"By 2028, AI music is projected to account for 20% of all streaming platform revenue": We're on the cusp of an AI-dominated streaming landscape, and creators are going to feel the brunt of it unless policy makers intervene trib.al/ToXQ59b

“I feel like because I did not make it, I must be cheating”: Is using commercially available samples in a track really that much of a problem? trib.al/deaOJMV

“Most of the classical venues have a very arrogant attitude towards pop music, which is what I’m considered to be by most of them”: Nils Frahm hits out at genre snobbery trib.al/K06x7ba

“Those looped dance music breakdowns and drops have been done a million times before - so tweak them a little!”: New to working with loops? Start here trib.al/kKrY0Rr

“Those people attending had no idea they were blessed with this exclusive performance 5 years ahead of the release of the song”: MGMT once played a 2000s classic to a tiny crowd in newly-found footage trib.al/AN4GtiX

“God, I hate that album so much. I haven’t listened to it for a decade, at least”: Charli XCX might want to forget the mixtape she released when she was 14, but it’s not nearly as bad as she remembers trib.al/4iY3YCz

“Everything that you've learned about making music just seems to click at the right time – it feels like an accident”: Turning old ideas into finished tracks with Mr. Mitch (aka DJ Cuddles) trib.al/axUs7DF

“Man, the place that he built as his home, it’s so deranged”: After recording at Prince’s Paisley Park complex, Jack Antonoff can confirm that it’s “even cooler than you could imagine” trib.al/T0MvLJK

What the Ek? Spotify founder is richer than any musical artist, ever trib.al/SWmmN8o

“This particular 808 is arguably the single most important drum machine in history”: The origin of house music in 5 key tracks trib.al/8QI56WE

Behringer hits back at critics accusing the company of only making "vaporware" in defensive social media post: "No other company delivers as many innovative and affordable products as we do" trib.al/MBbhKot

“I’ve got the 303 but I don’t know how to work it - it’s making all these crazy sounds!”: How a small group of Chicago producers invented house and changed music forever trib.al/NqC6uKO

"Chorus is a beautiful effect when used nicely, but it can also sound horrible if over-applied - unless that’s what you want": How to harness the chorus effect to give your tracks more life! trib.al/iVJSF82

“Exceptionally authentic, while also providing sonic depths in a production-ready format”: Cherry Audio P-10 review trib.al/bzoyhtZ

“All the music software you need… but for the price of a mid-level Apple Mac”: Native Instruments Komplete 15 review trib.al/BxO9Jru

“If you had suggested this in 2015, you would have been laughed out of the room”: Music is now reportedly bigger than cinema globally trib.al/SgaDrcr

“If she had, like, 3 more hours in the day, she would just figure out what we do and she wouldn't need any of us”: What Max Martin said to Ryan Tedder about Taylor Swift and music production after they’d both won Grammys for working on her 1989 album trib.al/d2YPllu

Best iPad for musicians and producers 2025: My pick of Apple tablets for all levels of music maker trib.al/niSrunF

“In a world where AI is starting to impact in so many areas of tech, it is notable and perhaps refreshing that this gets no mention in this release”: Steinberg Cubase Pro 14 review trib.al/d8RbJfY

“The biggest and best all-in-one modular step sequencer, offering flexibility and playability”: Analogue Solutions AS500-SEQ review trib.al/z5leVQ9