01/08/2023
Producer and multi-instrumentalist Callum Mower, aka Serebii, has been collecting credits for his work alongside other artists, including young jazzer Arjuna Oakes, but new single Really You is just him. NZ On Air Music rated ...
06/06/2023
Ever lain awake at night wondering what would happen if you crossed a 'Metal girl' with a 'House guy'? Well, just in case you have, Kiwi musician Murmur Tooth relocated halfway around the world from Ōtepoti to Berlin and ...
16/05/2023
Led by the enigmatic Kane Strang and channelling the alternative and experimental sound of Ōtepoti bands of the Tascam 4-track days, Tāmaki Makaurau-based trio Office Dog are heading towards the release of a debut album ...
26/04/2023
It's hip hop with horns to the fore with Little Sunday's Desert Rave, a delightful groove of a track that arrives only a few months after the December 2022 release of the now Tāmaki Makaurau fivesome's debut album 'Good ...
30/03/2023
Juno Is Mackenzie Hollebon - or rather, Mackenzie Hollebon performs under the artist moniker Juno Is. The Ōtepoti-born alternative artist’s latest single Imitation signifies the beginning of a new era for her. Released ...
03/11/2016
Auckland alt pop act Scuba Diva, aka Jimmy Mac (Jimmy McDonald), is the winner of the 2016 Critics' Choice Prize. A familiar face on our stages after years of drumming in bands like Popstrangers, Ruby Frost, the DHDFDs ...
11/08/2016
On August 9 the 2016 Children's Music Awards were presented at the APRA offices in Mt Eden, Auckland. Dunedin-based Rainbow Rosalind (Rosalind Manowitz) received the award for Best Children’s Music Video for Aotearoa, ...
28/04/2016
Congratulations to all recipients of the NZOA Making Tracks funding round for April! The April panel was made up of Mediaworks' Dean Campbell, Hamish Jackson of The Rock Shop, NZOA's Jeff Newton, publicist Lisa Paris ...
27/07/2016
In this issue we are going to take some of the techniques from last issue’s Deep Thinking column and turn them into a country slap blues 12-bar pattern. Imagine you are in a bluesy-styled band that has a bit of country ...
26/06/2016
In the last NZM issue, we looked at some iconic Afro-American funk bass lines that used a 'less is more' approach. We'll continue the theme here by looking at two significant bass tracks (one from the 1960s and one from the ...
26/06/2016
As promised in the last issue, we are going to look at some of the aspects of James Jamerson's bass playing that made him an individualist who has influenced bass players since the early days of the Tamla Motown record ...
26/06/2016
Many readers of the Deep Thinking column will be familiar with British trio Cream, one of the bands of the late 1960s that moved from blues-based improvisation to experimental progressive rock, and influenced later bands ...
26/06/2016
Welcome to NZ Musician's new bass column we've badged Deep Thinking! Over the next few issues, we are going to look at aspects of bass playing at various skill levels. The idea behind this column is to make you able to create ...