14/09/2020
Morphing out of a number of bands, notably Kitten Tank and Echo Beach, Tidal Rave formed three years ago, the line-up mutating to accommodate the comings, goings and joinings of a six-piece band. The multi-faceted, multi-talented ...
29/06/2020
Remarkably early on in his recording career, Palmerston North’s Connor McLaughlin, aka Connor Mac, racked up hundreds of thousands of streams for a single recorded with Karmadella, who are fellow Palmy brothers Taine and ...
24/06/2020
We heart music video premieres! Meet Roonie, previously performing under her real name Michaela Pointon, formerly from Taupo, now Auckland-based. My Heart is the first single and video after rebranding with the new stage ...
19/05/2020
Both lifelong musicians, singers and songwriters, Sam Ford and Trudi Green have never wavered from their musical calling. Over the years they’ve formed and performed in bands including the Sam Ford Verandah Band who frequently ...
14/02/2020
Troy Kingi is systematically establishing himself as a national treasure. Over the last few years, the Kerikeri resident singer/songwriter has risen in prominence thanks to some creative recordings, a 10/10/10 (10 albums ...
26/06/2016
Some funky fun this time from a bass player much admired in rock and funk circles – Flea of The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Moving forward in time from NZM's 25th anniversary focus, I have taken a few bars from three of my ...
09/06/2016
As promised in the last NZM issue, we are going to do some slap exercises. These have a very slight difference from exercises I have written in the past – none of the riffs are in E or A! All notes in the examples have ...
08/04/2016
This issue’s Deep Thinking column presented a dilemma. The last couple of years have seen the bass world lose two of its innovators and I provided columns in tribute to both. I was going to do some slap stuff for this issue, ...
20/12/2015
Deep Thinking is making a brief return to the world of progressive rock in this issue to make a tribute to the great Yes bassist, Chris Squire (1948 - 2015). Squire died in June this year, but the number of tributes ...
26/10/2015
This issue's Deep Thinking bass column is the result of a conversation between some of the University of Otago Music Department staff while we took a break during recording at our Albany Street Studios. We were discussing ...
