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Does a national government even have the power to shape or stop the AI revolution?

A successful composer shares his secrets for getting ahead in the music industry.

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Leslie Gaston‑Bird’s CV boasts an unusually broad array of career exploits, from her role as Broadcast Recording Technician with America’s national radio station NPR to recording the Colorado Symphony at the famous Boettcher Hall...

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Growing up in the western Mexican city of Guadalajara, Eduardo De La Paz didn’t have many opportunities to learn the craft of recording and production. He has since made his own name as a formidable mixer, and in the process founded a studio.

Last year I watched Almost Famous, and that film made me realise something incredibly sad: I’d never heard anything on vinyl.

Does knowing about production change the way we engage with music?

On paid sessions, every engineer has to get the job done. But it’s still important to find the time to learn your tools, discover new techniques — and foster creativity.

GG has worked with some of pop’s most formidable acts, from Little Mix to Madonna.

With its unique leftfield tones and engaging, unusual playing mechanics, it’s not hard to see why the Omnichord has become sought after by sonic experimentalists.

One of the good things about analogue gear, supposedly, is that it doesn’t suffer from built‑in obsolescence. But for how long?

Whether you’re playing music or just stroking your chin about it, do yourself a favour and check out the Nashville Number System. If you’re anything like the author, you’ll wonder what took you so long!

Now I don’t know about you, but I long ago gave up the idea that functionality was the most important aspect of guitar design, but does the same really hold true for studio equipment?

Japanese artist and producer Taigen Kawabe is best known as the frontman and bass guitarist of boundary‑destroying psych‑rock band Bo Ningen, whose repertoire ranges from experimental soundscapes to guitar‑driven chaos and screaming.

As Neuzeit Instruments, German designer Thomas Hutmann is creating marvellous, original designs for Eurorack.

Kiwi producer and songwriter Noema Te Hau III is based at Big Fan Studios in Auckland, New Zealand.

The adoption of the DAW as the central creative instrument in pop music represents a new era of using the studio musically and expressively.