14/01/2020
When talent and hard work unify the result can be something special, a proposition well illustrated by Auckland producer-artist EDY. At the centre of an energised local urban music scene, the talented young producer who goes ...
08/11/2019
Through jamming and occasional stints as bandmates, longterm Christchurch musician mates Tim Driver and Henare 'H' Kaa became trio Dillastrate. If you're wondering how they can be a trio when there are only two people on ...
22/08/2019
As August's contribution to our ongoing Vox Pops series, NZM asked around for some of your current favourite pieces of musical hardware –gadgets & gear that you couldn't (happily) live without. Here are some of the ...
06/08/2019
Hans (actually hans.) is the stage name adopted by Auckland hip hop artist Hanju Kim, who first featured on NZMusician.co.nz back in 2017 with the release of his debut EP titled ‘1995’. Talking with Cassandra King then, ...
15/04/2019
Mid-way through last year, South Auckland rapper Dharmarat, real name Adam Kitto, dropped a 10-track mixtape bemusingly titled ‘Jesus’ – describing it as a sampler of the sounds and flows he was working with for his ...
26/08/2015
After the tricky introduction that we looked at in the last issue of NZM, we are now in a relatively easier section of the Rush track YYZ, but it's still quite fast. The easiest way to build up hand speed is to practice ...
26/06/2015
The last few Deep Thinking columns have been funk-orientated, so I thought we might get into some prog rock in this issue and I have transcribed the opening of YYZ by the Canadian band, Rush. This track comes from their ...
26/04/2015
Following the James Jamerson lines we looked at a few issues ago, I thought that we might look at a different side of his playing in this issue. The lines I have transcribed are from What's Going On by Marvin Gaye, which ...
26/06/2013
In this issue, we are going to try a piece that, in a way, utilises what guitarists call the chord/melody technique. It's another solo bass piece but the method of playing you will need to develop may come in handy ...
26/01/2013
Over the last few issues we have looked at some simple scales and arpeggios, as well as some harmonics and a little elementary tapping. We will continue with these aspects of playing to build up some bass chops over the next ...