John & Peter from Love's Secret Domain insert. | Photo: http://www.brainwashed.com/coil/
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At the end of the millennium, Mark Knopfler has found a style that suits him and in which he feels at home. | Photo: Volkan Yuksel/Wikipedia.org
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It has probably never been easier to make music in the history of mankind. You have an endless selection of quality and affordable home studio tools and equipment at your disposal. | Photo: Yannis Papanastasopoulos (Unsplash)
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According to statistics, "The Times They Are a-Changin'" is Dylan's twenty-third most-played song at concerts | Photo: Xavier Badosa, CC BY 2.0
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Pearl Jam have lost none of their youthful fierceness. | Photo: Danny Clinch
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Caparison Guitars | Photo: Paul Ouzounov
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Detail of a Fender guitar by guitarist David Brown with illustrations by Sarah Gallenberger. | Photo: Martin Novotný
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Rhythm is a seemingly simple matter – but how is it actually possible that something can move us almost automatically, as if we were puppets on strings? | Photo: Nicholas Jeffries (Unsplash)
Music is Not Rocket Science #4: Rhythm and Tempo
Steve Morse skilfully controls the volume of each note with his right pinky finger during his solos. | Photo: Mark Ellis
(Un)usual Guitar Techniques #2: Volume knob
The songs sound as if Britpop and the Beatles rose from the dead in Ohio. | Photo: chevy/Wikimedia commons
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Fans are the water of life and we couldn't do without them. But some of them can be a bit annoying. | Photo: Alberto Bigoni
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Milan aka Mulen Zelenka in the workshop. | Photo: author
Dreamstruments #28: Carpathian Guitars
Ron and Russell Mail from Sparks in Tokyo, 2017. | Photo: Takahiro Kyono via Flickr (Wikimedia CC 3.0)
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On their tenth album, Elbow entertain from start to finish. | Photo: Press
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Isn't it actually liberating and, in fact, likeably egalitarian that if someone wants to, they can present their work publicly, regardless of how technically perfect it is or is not? | Photo: Daniel Chekalov (Unsplash)
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It is a true folk classic, having crossed continents and recorded by countless artists, who have all left their mark on it. | Photo: Gilles Péris via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED)
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