Guitar Cool: 11 Things I Learnt From Carl Verheyen
Earlier this year I was in Los Angeles and caught up with the amazing guitarist Carl Verheyen (pronounced Ver-high-in) at Village Recorders in Santa Monica, where ...MORE
Guitar Cool: 11 Things I Learnt From Carl Verheyen
Earlier this year I was in Los Angeles and caught up with the amazing guitarist Carl Verheyen (pronounced Ver-high-in) at Village Recorders in Santa Monica, where ...MORE
07/02/2019
Tips For Singers & Songwriters Playing Guitar
A singer/songwriter usually begins his or her career performing solo, accompanying themselves on piano or guitar, and eventually ...
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Finding Your Voice: Finding The Alternative
In the latest incarnation of A Star Is Born, we are presented with the tropes of self-destructive, addicted and tortured ...
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Building Blocks: Managing Your Band Pt 1
The previous Building Blocks column was titled Self-Manage or Bust! In it, I pointed out that any professional musician’s ...
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X-Factory: Nostalgia, Semiotics, and Drax Project
Nostalgia, Semiotics, and Drax Project: Nostalgia’s not what it used to be – perhaps an overly theatrical beginning to ...
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Cherie Mathieson & Tami Neilson: Voice Health On Tour
Have you ever wondered how someone with a big singing voice and a performance schedue to match looks after and maintains ...
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X-Factory: In Praise of The Adults’ ‘Haja’
Combine a long-standing rock artist, some very current Kiwi vocalists, a rapper or two, a Sudanese culture and set it all ...
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NZM Is 30 Years To The Good! #2 – Sound Check
The second published New Zealand Musician issue (with an orange-suited Dave Dobbyn gracing the cover in recognition of the ...
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Deep Thinking: Sidney Carton’s Steps
This Deep Thinking piece is a solo bass tune with a nod in the direction of Charles Dickens (a ‘nod’ being the important ...
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