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"OK, let’s have some backstory”: The group songwriting sessions that yielded Lily Allen’s West End Girl
By Ben Rogerson published
“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
After the flutey New Blue Sun we now have 7 piano sketches

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

The 'secret sauce' that creates Dijon’s distinctive vocal sound isn't what you thought it was
By Ben Rogerson published
"What you're hearing - the 'processing' - you're hearing bleed," says his collaborator Tommy King. "You're literally hearing the entire song coming through"

Burned out recording vocals? Myles Kennedy shares his top for getting the perfect take
By Jonathan Horsley published
Kennedy says Alter Bridge producer Michael 'Elvis' Baskette knows his voice better than anyone and has worked out how to get it sounding 100 per cent on record

How Wendy Melvoin’s bass playing became the “secret weapon” on Sombr’s 12 to 12
By Ben Rogerson published
“It doesn't matter what bass Wendy plays because it's just always going to sound like Wendy”

How to emulate the sound of Gary Numan’s synth-pop classic Cars
By Roland Schmidt published
We lift the bonnet on a foundational piece of synth genius, and demonstrate how you can achieve its distinctive sound yourself in your DAW

Roxette’s It Must Have Been Love isn’t what you thought it was, says the man who wrote it
By Ben Rogerson published
And did you know that, long before it appeared in Pretty Woman, it was released as a Christmas song?
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