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the roland space echo lives - with the help of a little modern technology

how to choose percussion instruments, and how to use them once you’ve got them home

a novice engineer's guide to what all the knobs and switches on a mixing-desk do

a house music producer who hates sampling and big drum sounds? some mistake, surely?

all publicity is good publicity - and even with limited funds, your band can still have a great image

there’s more to indie-girlie-pop than a pouting blonde and cliched guitar riffs - isn’t there?

trying to get on telly could be the most frustrating experience of your musical career; we pinpoint the pitfalls

readers’ demo tapes demolished by a spokesperson from mca records

more readers’ contributions - this time in letter form

if you’ve got plenty of feeling but your technique lets you down - try playing the blues

an appreciation of one of the decade’s great songwriting talents; could you match them?

an audience with andy partridge, frontman for one of britain’s most original-sounding pop bands