Articles by Vincent Pollard

Actress

Ghettoville

PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2014

One thing that's clear by now about the work of Actress (a.k.a. UK producer Darren Cunningham) is that not only is his work hard to categor...

Week Six

With a Little Help from Our Friends

PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2014

One of the main benefits of Rocksmith 2014 is being able to learn some guitar skills in isolation, without having to pay for lessons or wit...

Week Five

PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2014

In addition to the library of songs available to play, Rocksmith 2014 also has a range of lessons you can take and I'd broken my promise fr...

Week Four

PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2014

After a couple of days without playing due to a broken string, I was keen to get back on the Rocksmith 2014 horse. I went to my local music...

Week Three

PUBLISHED Dec 27, 2013

To begin Week Three I decided to take a break from learning specific songs and start off with a couple of lessons. I wasn't getting the pal...

Week Two

PUBLISHED Dec 20, 2013

By the start of Week Two of the #rocksmith60 challenge, I decided to take a break from the Kinks and change it up by trying "War Ensemble"...

Nils Frahm

Playing With Space and Time

PUBLISHED Dec 20, 2013

Nils Frahm has always had a large crossover appeal and something of a cult status in the electronic and indie music worlds — due to h...

Translator

IDM

PUBLISHED Dec 18, 2013

What is it? An abbreviation of Intelligent Dance Music, IDM was originally coined to describe the less four-on-the-floor dance music emergi...