Latest articles by Ben Rogerson
Timbaland's beat for Nelly Furtado's Maneater was so fire that flames started coming out of the speaker
Furtado has also reiterated her love of Oasis, and says that “I feel like Noel Gallagher taught me to play guitar without him knowing"
Rosie Lowe on hitting alt-R&B excellence on new album, Lover, Other
“I knew I didn’t want to create the album in four walls of a soundproofed studio; I didn’t find the idea of that inspiring.
Producer Dan Nigro breaks down Chappell Roan’s iconic Good Luck, Babe! vocal flips
“A lot of it is this kind of dance that we’re doing. What note is full voice? What note is falsetto?”
Finneas reveals Billie Eilish's “number one piece of feedback” on his guitar playing
“Even though she feels like she’s less experienced, I really like her sensibilities,” he says
Need to calm down? Try Rockabye Baby’s ‘Lullaby Renditions’ of Taylor Swift songs
Company has previously created baby-friendly versions of songs by Metallica, Snoop Dogg, Nirvana and Beyonce
Miley Cyrus accused of copying Bruno Mars song - but not, apparently, by Bruno Mars
Lawsuit argues that Cyrus’s 2023 hit is “a derivative work”
Casio’s entry-level Celviano AP-300 and AP-S200 digital pianos promise the sound and feel of a grand
Beginners now have two more contenders for their cash
Zoom’s LiveTrak L6 could be the ideal portable mixer and recorder for your DAWless synth jams
10-channel device can run on batteries and is Eurorack-compatible
Pharrell Williams admits that he and Neptunes partner Chad Hugo are no longer on speaking terms
As a songwriting and production duo, the pair scored some of the biggest hits of the ‘00s
The story of how Prince ended up duetting with Amy Winehouse on Love Is a Losing Game
The momentous performance took place at an aftershow gig during Prince’s record-breaking residency at London’s O2 arena
Mk.gee suggests that his unique lo-fi sound is the result of growing up on low-quality MP3s
“I like taking cheap, bad gear and trying to make the best song with it,” he says
Roland’s Aira Compact P-6 puts ‘creative sampling’ in your pocket
A take-anywhere device that enables you to sample and sequence the world around you and anything else
Beyoncé discusses the healing power of music and dismisses genres as “traps that box us in and separate us”
“From the start of my career and on every album, I have always mixed genres,” she says
Apple set to introduce track layering to Voice Memos in iPhone 16 Pro
Record a new track while listening to another through your speaker… then break them apart
Taylor Swift’s viral I Believe In A Thing Called Love singalong sends The Darkness to number one
Her air guitar skills were on display, too
dBdone enables you to view, tag, search and preview your DAW projects from one place
New app is currently in beta and free to download
Lady Gaga on the joy of recording at Rick Rubin’s Shangri-La studio
The star has confirmed that she has new music on the way
Megan Thee Stallion and Queen combine for a new version of We Will Rock You
It features in a new Gladiator-themed Pepsi ad that pays homage to Britney Spears, Beyoncé and Pink’s Roman epic from 2004
Gibson unravels the mystery of Taylor Swift’s ‘pink/purple’ Eras Tour Lover guitar
"We work with her team, who execute her vision down to the smallest details," says VP of product Mat Koehler
Rodney Jerkins on why Michael Jackson turned down the Neptunes songs that eventually went to Justin Timberlake
“If I would have just hopped on the drum set and just started playing, he would have been like, ‘Nah, I did that with Billie Jean’”
“It’s all about dynamics and the flow of it”: Billie Eilish on how she sequences the tracks on an album
“I really love when something feels like one piece and is cohesive and is thought through,” she says
Fatboy Slim explains why he couldn’t go in the studio with Fred Again
“Everybody was trying to get us to work together,” he says
Has Softube created an authentic, simplified Yamaha CS-80 emulation?
In fact, the Model 77 brings you the sounds of a couple of other CS synths, too
