• Band & Musician FS, Feature Stories

    Alan Morse: Guitars (Spock's Beard)

    Mostly, I like playing songs with big guitar solos in them. MPc: So, Spock’s Beard is a band that’s undergone a lot of evolution over ...
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  • Band & Musician FS, Feature Stories

    Spock's Beard: The Prog Particle

    Spock’s Beard. Just the name is enough to conjure up thoughts of life in a parallel universe. But if you aren’t yet a fan of ...
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  • Feature Stories, Recording/Live Sound FS

    Andy VanDette: Mastering the Masters (and Indie Artists, too!)

    Andy VanDette is a busy, A-list, mastering engineer at the Engine Room studio in New York City, and in his own operation, Andy VanDette Mastering. ...
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  • Drummers & Percussionist FS, Feature Stories

    A Minute With the Minneman: Drummer & Multi-instrumentalist Marco Minnemann

    There are many insanely technical and talented drummers out there, making it a challenge to stand out from the pack and become one of the ...
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  • Feature Stories, Guitar Player FS

    Ryan Peake: Nickelback's Guitar Quarterback

    If you’ve tuned into rock radio anytime within the past 15 years, there’s no doubt that you’ve been exposed to one or more of Nickelback’s ...
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  • Drummers & Percussionist FS, Feature Stories

    Gavin Harrison: Cheating the Laws of Drumming Physics

    In the world of technical rock/progressive/fusion drumming, the “best of the best” list is a short one, filled with names such as Peart, Portnoy, and ...
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  • Feature Stories, Guitar Player FS

    Paul Gilbert: Humble Shredder Pushes Stones Uphill

    Paul Gilbert is one of the great guitar heroes who need little introduction. Whether you first discovered his insane shredding mayhem in the speed metal ...
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  • Bass Player FS, Feature Stories

    Rob Giles: The Other Dude From Circa Zero

    Rob Giles of The Rescues has a familiar sounding voice, presumably because if you watch popular, prime time, network television shows, there’s a fair chance ...
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  • Feature Stories, Guitar Player FS

    Andy Summers: Guitar Hero

    Andy Summers hardly needs an introduction. As the guitar playing third of legendary rock band, The Police, Summers took melodic and textural guitar playing to ...
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  • Feature Stories, Keyboard Player FS

    Jordan Rudess: He's so Busy, No Wonder He Plays So Damn Fast!

    How do we introduce the man we seem to interview with more regularity than any other major league keyboard player? Yes, we sat down once ...
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