18/03/2024
‘Finding your voice' is just as much about what you're saying or singing, as what you sound like. I'd like to unpack the ...
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Simple ways to harmonise guitar parts: The concept of instrumental harmonising is certainly not new, it has been a compositional ...
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How to slay destination fixation and tame the fear-feeding beast of rejection: We've all learned that you need to have a ...
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An exercise for both hands with some sight reading thrown in! Over the last few NZM issues, we’ve been looking at building ...
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Hans Pucket 's No Drama - an intelligent song. Intelligence comes in many forms, and with regards to music in particular, ...
READ MORE >26/06/2023
Something profoundly shifted when I underwent tongue surgery – in the aftermath, I found my voice. The surgeon had told ...
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Social Media Sucks. It sucks your time, it sucks your energy, and it can suck all the fun out of being an independent musician ...
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Do what moves you. Tension is a singer's greatest enemy. It disables the very areas of the body we need open to resonate ...
READ MORE >21/02/2023
I'm not quite sure why but Kimbra hasn't really been on my radar before. We primarily listen to music to be moved emotionally, ...
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