MISSION CRITICAL
As we write this Sound On Sound is hurtling towards its 35th birthday. The world’s changed a lot since 1985, certainly in the sphere of music technology, and the magazine is a very different beast to the staple-bound edition that hit the newsstands all those years ago. We’ve had to change — and keep changing — to keep pace with a subject that is constantly and rapidly developing. And it’s not just the subject matter that’s changing, it’s the way we cover it too. We’ve seen some big changes in 35 years: full-colour photography, computer-aided design, the Internet... each of which has helped us to develop into the magazine we’ve become, with a website that hosts thousands and thousands of free articles. But there’s one thing that’s remained constant and…