22/01/2025
They’re definitely not two peas in a pod, but entrepreneurial musicians Marshall Smith and Tom Fox have nonetheless maintained a close business partnership in the challenging environment of music / sound design and audio ...
02/10/2024
Having released music on international labels like Norman Foreman and Rubricate Records, music producer and DJ Joel Malcolm-Smith, aka Altercation, specialises in the more soulful side of drum and bass. Originally from Tāhuna ...
25/06/2024
If you're a fan of royally good mosh pits, and sick but melodious delivery, this one's for you! New metalcore act Crowns & Lunacy is something of a supergroup combo drawn from Blenheim and Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Nomen est ...
21/05/2024
The quirkily named Nelson duo Jola Burns placed second in the solo/duo section of 2023 Smokefree Rockquest, and there's plenty to suggest the judges would've been torn in having to decide between them and the night's other ...
12/03/2024
Deriving their name from the guitarist/lead singer's nickname at school, S-B (for Alex Scott-Billing), charismatic and eccentric heptet Esbee has brought a new jazz-variant sound onto the Te Whanganui-a-Tara scene. The ...
26/06/2016
As mentioned in the last issue of NZ Musician, we are going to look at a couple of bass parts from Frank Rocco Prestia, the bassist from Tower of Power, a funk/rock band from Oakland, California. The 10-piece ensemble ...
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 ...
01/06/2016
I could write a book about self-sabotage… if ever I overcame those insidious barriers to self-activation and singing success myself. Oh the irony! It can be difficult recognising when we’re (often subconsciously) getting ...
05/04/2016
Good singers and songwriters are master-craftspeople and artists – albeit, often sensitive and insecure ones. Therefore, I’m upset when an armchair critic or unqualified non-musician argues that assessing great songs ...
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 ...
