Ben Rogerson

Why Bruno Mars' new single Risk It All could have ended up sounding very different

By Ben Rogerson published 16 March 26

“Most of the other versions were more up-tempo," says co-writer/producer D'Mile

Songwriter Diane Warren’s Oscars losing streak goes on as KPop Demon Hunters’ Golden wins

By Ben Rogerson published 16 March 26

She's now lost out 17 times

Tears For Fears give Harry Styles’ performance of their biggest hit the seal of approval

By Ben Rogerson published 13 March 26

Given his love of marathon running, he might have missed a trick

“The Matrix hack song”: Is Anita Ward’s Ring My Bell more than just a disco classic?

By Ben Rogerson published 13 March 26

TikTok users are claiming that the ‘abundance frequency’ contained within the song can help you with your manifesting

Here's why Prince never allowed his music to be used in Guitar Hero

By Ben Rogerson published 12 March 26

“To play music is one of the greatest things,” he argued

Watch Paul Rudd and Joe Jonas going from friends to foes in the trailer for songwriting drama Power Ballad

By Ben Rogerson published 11 March 26

Carney previously gave us Sing Street, Begin Again and Once

When Prince gave the Bangles Manic Monday he assumed they would just sing over his demo, but the band had other ideas

By Ben Rogerson published 11 March 26

“Luckily, Prince liked what we did," says Vicki Peterson

“MIDI controllers can be expensive!": PinkPantheress records her songs using her MacBook’s keyboard

By Ben Rogerson published 11 March 26

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 10 March 26

“Something let loose in the amplifier and put out a tremendous power surge,” says engineer Matt Forger

How making a mistake while trying to learn a huge Queen song inspired Sienna Spiro to write Die On This Hill

By Ben Rogerson published 9 March 26

“Sounds nothing like it but yeah - thanks Queen,” she says

Songwriter Diane Warren is bewildered by some of her lyrics for what became Aerosmith's biggest hit

By Ben Rogerson published 6 March 26

We'd definitely be willing to miss out on some of those things

Unearthed BBC video from 1986 shows what music technology in the classroom used to look and sound like

By Ben Rogerson published 5 March 26

Can a Yamaha CX5M computer succeed in a world of glockenspiels and triangles?

Apple’s new MacBook Neo might be cheap, but for music producers, could it be a false economy? It’s complicated

By Ben Rogerson published 5 March 26

Whisper it quietly, but this new $599 laptop might just be powerful enough for many musicians

Harry Styles says that “hypnotic” electronic music by the likes of Floating Points and Jamie XX has influenced his new album

By Ben Rogerson published 4 March 26

Kiss all the time. Disco, occasionally. is released on Friday

Sam Fender releases behind-the-scenes footage of him working on a guitar part for hit single Rein Me In

By Ben Rogerson published 4 March 26

It’s just won a Brit Award and reached Number 1 in the UK singles chart

How PinkPantheress’s meteoric rise has been aided and abetted by Basement Jaxx

By Ben Rogerson published 3 March 26

She's described the UK electronic music duo as being "pivotal" to her development as a producer

Laufey reveals that she suffered a cello malfunction during a Grammys performance with Billy Joel

By Ben Rogerson published 2 March 26

“It’s one thing to be a really good pianist, it’s another thing to be a really good songwriter and another thing to be a really good singer, and he’s all three," she says of Joel

How a warped sample and some Anderson .Paak magic helped Ravyn Lenae to create Love Me Not, her viral hit

By Ben Rogerson published 27 February 26

“When I first heard it it reminded me of the feeling I got when I heard Hey Ya!, or when I heard Crazy, by Gnarls Barkley,” she says

In an era of loudness, Laufey is flying the flag for "the lost art of dynamics"

By Ben Rogerson published 26 February 26

Her spine-tingling cover of Joni Mitchell’s Both Sides Now suggests she might be onto something

Miley Cyrus’s lawyers bring music theory to the fore in a bid to have the Flowers copyright case dismissed

By Ben Rogerson published 25 February 26

Cyrus and her co-writers are facing a copyright infringement claim not from Mars himself, but Tempo Music Investments

How politics and legal wrangling shaped the Melania documentary soundtrack

By Ben Rogerson published 25 February 26

Marc Beckman says that they were also denied permission to use songs by Prince and Grace Jones

How Christina Aguilera ended up recording a Linda Perry song that its writer has now reclaimed

By Ben Rogerson published 24 February 26

"Christina, she’s not me, you know? And I’m not Christina"

Baz Luhrmann says that Paul McCartney convinced Austin Butler to sing an Elvis song with him on a train

By Ben Rogerson published 24 February 26

They both had a ticket to ride, presumably (but we don't care)

Can Spotify’s Prompted Playlist feature put you back in the driving seat when it comes to your music listening?

By Ben Rogerson published 23 February 26

Instead of being force fed playlists by the algorithm, you can now try and make it work for you

How Charlie Puth used jazz harmony to “pull off something pretty spectacular” at the Super Bowl

By Ben Rogerson published 20 February 26

“I have the whole arrangement in my head," said Puth in an interview prior to the performance. "I musically know where I’m going with it”