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Being precious about your artistic sensibilities is all very well — as long as you don’t mind no-one ever hearing your music.

Large-format mixing consoles have been in decline for years — but could there be life in them yet?

The secret of success is to deal with failure in the right way. Which is easier when your failures don’t cost thousands of innocent lives.

The way composers are treated by some clients is just criminal...

The glory days of Abbey Road and EMI may be gone, but labels and studios are still working hand in hand.

Working ‘in the box’ is all very well, but what happens when the box breaks?

At both the production and consumption ends of music, analogue is making a comeback.

The decline of churches echoes the fate of studios — but it could present some exciting new opportunities.

Despite great progress elsewhere in the TV business, music for the media is still overwhelmingly dominated by men. Why?

The rise of the studio as a tourist attraction might seem a little crass — but if it helps to pay the bills...

A reputation for competence is vital — and to get it, you need to take every opportunity going.

Studios often fall prey to the real-estate business — but for some people, they present a niche opportunity.

Just as music and technology have been converging, so have studios and the tech industry.

To get a job in the media you need to do a job. Specifically, you need to write a pitch that will blow the doors off.

Persistence is a virtue every composer needs, but you can take it too far.

As recording live shows gets cheaper and easier, the line between live-sound engineer and producer blurs.

How can we expect people to value music when we don’t keep track of who owns it?

Sometimes a make-or-break opportunity can make you and break you...

Every TV producer knows the value of a good ‘ssssccHHH PRRRgghhh’. How are you going to give them what they want?

It’s only when you look back that you realise how far you’ve come...

What can studios do to protect themselves when high-profile recordings get leaked?