10/02/2023
Singer-songwriter Miriam Clancy is no stranger to experimentation and innovation. Her album career has seen her diversely backed by acoustic guitar, by a rock band, and by synths and drum machines. These influences coalesce ...
20/12/2022
With a distinctive, gravelly yet ethereal voice, and a penchant for reflective, inspirational lyrics, singer-songwriter Renée Millner 's third EP 'Fly Me Back' sees her beginning to experiment with new sounds and styles, ...
14/12/2022
Tāmaki Makaurau-based keyboard player Alan Brown reviews Casio's Privia PX-S7000 digital piano. The look of Casio's latest top-end Privia digital piano incarnation, the PX-S7000, is modern and striking – a minimal design ...
16/11/2022
Can't Fake It is the latest single from Kiwi rapper JessB. It comes almost a year after the exciting and dynamic artist's previous track, From Tha Jump, and is accompanied by an impromptu music video filmed in London. Committed ...
09/11/2022
She released her first EP back in 2019, but it seems it's now time for Nelson-based independent pop musician Sylvee to take a bow, with her pull-no-punches single Time For The Girls being featured on NZ On Air Music's NewTracks ...
07/09/2018
This Deep Thinking piece is a solo bass tune with a nod in the direction of Charles Dickens (a ‘nod’ being the important word…). I would like to say it is a ‘far, far’ harder piece than the last piece we looked ...
09/05/2018
As mentioned in previous Deep Thinking columns, I have always admired the bass playing of the late Bernard Edwards (1952–1996), one of the co-founders founders of Chic, a seminal disco band of the late 1970s and the early ...
20/03/2018
I’ve always been an admirer of Sting ’s songwriting and singing (especially while playing some very tricky bass lines). However, I often feel that his bass playing is overlooked because of his other talents. For me, he ...
09/02/2018
What more could a bassist ask for than something to play while sitting in the sun waiting for the onslaught of New Year’s Eve gigs? I may have the answer in a chordal tune that moves slightly away from standard bass playing ...
25/10/2017
Back in February, I had an accident that every musician dreads – I cut the tendon and nerves that control my left index finger. (Never leave a rug curled up so you can trip over it and crush a glass into your palm, that’s ...
