Headliner Radio

Composer Lucas Vidal talks about becoming the youngest Berklee College of Music student ever to compose and record the score to a feature film with a full orchestra, the film scores that inspired him to pursue his career, his music trailer work for The Hunger Games, Terminator, and Interstellar, and why he couldn’t do any of it without Steinberg’s Cubase.

Some will know her from her music, others will know her as the star of Netflix’s Ragnarok. Either way, Norway’s Resa Saffa Park is a rising star who hugely deserves your attention. Headliner speaks to the actor and musician to discuss Norway’s special place in the music industry right now, landing her big Netflix role, and her stunning slice of indie-pop on latest single, Tendencies.

One of the most celebrated songwriters of the past century, Jimmy Webb, tells Headliner about writing hits for the likes of Glen Campbell, Richard Harris, and Art Garfunkel, and how he made it from local church pianist to bona fide musical royalty.

New York City-based producer and engineer Zukye Ardelle talks about quitting her job as an emergency medical technician to pursue music full time. The gamble paid off. Now, she’s working with New York’s up-and-coming hip-hop artists at her very own s5studio, which was founded by her mentor Sonny Carson. She explains her route into the industry, how she approaches working with different artists, and gives an insight into the Genelec monitors that can be found in all three of s5studio’s rooms.

Boston-based producer, audio engineer and songwriter Jason Maas gets candid about his music production process, his experiences on the live touring circuit, and his love of oeksound plugins, as well as revealing details about his new intelligent mastering platform, maastr.io.

After Memphis-born rapper Ty Brasel found himself walking a road of substance abuse and crime, a spiritual encounter caused him to change his ways, and to focus his energy entirely on his music. Here he speaks to Headliner about that period of his life, and how he now sees himself maturing and developing as an artist on the straight on the narrow.

Portland based producer, Yung Bae, talks about his new album, Groove Continental Side A, his future funk influences, and his approach to music production.

Forrest Lawrence, founder of Working Title Recording Studios, and Kenny Kaiser, fron-of-house engineer for The Killers, talk about transforming the recording studio into a Dolby Atmos-enabled facility, made possible due to the recent addition of a Focusrite RedNet A16R analogue interface for Dante networks. The duo reflect on their working relationship, the rise of Dolby Atmos music, working with The Killers, and how to approach immersive mixing.

Feeder frontman Grant Nicholas speaks to Headliner about navigating the vast changes the music industry has undergone since the band exploded onto the scene in the mid-'90s, and takes us inside the making of new album Torpedo.

James Morrison reflects on writing his debut single, You Give Me Something and on the success of his duet with Nelly Furtado, Broken Strings, and explains how his songwriting has developed since he released his debut album, Undiscovered in 2006. With his new Greatest Hits album out now and the UK tour underway, he explains why he re-recorded his biggest songs for the record, why hearing his songs on the radio never gets old, and looks forward to performing at A Perfect Day festival in Exeter in July.