How Squarepusher found a signature sound with a 1979 Rickenbacker bass, a DIY string mute and some heavy EQ

Iambic 5 Poetry features two separate bass tracks: the up-front melodic line, and another hidden low in the mix ...
Guitar Player on MSN

“I took a bass string, put it on the guitar, and tuned it in unison an octave lower than the A string so I'd still be able to play with all six strings.” Joe Perry reveals ...

The guitarist shares stories on the making of "Walk This Way," "Back in the Saddle." "Same Old Song and Dance" and more ...
Wired

School of Rock: The Physics of Waves on Guitar Strings

Perhaps the most iconic instrument in modern rock is the guitar. It's really just a bunch of strings stretched across a board, which you can strum to make awesome tunes, thanks to the physics of waves ...
No Film School on MSN

Andrew Gordon Macpherson on Creating a New “Ambient Metal” Music Subgenre for Hulu’s 'Into the Void'

Scoring Hulu’s Into the Void presented a unique challenge for composer Andrew Gordon Macpherson: how to capture the raw ...
University of Nevada, Reno

The Lilley Museum of Art launches newest exhibition, 'To Hold a Form'

Founded in 1971 and renamed in 2019, the John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art houses a permanent collection of approximately 3,000 works. Through exhibitions like “To Hold a Form”, the Lilley ...