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“Is NOT going to happen”: William Orbit has written Ray Of Light sequel but Madonna hasn’t responded
By Will Simpson published
But “zero hard feelings” says the producer

"She had no filter": Mark Ronson explains what made Amy Winehouse such a great musical collaborator
By Ben Rogerson published
He also looks back on the time he brought Winehouse and Adele together for a performance at the 2008 Brit Awards

Josh Groban says he has no regrets about his “ballsy” decision to make an album with Rick Rubin
By Ben Rogerson published
“I found myself bored, so I wanted to learn again, get the good fear again," he says of 2010's Illuminations

"I’d say 95 percent of the work I’ve done was unpaid”: James Blake on the hit and miss nature of production work
By Will Simpson published
“You’re throwing stuff at a wall and seeing what sticks” he says

Why Bruno Mars' new single Risk It All could have ended up sounding very different
By Ben Rogerson published
“Most of the other versions were more up-tempo," says co-writer/producer D'Mile

“A lot of people got a hard drive full of music and they don’t know how to finish… just tell everybody, ‘Hey, that’s what I got – hope you like it!’”: Watch Saba, No ID and Jimmy Douglass build a track from scratch
By Matt Mullen published
Universal Audio documents Chicagoan rapper Saba's free-flowing session with two veteran producers

“MIDI controllers can be expensive!": PinkPantheress records her songs using her MacBook’s keyboard
By Ben Rogerson published
Who needs a MIDI controller when you’ve got Logic Pro’s Musical Typing feature?

Eddie Van Halen’s guitar solo didn't overheat a speaker during the making of Michael Jackson’s Beat It, but an AC/DC issue did
By Ben Rogerson published
“Something let loose in the amplifier and put out a tremendous power surge,” says engineer Matt Forger
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