19/12/2016
By Ian Chapman, Bateman Publishing, rrp $50 One of the many endearing aspects of Dr Ian Chapman’s book, 'The Dunedin Sound - Some Disenchanted Evening', is just how much of it is taken up with the very question of whether ...
07/03/2013
As a music writer, reviewer, and collector, I am always fascinated by places that value music, and acquire collections of it. Not only public libraries, who provide access to material that may not be always available in this ...
14/07/2025
Extending a catalogue of diversely successful indie releases, Ōtepoti artist Neive Strang has returned with her third album. Compiled over a four year period, ‘Find Me in the Rabbit Hole’ is a collection of dreamily ...
02/07/2025
Finishing 2024 on a high with the chart-topping success of Summer Won’t Be The Same, Bay of Plenty psychedelic indie act Mirage unveil an intimate new side of their artistry with their latest single Before the Night, a ...
19/06/2025
Self-described garage rock upstarts Powder Chutes look to be carving a track towards Shihad’s just-vacated crown as the nation’s leading hard rock exponents. A band of their youthful calibre coming out of Wānaka may ...
21/06/2017
How many bands can say that their music caused an inner city evacuation? Dunedin noise band LSD Fundraiser can add that questionable trophy to their band CV after police mistook one of their demo tapes as a bomb last week. While ...
30/06/2025
Winners of the 2025 Aotearoa Children’s Music Awards have been announced, with Christchurch-based Loopy Tunes breaking records as winners in a three categories, including the Tūī for Best Children's Music Artist. This ...
05/10/2022
On October 1, some 230 high school musicians from all around the country descended upon the NZ School of Music - Te Kōkī in Te Whanganui-A-Tara, for the inaugural Young Jazz Band-it competition 2022. Ten high school big ...
15/09/2022
Coloratura soprano Calla Knudson and composer and musicologist Ihlara McIndoe are the winners of the 2022 Arts Excellence Awards for the South Island, each receiving $5000 towards their future studies from the Dame Malvina ...
13/07/2022
The 2022 Amped Music Project in Dunedin is calling for young bands, performers and musicians in the city to apply for their annual series of workshops and all-ages gigs, aimed at sharing an insight into how the music business ...
18/03/2025
When I turned pro as a teenager, back in the mists of time, I was always a ‘pick’ player, i.e. I used a plectrum, or pick. It didn’t occur to me that it would become unfashionable as the ‘fusion’ era in the UK started ...
19/08/2024
I always used to say to bass students in the UK and here that two of Stevie Wonder's most challenging bass lines are from Sir Duke, with its Duke Ellington inspired line doubling the brass, and Masterblaster (Jammin') from ...
21/05/2024
Come together over a classic. After a few Deep Thinking articles, in which I've talked about the theoretical issues of bassline building from scratch (i.e. new songs needing a bassline), I thought it might be fun to dip into ...
23/08/2023
An exercise for both hands with some sight reading thrown in! Over the last few NZM issues, we’ve been looking at building bass lines from modal scales and arpeggios (broken chords). This exercise is fairly simple, being ...
01/02/2023
Following on from the last two Deep Thinking online columns here we continue the quest to build a unique bassline, whether from a chord chart or from a songwriter playing a chord sequence to you. We have previously looked ...
14/09/2017
Address: University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin Contact: School of Performing Arts, University of Otago Phone: (03) 479 8885 or (03) 479 4180 Email: spa@otago.ac.nz Website: www.otago.ac.nz/performing-arts
20/09/2017
Trading as: Lysbeth Rose Video Email: lysbethrosevideo@gmail.com Web: www.lysbethrosevideo.com phoebelysbethk.com Facebook: facebook.com/Lysbeth-Rose-Video Based in: Dunedin Clients: Kane Strang, Nadia Reid, French ...
20/09/2017
Trading as: Lysbeth Rose Video Email: lysbethrosevideo@gmail.com Web: www.lysbethrosevideo.com Facebook: facebook.com/Lysbeth-Rose-Video-902540976484938/ Based in: Dunedin Clients: Kane Strang, Nadia ...
06/07/2016
Dunedin E: info@fishrider.records.com Website: www.fishriderrecords.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/fishriderrecords Twitter: @FishriderNZ Dunedin-based Fishrider Records specialises in the international release of ...
21/06/2018
The 2018 Nook And Cranny Music Festival was held on May 27 at the Dunedin Public Library for the third time. Paul Allen went along with his camera. In over 50 performances by different Dunedin based musicians, singer-songwriters ...
19/12/2017
It’s been a big and busy 12 months for Aldous Harding, topped off with a top 10 placing in Mojo magazine’s canonical ‘Albums of the Year’ list. Critically Harding’s year has been one of polarised opinions ...
08/02/2017
Following the release of their fifth album 'Total Depravity' , The Veils played Refuel at Dunedin's Refuel on February 4 2017. Photos by Adam Binns.
29/08/2023
As part of Chamber Music NZ Puoro Taiwhanga Aotearoa’s flagship CMNZ series, dream pop luminaries French for Rabbits are about to embark on a four main-centre tour that will see the band perform new songs from their soon ...
10/03/2023
Tauranga alt rock duo Midwave Breaks will be celebrating NZ Music Month with nine headlining shows across the motu! Since their debut release Lemonade Hand Grenade in 2021, Midwave Breaks have continued to make serious ...
