Studio & Gear
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How to Get a Goth/Post-Punk Sound in Suno (Prompts That Work)
Style-field order, BPM, the “drum machine” and “chorus bass” tags, lyric metatags and why to describe a band instead of naming it, plus copy-and-paste Suno prompts for goth, darkwave, post-punk… Read more.
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What Drum Machine Did The Cure Use? (Boss DR-55 and Beyond)
Real drums that sound like a machine, a Boss DR-55 on Carnage Visors, an Oberheim DMX on The Walk: the drum machines behind The Cure, and how to get that… Read more.
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What Drum Machine Did The Sisters of Mercy Use? A Guide to Doktor Avalanche
From a Boss DR-55 to Akai samplers: every drum machine behind The Sisters of Mercy’s Doktor Avalanche, and how to get that beat in your own songs. Read more.
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How to Write Goth Music II
Goth music is not just sad rock with black clothes. At its best, it is a mood first and a song second: cavernous space, a bassline that carries the melody,… Read more.
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Gear Desk: The Roland TR-606
One small silver box, a post-punk favourite, and the beat under Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer.” Read more.
