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Summer Break: The Butch Vig Interview

    Summer has been pretty intense in Europe over the last week or so. Temperatures have reached new record highs. Wherever you are, I hope you’re being careful and staying hydrated. It feels dangerous just to pop down to the bakery in the afternoon, to be honest… That’s why I will be sharing a long video with you today. Quite long. Close to two hours. I know. Who has time for that, right? Considering this extreme weather, it might be the best time to stay inside. Sit down and crack open a cold one. Throw in some peanuts. Then enjoy this… Read More »Summer Break: The Butch Vig Interview

    Summer Break: The Long Game

      Writing is weird. It might be one of the weirdest things we do. I kind of like it though. A lot. I only started posting articles two months ago, but I’ve been lucky enough to receive some wonderful feedback. As excited as I am to continue, I am going to take a little break. The summer is looking quite busy, with producing songs for artists, playing music and taking a few days off as well. Over this period, I will share other creators’ content. So every Thursday, as we’ve established, you can keep coming here, dear readers. I’ll introduce you… Read More »Summer Break: The Long Game

      Redefining Music Production: What Does The Big Word Even Mean Today?

        What is music production? Or its more colloquial variant, what the fuck do you even do? And why should I hire you, mate? Even people in our industry seem confused by the term. Especially artists. They pop the question a lot. It ranks pretty high on Google. Which is why I’m writing today, obviously. Be a lamb and say a prayer to the SEO gods for me, please. It seems like, if you have a laptop, an audio interface and a pair of headphones, you qualify as a music producer. That’s pretty much it. If you have an USB microphone,… Read More »Redefining Music Production: What Does The Big Word Even Mean Today?

        An Open Letter to Taylor Swift

          Dear Taylor, Where to even begin? Congratulations, I guess, are in order. Your third re-recorded album, Speak Now, will come out next week, on July 7th. You’re knocking these out of the park every single time. I cannot wait for the 2024 version of Reputation. That will be a fine day. But let’s back up a little bit. Since your first country record in 2006, things got out of hand, and fast. Releasing a record every two years, you made country pop works with Fearless and Speak Now. And that’s when you started to explore other things, which led you… Read More »An Open Letter to Taylor Swift

          Do You Want to Write Better Songs? The Answer Is in the Bathroom!

            I’m clean shaven. While that’s not the rarest look in the book in the general population, it’s much more uncommon in the music business. Most of my colleagues proudly wear a thick, full beard. (Or a moustache, but that’s a conversation for another day.) They took the time to grow it, and trim it more or less regularly. They would never go back to the plague of everyday shaving. I’ve always been the odd one out in this case. Okay, not only in this case, but bear with me for a sec. I’m a bit old school, you might say.… Read More »Do You Want to Write Better Songs? The Answer Is in the Bathroom!