Ben Rogerson
I’m the Deputy Editor of MusicRadar, having worked on the site since its launch in 2007. I previously spent eight years working on our sister magazine, Computer Music. I’ve been playing the piano, gigging in bands and failing to finish tracks at home for more than 30 years, 24 of which I’ve also spent writing about music and the ever-changing technology used to make it.
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“This is not loop-based music. It is performance-based music"

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

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“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

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"I was really confused," she says

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“I don’t think music is math… but he actually knows what’s up”

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"I thought: 'This guy has amazing energy, nice vibe and a really good voice, he sounds really similar to Chris Martin,’” says Hanny Junee

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“I had no idea what I was doing, it was a giant experiment,” he says

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“I’m OK,” he says. “I want people to know, don’t worry about me. I’m still here”

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After a song came to her while she was sleeping, the R&B star would soon find herself in what felt like a dream

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"Suddenly you go, ‘I missed something here – put it back!’” says director Nigel Dick

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"The way Control sounds is an accident because we didn’t know what we were doing"

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“You’re never more of a musician than you are a human being”

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A representative previously said that "nothing was added, nothing was edited”

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

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She's been speaking to director Cameron Crowe about her latest album, You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love

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Her new album, Bass Persuades, will be released on 18 September

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Synths, a drum machine, effects and more

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There are some obvious downsides, but the good news is that you’ll have no trouble getting it up and down stairs

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Dale Davis is leading the star's former band on a tour to celebrate the album's 20th anniversary

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"She told me that by 23 she wanted to be as big as Madonna and I was going, ‘Yeah, right, good luck with that…'"

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The prototype of this spiritual successor to the Creative Prodikeys is about to go on show, and it’s heading for production

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“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"

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A longtime fan of the Boss RC Loop Stations, she was uploading live looped performance videos as early as 2007
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