After One Direction were booed at the 2013 MTV Awards, Lady Gaga gave the band a pep talk backstage.

Lady Gaga gives One Direction a pep talk

Sister Wife by Alex Winston

Wonky demo

Pharrell Williams is a brilliant songwriter - but he doesn't put much effort into his song intros. Here's a selection, from his first production - SWV's Right Here - to four tracks off his latest album GIRL. They all use the same trick to get into the song.

Pharrell Williams - How to write song intros

16khz tone

Wiggle My Ears

I asked Selena Gomez about the line "you're metaphorical gin and juice" from her single Hands To Myself.

Read the full interview on the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35822480

Selena Gomez interview snippet

I interviewed Courtney Love backstage at Brixton Academy, shortly before Hole took to the stage on 5th May, 2010. The next day, Gabby Logan grabbed me for her lunchtime show on 5 Live to recall the experience.

You can read the full account of my meeting with Courtney here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10100854.stm

Courtney Love interview - 5 live 6/5/2010

Some interviews just spin off on weird tangents. This was one of them.

Lana Del Rey sings Summer Nights

BBC 5 Live newsreader Rachel Hodges fails to realise that the phrase  "XX" on her script is a band name, not a place holder...

The XX

Mikey from Years & Years has a Glastonbury anecdote about Nick Cave

My first attempt at beatmaking with a Korg Kaossilator - 30.10.10

Kaoss first try

Things you don't expect pop stars to say in the middle of a broadcast interview, pt 257

It has something to do with this http://twitter.com/goldfrapp/status/2657656519004161

Alison Goldfrapp

A sneak peak of my interview with Lykke Li on BBC 6 Music.

Lykke Li

A jingle from Adam and Joe's radio show on BBC 6 Music

Adam and Joe - "this is classic" jingle

Theme music for the Storyfix video podcast, broadcast between 2007 and 2009 on BBC News.

Discopop Vol1

Storyfix theme music

Incidental music for the Channel 4 documentary "Boys To Men".

Jamaica Groove

Incidental music for the Channel 4 documentary "Boys To Men"

Boys To Men

Uptown beat

Incidental music for the BBC News review of the year in 2005.

BBC News Review 2005

BBC News review

Theme music for the BBC World / BBC World Service programme Talking Point (2003 - 2006).

Discopop Productions

Talking Point - 2003

Incidental music from the ITV documentary "Dentists From Hell" (2003).

Piano Theme

Dentists From Hell

California

Opening theme for the Orchard Audio book Snow White & The Seven Aliens (2003).

Snow White Theme

Rap song, commissioned for the Orchard Audio book Snow White & The Seven Aliens (2003).

Snow White Rap

Original music commissioned for the Orchard Audio book "The Emperor's Underwear" (2003).

The Emperor's Horseback Ride

Opening theme for the Orchard Audio book Daft Jack and the Beanstack (2003).

Daft Jack and the Beanstack

The title music for Genevieve's Celebrity Catch-Up podcast, aka "Life After That Thing I Did".

Celebrity Catch-Up podcast theme

I write about entertainment and arts news for the BBC and curate the the Discopop blog. Mostly on Soundcloud to discover new music - but dig down into my profile to hear some of the jingles and soundtrack work I did "back in the day".

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