We love our electric guitars. Most musicians can play at least a little bit of one, and when it comes to recording or live, it’s pretty normal to find a least a couple of guitar parts in an arrangement and on stage. The problem is that it’s pretty easy for guitars to clash with one…

Perhaps the artist with currently shines brightest is Bruno Mars , who just capped off a winning Superbowl half-time concert that brought him a level of exposure that could hasten his already accelerated race to the top. In a scintillating performance, Mars showed the craft and confidence that could well cement him as a superstar…

At the 2014 NAMM Show, Suit & Tie Guy introduced the STG Soundlabs Envelope Generator and Detachment 3 Archangel sequencer. As S&TG demonstrates, both modules offer a surprisingly deep set of features. For more info, see the STG Soundlabs and Detachment 3 sites. via EMM [Synthtopia]

– The type of student he was at school (0:15) – What he would teach students (0:36) – Jobs he had as a teenager growing up (1:17) – His 1st big paycheck (2:05) – The key to success (2:19)…

This video captures a performance of Aquarius, from the YMF262 EP by Diode Milliampere, live in Adlib Tracker II. Chicago-based Diode Milliampere creates music using Adlib Tracker II, an MS-DOS program which sequences the Yamaha OPL3 chip. [Synthtopia]

Producer Symbolic One (S1) gives us the backstory to how he produced for such major artist as Kanye, Jay Z, Eminem and Beyonce.  S1 also lets us know that he is working on Kendrick Lamar’s sophomore album and the follow up to Yeezus. “I have a feeling it’s going to be crazy, because he went…

Alex Da Kid is having his best year ever. In addition to winning a Grammy for Best Rock Performance with his group, Imagine Dragons — which to date has sold 1.9 million copies of their 2012 debut, “Night Visions,” and 14.4 million songs — the producer for the likes of Rihanna and Eminem has also…

For several years, sound design superfreak Diego Stocco has been amazing people with his videos, which document the incredible lengths that he goes to in order to create unique sounds. He’s set pianos on fire, he’s made music from a bonsai tree, he’s done beat making with the sounds of a dry cleaner and has even…

AT&T has published a patent that would charge customers not only on how much they use the internet, but how they use it, period. Spin and the Huffington Post report that Patent US20140010082 A1, “Prevention of Bandwidth Abuse of a Communications System” — which was initially introduced in 2006, four years before the 2010 Open Internet Act…

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has responded to reports that he and his bandmates’ instruments were not plugged in during their Super Bowl performance with Bruno Mars last Sunday. In a post on the band’s website, Flea noted that the band was aware from the beginning that everything but the vocals would be pre-recorded….