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Mark Ronson says that Paul McCartney's reputation as the 'poppy guy' in The Beatles is undeserved
By Ben Rogerson published
“I went to his studio one time and he was literally like step sequencing a Moog keyboard to make the weirdest sounds I've ever heard," he recalls

Synth-pop star Little Boots confirms that she’s now a university lecturer
By Ben Rogerson published
She’ll still be making music, though

“We are utterly heartbroken… He was a titan of UK music and culture”: Tributes paid to JD Twitch of Optimo
By Will Simpson published
He had been suffering from an inoperable brain tumour

Fred Again and again: Producer plays an extra set on a fan's rooftop after a Naples festival appearance
By Will Simpson published
The producer has shared his whole hour-long jam on YouTube

“As soon as we played that, I screamed”: Nile Rodgers breaks down how he and David Bowie made Let’s Dance
By Will Simpson published
The song was in a very different form when Bowie originally wrote it

Back in 1999, Prince offered his opinion on the new generation of DAW-based musicians and producers
By Ben Rogerson published
“If they didn’t take the time to learn their instrument and their scales and to actually speak the language of music then they can’t play… all they can do is watch,” he argued

How a teenage Mark Ronson convinced Michael Jackson to write him a bassline so he could make a hit song out of it
By Ben Rogerson published
Oh, and Sean Lennon was there too, and he ended up playing it to Roberta Flack

“I’m a big preset guy. If a preset’s called Fat Bass, there’s a 90% chance it’s actually a fat bass”: Rico Nasty and Benson Boone producer Imad Royal on saving time and staying focused in the studio
By Matt Mullen published
In the next episode of Universal Audio's Apollo Creators series, the Grammy-nominated producer/songwriter unpacks his instinct-driven creative process
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