Martin and Billy are back for another episode of The Apollo Audio Podcast, AI, copyright, mixing, live performance, chart records and Loathe’s new album A Stranger To You.

The conversation starts with recent discussion around support for grassroots music and the challenge of protecting artists from AI scraping, stem separation and the unauthorised reuse of creative work.

AI tools may have their uses, but there is still a difference between using technology to support a creative process and using it to bypass the work completely.

Martin and Billy also talk about mixing as an active, creative process: automation, fader moves, dynamics, transitions, and the small decisions that make a record feel alive rather than static.

The album discussion focuses on Loathe’s A Stranger To You, a heavy, atmospheric and highly produced record that moves between ambience, industrial textures, extreme heaviness, melody and carefully controlled dynamics.

Topics include:

• AI, copyright and artist protection

• Stem separation and backing tracks

• The difference between tools and shortcuts

• Why learning an instrument still matters

• Mixing, automation and dynamic movement

• UK album chart records

• Oasis and What’s the Story Morning Glory?

• Loathe and A Stranger To You

• Arrangement, transitions and album flow

• Why records still reward proper listening

Video version available on YouTube and Spotify.

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The Apollo Audio Podcast is hosted by record producer Martin Lumsden and musician and studio owner Billy Hills and is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford.

Each episode offers insight into songs, records, and the creative process, drawn from real-world experience in studios and making music.

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