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Download the Bbop App
Buying and selling musical instruments from your phone is even easier with the free Bbop app

Top 6 Bass Multi-Effects Pedals
Find the pedal you need to improve your bass sound

How to Work as a Film Music Composer
New ways to make money from music (part IV)

Handpans - the magic steel
A foray into the world of these soulful instruments

Reboot Guitars: Vintage Brands Come Back to Life
Iconic guitar brands are re-emerging everywhere

Interview with Opal Ocean
Amazing metalhead duo from Australia playing flamenco rock

How to Start Selling Stock Music
New Ways to Make Money from Music (Part III)

How to Get Projects as a Video Game Music Composer
New Ways to Make Money from Music (Part II)

How to Work as an Online Session Musician
New Ways to Make Money from Music (Part 1)

Multi-effect Pedals for Guitarists: Testing 6 of the Best
Find out which modern guitar multi-effect is right for you.

Dowina Guitars: The Spirit of Wood
Touring a Luthier’s Workshop

Get to Know Your Synthesizers
A quick guide to buying and selling synths

Pearl Jam in Prague! Concert Review
Grunge legends from Seattle deliver 150 minutes of pure musical bliss

Greek and Turkish Stringed Instruments: an Introduction

Carnival of Cultures in the streets of Berlin
Music, dance and good vibes!

Concert Review: Femi Kuti and the Positive Force
Afrobeat legend brings his positive forces

Bbop Interview: Wild Dog Stomp Boxes
Portable Percussion

Interview: Pur Cajon Manufaktur
Quality and Innovation

Musikmesse 2018: Highlights and Impressions
Bbop Team brings you the news from the big show

Carl Craig and his Synthesizer Ensemble hit the Funkhaus Berlin
Techno Symphony for Funkhaus Sessions

How to sell your instruments: A quick explanation.
Sell your stuff easily and for free with Bbop!

Interview with The Trouble Notes
"Music from everywhere, for everyone"

6 Ways to Improve Your Songwriting and Composing
Unleash your creativity with these tips

7 Must-Hear Japanese Bands

Protecting Your Musical Instruments from the Cold
7 Tips to Survive the Deep Freeze

Carbon Fibre Instruments- Fad or the Future?
Acoustics from Alternative Materials

4 tips for travelling with your instrument
Keep playing, anywhere you go!

The History of Electronic Music - from Noise to Techno
The Art of Noise.

Interview with Rockfabrik Effects
Handmade pedals using the highest qualiy components

Portable MIDI controllers - 3 Good Options
Go portable!

Tinariwen: Blues Power from the Sahara (Concert Review)
Borderless music with irresistible grooves

New Year's Giveaways on Bbop
Win items you are watching!

Bbop Discovers Jeudy Custom Amps
We sit down with custom amp builder Julien Jeudy

Inside Vince Gill's Guitar Collection
A brief visit to guitar heaven....

DJ Workshop – all hype or worth it?
Experiences of a first-timer

Zerberus Guitars Interview
Handmade Guitars from Stone

Interview with Velvet Kills
Electro-Sex-Rock from another dimension?

Bbop is now available in Polish!
Our 6th language..and more coming!

Franfret Guitars - Now Selling on Bbop
Handmade Guitars from Spain

Bbop Team at Mannheim Guitar Summit 2017
Guitar Overdose!

The 7 Best Video Game Soundtracks
...that 8-bit sound...

Meeting: DJ BUDINO
Dive into the Berlin DJ scene with Valentina Bodini

Your Rosewood Instrument and the CITES treaty
Be careful when buying and selling!

Quality Apps For Musicians
Use technology to make music!

How To Write A Concept Music Video
OK Go and Their Viral Genius

7 Inevitable Truths When You're Dating a Musician
Musician habits at their worst!

Migration - The New Album from Bonobo
Of migrating- leaving one place in order to arrive somewhere else...

Bbop Introduces: Banwo The Poet
An interview with Spoken Word artist Banwo The Poet

Our Interview With Nicolas Quirin
Nicolas Quirin - Discussing his album "Lullabies For My Ghost"

Gentrification and Club Death in Berlin?
Berlin clubs - threatened with extinction?

Musikmesse 2017
A Few Highlights from Frankfurt

A Sure-fire Way To Avoid Playing At Festivals
7 Tips For (Not) Playing Festivals

Review: Yousician
An effective way to learn an instrument?

MEETING: FULMEN RECORDS – Utopyk Jones and El Fulminador
FULMEN RECORDS - their record label, up-coming parties and their future project!

DryBell Vibe Machine
Huge Univibe tones in a compact package

Turkish Cymbal Making
Following the legend

Polynesian Music – Spirit of the Islands
Hula's just the beginning!

MEETING: Lauren Sky and Valerie Orth
Bbop chats with the singer-songwriters and producers after the female:pressure showcase in Berlin

Les Paul Ukelele Giveaway!
for Bbop Members

Frank Turner - The Way He Tends To Be!
A catch-up with Frank.

Réseau des Bookers et Musiciens : Musilink
Ce n'est pas toujours facile à contacter avec les organisateurs, alors Musilink vous donne une plateforme pour les bookers et les musiciens.

7 Ways to Market Your Music Effectively
Get your music career started!

DrumPants
Drumpants - The future of lap tapping!

Deafening Opera
Progressive Rockers from Munich

Behold the Scratchocaster
It's a guitar, it's a turntable...

Bbop is FREE!
A new concept is launched....

Mr. Ginger McCurly
The dreamlike world of Mr. Ginger

Aclam Guitars: Design-focused Innovation
Made in Barcelona

Nori Ubukata's Theresyn
Strange 1950's science fiction sounds

Teenage Engineering
Pocket-sized sound power!

Musikmesse 2016 Roundup
A few highlights from the big show

Patchblocks
Ninja synth to the jugular

Mogees - Play the World
Turn Anything Into an Instrument!

TV Jones Releases New Strat Pickups
Classic tone now available in single coil size

Bbop 2.0 is Here
Welcome!

Supro Amps Return
The reissue of the legendary amplifiers

Synthopolis
Analog synths are all the rage

J Joye Guitars
Retro style, Modern Precision

Shure "Elvis Mic" Giveaway
Won by Anthony Curro!

REBELRELIC Guitars
Cherchez Vintage?

Modal Electronics at Musikmesse 2015

Musikmesse 2015
A Brief Recap

Choosing Electric Guitar Strings
What to Consider

Making the Switch
Choosing the right DJ controller.

Instrument Simulators for Guitar
Turn Your guitar into something else

Modular Synthesis
A Brief History