Since breaking through with BTS’s ‘Dynamite’, David Stewart has been making his mark on modern pop music with hit after hit.
The man behind colossal hits for Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus and Florence + the Machine takes a surprisingly old‑school approach to writing and production.
Film composer and producer Ludwig Göransson has earned a stellar reputation for sonic world‑building.
It takes talent, attitude and self‑belief to succeed in the music business, and Linda Perry has plenty of all three...
Cristobal Tapia de Veer has become a first‑call Hollywood composer — by ignoring Hollywood’s rules.
These audio files accompany the Faking A String Section In Your DAW workshop in SOS July 2023 issue.
We explain how to create MIDI string arrangements that don’t sound like MIDI string arrangements!
Adding a horn section to your productions can bring everything from mellow melancholy to verve and excitement.
To find himself as an artist, Charlie Puth swapped high‑profile co‑writers for fan reaction on TikTok. It seems to have worked...
Producer and songwriter Trevor Horn has released a book detailing his long and successful career in the music industry.
Motif helps to create unique, multi-part melodies and progressions based on probability algorithms.
LANDR Studio aims to provide users with everything they need to make, refine, share and monetise their music.
Successful songwriters and producers explain how to adapt your skills to the massive Far Eastern market.
His remarkable versatility has made Federico Vindver the go‑to collaborator for Timbaland, Kanye West, Coldplay and more.
Pop writing and production today is a team game, and the Monsters & Strangerz are one of the hottest teams around.
New York-based producer/engineer, songwriter and music educator Illmind has wide-ranging credits extending all the way from 50...
Louis Bell's unique perspective on songwriting and production has brought massive success with acts such as Post Malone, Jess Glynne and Selena Gomez.
Dubai welcomed in 2019 with one of the biggest spectacles ever staged. Dom Jones created the epic soundtrack.
Regular readers may recall Dan Graham's SOS series on composing, arranging and selling library music for a living...
To mark its 50th anniversary, two bands have taken to the stage to pay homage to Wendy Carlos’s classic crossover album Switched-On Bach.
Together with David Guetta, French producer and composer Fred Rister created the hits that made EDM a global phenomenon.
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