Ben Rogerson

Richard Marx says he no longer cares about being labelled a balladeer rather than a rocker

By Ben Rogerson published 19 January 26

“It took a while for me to look at myself and go, ‘Really, dude? Just relax, just chill’”

Producer Ryan Tedder on the classic '00s drum sound and Omnisphere preset he used in Tate McRae's Greedy

By Ben Rogerson published 16 January 26

“I used to do these beats all the time because I was signed to Tim for two years,” he explains

Apple explains its use of AI in Logic Pro, and why MIDI is still the bedrock of its Session Players

By Ben Rogerson published 15 January 26

The company's flagship DAW is about to get more AI-powered tools, but where does it all stop?

Korg’s Liano Live! makes livestreaming your piano performances as easy as smashing that like button

By Ben Rogerson published 15 January 26

NAMM 2026: Simple 88-note portable keyboard comes with a built-in mixer, mic and one-touch sound effects

Hands-on with the Popumusic PartyStudio: we tried “the world’s first wireless MIDI synthesizer speaker”

By Ben Rogerson published 14 January 26

Does your Bluetooth speaker have 128 sounds and a rhythm machine built into it? Thought not

Apple expands Logic Pro’s AI features with a Synth Player and a “personal music theory expert”

By Ben Rogerson published 13 January 26

Both the Mac and iPad versions will also be available on subscription as part of the new Creator Studio bundle

“Releasing the same song for the past 10 years”: Bruno Mars bites back at critical social media user

By Ben Rogerson published 12 January 26

The song serves as a prelude to upcoming new album, The Romantic

How Prince and The Revolution turned the bare bones of Purple Rain into a lighters-in-the-air epic

By Ben Rogerson published 9 January 26

Thanks to Stranger Things, a whole new generation of listeners is now getting to appreciate this 1984 mega-ballad

Producer Mike Sabath reveals the surprisingly limited instrumentation in Raye's Where Is My Husband!

By Ben Rogerson published 8 January 26

But he still wondered if one particular section could be "too much"

How Prince's When Doves Cry and Purple Rain ended up in the Stranger Things finale

By Ben Rogerson published 5 January 26

“My heart stopped, like, ‘ooh, that’s a tough one,’” she says of the Duffer brothers' request to get the songs cleared for use

Back in 1999, Prince offered his opinion on the new generation of DAW-based musicians and producers

By Ben Rogerson published 1 January 26

“If they didn’t take the time to learn their instrument and their scales and to actually speak the language of music then they can’t play… all they can do is watch,” he argued

“I have to be careful what I say": Pete Townshend on Zak Starkey’s protracted dismissal from The Who

By Ben Rogerson published 31 December 25

“He’ll be sacking me next,” quips the guitarist, “but that’s not to say that he sacked Zak”

“In the actual song you hear today, the guitars, the riff, the bass, the drums and all the vocals are from those initial takes I did in my bedroom”: Sombr on the making of viral hit Undressed, and his formula for creating "a legendary indie rock song"

By Ben Rogerson published 29 December 25

“I remember playing the guitar riff and thinking, ‘OK, that is great.’ From there, the song just made sense, it flowed"

Miley Cyrus explains her distinctive singing voice and why it’s preventing her from touring

By Ben Rogerson published 26 December 25

"It's like running a marathon with ankle weights on," she says

"OK, let’s have some backstory”: The group songwriting sessions that yielded Lily Allen’s West End Girl

By Ben Rogerson published 25 December 25

“It felt like days I had as a teenager in a band, writing live in the room,” says collaborator Violet Skies

It turns out there’s a reason André 3000 turned up at the 2025 Met Gala with a grand piano on his back

By Ben Rogerson published 25 December 25

After the flutey New Blue Sun we now have 7 piano sketches

“I wanted to call it Taylor’s Version”: John Fogerty has 'done a Taylor Swift' and rerecorded his hits

By Will Simpson published 24 December 25

Get ready for The Creedence Clearwater Revival revival...

D’Angelo was so in awe of Prince that he refused to play his guitar on the one occasion they shared a stage

By Ben Rogerson published 23 December 25

Newly released audio features D’Angelo discussing the show, which took place in 1997

Alanis Morissette reveals what she thinks is “the real irony” of the fuss caused by the lyrics in her 1996 hit

By Ben Rogerson published 22 December 25

“I think the 10% won over on that song,” she says

This deep dive into a classic Beatles song reveals 4 synth parts that we’d never even noticed before

By Ben Rogerson published 22 December 25

Anthony Marinelli’s video might change the way you listen to George Harrison’s ode to sunny positivity

The 'secret sauce' that creates Dijon’s distinctive vocal sound isn't what you thought it was

By Ben Rogerson published 19 December 25

"What you're hearing - the 'processing' - you're hearing bleed," says his collaborator Tommy King. "You're literally hearing the entire song coming through"

Olivia Rodrigo explains why she loves playing her custom Ernie Ball Music Man St Vincent Goldie signature model

By Ben Rogerson published 17 December 25

She also discusses her Rock & Roll Hall of Fame performance of a White Stripes song and duetting with The Cure’s Robert Smith at Glastonbury

How Wendy Melvoin’s bass playing became the “secret weapon” on Sombr’s 12 to 12

By Ben Rogerson published 16 December 25

“It doesn't matter what bass Wendy plays because it's just always going to sound like Wendy”

"I’m like, ‘That was me!’”: Maya Delilah on what it's like to be a young female guitar player

By Ben Rogerson published 16 December 25

“It is still so male-dominated,” she says of the guitar world