Waves is the choice of most recording studios. Mastering, music mixing, post-production, audio restoration, dynamics processing, equalization, noise reduction, emulation of classic analog devices are all available with the Waves Complete Collection. Perhaps the most famous name in the world for professional audio effects processing manufacturers. But when compared with previous champs, things become a little rosier.Complete set of virtual effects and instruments from A to Z of the highest quality and with support for 64-bit systems! With faster scanning, loading and processing times, Waves V10 opens up new dimensions of the power of high performance plugins. With the song currently on 3.6 stars based on 12,000 ratings on the Eurovision World website and a somewhat sniffy three-star review in the Guardian, early indicators aren’t great.

What chance, then, of Mae Muller’s I Wrote a Song winning in Liverpool this year? To win Eurovision, then: sing in first-person, direct English about a relationship, using loads of rhymes and cliches and make sure you repeat the chorus. Although the definition of cliche is ultimately subjective (a cliche to me, for example, may be new and exciting to my 12-year-old), research from 20 has done a decent job in outlining the most-used words and phrases in lyrics. Psychologist Daniel Levitin says that two of the main elements to making a song memorable are rhyme and cliches.

Viewers of the live final only get the one listen and therefore need to bond with a song immediately if they’re to remember it when it comes to the voting. If, as sociologist Brian Longhurst says, “the most successful, best music is identified with the most often repeated”, this counts double when it comes to Eurovision. Eurovision 2021 winners, Maneskin of Italy.

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