Albums aren’t always easy to make. Creating something out of thin air can be a struggle–even more so when you have tension with your collaborators. Below, find three tense recording sessions that ...

McCartney says the band was happy to see if Lennon’s altered state created studio magic. On this night, it nearly ended in catastrophe ...

At this point, you’d probably be hard pressed to find a film geek who wasn’t intimately familiar with the Wilhelm Scream. The famous stock sound effect has been used hundreds of times in feature film ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — Thirty-nine years ago, the biggest music stars in the world crammed into a recording studio in Los Angeles for an all-night session that they hoped might alter music history. Fans ...

This story originally appeared in Issue #10 of Paste Magazine in June/July of 2004, republished in celebration of Paste’s 20th Anniversary. The greatest albums and singles don’t drop from the sky to ...

Oasis will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their landmark 1994 debut, Definitely Maybe, with a fresh reissue that unearths the album’s initial, scrapped recording session and other outtakes.

Perhaps you’re putting together your first demo. Maybe you’ve landed an audition and need to record some sides. Or you’ve booked the job and will soon head into the studio—congratulations! While ...

John JR Robinson talks about his first sessions with Quincy Jones and the experience of recording “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough.” He remembers how focused the room was during the session, with ...