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When it comes to modern pop music, often the singer eclipses the producer who actually composed the music they are singing over.   These people lie just out of the limelight, with the whole world hearing their songs sometimes without even knowing their name.

So who are these mysterious songwriters?   Let’s take a look at 5 of the best producers to ever create pop music and remain out of the mainstream’s ever-watchful eye…

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Let’s set the record straight here: I like Sonar. It’s the sequencing software I am most comfortable with and I use it for the majority of the projects I do. However, this is probably because I was taught to use it for 2 years in a Music Technology course. It was kind of annoying to discover that I’d spent 2 years apparently learning to use a defunct piece of software.

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