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Great songs don’t need expensive studios. If you’ve ever caught yourself thinking, “I’d write better ...

Every musician runs into writer’s block sooner or later. Sometimes it’s right at the beginning ...

For years we’ve wrestled with genres. Every time we release an album, we’re asked to ...

Every musician can think of at least one piece of gear they sold years ago, ...

Every now and then you’ll finish a mix and find yourself in a frustrating place ...

Does your band really need a website? Every now and then I hear someone say, ...

People often ask me why I’m not particularly enthusiastic about vinyl or cassette releases. That ...

People who are starting out in music production often ask whether they need to take ...

If you’ve spent any time around bass players, you’ve probably heard someone proudly announce that ...

One of the questions I get asked quite often is, “How long does it take ...

Famous musicians aren’t always mysterious. Living in New Zealand, famous musicians can seem a bit ...

The best mix isn’t always the perfect mix … I saw an incredible photo on ...

The Rickenbacker bass problem nobody mentions! I love Rickenbacker basses – they’re iconic, they look ...

Ahhh, the sound of nostalgia. Every now and then I stumble across something that instantly ...

Here’s a slightly sideways topic, but one that might help someone who finds themselves in ...

Ever find yourself labouring over a mix that just isn’t working? You’ve tweaked the EQ, ...

There’s a lot of discussion these days about editing recordings to perfection. With modern software, ...

There is a lot of discussion these days about imperfections in music and the importance ...

This might be a controversial one. Records are having a huge resurgence – people get ...

This is how we started in the early ’90s. Back then, we knew we’d really ...

If you’re building a studio, buy good speakers, or they are better known near-field studio ...

Microphones are funny things. This one sitting in front of me is about 25 years ...

My hearing is shot, so how do I still mix music? My hearing isn’t great ...

In the age of streaming, where musicians get paid bugger all for a play, I ...

People occasionally ask musicians about their best gigs. That’s easy enough – the packed venues, ...

People can get surprisingly passionate about guitars. The wood, pickups, brand, country it was made ...

I saw an interesting post recently from a musician who had spent the best part ...

One of my absolute favourite parts of being in OLDER is playing bass, which ought ...

There’s a funny thing about instruments. Sometimes the one that’s technically better for you isn’t ...

One of the things I love most about being in OLDER is Julie’s vocals. Not ...

35 years of songs finally escaping the hard drive… Selfie, released in 2025, was a ...

Unmasked was our third OLDER album, released in 2024, and like our previous album HUMAN+, ...

There comes a point in recording vocals where excitement can actually become a bit dangerous ...

I was talking to a fella once about music and he was telling me about ...

When you meet new people around our age the conversation eventually gets to the standard ...

Human+ was our second OLDER album, released in 2021, and looking back now it feels ...

This is the record equivalent of a ‘shelfie’. There’s probably three or four hundred albums ...

There’s always that one piece of gear, isn’t there? The one that sits in the ...

Sometimes, just sometimes, a song taps me on the shoulder early and goes, “Yep, it’s ...

There’s a part of making music that almost no one sees. Not the polished version, ...

It’s a bit surreal about looking back and realising just how much time has passed ...

There’s something about old gear that sneaks up on you. You don’t think about it ...

I’m as passionate about making music now as I was 40 years ago. That hasn’t ...

I’m Julie, the singer in OLDER, which still makes me laugh a bit because if ...

This little self-filmed piece, At Home with OLDER, goes right back to 2017 before our ...