Music Producers Forum's Blog

Born in 1946, Ken Caillat is a audio engineer and Grammy winning producer who has an amazing working career with a wide range of the music of legendary acts such as Crosby, Stills and Nash, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, the Beach Boys, Herbie Hancock and Alice Cooper. He is best known as the producer for … Continue reading →

A special interview from the Media Evolution Conference at Malmo Sweden 2012 with Ben Hammersley, editor at large of Wired magazine. Hammersley was also credited as the man who coined the word ‘Podcast’. He also discusses is thoughts on the music industry’s struggle with the internet, digital, online media and the burning topic of digital … Continue reading →

The Cardigan’s home town of Malmo in Sweden, is also the host city for an important event for the future of all media. Media Evolution focuses on ‘our media industries and society’, with key areas being film, communications, games publishing and of course Music. For the 5th episode of the Music Producers Forum’s podcast series, … Continue reading →

Mark Cawley’s catalog of work has included writing songs for artists such as Tina Turner, Joe Cocker, Chaka Khan, Diana Ross and even The Spice Girls. His songs have appeared on more than 15 million records so far. He has even worked with legendary songwriter Burt Bacharach. In this Music Producers Forum podcast episode 4, … Continue reading →

The Music Producers Forum will be filming the Musik i Lejet music festival in Denmark’s north coast. The Music Producers Forum’s founder Jomar Reyes will be on hand with co-producer Max Sayganov to film for the Sounds Underground documentary series. Musik i Lejet, held annually in the old fishing village called Tisvldeleje, was started by … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Jomar Music:
Image courtesy of Steven Snodgrass In 2008 I interviewed Tracy Chapman’s multi Grammy Award winning producer, David Kershenbaum (Click here to read the article). I was in awe of each and every sentence, though one clearly sticks in my mind. ‘Tracy has an amazing catalog, that still sells to this…

Barry Southgate has supported major US R&B artists when touring Australia, including the legendary Brian McKnight. In this conversation, I talk to Barry about his time with his idol, and himself becoming a finalist on the Australian Idol competition. We also chat about his time beyond the reality show, and how he independently produced his … Continue reading →

Taylor Swift’s multi award winning career, has made her one of the most successful singer-songwriters before the age of 21. In January 2010 Nielsen SoundScan reported Swift as the most successful digital artist in music to date with over 34.3 million digital tracks sold*. I must admit, I have never given a minutes attention to … Continue reading →

In the below mini documentary, Steve walks through the early days of producing music in the ’80s with U2, well before the benefits of today’s digital technology. With a wealth of experience at the pinnacle of music production, Steve has plenty of anecdotes and insight to share. For him, sound ‘is not just in a … Continue reading →

Born as Peter Hernandez in 1985, Bruno Mars is of Filipino and Puerto Rican descent with his family being professional musicians and performers. In 2004 his quest for success in the music industry began. A year after leaving his home state of Hawaii for the bright lights of LA, Bruno Mars was ‘stone broke’,  and before forging … Continue reading →

From the UK, Jay Sean is a record producer, who is also a singer, songwriter and rapper who has had huge commercial international success. Inspired by American Hip Hop music, Sean talks about his earlier influences in music, and his signing with US label Cash Money Records. Jay Sean is popularly know for his songs, … Continue reading →

In 2009 I was commissioned by CCEntertainment to write a profile on a music artist, producer, singer, songwriter who has had a profound influence in Australian Rock Music. In the late 80’s/early 90’s,  Noiseworks came into prominence on the Australian rock scene at time that was dominated by INXS, Midnight Oil and Crowded House. In … Continue reading →

Producing singer/songwriters can be a double edged sword for the producer. A singer songwriter will have very firm ideas as to the sound of a song, when it comes to laying down the tracks and developing that final mix. In Tracy Chapman’s case, David Kershenbaum was the magic ingredients needed. David’s early experience with producing … Continue reading →