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“It's amazing what you can do with a drum machine - and two of the most expensive sampling and production workstations ever made”: Unpacking the technical genius …

Take an old 4-track demo, add a splash of expensive 80s tech, and the results might be a good enough reason for a band of ...
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"One of the hardest things I ever had to do was mix that song": A music professor breaks down Steve Cropper and Otis Redding's (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay

Following Cropper's passing at the age of 84, we explore the songwriting genius behind one of his most beloved collaborations ...
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“My mom said, ‘I’ll lend you a quarter if you become a guitar player.’ I think I did!”: Legendary guitarist Steve Cropper dies aged 84

Born in Dora, Missouri on October 21, 1941, Cropper co-wrote the classic songs Green Onions for Booker T. & the M.G.’s and ...
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“It’s quite normal to be groped by men”: Harassment, low pay and exploitation all reported by young musicians and artists in new survey

A report published today by Youth Music, a charity helping marginalised young people make and monetise music, has highlighted ...
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“The best MIDI controller setup isn’t about having more – it’s about staying connected to what matters”: AlphaTheta and Serato launch Slab, the first hardware ...

The entry-level pad controller offers a slick, simplified workflow for Serato Studio, but can also work with Serato Sample ...
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“I used to accommodate him. I'd isolate him, put him in a booth and not record him. The others, particularly Mick and Keith, would say 'Just tell him to get the hell out ...

"I don't think he had a carefully worked-out policy against Vietnam; I mean, he had a moral outrage against the war and that was about it." Whatever, it covered the Stones with a patina of radical ...
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“We’re in an era of conformity in electronic music – very few people get celebrated for doing anything outside of it”: How TEED went back to basics with a bedroom se…

The artist formerly known as Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs dives into the making of his latest project, driven by a ...
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“I said to her, ‘I think people love you and root for you more than you know or believe’”: We speak with Lily Allen’s co-songwriter and executive producer about th…

Hailed as one of this year’s most brilliant records, Lily Allen’s West End Girl’s rapid production process was overseen by ...
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“If I’d had a producer and I was simply an artist, I don’t think they would have had the patience to listen to what I wanted to do”: We catch up with the man who ...

Songwriter, producer and creative artist Robin Scott is the man behind M and the huge hit Pop Muzik. Over 40 years later, he ...
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“He was speaking through his eyes. He just gives us a nod. He mastered the art of communicating without using words”: Jon Batiste describes his “gloriously awkward ...

And even then, the conversation was pretty one-sided. “He came up to me, and I had a friend of mine with me, and she gave him ...
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"When culture is allowed to move freely, people discover that their common ground is far wider than the borders that divide them": Level 42's Mark King, Jools Holland a…

Jools Holland, Level 42's Mark King and Dame Evelyn Glennie have thrown their weight behind a new cross-industry organisation ...
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“It taps into yearning for a place beyond, a place of love, for me to speak my mind and be myself”: Flea teases his first solo album with a seven-minute jazz rave single

Don’t expect it to get heavy radio rotation though. It’s a seven-minute track, with plenty of bass (surprise!) which includes ...