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Geoff Barrow on pigeonholing, production and beating imposter syndrome to become a film soundtrack composer
By Danny Scott published
“I sat back and thought, 'What are you playing at? You can’t write a movie score! You’re not even a real musician'"

Jimmy Jam says that Prince’s LM-1 association influenced Jam and Lewis’s decision to switch to a Roland TR-808
By Ben Rogerson published
“We were like, ‘no, no, we're going to do something totally different, you know'"

Spotify expands its song credits and previews a SongDNA feature that reveals samples and cover versions
By Ben Rogerson published
The popular WhoSampled website is now part of Spotify

“Dua sings everything”: Dua Lipa’s live engineer reveals how he adds the “pop shine” to her vocals
By Ben Rogerson published
“It allows me to maintain that precision, that fidelity on a vocal”

Babyface's recording studio – home to "125 Top 10 hits and 13 Grammy wins" – goes on sale for $7 million
By Matt Mullen published
The Los Angeles recording facility has hosted Michael Jackson, Ariana Grande, Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder and more

“I love that song. I don’t regret it or resent it at all”: Kelis and the complicated story of Milkshake
By Will Simpson published
Singer claims she was ‘swindled’ by its producers

"Anthony sounds old": Rick Rubin's unusual mix feedback on 2006's Stadium Arcadium
By Ben Rogerson published
“No one's ever said like, you know, ‘turn down the age knob’, you know what I mean? And so you get this challenge to try to come up with a solution to something"

“One of the greatest electronic music songs of all time”: Disclosure officially release their edit of a ‘90s club classic
By Ben Rogerson published
It was first heard during the band’s 2024 Glastonbury set
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