Instrumental inventions, from LEGO microtonal guitar to deconstructed tuba, at Guthman prize

Bored by the Grammys? Try the Guthmans instead. The Guthman Musical Instrument Competition has selected its award winners, as musicians re-imagine acoustic, electroacoustic, electromagnetic, and digital all at once, with phenomenal results.

Here’s the biggest guitar in the southern hemisphere, in a free sample library

The remote town of Narrandera, New South Wales has its hemisphere’s biggest guitar – like “the guitar that ate Australia” big. And it’s already inspired plenty of free music, plus a free sample library you can download for yourself.

Peter Kirn - August 8, 2019

Mystical music for midwinter, with SO of Tokyo’s Labyrinth, more

The Northern Hemisphere’s darkest days make a good scene for music, whatever your spiritual/religious persuasion. So here we have some gorgeous sounds in this holiday week.

Peter Kirn - December 26, 2018

Apple’s latest GarageBand will help you learn an instrument, for free

Peter Kirn - June 27, 2018

Tonebridge brings personal presets that can be shared back to their main catalogue in version 2.3

Ashley Elsdon - April 29, 2018

Vulse, the gestural guitar FX app brings additional effects and control modes with another big update

Ashley Elsdon - April 18, 2018

Gibson is in trouble – and that means trouble for owner Juskiewicz

Peter Kirn - February 20, 2018

This little UA box helps you get sound out of your tube amp

Peter Kirn - July 13, 2017

Now you can plug a guitar or stompbox into your Eurorack

Peter Kirn - March 31, 2016

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