is video nasty?

whither EMI in the 1960s

what's missing in A Cappella

is there a future in teaching music

unexaggerated report on the death of jazz

do you have to be a politician to have a hit

workings of the press part two; dealing with music papers

Getting Publicity

the workings of the Press, and how YOU can get publicity out of them

Gig Tactics

musicians' union chief interviewed

Gig Tactics

are bands forgetting how to play live

Rick Palmer crashes around, thinks, then writes

Two hit wonders rattle 'n' roll

Canada conquers?

Short of inspiration? MT's regular selection of readers' synth patches may be just the cure for your programmers' blues.

Been puzzled by references to just intoned or even tempered scales, or wondered exactly what the DX7II's "microtonality" is all about? Robert Rich has the answers.

where to get your instrument worries solved, fast

a checklist to help avoid them

Don't touch those Level and Pan controls - you may be able to solve your mixing problems more easily than you think. Robert Rich explains how the timbre of a sound affects its performance in the mix.

A kit setup for the Alesis HR16 joins the more usual selection of readers DX and D50 patches in this month's Patchwork.

shades and tones

a quickie on some Strat drop-ins