"Tinderbox" talk with Severin, Budgie, Carruthers. New album, new chords.

What do you get when you cross brilliant musicianship, technological wizardry and one of the brightest line-ups in modern jazz? Answer: Steps Ahead. Interview by Liz Rose and Leslie Fradkin.

Recording Chris de Burgh

Stephen Tayler tells Richard Buskin all about recording and mixing Chris de Burgh's recent single, 'By My Side'.

After spending four years recording The Seeds of Love, Tears for Fears are back and touring the world. Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal talk tears and technology with Dan Rue and Tim Goodyer.

It's a knockout with Stewart/Hall

Phil Collins explores the Octapads.

Band Aid

how they made music for Ethiopia

Who you (the readers) voted as best musician, and what you (still the readers) voted as best gear. We shake the world.

OR: HOW A GENESIS LP SLEEVE IS MADE

Genesis to revelation

news from the equipment world

A complete history of record production accompanied by quotations and anecdotes from no fewer than 18 of the world's leading producers.

Nominated by Steve Levine, Steve Lillywhite, Peter Collins, Hugh Padgham, Swain and Jolley

Sampling Percussion System

Not just a sampling drum machine, more a solid state tape recorder! As things start to heat up at the top end of the drum machine market, David Mellor gives E-mu's successor to their popular SP-12 a thorough pounding.

polyphonic sampling for a grand

A look at the shape of things to come in the recording world.

Two-Chord Songs

Just two, yup. Everyone from the Who to Duran Duran has used the trick. Now you can.

for and against the structured approach

Tips to help you achieve that 'modern' drum sound.

Andy Summers & Midge Ure Go To Rockschool

A day's filming for TV's Rockschool reveals Andy and Midge's playing tricks.

cast in Italy

Find out what keyboard and guitar chords have got to do with Tina Turner's 'What's Love Got To Do With It'.

Sessionmen Special

Studio time with bassist Mo Foster, drummer Tom Nichol and keyboardist Danny Shogger.