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Brush up on your listening skills, as we dissect some hits from a recording and production perspective. This month: Portugal The Man, Lost Frequencies & Zonderling, Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa, Jay-Z and Run-DMC.

Over the last few years, while so many musicians are bemoaning the death of their own CD sales and the singular lack of income...

When visiting colleges and universities to talk to students, we’re often surprised by just how many tracks get used in some projects, even when only three or four musicians are involved...

Who benefits from wordy and expensive contracts in the world of music for media? Not the musician, that’s for sure.

Many still bemoan the demise of the large commercial studio — but what if music itself was to blame?

I love music. Of course I love music. Why else would I make it and record it and listen to it and write about it? But I also love silence...

Brush up on your listening skills, as we dissect some hits from a recording and production perspective. This month: Rudimental, George Ezra, Drake, Ariana Grande, plus Classic Mix: Cher ‘Believe’ (1998).

For some people sitting on a sandy beach doing nothing and getting cooked by the sun is their idea of holiday heaven, but that doesn’t work for our Editor In Chief...

Don’t get too carried away at the idea of seeing your name in lights. For one thing, it might not be your name, exactly...

Drum machines are not a drummer’s enemy...

Brush up on your listening skills, as we dissect some hits from a recording and production perspective. This month:  Justin Timberlake ft. Chris Stapleton , French Montana, Daniil Trifonov, plus a classic mix from Bruce Springsteen.

Does the visual look extend to the way we perceive plug-ins, and does their appearance change over time according to fashion?

If you think the life of a media composer is difficult today, spare a thought for the man who invented the job.

There are other ways to make a living in music...

Brush up on your listening skills, as we dissect some hits from a recording and production perspective. This month: Lorde, Pablo Ziegler Trio, Chris Stapleton and Shakira.

Recorded sound is an illusion, and as I think I’ve said before, stereo is doubly so. In real life what we hear is sound coming...

Does the concept of ownership mean anything in the software studio?

Are we losing touch with what ‘human’ sounds like?

Brush up on your listening skills, as we dissect some hits from a recording and production perspective. This month: The Infamous Stringbusters, Logic, Chris Stapleton, NF, and Whitney Houston.

It’s always interesting to speculate on what the future might hold for music technology, so maybe it’s time to wipe the dust off the old crystal ball...

Today’s TV composers have no choice but to operate a Zen studio. Where’s the fun in that?