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Dave Stewart is an English keyboardist, composer, producer and author who started his career as a band member in the early 1970s. Since 1981 he has made 'pop music for grown-ups' with singer Barbara Gaskin, releasing seven albums on the duo's own Broken Records label and performing live in Japan, USA and the UK. He has also written TV & film music and created string and choir arrangements for various artists.
Dave is the author of two music books: The Musician's Guide To Reading & Writing Music (Backbeat 1992) and Inside The Music (Backbeat 1999). He has written for Sound On Sound (while resting between engagements) longer than any of us care to remember.
Attack EP88 is an elaborate, 47,000-sample presentation of a vintage 88-key Rhodes Mark I prepared with a brass tack on the surface of each hammer, guaranteeing a Rhodes attack like no other.
Spitfire Audio delve deep into a legendary film composer’s favourite piano.
Orchestral Tools expand their series with a quartet of solo strings and a pair of intimately-recorded soloists.
Mastering a little musical craft and applying your imagination will get you a lot further than fiddling around with plug-ins. Use your ears, not your eyes. Use your brain, not your mouse...
Chris Hein’s popular horn, wind, guitar and bass collections are some of the most deeply sampled products on the market and show a remarkable eye for musical detail. The veteran producer has now released Chris Hein Solo Violin...
Orchestral Tools go up to 11 with a large-scale symphonic library inspired by a sci-fi masterpiece.
Early last year the Viennese company supplemented their Choir with a much-requested library of solo voices, which we examine here along with other VSL releases.
Hollywood Solo Instruments puts world-class violin, cello and harp sounds at your fingertips.
Spitfire build on the Albion legacy with a new orchestral library.
Embertone are a US sound company founded in 2012 by composers Alex Davis and Jonathan Churchill. The two self-professed ‘sample-library nerds’.