People Who Helped..

Attatched to Ed Sheerans great CD '+' is a booklet of lyrics and extra information (e.g. who helped in making the songs/ cd etc.) I found a section stating this information:
 'All vocals by Ed Sheeran,
All tracks Co-produced by Ed Sheeran.
Jake would like to thank Lucy, Joshi, Eli & Zuban & Tommy Clum for assisting at Sticky Studios as well as SE Electronics and Pocusrite.
Chris Leonard would like to thank Gibson Guitars.
Mastered by Christian Wright at Abbey Road.
Illustrations by Phillip Butah, www.philipbutah.com
Exclusive Production by Ben Cook and Ed Howard.
Managed by Stuart Camp at Rocket Music Management.'


On each song of the album, Ed has had people who help in some way:

The A Team: Produced, recorded and mixed by Jake Gosling at Sticky Studios. Piano, strings & programming by Jake Gosling.

Drunk: Written by- Ed sheeran/ Jake Gosling. Assisted by Edd Hartwell. Additional recording by Guy Massey for 140dB at Star Studios. Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing/ The Movement/ BDi Music Ltd. Mixed by Ruadhri Cushan for Z management at Rhubarb Studios, assisted by Grant Rawlinson & Marco Martini. Programming & keyboards by Jake Gosling.

U.N.I: Bass guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar by Chris Leonard. Backing vocals by Anna Leddra Chapman.

Grade 8: Written by Ed Sheeran and True Tiger. Programming and piano by Jake Gosling. Acoustic guitar and electric guitar by Chris Leonard.

Wake Me Up: Written by Ed Sheeran/ Jake Gosling. Recorded and mixed by Guy Massey for 140bB at Sarm Studios, assisted by Edd Hartwell. Electric guitar by Chris Leonard.

Small Bump: Programming & keyboards by Jake Gosling.

This: Written by Ed Sheeran/ Gordon Mills. Produced by Jake Gosling. Electric guitar by Chris Leonard.

The City: Written by Ed Sheeran / Jake Gosling (programming and keyboard also)

Lego House: Written by : Ed, Jake (Piano and programming also) and Chris (acoustic guitar and bass also).

You need me, i don't need you: Drums and programming - Jake Gosling, additional drums and percussion - Charlie Hugall. Piano - Tom Greenwood. Drums - Ben Hollingsworth.

Kiss me (my favourite!) - Written by Ed, Justin Franks and  Julie Frost. Programming by No ID. Vocals mixed by Jake Gosling. Recorded and mixed by Rob Kinselski.

Give me love: written by Ed, Jake (produced and recorded, programming, backing vocals and hand claps also) & Chris (acoustic guitar backing vocals and hand claps also). Violin by oli langford & louisa fuller. cello by chris worsey. viola - john metcalfe. Strings arranged by sally herbert and jake gosling.


A record producer's job is overseeing and managing the recording of an artists music. A producer has many roles that may include: gathering ideas for the project, selecting songs and/or musicians, coaching the artist and musicians in the studio, controlling the recording sessions, and supervising the entire process through mixing and mastering. Producers also often take on a wider entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, and negotiations.

A programmer generates music through electronic devices and computer programs or sequences. Programming is often used is modern pop and rock music.

A mixing engineer - The role of the mixing engineer is to create the final version or the 'final mix' once all the parts have been recorded, eg. instruments, voices and sounds.