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Under the Hood #25: The Cunetto Era and First Fender Relic Guitars

I like to keep that city sleaze in my music so you can smell the smell of the inner city | Photo: Mira Tiinanen

Andy McCoy: I Serve the Song, Whatever It Needs. That’s What I See As My Job

Milli Vanilli took it to the extreme in the nineties with a shameless complete playback where they didn't even sing. | Photo: Globe Photos / Mediapunch / Shutterstock

Notes of a Frontwoman #3: Potemkin Villages of Half-Playbacks

Sometimes it's challenging to assemble hardware from only 2D parts, but that's the beauty of it," laughs Florian. | Photo: Millimetric Instruments

Dreamstruments #4: Florian Bouyou Millimetric Instruments

With his Denis D'or Prokop Diviš could emulate the sound of harpsichords, harps, lutes, chordophones and wind instruments. | Photo: Michal Maňas (CC-BY-4.0)

Milestones in Music History #21: Prokop Diviš and the First Electronic Instrument

We keep each other in line. We're all able to be leaders, so we all take that position at different times. | Photo: Better Noise Music

Derek Day (Classless Act): We Take Our Music Seriously, but Not Ourselves

Music education is a great hobby. But what types of students can you meet at lessons? | Photo: Haley Powers

TOP 10 Aspiring Music Students

Zdeněk Macho in his workshop. | Photo: author

Dreamstruments #3: Macho Guitars

Some acts in Australia are singing in their own Indigenous language | Photo: Bernard Spragg (CC by 2.0)

All Eyes on Australia with Toby Alexander: Indigenous Artists Are Really Popular in Australia Right Now

Data rule the world today and if you know who is listening to you and where, you can target your new work to the right audience. | Photo: Oto Burger

Notes of a Frontwoman #2: "I'll Do It Myself" or Releasing a Single from A to Z

Eric Clapton's Signature model exemplifies the modern thinking of the era around Dan Smith| Photo: Kytary.cz

Under the Hood #24: Fender and the First Signature Guitar of Eric Clapton

In Glitch beauty was found in the incomplete, the ugly and imperfection | Photo: Glitch Art by Rosa Menkman (CC-by-2.0)

Milestones in Music History #20: Glitch. The Beauty of Imperfection.

Does everything actually sound out of tune and our ears have just got used to it over the years? How much do we perceive the inadequacies of the tuning of our musical instruments? | Photo: Alexis Baydoun (Unsplash)

Tyranny of Modern Temperament Tuning

It can't be said that the Jazz Bass was an improved Precision—rather, it took its potential to the next level

Under the Hood #23: Fender Jazz Bass

“The beauty is absolutely in the simplicity of being a trio... more isn't always better,” says J.P. Kallio of Sliotar | Photo: band's press kit

Sliotar: "Hearing Somebody Sing With Pain in His Voice Gives You Permission To Let Go"

Evaluating, comparing, praising... or criticising. This is also the reality of annual concerts and competitions at music schools. | Photo: flickr

5 “Tips” on How to Make Children Sick of Music