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Features
17/08/2016
Stomping Nick: Shaking The Tin
Adding further to the already ridiculously extensive list of talented musicians who call Lyttelton home is one man band Nick Jackman, aka Stomping Nick. Jackman sings and plays harmonica, guitar and drums all at the same ...
Industry
03/12/2013
The Stomach: 25 Years of Musical Gestation in Palmy
It’s been one of Palmerston North’s best kept secrets for 25 years, but thanks to TV3’s X-Factor at least 400,000 people have now heard of The Stomach. Third-placing finalist Benny Tipene is a regular Palmy muso and ...
Luthiers' Fancy
02/05/2013
Luthiers’ Fancies: Bad Seed Custom Guitars
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? Did that say welded? ...
Interviews
12/11/2018
Bad Sav: Naughty But Noise
October in Dunedin means spring is in the air. There is a shift in the weather – the sun comes out, and the puffer jackets retire (momentarily) back to the wardrobe. The season of rebirth is also a good time to release ...
Interviews
22/08/2017
Matt Langley: Rothko’s Rule Number One
Coming five years after his last album, Matt Langley ’s ‘Winterdust’ is a poetic solo release, stripped of any pretence. It’s a short, lyrically penetrating album of thoughtfully edited songs and recorded single ...
NEWS (7)
News
01/05/2020
2020 Pacific Music Awards Finalists Announced
Distilled from a record number of entries, a well-judged blend of old and new artists are to be found among the 24 finalists announced across 13 categories for the 2020 Pacific Music Awards. Pacific Music Awards Trust ...
News
27/09/2019
2019 NZ Music Awards Finalists
Recorded Music NZ has announced the 2019 NZ Music Awards finalists, with alternative music artists to the fore. Heading the pack are indie-pop band The Beths, who released their debut album 'Future Me Hates Me' in 2018, ...
News
22/08/2019
2019 APRA Silver Scroll Award Finalists
The five songs left in the running to win the 2019 APRA Silver Scroll Award were announced today, with pop, hip hop, alt-folk and jazz all in the mix. There’s a strong ring of the ABCs of songwriting about the shortlist ...
News
12/10/2018
2018 Artisan Awards Finalists
The 2018 Artisan Awards finalists have been announced this week, the part of the annual NZ Music Awards that recognises the creative talents behind the scenes of the top local records of the past year. Five Tui awards ...
News
05/04/2018
SongHubs 2018 Participants
APRA AMCOS NZ has announced the participants of SongHubs 2018 - a professional songwriting workshop to be held at Auckland's Roundhead Studios this month. Out of 150 applications, producer and curator of the SongHubs ...
LESSONS (9)
X-Factory
17/05/2017
X-Factory: Lorde – Green Light
It must be challenging for any artist to follow up a successful debut album, let alone a Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum single like Royals. Prior to the release of Green Light, Lorde discussed how she was looking to ...
X-Factory
22/03/2017
X-Factory: Bic Runga – Close Your Eyes
Released in November 2016, ‘Close Your Eyes’ is Bic Runga’s fifth studio album, a 12-song tribute featuring interpretations of some of her favourite covers to which she also added two new original songs. Bic was recently ...
Finding Your Voice
19/06/2016
Finding Your Voice: 50 Ways to Love Your Voice… Even More!
I am overjoyed to announce that this is my 50th column for NZ Musician. To celebrate, I’m letting rip 50 top tips. 50 gold nuggets of singing wisdom I’ve extracted from 18 years fulltime teaching and a lifetime of performance, ...
Tutors' Tutorial
27/08/2015
Tutors’ Tutorial: Recording Drums on a Budget
This Tutors' Tutorial article is meant for those who have limited microphones, limited pre-amps/converters, and limited experience – but are still wanting to record a drum kit! If you do have limited prior experience ...
Tutors' Tutorial
23/10/2014
Tutors’ Tutorial: Modulation – Bringing About Change
For guitarists, stomp-box effects are the sum of both aural and tactile experiences. You turn a knob with one hand while plucking a string with the other and perk your ears to the wonders produced. However, I feel safely ...
EVENTS (2)
Photo Galleries
30/05/2018
#MusiciansOfAotearoa 2018
A few more days left to spot #MusiciansOfAotearoa 2018 on a street near you. Photographer Hayley Theyers' portraits were showcased successfully countrywide by the ever-supportive Phantom Billstickers for the first ...
NZ Musician Presents
26/04/2017
23 Bands In (Just Over) 2 Hours
A gig, one night only, with 23 bands / acts, playing a song each over the course of just over two hours. For us at NZ Musician it's NZ Music Month all year round, so we've never thrown ourselves in the ring before. This ...