Hugh and I (Dance With A Strangler). A short play by Adrian Deevoy

a crash course in career-building from the bard himself

Electropop veteran Vince Clarke and latest partner, Andy Bell, discuss composing, sampling and singing following their debut album release. Tim Goodyer takes notes.

The Big Dream

Tony Reed takes the high road to Kilburn

Omar: comin' to ya, on a dust road

Leaving the comforts of the studio behind, the Art of Noise step out into the real world of live music, taking their MIDI technology with them. Chris Meyer lends an ear to see how they fare.

The column that makes recording rewarding. Chris Maillard's got it taped

And I'll Cry If I Want To

so why can't the band play it properly? songwriters’ psychology made simple

The Rupert Hine Approach to Record Producing

You may be surprised to learn that as a producer, Rupert Hine has some sixty-five albums credited to him, though it is only in recent times that his name has started to mean anything outside of the record business. Something that has come about largely through his successful associations with Howard Jones and Tina Turner. David Etheridge chatted to him in the studio about his career to date and his approach to record production.

'What are this spring's colours?' asks ultra-fashionable Richard Walmsley

Turbo-charged recording techniques

drummer Tony Thompson fuses influences

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

Better Lyrics

Fancy turning your Prophet 2000 into a 128-voice sampler? Paul Wiffen shows you can use MIDI Mode 4 to give the impression you're doing just that.

Janet Angus talks to Peter Wingfield about his career as a songwriter and producer.

Exclusive interview with all three ecstatic persons, who chat amiably about office fave "Skylarking".

Rising young rockers Bon Jovi sell hundreds of thousand of records, own lots of guitars, and look disgustingly healthy. It's enough to make Patrick Dutch throw up...

Tunes from ex-tones

Record Deals

And how they are got. We talk to five recent getters of the said deals, and relay advice and tactics

Martin and Andy plot "It's Called A Heart" 45

Chris Maillard chews the cud with the up and coming C&W—crossover cowpunchers.

David Yorath is one of those fortunate people who have turned their hobby of recording into a career. Paul White caught up with him at his studio.

Geoff Mitcham's account of how he set up his own mobile recording studio.