostalgia and...

26 Jun

The Eternal Dilemma: Mixer or Audio Interface?

Something I see come up amongst beginners a lot is confusion over whether they need a mixer or audio interface. It’s an...

22 Jun

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