Ins & outs

HEAL THE PAIN

New research has indicated that listening to a specially composed electronic music track could help reduce pain levels for people suffering from headaches, backache or period pain; full results are set to be published in an academic journal.

PITCH PERFECT

Ever E find yourself caught short without a guitar tuner? Now all you need is your phone, as Google has just added one to its search engine. Simply type ‘Google guitar tuner’ and it should appear, ready to respond to your instrument or voice.

NO RAGE AGAINST THE APPLE MACHINE

RATM guitarist Tom Morello has revealed how Kanye West’s advice about using Apple’s Voice Memos for ideas led to him doing the same for most guitar parts on his new album – tracking them on his iPhone, via the built-in mic.

I’M A BELIEBER

Justin Bieber was left red-faced recently when he was fooled by a deepfake video of ‘Tom Cruise’ playing guitar and singing. He even went as far as to praise the skills of non-Tom on social media, though to be fair to him, it did look pretty convincing to us too.

CREDIT WHERE IT’S DUE

Meanwhile, Jameela Jamil took to social media to call out t those who were questioning if she deserved production credits on boyfriend James Blake’s new album. “You are part of the problem of why women don’t pursue producing,” she said.

EASY ON THE DNB

We were disappointed to discover that Adele’s new track, Easy On

Me, definitely isn’t the DnB record she promised us in 2019. It was always unlikely to happen, obviously, but it would certainly have been an interesting one for her fanbase to swallow...