Award‑winning American producer, engineer and mixer Jacquire King has an impressive CV that includes the likes of Kings Of Leon, Buddy Guy, Shania Twain, Tom Waits and You Me At Six, among many others.
Legendary engineer Phill Brown has worked with the biggest names in music, from Led Zeppelin and David Bowie to Cat Stevens and the Rolling Stones. Asked to choose a favourite sound from his vast catalogue, he nominates the drum sound on ‘After The Flood’, from Talk Talk’s 1991 album Laughing Stock.
Eddie Bazil demonstrates creative uses of advanced automation as a musical tool in the DAW, showing how automation can add movement, expression and musical detail.
Kevin Paul talks with Felipe Gutiérrez about his early career working at Soho Studios, Konk Studios and Mute Records. Their conversation explores the skills required to become a successful sound engineer.
Asked to nominate a favourite sound from his vast back catalogue, Jeff zeroes in on the drum recording for Shania Twain’s 1997 hit ‘Man! I Feel Like A Woman’.
If there was a monitoring system that was reliable, affordable and sounded the same everywhere, would you use it for mixing? Well, there is — and you probably already own it.
As one half of Eurythmics, Dave Stewart created a chart‑topping blend of soul music and electronica. Now he’s paying tribute to his earliest influences.
British‑South African artist and producer Galina Juritz has worked with groups liks ShhArt Ensemble and Inclementine, and composed numerous film and animation soundtracks.
John 'Spud' Murphy joins Kevin Paul to reflect on his path from cover bands to the studio, exploring how he combines live and digital workflows and uses multiple recordings of an instrument to craft his signature ambient, textured sound.
Helmuts Bems, Co-Founder and CEO of Sonarworks, discusses the findings of their recent AI survey. The conversation explores differing industry perspectives on generative versus assistive AI and provides insight into the extent to which professional musicians are already adopting these emerging technologies.
William Basinski’s archival recording project gained a life of its own when the tapes began to deteriorate, and then took on a new significance in the wake of the September 11th attacks.
Guitarist Steve Rothery is the longest‑serving member of prog‑rockers Marillion, and here he details how he got his favourite guitar sound on Marillion’s ‘The Great Escape’.