Success in Soundproofing

How to soundproof a rehearsal room

How to soundproof your demo room

Out Of The Closet

Manufacturers, retailers and end users are locked into a culture that produces limited, unimaginative products, writes Pete Shelton.

Wordsmith's Warbles — Yawn-Alonga-Ed

some strange advice

Introducing The Dots...

Wanna know about music with no ties? Sorry - Dave Stewart talks of tied notes.

Tittle-tattle on the hurly-burly

What is it with audiences these days?

Gordon Simpsons

A tale of simple Edinburgh folk and Simpson's Edinburgh shop. Billy Punter takes the tartan trail

Working again after two years of legal trench-warfare, The Spands talk about their comeback album, the defiantly-titled Through The Barricades. Observation post: Chris Maillard

Hard Disc Sampler

standing for Hard Disc, as in rack mounted sampler. This device has so much memory, even Lemmy could remember what band he played for. Alastair Gavin indulges.

How to be an engineer, what happened at these two trade shows and why John Lennon would turn in his grave

...Session Musician. Jim Betteridge kicks off a new series with a frank look at the prospect of becoming a hired player

puzzle page entertainment

The first of our new series on the very live issue of sampling, taking all the technicalities into account. Dom Foulsham begins with an examination of the law as it currently effects all involved. An indispensable guide, if you're concerned about clearance and want to avoid that nasty little rubber glove

Strange goings on at Recycled Goods plc.

Ben Duncan waxes lyrical in his own immortal style.

Part two considers arrangements: getting right all the instruments order in the.

The Manson

Fairlight screens, machines and Green. Interview by Adrian Deevoy

Virgin veterans XTC are under pressure to pull off a Pop success with their latest album, Skywalking. So is it open season on Andy Partridge? Chris Maillard takes aim...

A play by Tim Glynne-Jones.

A pack of cards