13/09/2023
Tāmaki Makaurau singer-songwriter Rachel Hamilton is already fully embedded in our local music industry, both on stages and behind the scenes. With a debut EP under her artist name Bridges scheduled for October this year, NZ ...
21/06/2023
Te Whanganui-a-Tara three-piece Soft Plastics have had a long journey to the release of their debut album 'Saturn Return'. The trio worked with producer James Goldsmith during pandemic lockdowns and various other delays, ...
13/06/2023
Mema Wilda ’s Spotify footprint is small, but the track titles Blue and How I Long paint a clear picture of the mood space her own music inhabits. Now that she’s adjusting from being a solo artist to fronting a band things ...
24/03/2023
Tāmaki Makaurau's punk rock pirate Captain Festus McBoyle, aka Rich Manic has just released his fourth studio album titled 'Look Wot The Cat Dragged In'. With an international fanbase frothing for the release the award-winning ...
03/03/2023
In December 2022 Kiwi dance-pop / DJ artist Jon Lemmon (now Sky Lemmon, they/them) revealed a psychedelic and joyful visual companion to their 2021-released single Right On Track. The music video marks the end of an era ...
23/10/2014
I learned a lot from being a Bond Girl. There I stood, in drop-dead gorgeous sequins, in front of a magnificent orchestra, belting out power ballads to an adoring audience… and yet, everything inside me wanted to run away ...
05/09/2014
I recently addressed a NEWZATS conference about teaching contemporary singing to predominantly classically-trained singing teachers. I aimed to show the commonalities of good vocal production between genres. Nevertheless, ...
14/08/2014
I've been noticing how often we performers give our power away. Rather than being personally responsible for our success, we often have a long list of excuses why we didn't learn something, improve in an area, sing or ...
08/05/2014
In the last issue we had an introductory look at Logic's new drummers. This time well look at how to get a little more out of them. The dials on the far right hand side of the edit interface tell the drummer to play ...
08/05/2014
Yoda – Sigh… "Always with you what cannot be done. Hear you nothing that I say? You must unlearn what you have learned." Luke – "Alright, Ill give it a try." Yoda – "No! Try not… Do! or do not. There is ...
