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“I have a button on my iPhone that goes straight to voice recording because the ideas come fast. My list of voice memos is in the thousands!”: Wolfgang Van Halen discusses his songwriting process for his new Mammoth album

Thursday October 16, 2025. 05:57 PM , from Keyboard Magazine

'I make this music for myself – it’s what I want to hear!'

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