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Imogen Heap on Taylor Swift's "extremely efficient" songwriting and recording process
“By the time she left, we had managed to write the song, produce the song, record the song, chat, meet, have tea, sit by the fire, eat lunch, eat dinner, do an entire record all by ourselves”
“I want you to just dive in, use the music, and see what happens”: Moby makes 500 instrumental tracks available for free as he relaunches Mobygratis sound library
"You can remix it, you can edit it, you can add parts to it, you can play clarinet on it, you can use it for social media, for films, for choreography: the idea is complete creative freedom"
Want to record some real musicians in your studio? Here’s how to prep for success
One of the biggest learns when becoming a producer is just how you manage - and work with - real musicians.
How legendary producer Mutt Lange drove the Cars half-mad
And the result? 'A beautiful record,' says guitarist Elliot Easton
Here's how to compress your mix bus for sonic punch
What does mix bus compression do, how do you use it, and which compressor should you use?
“Suddenly someone said: ‘Sting’s here on holiday! On the beach!’” How Mark Knopfler got lucky with Money For Nothing
It’s amazing who you can bump into in the Caribbean…
Howard Jones talks vintage gear, his new piano album and that 1985 Grammys synth medley
“I think things absolutely turned around that night. People stopped putting things on their record saying ‘No synthesizers were used in the making of this record’”
6 of the quirkiest producers who pushed recorded music further than ever before
They might have operated in idiosyncratic ways, but the particular approaches of these producers have left a footprint on the music landscape
“A genuinely fun take on the classic distortion-slash-fuzz pedal”: Soma Laboratory Harvezi Hazze
Soma Labs' foray into guitar pedals adds an element of the unhinged into a classic format
IK Multimedia’s ARC Studio is a game-changing out-of-the-box acoustic room correction system that’s like an instant upgrade for your monitors - without the hassle of software-based solutions
ARC Studio is the only standalone hardware device on the market that offers flexible acoustic correction for any professional stereo monitoring system - and it’s affordable too