Comment / Opinion

When it comes to telling composers what to do, job titles are no barrier to meddling.

The Hillmen * Little Black Holes * Primary Slave * Mine * Charlie Birnie * The Tempus * Pearl Handled Revolver

When is an engineer not an engineer?

• Lana Del Rey 'Videogames' • Tinchy Stryder 'Off The Record' • Emeli Sandé 'Heaven' • One Direction 'What Makes You Beautiful'

Over the past few years, we have seen computer software achieve what had previously been considered to be impossible.

If you make music for a living, now’s the time to unite with others to protect your rights.

Breton * Ove Engen * RJ Thompson * Burning Wire

SOS Technical Editor Hugh Robjohns ponders whether 'boutique' actually means 'better'.

• Lady Antebellum 'We Owned The Night' • Cher Lloyd 'With Ur Love' • Snow Patrol 'Called Out In The Dark'

We've been running a small amount of live sound gear coverage in the mag for a few months now. On the whole, it has been very well received...

No matter how ridiculous a line may be, it’s the media composer’s role to toe it — even if the fate of the world is at stake.

Does it sound better... or different?

• Maroon 5 'Moves Like Jagger' • James Morrison 'I Won't Let You Go' • Coldplay 'Paradise'

District Myths * The Shed * The Destructors * Mick Nolan * Three Cane Whale * Henderson/Oken * Pepe Deluxé * Cyrion

When sequencers first appeared on the scene, I was concerned that they would distract musicians, specifically keyboard...

We all have musical skeletons in our closets, but at least media composers don’t have to wheel them out every night at Wembley Arena.

Lapplander * Syd Arthur * Audnoyz * Lelio Padovani * Pocket Satellite * Xavier & Ophelia

Is the customer really always right?

• Rizzle Kicks 'Down With The Trumpets' • Foo Fighters 'Rope' • Christina Perri 'Jar Of Hearts' • Nicki Minaj 'Super Bass'