• From A Borrowed Tascam to Working With Rihanna

    From A Borrowed Tascam to Working With Rihanna

    Being the right man in the right place at the right time really does pay off. Mike Hillier started out as a young Psychology Graduate with a...

  • Want Your Drums To Pop? Learn the 'Chris Sheldon Method'

    Want Your Drums To Pop? Learn the 'Chris Sheldon Method'

    When it comes to drums, there is no better way to learn than to do it yourself. Here is StudioAssistant's special cheat sheet presented by t...

  • Meet Mistery Man Dilip Harris (Jamiroquai, Sia, Jessie Ware)

    Meet Mistery Man Dilip Harris (Jamiroquai, Sia, Jessie Ware)

    He loves his custom Neve 5088 console, Shelford EQs and Parallel Processing. His list of credits is as impressive as his taste in music, hav...

  • Digging into Additional Production on a UK Top 20 Single

    Digging into Additional Production on a UK Top 20 Single

    World class Producer, Mixer and Songwriter Jay Reynolds talks us through the intricacies of the additional production process for commercial...

  • Meet the man behind Biffy Clyro, Foo Fighters and Bloc Party

    Meet the man behind Biffy Clyro, Foo Fighters and Bloc Party

    Chris Sheldon - world class producer and mix engineer whose credits include producing Biffy Clyro's 'Blackend Sky', 'The Vertigo of Bliss' a...

  • Award-Winning Mixer, Producer & Songwriter Jay Reynolds (The Lumineers, Dua Lipa, Ella Eyre)

    Award-Winning Mixer, Producer & Songwriter Jay Reynolds (The Lumineers, Dua Lipa, Ella Eyre)

    Jay Reynolds has managed to secure himself a top position in the industry, beginning as tape store assistant and progressing to a world-clas...

  • How This Engineer Went From Rigging Gigs for Radiohead to Working in the World's Biggest Studios (and Starting a Label!)

    How This Engineer Went From Rigging Gigs for Radiohead to Working in the World's Biggest Studios (and Starting a Label!)

    Italian born Fulvio has recorded in some of the world’s most prestigious recording studios [including REC Studios & Wisseloord]. He worked o...

  • Heavy Guitars, Tight Drums & and an Unreal Vibe!

    Heavy Guitars, Tight Drums & and an Unreal Vibe!

    Nested in the heart of Greece, in Athens, Alex runs his sessions from Unreal Studios - a facility built from the ground up, initially as a p...

  • Mixing The Maccabees with Cenzo Townshend

    Mixing The Maccabees with Cenzo Townshend

    Cenzo Townshend gives us a bittersweet look in to mixing 'Marks to Prove It' - The Maccabees' fourth and final album, and looks back on a hu...

  • 4 Pieces of Iconic Analog Gear at Decoy Studios

    4 Pieces of Iconic Analog Gear at Decoy Studios

    Decoy Studios has a huge range of amazing analog gear used on some of the world's top bands. Check out these 4 iconic pieces that help give...