From backing an unknown Lyle Lovett in Luxembourg to producing Grammy-winning records with Willie Nelson, and playing on “Despacito,” Matt Rollings has seen it all. In this extensive Q&A, the veteran session musician, producer, and author of Piano and Keyboard Techniques for Session Musicians reflects on four decades in the studio, unexpected career turns, and why reading the room matters.

Explore Berklee Online’s Music Supervision graduate program. Learn how to integrate music into movies, TV shows, and video games. Apply now, and take part in a free workshop and contest.

We asked Berklee Online instructors to share the live albums they live for. Some chose legendary recordings, like Coltrane, the Dead, Aretha, and the Allmans, but others went for deeply personal picks tied to specific rooms, moments, and memories.

Sean Slade helped shape the sound of ’90s alt-rock, from Boston’s Fort Apache studio to Radiohead’s breakout hit “Creep.” In this Q&A, he shares the stories, instincts, and creative risks behind those sessions, along with the lessons that continue to guide his work as a producer and educator, teaching in Berklee Online’s Music Production grad program.

Berklee’s 2026 Commencement is taking place on May 9, which is a big deal for most graduating students, but is an especially big deal for Berklee Online students, who will be traveling to Boston from around the world. We are sharing the stories of six members of the Class of 2026, who range in age, experience, and degree programs. However, what they all share is their desire to keep on achieving, and keep on learning. 

What happens when you ask musicians four serious questions and four unexpected ones? Berklee Online’s 4/4 interviews deliver candid stories, creative insights, and memorable moments. From JR Robinson and Alex Isley to rising artists and esteemed Berklee instructors with a few tales to tell, this roundup revisits standout conversations from the video series.

Are you attending Commencement 2026 in Boston? Here’s the important information Berklee Online graduates need to know for Berklee College of Music’s undergraduate Commencement weekend—key dates, tickets, regalia pickup, deadlines, and more.

After graduating from Berklee Online’s Music Production master’s degree program in 2025, Dean Vitale and Todd Urban have reunited—this time as collaborators—on a new four-song EP titled Urban Sound Studio Presents “sir” Luminous and Todd Urban.

Before AI was controversial, Mark Ethier was building it into the tools that producers grew to love. The iZotope cofounder and SPIN Most Influential honoree now leads Berklee’s Emerging Artistic Technology Lab. In this Q&A he reflects on innovation, student skepticism, and why musicians don’t have to embrace AI, but they do need to understand it.