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Try these 4 ways to power up your guitar power chords
Simple tricks for new inspiration from popular music's most common type of chord
Are you getting the most out of your power chords? Tom Bukovac has a tip from the Rolling Stones guitar playbook
The Nashville session man has more playing great playing knowledge to share
Time-stretching, tape stops and transition effects: 10 tips for bending time in your tracks
The ability to mess with time, adjusting the playback speed, position, direction and pitch of our audio is one of the most enticing and creative aspects of music production
"VCA groups are simply controllers rather than group channels, with no audio going through them": How to make use of VCA grouping in your mixdowns
This clever feature can be indispensable when you’re mixing, and a great companion to submixing
Music theory you can use: pep up your progressions by borrowing chords from parallel keys
Dig yourself out of a diatonic hole
"If you want to write a classic pop song, use these chords: Ab, Bb, G minor 7th, C minor. You can’t go wrong with that": How to make a track that sounds like The Pet Shop Boys
The Pet Shop Boys have just released a new album, Nonetheless, so it’s a great time to show you how to create some of their signature sounds for free
5 creativity-enhancing studio workflow tips
Is your studio setup blocking – rather than unlocking – your music making? Get more out of every session with our guide to maximising your creativity
