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Sam Inglis

SOS Editor In Chief Sam Inglis smiling, blue jumper.Editor In Chief Sam Inglis has been with Sound On Sound for more than 24 years, rising through the SOS staff ranks until in 2020 he took over the Editor In Chief hotseat from Paul White.

Sam is a recording engineer, producer, songwriter and folk musician who studies the traditional songs of England and Scotland, and the author of two books: Neil Young's Harvest (Bloomsbury, 2003) and Teach Yourself Songwriting (Hodder, 2006).

As well as writing, Sam can be found presenting SOS Podcasts and SOS TV YouTube Exhibition Videos on our channels.

Dave Eringa, producer of The Manic Street Preachers.
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Dave Eringa: Recording Manic Street Preachers

Track: 'If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next'

The first single from the Manic Street Preachers' This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours album entered the UK charts at no.1 — even though the band had adandoned their traditional power‑chord approach in favour of acoustic guitars, string machines and unusual synth effects. We talk to Dave Eringa, the producer who oversaw this successful change of direction.

Published April 1999
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Sounding Off: Bad PR In The Music Business

Sam Inglis

The music biz is a notoriously difficult one, but you might think that at least the people who get paid to work for you are on your side. Sam Inglis says it's even worse than you thought.

Published March 1999
Roland VK1 drawbar organ.
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Roland VK1 (Retrozone)

Drawbar Organ

Sam Inglis roots around in the dustbin of history and fishes out one of the few Roland analogue instruments you can still afford without a second mortgage. Does it deserve to be rehabilitated?

Published January 1999
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Do I Need A Ribbon Microphone?

Sound Advice

In this occasional series of Sound Advice articles about buying gear for your studio, we'll be looking at a different piece of studio equipment and trying to help you decide if you really need it.

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