"I needed time to understand that my real voice is fine and that I don't have to pretend that I can sing like this or that, but I can just sing like me," says Daria ze Śląska. | Photo: Kama Czudowska
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The band promo photo is about you as people – and it's up to you what emotion you put into it. | Photo: Isaac MacDonald on Unsplash
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The best way to describe Labasheeda's music is probably 'artpunk'. | Photo: J. Sobotka
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Not everyone is able to learn to read music. Even in music, there is dyslexia, where you simply can't translate a symbol on paper into the notes you play. | Photo: Mike Castro Demaria (Unsplash)
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Joshua Paul Davis, better known by his stage name DJ Shadow. | Photo: Scott Sandars (Wikimedia CC 2.0)
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Lenny Kravitz keeps repeating the same boring tricks that even AI couldn't come up with. | Photo: amerikanskiy
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Blues is for true connoisseurs of life and has clearly defined rules. | Photo: Tim Mossholder (Unsplash)
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"When Elton John glanced at Taupin's writing on the London Underground, he instantly realized he had found his songwriting partner." | Photo: Universal City Records (Public Domain, via Wikipedia)
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What makes Paoletti guitars unique? Apart from the story about the wine barrels, it's the material. | Photo: Paoletti Guitars
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Slash's tribute is sentimental, believable and very entertaining. | Photo: Liogkih/Wikipedia Commons
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NEW GEAR 24/24: Friedman Plex, Spector Doug Wimbish, Oberheim TEO-5 and Gretsch Signature
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If you have a tip for other harmonically hyperactive songs, where the chords are placed somewhat randomly (for example, according to how nicely it fits in your hand on the guitar fretboard), let us know in the comments. | Photo: Austin Prock (Unsplash)
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Steve Vai enjoys using the whammy bar to create surreal screams and bizarre sounds to enhance his technically perfect playing. | Photo: Talyn Sherer
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As always, Weller invited a plethora of excellent musicians and prepared another strong musical experience. | Photo: Raph_PH, by CCA 2.0
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La Femme, at the Roxy Club, Prague | Photo: Pavla Hartmanová / Fource
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