NZM’s February/March 2013 issue included Part One of a look at the current state of our student radio broadcasters and the plainly unsuccessful adoption of the Student Radio Network as a collective brand. ...
Graeme Gash has a wonderful and totally original graphic ability. He has an eye for it. He is an equally wonderful guitarist and singer/songwriter. In conjunction with ex-band members David Marshall, Kevin ...
Wellington reggae act BrownHill aren’t letting the grass grow under their feet, releasing a self-titled EP in 2011 and now back with a debut album of smooth Pacific reggae tunes called ‘First Love’, ...
The first Superturtle album, 2008’s ‘Freeride’, was essentially a solo project for Darren McShane, formerly guitarist with Chainsaw Masochist and radio DJ, now studio owner. It was followed two years ...
"I think with every record I’ve judged its success just by whether I got to make another one. So says The Veils’ Finn Andrews as he’s about to release ‘Time Stays, We Go’, the fourth and quite ...
Fender are pretty good at what they do best and have been for a long time now – building industry-standard valve amps and classic electric guitars by the thousand. But time, as the Rolling Stones astutely ...
Bad Seed Custom Guitars (www.bsguitars.net) is by any measure a newly minted enterprise, it was literally just a couple of years ago that Sheldon Currington welded up his first Bad Seed guitar. What the? ...
When NZM last talked to Vanessa McGowan and her partner-in-music, Cy Winstanley, they were London-based and busy promoting the debut (and well-reviewed) album of their Americana country-tinged outfit, ...
Did you know that Hong Kong means 'fragrant harbour' in Cantonese? Hong Kong is said to contain the world's best airport and to have the highest income per capita, but is the most expensive city ...
Christchurch band The Response defy description – in fact, they struggle to pigeonhole themselves. The musical duo and married couple, Andy and Vic Knopp, say they "move around" the musical landscape: ...
Auckland three-piece Yolanda have been playing their own brand of crunchy, groovy, neo-psychedelia since high school, and performing in their current incarnation since 2010. The band consists of guitarist ...
Essentially the vision of songwriter/singer and guitarist Jason McIver, Heathen Eyes is now in its in its second incarnation, after a period of finding their feet, both musically and professionally, with ...
She's been compared to the likes of Erykah Badu and Kimbra, but the Wellington-based singer, songwriter and beat-maker Estere Dalton is proving to be a one-of-a-kind performer and is quickly making her ...
Welcome to the first of NZ Musician's newest feature column. Long a centre of artistic creativity and underground highlife, in recent years Berlin has become a home away from home for increasing numbers ...
The Phoenix Foundation’s previous album ‘Buffalo’ came after a series of solo albums from the various members. When NZM’s Amanda Mills talked to Luke Buda ahead of that early 2010 release he mentioned ...
With Shihad already marking a quarter century of solid musical contribution it’s more than timely that the capital should have another massive metal band to celebrate, look forward with and lay international ...
As mentioned in the last issue of NZ Musician, we are going to look at a couple of bass parts from Frank Rocco Prestia, the bassist from Tower of Power, a funk/rock band from Oakland, California. The ...
The major scale is like the DNA of music because everything we do in music relates back to it in some way. Knowing the theory and application of major scales is very important, but I won’t get into any ...
Why are you reading this magazine? No, seriously. It's not just because you're a musician – there are plenty of New Zealand musicians who don't read NZ Musician. I'll wager it's because ...
While sub-mixing may at first glance seem like lacklustre housekeeping for your recording project, its actually about far more than simple organisation. Sub-mixing gives you greater control and with ...
Nowadays, singing isn’t about what someone sounds like, it’s about what they look like when they sing. It’s about their back-story, presentation, attitude, personality and so many factors unrelated ...
This article is not about learning lots of new chord shapes. For that, you could check out any number of books – Jon Damian's Chord Factory is a great start, and books by Ted Greene, Chuck Wayne, Mick ...
