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Think sync: writing for the small screen

Adverts for hundreds of products grace our TV screens each day, and a lot of them boast music that’s been written to order. While the sync market may be lucrative for composers, it’s also renowned for being highly competitive. Learn how to make your mark with this top industry advice.

By Anita Awbi 13 Jun 2013

Kit Downes

Mercury Music Prize nominated Kit Downes talks about the piano, the cosmos, working with Matthew Herbert and what it means to be a jazz artist in 2013…

By Jim Ottewill 12 Jun 2013

New jazz generation

We discover a new breed of British jazz artists doing their bit to blow away outdated stereotypes surrounding the genre

By Kyle Fisher 12 Jun 2013

Pete Wareham

We quiz Melt Yourself Down’s Pete Wareham on how he’s revitalising jazz via a love for Diplo and Nubian sounds

By Jim Ottewill 11 Jun 2013

Randy Newman

Randy Newman has to be the most affable songwriter you’d ever meet. Hear him talk comedy, songwriting and Toy Story…

By Anita Awbi 11 Jun 2013

Collaborations

Welcome to this week's playlist. This Friday we're tackling the theme of collaborations so we've put our heads together to come up with a whole heap of great music for your aural delectation. Our list includes classics by Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith, David Bowie and Micke Jagger and as well as more recent cuts by the likes of current industry darlings Disclosure and vocalist Sam Smith and Hot Chip's Joe Goddard...

By Jim Ottewill 7 Jun 2013

NITIN SAWHNEY

We interview acclaimed songwriter and composer Nitin Sawhney from the Ivor Novello Awards' red carpet to talk about recording new album OneZero, collaborations and the British music he is currently loving...

By Kyle Fisher 7 Jun 2013

Beardyman

Beardyman is an award winning beatboxer who is as much of a motor mouth in conversation as he is on stage. M finds out how he’s pushing his gift of the gab even further forward with new real-time music production invention, the Beardytron5000mkII…

By Jim Ottewill 5 Jun 2013

Alt-J

The ultimate buzz band reveal their desire for endless rounds of sarnies & a preference for songwriting in the bathroom

By Anita Awbi 5 Jun 2013
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