Trevor Horn is one of our era’s most heard record producers; however, Trevor is hanging up his headphones. It is just too hard to compete with modern in-home studios.

Trevor Charles Horn, CBE (born 15 July 1949 in Durham, England) is a British pop music record producer, songwriter, musician and singer. Due to his influence on 1980s popular music, he has been called “The Man Who Invented the Eighties.”

Horn has produced commercially successful songs and albums for numerous British and international artists. He won a Grammy Award for producing “Kiss from a Rose” by Seal. As a musician, he has had chart success with the bands The Buggles, Yes and Art of Noise. He also owns a significant stake in the recording company ZTT Records, Sarm Studios and a music publishing company, Perfect Songs. The three are combined under the corporate umbrella of SPZ.

Music Week asked, “Can you make it just as a producer now?”

Trevor replied, “No, you have to be a songwriter as well.”