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NS DESIGN WITH THE LEVIN BROTHERS AT NAMM 2015
NS DESIGN WITH THE LEVIN BROTHERS AT NAMM 2015
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Neil Diamond
Road Scholar
With his latest, Melody Road, pop legend Neil Diamond proves every song is a learning experience
Neil Diamond has been writing songs for 50 years, so you might think it comes easy. Not so. Although melodies spring forth almost magically—“If I have a natural gift, that’s it,” he says—lyrics remain his bane. “It’s grunt work, requiring huge amounts of patience, diligence and focus. It’s ditch-digging, and unfortunately...
Slash
World of His Own
Eighteen years after Guns N’ Roses, Slash releases an explosive new record that finds him at the peak of his creative prowess
I’m an energetic and aggressive player,” declares Slash. “I attack hard—it’s very much a physical thing for me. What excites me most is the off-the-cuff, spontaneous energy you get from live performance. That has a huge impact on me.”
That impact began at a young age when the future musician—born...
Ed Sheeran
UNPLUGGED & ON FIRE
Ed Sheeran pushes acoustic boundaries to find new musical territory
He arrived on the mainstream music scene three years ago with a massively successful debut album of delicately crafted acoustic ballads. So it might have been understandable if the world had gotten used to thinking of Ed Sheeran as a laid-back, reliable balladeer. But the 23-year-old troubadour has since emerged as a pop phenom, a creative dynamo whose varied...
