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Want to be a media composer? Get used to being the most anonymous cog in the TV production wheel.

Celtech

Celtech

Celtech are a fusion band who bring together bouncy bass, drums of the...

Learn to listen...

How to get ahead in the business? Honour thy deadlines, have no other gods before work, and dont commit murder unless theres a particularly juicy commission at stake.

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What is the point of investing hard-won money into quality mics, preamps and so-forth, if your recording room's acoustics are letting the side down and colouring your mixes?

Fully-matured adults openly sniggering at the F-word has riled our Columns Editor, Nell. Read on to find out why...

Editor-in-Chief Paul White explains why this MAY 2010 edition kicks off our brand new monthly VIDEO MEDIA section of SOS magazine. We've expanded the mag in size and added 16 pages of Video articles, all aimed at the recording musician wanting to delve into video-related work.

Education, education, education...

Its wonderful to be able to give something back to young people who are eager to learn about life in the studio. If only they were better prepared to receive it.

The Hotlines

The Hotlines

I can't stop thinking I'm listening to Green Day. Green Day if...

I tend to avoid politics where possible, as I generally consider that the only qualification a politician needs is the ability...

Its nigh-on impossible to make a profit from music these days, so why do we still do it?

Sample libraries are the modern media composers most important asset — so its a shame that using them in real-world projects can land you in legal hot water.

Is yours one of this month's tracks to be scrutinised by the editorial team? Click and find out...

I'm writing this shortly after returning to work after the Christmas holidays and I'm currently cut off from the outside world...

So you want to be a media composer? Paul Farrer reminds us that its not about the music you love, its about whats right for the show.

In A Forest Without Trees

Goonies Never Say Die

If the defining characteristics...

In A Forest Without Trees

Goonies Never Say Die

If the defining characteristics of 'post‑...

Mixing can be simple, you just have to think one step ahead...

Editor-in-Chief Paul White ponders where 2010's new tools will lead us...