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 ...

John Lennon was in the throes of a debaucherous, hedonistic, and at times violent “Lost Weekend” in the mid-1970s, so it’s unsurprising that the recording sessions he scheduled for his fifth and final ...

One of King Studio’s recording packages even includes a music video. By Kathleen Beckett Reporting from Seoul The perfect gift for a K-pop wannabe? How about a recording session in a professional ...

“EMI had very firm rules,” Paul McCartney recalled, “which we always had to break” ...

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. “We Are the World” was a ...

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 ...

The Beatles and Abbey Road Studios are deeply connected. So much so that the studio was initially EMI Studios but changed its name after Abbey Road was a hit album. However, the fab four did not make ...

Offering a bit of backstory to the tentative title, the frontman painted a picture of Korn's recent studio time that involved multiple sessions in different parts of the country. But when the band ...

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 ...