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 ...

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 ...

On this day (January 28) in 1985, some of the biggest names in music formed the short-lived supergroup called USA for Africa to record “We Are the World” to raise money to combat the famine in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Longtime Prince collaborator David “Z” Rivkin recalled his early studio sessions with the musician, prior to his first record deal. Rivkin’s first time in the studio with Prince was with the ...