Live Aid

Gig of the century, report of the millenium by Jim Betteridge

Mixing

Simon Croft takes up from Steve Howell and gives his views on creative remixing.

Tony Visconti's studio, Good Earth, in the heart of London's West End owes its success to a combination of the right services and good management.

Could You Be A Guitar Tech?

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

All the snippety little secret bits of musicians' gossip that no-one else would print

Our new series for drummers is for bashers and non-bashers alike: first, how to keep time

The musicians' gossip column. Stuff you wouldn't believe. (We didn't.)

A half-page of wit from Adrian Deevoy. Or should that be...

PART 2: Last month's article saw Reproduction Studio in the early stages of construction. This month, in the final part, the finished project comes under scrutiny.

Alexei Sayle

lists his nicest songs

To help you get into the festive mood, we asked a few artists and producers, and a handful of our regular contributors, what they'd like for christmas this year... In a hi-tech music kind of way. Paul Tingen collected the wish-lists.

A Gibson / A Fairlight

so simple even an Australian could do it

A nostalgic look back at 1985 by the people who bring E&MM to you each month. Was it really that bad?

The Art Of Arranging

Ian Gardiner gets out the manuscript paper and tells you how to spread those blobs around

gossip column

A special 10th anniversary Diary hot from the lips of Adrian Deevoy

Music's most beautiful instrument has recently seen something of a renaissance. Richard Walmsley talks to some current saxophonists

How To Write Lyrics

Richard Walmsley takes a look at the under-estimated art of lyric writing

Everything you wanted to know about A&R men - but only MT dared to ask.

Negotiating a record contract

Don’t sign a thing until you’ve read this

Bob Dormon finds the Royal Academy moving with the times