Columns Archive

• 0January 10, 2010

  Behind The Desk #3

  Jamie Hewitt learns that there is more to recording vocals than first meets the eye.
• 0December 25, 2009

  Soundcheck #3

  Remember the first time you were paid to play? Remember the first time you were paid to play in beer?...
• 0September 8, 2009

  Soundcheck #2

  Campbell Miller returns with the second installment of his column about the life and work of an indie musician, Soundcheck.
• 1August 16, 2009

  Behind The Desk #2

  Jamie Hewitt explains why sound engineers don’t actually hate all musicians, in the second installment of his Behind the Desk...
• Trivial Pursuits #40August 13, 2009

  Trivial Pursuits #4

  Mothering the Sunday church bell, two men collide in a ventriloquial explosion. The music, the showmanship, separated by years and...
• 0August 13, 2009

  The Breaking Of: !@*#

  For one night only, we hand over the reins to a musician. Ben Marwood talks !@*#
• 3August 5, 2009

  Soundcheck #1

  Deputy editor Campbell Miller brings you the first installment of Soundcheck, a new column written by SK’s staff musicians.
• 1July 15, 2009

  Behind The Desk #1

  The first instalment from our new column by staff writer Jamie Hewitt, about the life of the sound engineer: the...
• Trivial Pursuits #30June 1, 2009

  Trivial Pursuits #3

  Now comes the point where the man turns, waving to his dead son. This was one of those moments. The...
• Trivial Pursuits #21May 20, 2009

  Trivial Pursuits #2

  Video link The creaking of floorboards, the bird whisper, the blind music. Sometimes animals can be more than human. When I...