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Originally intended for another group, ‘Kiss’ was quickly reclaimed by Prince when he heard David Z’s arrangement. Despite record company scepticism, the track became his third number one single and rejuvenated his career.
Top producer RedOne has had hits with dozens of artists, but relies on one man to “finish” tracks like Nicki Minaj’s ‘Starships’: engineer Trevor Muzzy.
Greg Price has spent nearly 20 years at front of house for some of the biggest names in rock, and now his company believe they’ve perfected the art of live recordings.
German producer Zedd has become a star by bringing musicality to electronic dance music.
Begun as an experiment, ‘Sweet Dreams’ launched Eurythmics to international stardom and is still filling dancefloors to this day.
John Porter made his name with British indie and rock music — but is now arguably the world’s leading producer of blues records.
The Ensemble Thunderbolt isn’t just an update — Apogee have completely redesigned it, and the results are impressive.
In 1980 AC/DC were on a roll and nothing — not even the death of their lead singer — was going to stop them.
Classic rock: even well-recorded drums can require plenty of work to make them fit the track.
To kick things off, here's British engineer and producer Ian Button, known for his work as guitarist with Death In Vegas (including their collaborations with Iggy Pop, Liam Gallagher, Paul Weller and so on), Arthur Baker, Dot Allison, Brandon Block and more. In recent years Ian has turned his hand to production, engineering and mixing, and has recently worked on tracks for Mary Epworth and Go Kart Mozart. Like many well-known engineers, he also does a lot of work with up-and-coming bands who might not have the budget to spend weeks in the studio, and so it is with Lucy's Diary (Blang Records)...
If your bedroom studio is more bedroom than studio, you might think that recording bands is beyond your powers. But where theres a primary school, church hall or industrial unit, theres a space you can use...
Pulp’s infectiously catchy commentary on the joys of class tourism helped propel the group to fame after nearly two decades of obscurity. Engineer David Nicholas tells us how ‘Common People’ was recorded.
Historic studios might hold emotional value for us, but they are, after all, still only buildings.
2004 marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Be-Bop Deluxe's first EMI album, Axe Victim. This has inspired Bill Nelson to assemble a seven-piece band and embark upon a UK tour designed to showcase the last 30 years of his music.
Learn to customise Channel Strip Settings and stamp your own sound on Logic!
Some of the latest advances in electronic music technology have been geared towards acoustic music — played by robots. For his latest album, guitarist Pat Metheny assembled an entire automated orchestra to back him.
Producer and engineer Rob Kirwan oversaw Hozier’s commercial breakthrough — by concentrating on the least commercial aspects of his music.
When I first looked at the Jake Bugg sessions, I was like, 'Wow, this is really stripped-back.'