Making Music - August 1986
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All the new stuff, including a special feature on the soon-come Stepp digital guitar. |
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'Ere, did you know that old wossisname is doing so-and-so with a wotchermaccallit. |
Write immediately to Making Music, 40 Bowling Green Lane, London EC1R 0NE. |
The most famous cartoon group in the world. |
Little boy blue, come blow up your horn — but first, read this introduction to blowing saxes etc. |
A crafty buyer's guide — what to look for. |
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WhitesnakeBack to 1980 as Neil Murray shows you how to play the bass on 'Fool For Your Loving'. |
Going BuskingShould you do it? Can you legally do it? Have you got the right sort of songs to do it? |
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The FixxBig in America, big in rehearsal rooms — but why isn't this dead good pop group dead big here? |
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Why Bands Break UpA unique Making Music survey; plus a quiz to find out if you're the splitting type. |
Fed up with those boring 'preset' things that everyone else uses? Turn to page 20 rapido. |
How to understand those mixer type things that put all the noises through the PA. S'easy. |
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Nick HeywardNick some ideas for songwriting, nick a few big semi-acoustic Gretsches, nick this issue. |
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Lots of chords, including the diminished fifth modified dominant seventh. |
SamplingSampling is the subject this time: we turn the technical phrases into real language. |
"Are these electronic kits gonna take over altogether, d'you reckon?" asks Geoff Nicholls. |
Transposing SongsThat's about it actually: the headline sums it all up. Are we in the right key? |
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New grooves from the Housemartins, Wham!, the Smiths and GTR. |
Two-Chord SongsJust two, yup. Everyone from the Who to Duran Duran has used the trick. Now you can. |
You Never Knew About Talking Heads | Talking Heads |
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Send your tape for review to Making Music, 40 Bowling Green Lane, London EC1R 0NE. |
What you can get from a MIDI Implementation Sheet, apart from total bafflement. |
Group KillingA guide — not entirely seriously, it must be said — to getting rid of the others. |
Plus Garth Blore's pic of a rare Burns Black Bison bass. |
Bill NelsonA home recordist amongst home recordists traces his own history through tape recorders he has used. |
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Our unique Top 40 gear charts. |