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I don't get the point of telephone text messages, I really don't! Come on guys, speech transmission was established as a...

Most of the time, TV composers are happy if anyone notices their music. It’s when people start to like it that the trouble starts.

Dave Gerard & The Watchmen, Knive Eight, A Glance Beyond Nature, Seed, Adam Dawson, My Name Is Earl, Dream Baby Dream.

Whether you're the one producing the music or are simply listening for pleasure, the music itself must always be an emotional experience — because if it isn't, what's the point?

We examine the production of some recent hit records by Flo Rida, Kelly Clarkson abd Michael Kiwanuka.

While the term 'first do no harm' may embody the spirit of the Hippocratic Oath, the phrase itself is apparently absent from...

Can’t find what you want in a music library? No problem. Just hire a composer to write it for nothing!

Mike Senior asks - Should artists receive credit for their music on moral as well as legal grounds?

• Sean Kingston 'Party All Night' • Gotye 'Somebody That I Used To Know' • Olly Murs 'Heart Skips A Beat' • Carly Rae Jepsen 'Call Me Maybe'

It's no secret that today's music production requires both left-brain and right-brain functions, and although neuroscientists...

If you thought music for media was a tough job to get into, you should see how hard it is to get out of.

Dr Douglas Doherty discusses the point.

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Commercial Productions Analysed: Rebecca Ferguson • David Guetta • Professor Green

While technology continues to march ahead, the cold reality is that the musical hardware and software available five years ago almost certainly already did everything...

If you really want a direct connection with your audience, don’t write for TV — get down to your local high street.

Fin * Bob McCarroll * Professor Karmadillo

Dr Nik Farrell-Fox asks: Is the digital studio a lonely place?

• Sak Noel 'Loca People' • Labrinth 'Earthquake' • Drake 'Make Me Proud' • Florence & The Machine 'Shake It Out'

Experience seems to suggest that as technology becomes more sophisticated, its rate of change also accelerates. For example, it took many thousands of years to get from the wheel to the steam engine...

If, at times, music for media feels impossible to break into, that’s because it is. And there’s a good reason for that.