With "Imagine" Lennon doubled down on his message for the world, in what is arguably his most radical song. | Photo: Eric Koch (PDM 1.0 DEED)
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Charles Darwin didn't think much of the importance of music in terms of his theory of evolution, but he believed that music made us more attractive to the opposite sex and therefore contributed to the replication of our genes. | Photo: Edward Cisneros (Unsplash)
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"I really like the feel of playing drums – the tactile, haptic response I get from the instrument," says Tony Buck. | Photo: Holimage
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How do you deal with time pressure? What if you only had 30 minutes a day to practice your guitar? And can you practice without an instrument in your hand? | Photo: Soundtrap (Unsplash)
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Dan Koentopp with his classical guitars. l Source: Koentopp guitars Facebook
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"The album In Death's Eyes is an honest guide to a destabilising experience," says Petra Hermanova. | Photo: Spiros Droussiotis
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The inner critic is like a parent, a teacher, a sound engineer and a bartender, all in one – it knows exactly when your intonation has been out, when you’ve failed to build a solo, when your timing has fallen apart and when your inventiveness in song lyrics has reached an artistic low. | Photo: Dolo Iglesias (Unsplash)
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A farmer in a Colombian village. | Photo: Matěj Ptaszek
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Arthur Brown changed the world of psychedelic and experimental rock music forever. | Photo: Bryan Ledgard via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
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"I think Mat most certainly had a clear idea about how he wanted it to sound because it is essentially Mat's album," says Jennie Bellestar | Photo: Mat Sargent's archive
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A Vending Machine in a New Zealand Bar Rewards You with a Beer for Playing Guitar
We assume that bagpipes come from Scotland, don't we? However, archaeological findings suggest that the Hittites were playing bagpipes as early as 1000 BC. | Photo: Wallpaper Flare
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It would become one of popular music's greatest songs of nostalgia and self-reflection. | Photo: Brett Jordan, Flickr (CC BY 2.0 DEED)
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Where does music come from? Is it a mere luxury, a mathematical play of intervals or our vital instinct? | Photo: William White (Unsplash)
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Jesper Kyd, author of Assassin's Creed. | Photo: Soundsgate
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The male falsetto is often ridiculed as "effeminate", "soft" or even "gay", especially in the context of pop music. When it comes to rockers who use a high head register, we don't hear those kinds of comments much – rock has always been seen as a "masculine" genre, disregarding the falsetto. | Photo: Steven Erixon (Unsplash)
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