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7 Songwriting Tips From “Hotel California” By The Eagles That Music Producers Need To Know

The Eagles’ “Hotel California” is one of the best songs to study if you are a producer trying to understand how songwriting, arrangement, harmony, lyrics, and performance all start feeding into the same central idea… and before we get into the weeds, yes the above picture is AI but it’s pretty silly

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Synplant 2's PhenoType Feature: A New Era for Synthesis?

Describe a sound, texture or instrument, and Synplant's new PhenoType feature will attempt to recreate it using the synth's text-to-patch sound engine

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Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal's New Album

“Every one of Kenny’s beats is a chunk of ore from a different comet”

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“For engineers mixing on small studio monitors, these will be a huge asset for checking the bass and sub bass”: Sennheiser HD 480 Pro review

Sennheiser's new cans offer reliable low-end translation that goes where your studio monitors can't

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Steven Spielberg on Directing a Bond Film

Despite the rejection from Bond producers, the Oscar-winning director made do with another franchise: Indiana Jones. Steven Spielberg Once Wanted to Direct a Bond Movie. Now, He’d Tell Producers “You

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Steven Spielberg Once Wanted to Direct a Bond Movie. Now, He’d Tell Producers “You Can’t Afford Me”

Despite the rejection from Bond producers, the Oscar-winning director made do with another franchise: Indiana Jones. Steven Spielberg Once Wanted to Direct a Bond Movie. Now, He’d Tell Producers “You Can’t Afford Me” Liz Shannon Miller

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Barry Can’t Swim’s Rise Beyond Dance Music Continues With ‘Return To Bhibo’

Barry Can’t Swim’s first release of 2026 arrives at a pivotal moment in his career. Fresh off standout performances at Lightning In A Bottle and Detroit’s Movement Festival and ahead of a historic first-ever B2B with Mochakk at Miami’s Club Space on June 24, the Edinburgh-born producer returns with

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RedOne Invites Fans to ‘Follow Me’ in New World Cup Song

"Music and sports are the two most powerful global languages we have," the Grammy-winning producer tells Billboard.

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RedOne Invites Fans to ‘Follow Me’ in New World Cup Song Featuring French Montana, TWICE’s Jihyo & More

"Music and sports are the two most powerful global languages we have," the Grammy-winning producer tells Billboard.

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Novation Adds A 61-Key White Edition To The Launchkey MK4 Range

Novation has expanded its Launchkey MK4 range with the Launchkey 61 MK4 White, giving producers a larger white-finish option in the company’s current MIDI keyboard controller lineup. The new model follows the Launchkey Mini 37 White and Launchkey 49 White that were revealed at Superbooth 2025, and i

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Paul McCartney Defends 'Momma Gets By' Lyrics, Praises Strong Women

The Beatles icon was speaking to comedian Rob Brydon about his Number One album ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’ onstage at London’s Roundhouse, where he also paid tribute to the late Rob Reiner The post Pa

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Paul McCartney defends lyrics to ‘Momma Gets By’: “There’s a lot of strong women out there”

The Beatles icon was speaking to comedian Rob Brydon about his Number One album ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’ onstage at London’s Roundhouse, where he also paid tribute to the late Rob Reiner The post Paul McCartney defends lyrics to ‘Momma Gets By’: “There’s a lot of strong women out there” appeared f

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“You’re supposed to be a big pop producer, give me some pop!”: We just got a track-by-track breakdown of The Boys of Dungeon Lane with Paul McCartney himself - here's what he had to say

The event, at London’s legendary Roundhouse was packed to the rafters with Paul’s devotees

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“He had to have his privacy. He had to be completely alone. We did not have visitors in the studio”: After the brutal firing of his Purple Rain band, Prince worked in isolation to create a foreboding masterpiece

The song was a sparse, stripped-back amalgam of electro-funk, soul, psych-pop, blues and rock

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Olivia Rodrigo Debuts 'The Cure' on 'Kimmel'

Rodrigo stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live for a late-night performance, just hours before the release of her third studio album.

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Olivia Rodrigo Hits National TV Debut Performance of ‘The Cure’ on ‘Kimmel’: Watch

Rodrigo stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live for a late-night performance, just hours before the release of her third studio album.

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Metadata-handling ‘studio companion’ wins OpenPlay’s CoLab hackathon

Inaccurate metadata is the scourge of the music industry, certainly in terms of getting the right people paid fairly for their work.

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Radiohead Album to Soundtrack Hamlet in London Production

Radiohead’s 2003 album soundtracks the modern production of Shakespeare’s classic tale

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Hail to the Thief Version of Hamlet Heads to London

Radiohead’s 2003 album soundtracks the modern production of Shakespeare’s classic tale

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NYC Street Named for Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix Way sits just down the street from the guitarist’s legendary Electric Lady Studios