In 2013 Parnell’s famed York Street Recording Studios passed the considerable business milestone of turning 21. It did so without party or fanfare, largely because, with the building in the process of ...
I recently saw a meme that gave a good definition of a musician: A person who puts $5000 worth of gear into a $500 car to drive to a $50 gig. It may not be the most effective business model but it shows ...
As one of the founding members of Hello Sailor, Harry Lyon features prominently in Dave McArtney's recently published memoir of the band who established their own unique brand of 'Ponsonby Rock', trail-blazed ...
Early this year revered northern hillbilly son Elliot Brown quietly released a debut album, ‘Lies Your Momma Told Me’, with his new musical project Eli Driftwood. Breezy single One Of These Days held ...
As guitarist/songwriter Michael Cathro previously noted to NZM, his band Brown was named after a pet rat because he "…wanted something that was a little more abstract and harder to pin anything on if ...
With a fragile and breathy vocal presentation reminiscent of fellow rising folk artist Tiny Ruins, and an offbeat personality that brings Icelandic star Bjork to mind, Christchurch’s Hannah (Aldous) ...
Auckland gig-goers may well recognise him from his musical exploits at Kingsland's Portland Public House, but a year ago even Graham Candy himself had no idea that he would be Berlin-based and planning ...
Away from the stage it’s hard to picture Indira Force fronting trail-blazing Christchurch band Doprah, the six-piece trip hop act in which she theatrically weaves her fragile voice, expressive hands ...
It was late last century when Vorn Colgan first got in touch with NZ Musician, proffering a CD-R debut album entitled, ‘Normal The Normal Normal’, for review. (See Chris Knox's praising commentary ...
For anyone arriving from the relatively sheltered backyard of NZ, Camden would sound like a battle cry for hopes and dreams. Twenty year-old Naomi Ludlow, better known as Ny Oh, considers Camden her stomping ...
Having previously kept time for alt-rock band Atlas, Joe McCallum is these days "living the dream", playing live and in-session with local country artists like Tami Neilson, Delaney Davidson and ...
Newly-minted Christchurch rock act Ashei released a strikingly confident three-song taster back in 2008, the strong vocals of Liam Muir and Emma Cameron, backed by sharp musicianship, promising much for ...
French for Rabbits are vocalist Brooke Singer and jazz guitarist John Fitzgerald, out of Waikuku Beach, just north of Christchurch, and currently taking Europe by dream-folk storm. The haunting songs ...
The music industry could use more musicians like Liam O'Brien and Sean Burn. Quiet, warm and modest, everything about this Wellington-based duo is understated and unassuming. You might have difficulty ...
Rona Claire Wignall, aka rapper Arcee (pronounced Ar-see), is a complete and utter dynamo. "I can't just have one alleyway of performance," she says. Appropriately, talking to her is a performance ...
At 21 years of age, Kane Strang has already achieved a great deal as a musician. He has released one album, lived in a foreign country, and is currently half-way through recording album number two. For ...
Ahead of the launch of his quite excellent ninth album, LA-based Kiwi jazz pianist/producer Mark de Clive-Lowe undertook a whirlwind tour, his album listening session at Ponsonby’s Conch Records following ...
Suren Unka (the name revealing his grandparent’s Gujarati origins) drums for Auckland fuzzy popsters Beach Pigs, who released their debut album at the end of May. Left to his own devices however he is ...
The passage of time has whittled Glass Owls down to a core duo of Tomas Nelson and Anthony Metcalf, both songwriters, vocalists and guitarists. They still see themselves as a band, and soon after talking ...
I've been noticing how often we performers give our power away. Rather than being personally responsible for our success, we often have a long list of excuses why we didn't learn something, improve ...
I’m regularly asked about effects pedals (also called stomp boxes) and what order to have them in. This is a very subjective area and honestly I didn’t know quite where to start because the subject ...
In last issue's Building Blocks we covered the simple but important process of getting all your gear to the performing venue. Now let's move forward to the next step: soundcheck. You've got all your ...
Having looked in the last issue of NZ Musician magazine at some of the different kinds of Recording, Licensing and Distribution Agreements available these days, this time around we'll be moving on to ...
