Mark Hoogkamer

I’ve spent my whole adult life in studios — some tiny, some huge, some chaotic, some magical — and one thing has always been true: the human voice is never just sound.  It’s history, breath, instinct, nerves, joy, and a hundred little accidents that make the performance alive . These days I get asked more and more about “AI vocals.” Are they coming for singers? Will everything become synthetic? Is it the future of Eurodance? Look, I’m not against technology. I’ve worked with machines, synths,...