Latest articles by Ben Rogerson
“The schoolgirl thing was hers”: The director of Britney Spears' Baby One More Time video looks back
"She told me that by 23 she wanted to be as big as Madonna and I was going, ‘Yeah, right, good luck with that…'"
Polyend’s MIDI/QWERTY keyboard hybrid looks so elegant that we wonder why no one thought of it before
The prototype of this spiritual successor to the Creative Prodikeys is about to go on show, and it’s heading for production
How going back to her Korg M1 demo helped Donna Lewis to create one of the biggest US hits of 1996
“I remember trying to rewrite the chorus because it sounded too much like a nursery rhyme. But when I did, it didn’t work, so I kept it the same"
Ariana Grande’s live looping moment on her Eternal Sunshine tour isn't her first
A longtime fan of the Boss RC Loop Stations, she was uploading live looped performance videos as early as 2007
Brandon Flowers says that every major label passed on Mr Brightside
Brandon Flowers says that every major label initially said no to Mr Brightside
For 808 Day, 13 iconic Roland TR-808 tracks that made a legend
808-featuring cuts from boundary-pushing artists, from Kraftwerk and Marvin Gaye to Aphex Twin and New Order
William Orbit, the production genius behind Madonna’s Ray Of Light, has died, aged 69
He died at home last month, his family and friends have confirmed in a statement
Charlie Puth reinterprets his back catalogue – including his huge 2015 US number one – at Tiny Desk
“I've heard these arrangements in my head and I've been saving them for this," he explained
Steinberg marks 30 years of VST with the Classics Collection, which includes the first VST synth
Relive the early days of software instruments, or experience what they were like for the first time
Phil Collins admits that there was one drum fill he just couldn’t unpick on his Motown covers album
"We didn't get that one," he says
Susanna Hoffs recalls the time that Prince invited the Bangles to the studio then upped and left
Hoffs has just announced her first album of new material since 2012
Prince collaborator David Z, who helped create one of his biggest hits, has died, aged 78
He also co-produced Fine Young Cannibals’ She Drives Me Crazy, and was responsible for its famous snare sound
“I don’t want any undos. There’s no ‘undo’ in good music": Raphael Saadiq on why he records to tape
“I was just sitting there by myself, going, you can't get mad at yourself, because it's gone. There's nothing you could do”
Trevor Horn on the waltz-time song with the "crazy" vocal harmonies that gave Seal a '90s US number one
"I was like, ‘Man, I don’t know where you thought of this stuff – it’s brilliant'"
Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter on his reaction to the huge scale and success of Random Access Memories
He also explains how the direction for the album was set by Daft Punk's work on the Tron: Legacy soundtrack
Razorlight’s biggest song was originally intended for another artist, says Johnny Borrell
He also wanted it to borrow the drum beat from a Billy Joel song
"He was an absolute hero”: Howard Jones on the synth legend who inspired him
“I saw the classical music as my way to get good at playing the pop and rock stuff,” he says
“I said, ‘What does it matter?": Mick Jagger didn’t see the point in using tape on the new Stones album
Plus, he’s been sharing his thoughts on Olivia Rodrigo’s ability to make rock music
"I’m going to go out on a limb and say we don’t want this”: Lorde slams Spotify's About the Song feature
New feature was announced last year and is currently in beta
Questlove on the moment he discovered what ended up becoming his favourite Prince song
“At the five minute 18 second part, Prince transforms this song, and at the time, I didn't realise what he was doing”
Producer Ian Kirkpatrick on how AutoTune enabled him to use a Dua Lipa demo vocal on a finished track
“The vocal on it is the vocal we recorded on the day on an SM7, realtime AutoTune, on the couch. I just left it on the track and that was it”
Phil Collins thinks he might know why Noel Gallagher once called him “the antichrist of music”
Could a scary experience at a Genesis gig have inspired the insult?
Could a Fleetwood Mac Sphere residency be on the cards? Lindsey Buckingham isn’t ruling it out
The possibility of playing there was raised while Buckingham was sharing his admiration for John Mayer
