If you’re a lover of the Northern indie-rock scene, you’ll likely know our third year Music Production student, Drew. Frontman for the well-renowned band Rosellas, he’s set for the world stage, having recently sold out a show at Manchester Academy. We managed to sit down with Drew in between tour planning and prepping for the 2023 Degree Show.

Listen to Rosellas' latest track HIDEAWAY on all streaming platforms.

Follow Rosellas: @rosellas.band

Al chats with rapper and producer Corey Brown, aka Superlative. Corey talks about his journey from producing bedroom beats to collaborating with Mr Scruff and touring with renowned hip hop collective The Mouse Outfit.

Links to Corey's work:
https://www.instagram.com/official_superlative/
https://www.sprhub.com/

Tom produces music under the name Whitely and recently released his latest album, A Happy Place. He chats to Al about his production workflow, favourite synthesisers, and the wonders of making dance music with Gameboys.

Listen to Whitely here: https://ptesquad.bandcamp.com/album/a-happy-place

Join Al as he explores the nostalgic sound of Vaporwave, with sugar-coated synthesisers, dreamy reverbs, and surreal sampling techniques.  

Get skanking with Al as he creates a dub reggae track in Ableton Live. 

WARNING: This episode contains heavy bass, booming drums, and psychedelic spatial effects.

Al chats with producer, engineer and soon-to-be Spirit Studios graduate Ryan Davies. Ryan talks about his experience working in studios and at festivals, collaborating with artists, and developing his own business creating handbuilt plate reverbs. Follow Ryan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rubosound/

Join Al as he combines deep grooves, big bass sounds and chopped up vocal samples to create a banging modern deep house track. 

Al chats with drummer and producer Vicky O'Neon who has performed with acts like Clean Bandit, Rachel K Collier and Hans Zimmer. In this episode Vicky talks about her work with non-profit music organisations Girls Rock London and Rock Donna and shares insights into her upcoming YouTube series 'Drumming Through the Decades'.

Follow the link to see more from Vicky:

https://linktr.ee/vickyoneon