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Tommy Henriksen plas a white BC Rich Mockingbird onstage [left]; Def Leppard's Phil Collen plays his new Jackson PC1-E during the band's Las Vegas residency at Caesars Palace.
Phil Collen and Tommy Henriksen on the genius of über-producer Mutt Lange

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Tommy Henriksen and Def Leppard’s Phil Collen tell us what it’s like to make a record with Mutt Lange, the producer who’s always the best singer in the room

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DANA POINT, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 01: Andrew Watt and Eddie Vedder performs with Eddie Vedder and the Earthlings at the Ohana Music Festival on October 01, 2022 in Dana Point, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
Andrew Watt on how producing the Rolling Stones accidentally influenced Pearl Jam's Dark Matter

By Ben Rogerson Published

"There was a song that ended up being on the album that was in Open G tuning. I think those kinds of things can carry over"

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(EXCLUSIVE, Premium Rates Apply) Sir George Martin and son Giles Martin, producers of The Beatles' "LOVE" album, at Capitol Studios (Photo by Lester Cohen/WireImage)
Giles Martin reveals that his father's piano solo on In My Life was originally played on an organ

By Ben Rogerson Published

He also explains why it ended up sounding like a harpsichord

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BROOKLYN, NEW YORK - MAY 05: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood pose backstage during the exclusive launch event of The Rolling Stones new album “Foreign Tongues” at Weylin on May 5, 2026 in Brooklyn, NY. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for UMG)
Andrew Watt says he kept thing loose when he produced the Stones, but also added a surprising synth sub-bass

By Ben Rogerson Published

“This is not loop-based music. It is performance-based music"

Artists
(EDITORS NOTE: A special effects camera filter was used for this image.) Olivia Rodrigo at Daisy Chain Fields Festival 2026 held at Great Park on August 29, 2026 in Irvine, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images)
Olivia Rodrigo on how being a "novice" guitarist led to a happy accident when she was writing The Cure

By Ben Rogerson Published

She and her collaborator Dan Nigro have been digging into the song's creation

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - SEPTEMBER 22: Ella Langley performs onstage at the 9th Annual Nashville Songwriter Awards at Ryman Auditorium on September 22, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
How a Nashville session legend and a pet kangaroo helped Ella Langley to create Choosin' Texas

By Ben Rogerson Published

“We love that song, but I don’t think I could have ever imagined what’s happening with it right now," says the country star

Artists
The track they tried to hide. Is this the worst Stock Aitken Waterman record ever?

By Daniel Griffiths Published

Get ready for the tall tail of the time that the prodigious producers smelt a rat and made a Living Legend

Producers & Engineers
“It was an absolute balls-up fiasco. It almost ruined me”: Hans Zimmer, Dr Who and the worst charity record of all time

By Daniel Griffiths Published

Threatened with cancellation in the '80s, an unlikely gaggle of famous names came to Dr Who’s rescue. With appalling results

Music Industry
Learn from a techno legend: Kevin Saunderson to give a Roland 909 workshop live from Detroit tomorrow

By Beth Simpson Published

Tutorial will include sequencing, sound shaping, and performance techniques

Drum Machines
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 20: Taylor Swift performs on stage The BRIT Awards 2013 at The O2, on February 20, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by JM Enternational/Redferns)
How Max Martin and Shellback told Taylor Swift that they were going to turn her ballad into a banger

By Ben Rogerson Published

Looking back, Swift agrees that their changes “ended up being the best thing for it”

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