Making Music - November 1986
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You Never Knew About David Bowie | David Bowie |
The first Making Music poll: vote now for your musicianly faves and hates of 1986. |
Tonight the hot instrumental news is read by someone with a megaphone. Strange. |
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Arguments, frank exchanges of views, outrageous commentary — and all written by clever old you. |
The fabulous cartoon group appear exclusively in Making Music. Prepare your laughing gear. |
The sort of thing you'll turn to first: lies, gossip, tittle-tattle, rumours, humous... |
Robert CrayMuch-noticed blues guitarist suggests playing solos on front pickup shock. |
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Make wacky new sounds for your synthesiser with our clear patch diagrams. S'easy. |
Pino Palladino Gives Us His "Wherever..." Bassline | Pino PalladinoFretless Pino shows you how to play the bassline to Paul Young's 'Wherever I Lay My Hat'. |
What makes great drummers great when they all use the same currency, the Beat? |
MusicThis month the Wiggly marks and funny numbers of musical notation are explained proper, like. |
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Better RecordingAn A-Z of stuff that'll help you to get better sounds |
Sessionmen SpecialStudio time with bassist Mo Foster, drummer Tom Nichol and keyboardist Danny Shogger. |
To fill a room. Well, it depends. To find out just what, use those fingers (on those pages). |
What's A Gate?A gadget that only lets certain sounds through — geddit? Deeper analysis on page 20. |
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Your tapes assessed by the Making Music A&R department. Some we sign, some we don't. |
Psychedelic FursSingist Richard Butler tells how a vocalist's attitude can affect the rest of the group. |
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OMDTwo of the group write, the rest play, and they end up with "The Pacific Age" LP. |
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D'you find that the basslines you put on your new songs are unadventurous? Here's some inspiration. |
A program to convert aftertouch data from a KX5 into controller data for a DX21, Crikey! |
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Oldies identified: Epiphone, Ibanez, Fender, Eros, Radiotone, Hofner, Rickenbacker, Excetro and Fasan. |
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Improvisation. You know, making it up, off the top of your head. Of course you can do it. |
Breakdowns......and how to avoid them. Or at least, how to tell what's gone wrong, quickly. |
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Richard ThompsonWeird tales from ace guitarist's LP sessions; shawms, theremins, and a silver band. |
Boss DR220A and 220E Drum Machines |
A guide to who they are, where they are, and what they do. Your first step to a handmade guitar. |
We heard this funny story on the way to the studio/ rehearsal/gig/mortuary. Here it is. |
Paul Day's unique Strat with a cold-cast bronze body. It's hideous! And Garth Blore photographed it. |
New stuff from Nik Kershaw, XTC, plus the Making Music playlist. |
Britain's only instrument and gear charts, complete with mini-reviews and spec. |