Latest articles by Ben Rogerson
How making a mistake while trying to learn a huge Queen song inspired Sienna Spiro to write Die On This Hill
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
“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"
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
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
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
"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
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?
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
“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”
Chris Lake said yes to a Taylor Swift remix before he'd even heard the stems - but then had to make it
“I want to nail this so badly," he says in a behind-the-scenes video. "I want this to, like, blow people's socks off, you know?”
How the gift of a divisive Rolling Stones album scuppered the chance of a collaboration between Nile Rodgers and John Mayer
Rodgers believes that the 1967 record in question is "the most underrated rock and roll album of all time”
Producer Mike Sabath on starting Raye’s “outrageous” second studio album at an Airbnb
“Mark Ronson DM’d me. He was like, ‘Nice.’ And I was like, ‘yeah!’”
Greg Phillinganes schools Clyde Lawrence on how to play the piano part in Toto’s Rosanna correctly
The Lawrence member had been tasked with learning the song by ear as quickly as possible
Tony Banks says that virtuoso technique was never his priority, but avoiding "lazy" chord progressions was
As for the chances of a Genesis reunion: "don't hold your breath"
James Taylor explains how he had to tell Carole King that he’d recorded one of her greatest songs before she did
“I was sure I knew the song already because it was such a classic immediately,” he says. “I literally ran to find my guitar so I could play it”
How Charlie Puth used manifestation and Melodyne to get Kenny G on his new single
And in a further twist, they’ve just performed the US National Anthem together at the Super Bowl
