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WHEN I AM composing and arranging music, I like to think as an orchestrator. As the guitarist, I try to represent just about everything that’s in the arrangement — the drum syncopations, horn parts, k

AN ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL element in blues guitar is the turnaround. It is a basic function of blues music that the turnaround happens at the end of the progression and flips it over back to the beginni

Musical inspiration doesn’t come out of thin air, and behind every hit single there’s some form of creative stimulus. Ingrained since childhood and entwined in our cultural fabric, classical music has

Rewiting your first draft might seem daunting, but, says James McCreet, it’s where you have the chance to really make your writing shine So you’ve finished the first draft. The story lies ‘finished’ b

‘T is the season of jump-scares and of things going bump in the night, when you get to watch as much as you dare of your favourite slasher film, as Michael Myers puts on his mask once again in Hallowe

I can’t remember exactly which list it was, but one of our ‘favourite test tracks’ rundowns recently made me all misty-eyed about Tom Waits’ signature ballad Martha. I instantly made the comparison wi