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Gear Rundown: J Dilla

There's few names in hip-hop as widely adored and respected as James Dewitt Yancey - or as we all know him, J Dilla. Born in...

7 Feb

My Rig: Tim Maxwell (Loser)

Loser are road warriors of the highest order. Featuring current and ex members of Grim Rhythm, The Smith Street Band and The...

30 Jan

The Story of the Million Dollar Quartet

It’s 1956 in the United States. Black and white portable television sets have hit the market. Rocky Marciano has retired as the...

28 Jan

An Obitube-ary To Valves

Modelling, profiling and the like have really come to the fore in the last few years. And I mean REALLY made themselves present....

28 Jan

Expressivity: The Final Frontier In Electronic Music

A major challenge for manufacturers and music makers has been figuring out how to make electronic instruments as musically...

28 Jan

The Modern Drummer

What a musical world we live in. Every drummer has the potential to realise and create their own specific voice and personality...

28 Jan

Future Bass

With all the chaos of NAMM comes an ominous anticipation for the impending arrival of all the new gear people have discussed/...

28 Jan

Where To Start?

So, you’ve decided to take up bass? In keeping with the theme of this issue I thought I’d discuss some important points when...

14 Jan

Things To Check

With this issue ‘getting back to school’, I’ve decided to discuss a couple of essentials to think about as a guitar player. Some...

14 Jan

The Educator Keeping Educated

So, this January issue is the Education issue. As a long-time columnist for Mixdown I would like to think the majority of what I...

14 Jan

On The Grid

With the new year comes a whole lotta empty promises. “This year I’ll eat healthier.” “This year I’m banning myself from AfterPay...

14 Jan

Inversions II-V-I

We’re going to step it up pretty quickly from the last article where we looked at triad inversions and now deal with 7th chord...

14 Jan

Talking Pro Tools With Avid's Drew Parsons

It goes without saying that Avid and audio education go hand in hand. The creators of the industry defining Pro Tools software (...

8 Jan

Mixdown's Favourite Albums Of 2019

As another decade draws to a close, we put our writers to the test to decide upon their favourite releases of 2019. Slap on your...

20 Dec

Extending Chords

By definition a chord contains two notes or more (as opposed to just a single ‘note’) with Major and minor chords being built as...

6 Dec

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