Latest articles by Ben Rogerson
Sabrina Carpenter songwriter Amy Allen on the challenges faced by women in the music industry
The Espresso and Manchild co-writer also says that she likes to “go off of emotion” rather than writing to a formula
Jacob Collier says that the problem with using AI for music making is that “it’s almost too perfect”
“It can't learn a perspective or a sense of humour or an attitude,” he argues
EJAE on the making of the KPop Demon Hunters "banger" that's taken over the world
"I wrote it on my way to the dentist,” she says
Taylor Swift explains her "stream of consciousness" songwriting sessions with Max Martin and Shellback
Toto’s Steve Porcaro on the perils of recording live to analogue tape, and what happened if you messed up
“We were debating whether we needed to do another guitar take. ‘Are you really sure we need another take? That last one was pretty good. If we punch in, we’re going to lose that one’”
How George Michael accidentally created the ‘80s smash that’s now been picked up by Taylor Swift
“It ended up, in my mind, being the most original-sounding thing on the album,” he later said
When Jeff Beck gave Imogen Heap an impromptu guitar lesson she had no idea who he was
“A week later I got a message from my manager asking: ‘Did you meet Jeff Beck?’”
Mark Ronson on having to come to terms with the fact that he would never be a great guitar player
“I remember thinking, ‘that’s what being a guitarist sounds like. I need to find a new thing’”
The curious case of The Weeknd’s mic distortion, and how his live sound team fixed it
“We came to realize that it was the result of the combination of The Weeknd’s unique vocal timbre and the hyping of compression and high-end,” says front of house engineer Derek Brener
"We just didn’t want Pino to ever stop playing": Miley Cyrus honours legendary bassist Pino Palladino
“If I only had one person to choose to play bass with for the rest of my days, I would choose Pino Palladino,” says Questlove
How Van Halen ended up choosing an unlikely opening band for their 2012 tour
"We have the song Jump and you came up with Celebration - let’s go out and have a party," Roth told bassist Robert 'Kool' Bell
"I found myself in my studio sat down at the keyboard”: Labi Siffre on the origins of his biggest hit
Siffre has issued a cease and desist order to far-right activist Tommy Robinson in a bid to stop him using the song
Herbie Hancock reveals what Harold Rhodes said to him when he saw that he’d modded one of his pianos
But in the end, Hancock convinced him to include I/O in all Rhodes models
Jack Antonoff reveals the two vintage delays that provide the secret sauce on Sabrina Carpenter’s Manchild
“I'm really focusing on how to utilise this stuff to make things feel like they could have only happened in that moment,” he explains
Olivia Dean admits to having initial doubts about her current global hit single
Man I Need is one of the most streamed songs in the world right now
Could IK Multimedia’s "ethical" ReSing software be a gamechanger for AI voice modelling?
Feed it your scratch vocal and it will replace it with an “expressive, professional-quality voice”
30 years after queuing for his autograph, The Killers’ Brandon Flowers performs with Howard Jones
The pair duet on Jones’ ‘80s hits No One Is To Blame and Hide And Seek
Nile Rodgers joins Dua Lipa on stage at Madison Square Garden for a cover of Chic’s signature hit
The star also duetted with Lenny Kravitz over the weekend
Mark Ronson says that Paul McCartney's reputation as the 'poppy guy' in The Beatles is undeserved
“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
She’ll still be making music, though
Chappell Roan finally gets to perform her “favourite song” with one of the people who wrote and recorded it
She was joined onstage by Nancy Wilson for her now traditional cover of Heart’s Barracuda
Miley Cyrus reunites two members of Fleetwood Mac on her new single, Secrets
Secrets was written “as a peace offering” to her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus
An exclusive paid-for download version of Taylor Swift’s new album has sparked a high-kicking iTunes revival
But don’t worry - she’s not ‘doing a U2’...
