Photo by Andrei Zarnoveanu

Legendary rock guitarist Duff McKagan, former member of Guns N’ Roses, is revered by many musicians all over the world for his unique guitar skills. He’s been in the music industry over 25 years, so he knows a thing or two about adapting and moving with the times. Duff invited us backstage to talk exclusively about how to keep up with the rapid changes in music industry to ensure a successful career.

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The Charlatans performing at Ben and Jerry’s festival photo by Jimmy James

We interview The Charlatans lead singer, superstar DJ and style icon Tim Burgess. Who showed SUBvert around his UK studio and talked about how they rose from tragedy to become an international success. Also how self publishing their music has resulted in some of their most satisfying creative work.

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If you’ve ever read our About us page, you might already know that Angel is a big Incubus fan or rather a big Brandon Boyd fan!

I won’t repeat the story, other than to say great music and great art really can change people’s lives and Brandon’s music changed the direction of Angel’s life.

We’re lucky at SUBvert that we only interview people we really like and of course Brandon was at the top of Angels list for some time. When the opportunity arose, we jumped at the chance.

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SUBvert had the pleasure of being invited to do a photo shoot with Tim Burgess from the hugely successful band The Charlatans, at his recording studio in Northwich.

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Would you like to photograph bands like Incubus and Pearl Jam, choose what festival to cover and attend 4 or 5 gigs a week? That’s exactly what professional photographer Tim Cochrane does and he’s here to tell you how you can do it too.

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I first saw photographs of Knitta’s yarn graffiti in an exhibition at Urbis, Manchester and I was excited and inspired, they had made knitting cool and interesting and anyone can do. (more…)