Delightful Dobros, Scintillating C-Ducer, Luscious Lighting, Captivating Canons and much more super schmutter

Using the Kurzweil K2000 to create and perform a tribute to John Lennon

How to be an engineer, what happened at these two trade shows and why John Lennon would turn in his grave

RETROSPECT: the hollies

complete career countdown

forming your first band and don't know what to do? Read on...

what exactly do promoters do, and are they worth the money?

Guest producer Robin Millar strikes a note of realism on the subject of home recording, record deals, and the size of A&R department waste bins...

GuitarCheck

Dave Burrluck welcomes back an old name that never disappeared

The saga goes on outlining the hazards that befall anyone trying to get an ounce of sense out of a record company.

Vintage technology strikes back

The Mellotron lives on

A string arrangement can make or break a song — Ian Gardiner digs up a few basic rules for right-on arranging.

Record Pressing

Part 3 completes our short series with a detailed look at record pressing, labels, sleeves and promotion.

GOSSIP, FIBS, STUFF AND NONSENSE

guess what?

Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson part two

Who's in, who's out, where, why, and what. What?

Multi-tracking and Overdubbing

This month we examine basic multitrack techniques including overdubbing and drop-ins, and explain about sync.

What happens when you start making money from music? Just before you buy the Porsche? You see an accountant, OK?

News from the front

all the news you need to know

Two of the industry's brightest names cast their minds back and reminisce to RM about the birth of the PA system.

7/4

There is life outside of 4/4. We dissect those funny times like five and seven and quarter past four on a Thursday.