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Tape Notes is a podcast about the art and craft of music production, in partnership with Focusrite. In Partnership with Focusrite.

Tape Notes is a podcast about the art and craft of music production. Hosted by John Kennedy, each episode reunites an artist and producer to talk about the highlights of their collaboration in the studio. Their conversations lift the lid on every stage of the creative process, from kindling the first spark of a song idea, through decisions on style and instrumentation, to finessing the final produ

ct. Full of fascinating anecdotes, the conversations also feature clips from the original session recordings. The result is a unique insight into the working methods of some of the most innovative and exciting talents in music.

30/11/2023

NEW EPISODE! 🙌

We had the pleasure of catching up with Jack & Ed from Bombay Bicycle Club to find out how their latest album ‘My Big Day’ was written, recorded & produced.

This episode is amazing, full of all the good stuff so make sure you go and listen!

Available to download in all good podcast dispensaries or head to link in bio 🎧

Thanks to our our friends at .studios for letting us use their beautiful Studio 1.

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16/11/2023

NEW EPISODE! 👊

We had the pleasure of catchup with Mike from to find out how their No.1 album ‘Back To The Water Below’ was written, recorded & produced.

Go check it out!

Available to download in all the usual places or head to link in bio. 🎧

Head to our Patreon for the full length video episode.📽

Thanks as always to our good friends at .studios for having us in cosy studio 4.

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03/11/2023

NEW EPISODE! 👊

We had the pleasure of catching up with and - one half of supergroup - and producer to find out how ‘The Secret To Life’ was written recorded & produced.

Fizz is made up of former Tape Notes guests Dodie, along with and Martin Luke Brown.

This episode was so much fun to record and full of loads of great stuff so make sure you take a listen!

Available to download in all the usual places or head to link in bio 🎧

Thanks to our good friends .studios for letting us use their amazing Studio 1.

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25/10/2023

NEW EPISODE! 🙌

We had the pleasure of catching up with the awesome and Matt Hales .official to find out how the nominated ‘Messy’ was written & produced.

Thanks to our good friends .studios for having us!

So much good stuff in this one so make sure you go have a listen right now!

Available to download in all the usual podcast hideouts or head to link in bio. 🎧

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05/10/2023

NEW EPISODE! 🙌

We had the pleasure of catching up with and producer to find out how the album ‘Halo’ was written, recorded & produced.

It’s a good one so make sure you stuff it in your earholes!

Available in all the usual podcast dispensaries on head to link in bio. 🎧

Thanks to our good friends at .studios for having us.

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27/09/2023

NEW EPISODE! 🙌

We had the pleasure of catching up with not once, but TWICE to find out how he wrote and produced his new album ‘Playing Robots Into Heaven’.

Jumping between London and LA James goes DEEP into his production methods and his general philosophy on music.

Loads of awesome stuff in this episode so make sure you go and have a listen!

Available to download in all the usual places or head to link in bio.

Thanks as always to our good friends .studios for having us.

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30/08/2023

NEW EPISODE! 💪

We had the absolute pleasure of catching up with Howard and Guy of to find out how their latest album ‘Alchemy’ was written, recorded & produced.

This episode is chocked full of great track breakdowns, tips & tricks and goes DEEP so make sure your have a listen!

Available to download in all the usual places or head to link in bio 🎧

Huge thanks to our friends for having us at The Yard!

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16/08/2023

NEW EPISODE! 🙌

We had the pleasure of catching up aka along with producers and to find out how ‘In The End It Always Does was written, recorded & produced.

Loads of great stuff in this one so make sure you treat your ears to it!

To listen/watch head to link in bio 🎧

Thanks to our friends .studios for having us!

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04/08/2023

NEW EPISODE! 🙌

We had the absolute pleasure of catching up and at to find out how new album ‘The Ballad of Darren’ was written, recorded & produced.

Damon & James were on fine form and deliver us an awesome episode so make sure you stuff this in your earholes.

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12/07/2023

NEW EPISODE! 🙌

We had the pleasure of catching up with and producer to find out how Ben’s new album ‘Is It?’ was written, recorded & produced.

This is a cracking episode so make sure you go grab a listen now! Available in all the usual places or head to link in bio 🎧

Thanks to our friends .studios for having us!

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22/06/2023

NEW EPISODE! 🙌

We had the pleasure of catching up with Nick Douwma aka to find out how he wrote, recorded & produced his new album ‘Evolve’.

So much nerdy stuff in this one - if you’re into your BnB this is an essential listen!

Available to download in all the usual podcast dispensaries or head to link in bio. 🎧

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06/06/2023

NEW EPISODE! 👊

We had the pleasure of catching up with comedian, podcaster and most importantly musician James Acaster to find out how his album ‘PARTY GATOR PURGATORY’ was written recorded and produced.

James’ love affair with the music of 2016 is well documented and it was through his Perfect Sounds journey he ended up collaborating with many of the musicians and artists involved in making his favourite albums, forming Temps.

This is a great episode so make sure you stuff it in your earholes!

Huge thanks to our friends .studios for having us.

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Hosted by John Kennedy, each episode reunites an artist and producer to talk about the highlights of their collaboration in the studio. Their conversations lift the lid on every stage of the creative process, from kindling the first spark of a song idea, through decisions on style and instrumentation, to finessing the final product. Full of fascinating anecdotes, the conversations feature demo versions, works in progress & stems from the original session recordings. The result is a unique insight into the working methods of some of the most innovative and exciting talents in music.