UK-based music production magazine Computer Music has announced its closure, confirming that its most recent issue will be its last.
Computer Music will now be consolidated into MusicRadar.com, which attributes the “substantial” increase in the cost of print in recent years to the magazine ceasing publication. CM follows a similar fate recently experienced by Future Music – another title published by Future plc – which also announced its closure and consolidation into MusicRadar.
“Back when we first started, computer music-making was still something of a novel new approach for the aspiring producer,” says CM editor Andy Price (ex-managing editor of MusicTech). “This magazine saw the echoes of today’s software-dominated landscape in those pioneering early programs. We weren’t wrong, were we?”
He adds: “I can’t help but wonder how much music Computer Music has had a hand in bringing to life over the years. What a magazine.”
An official statement shared on MusicRadar and on Computer Music’s Facebook page says the magazine – which first launched in 1998 – was “spurred by the giddy excitement about the music production power of desktop computers”.
“The momentum built further by the snowballing of home computing, the speed-up of processors and the swelling interest in creating and producing music at home, Computer Music magazine soon became a must-buy for many.”
We’re sad to announce that Computer Music’s most recent issue will be the final issue of the magazine.First launched…
Posted by Computer Music Magazine on Tuesday, October 15, 2024
MusicRadar confirms existing Computer Music subscribers will be contacted by its subscriptions team in order to arrange refunds of the remainder of their subscriptions.
For more information, head to MusicRadar.
