18/12/2019
In late November Auckland trio SoccerPractise released their second album 'Te Pō'. Realised through NZ On Air's NewMusic Project funding, the bilingual album touches on a variety of electronic-centred genres fit for heavy ...
14/02/2019
Earlier this year NZM's Kevin Downing interviewed guitarist Carl Verheyen in LA, and wrote a Guitar Cool column about a few things he learned from him that day. Here is Kevin's full interview. So one of the questions was ...
15/07/2017
Soulful newcomer Teeks is a real show stopper, with a surprisingly classic soul voice and a magnetic stage presence that belies the natural shyness of the young man. If you’re unfamiliar with his music that’ll because ...
03/02/2017
Crowded House fans had a September to remember with the announcement that the seven albums the band produced between 1986 and 2010 would soon be re-issued in deluxe editions. Each album has been expanded to include rare and ...
29/11/2016
In late July songwriter, composer and University of Auckland music lecturer Stephen Matthews attended the international 2016 ISME music educators’ conference in Glasgow. He was asked to share his thoughts on creative projects ...
19/04/2023
The 2023 Taite Music Prize was awarded to Princess Chelsea for her critically-praised album, 'Everything Is Going To Be Alright', released on Lil Chief Records. Everything Is Going To Be Alright by Princess Chelsea The ...
17/04/2023
Entries are now open for the 2023 APRA Silver Scroll Awards Kaitito Kaiaka. Have you written and released a song, composition, or waiata reo Māori between July 1, 2022 - May 31, 2023? Enter your work for one of the APRA ...
07/11/2022
Te Māngai Pāho have announced the recipients of their 2022 Waiata Reo Māori Round 2 funding which is to support the production, release, and promotion of original waiata reo Māori. 2022 Waiata Reo Māori Round 2 Funding Grove ...
06/10/2022
Finalists for the 2022 Aotearoa Music Awards | Nga Tohu Puoro O Aotearoa have been announced, with Rob Ruha the clear frontrunner with six nominations. Ruha is up for Album of the Year, Single of the Year, Best Solo Artist, ...
23/09/2022
The songwriters, producers, and mātanga reo participating in Reo Māori Songhubs 2022 have been announced, with the vent scheduled to officially kick off on September 26. Four studios in Auckland's Roundhead Studios will ...
10/06/2019
Just keep swimming: A hero's quest. ‘If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what good am I? If not now, when?’ – The Talmud One of our jobs as artists is to share our talents/voice/perspective ...
14/02/2019
Earlier this year I was in Los Angeles and caught up with the amazing guitarist Carl Verheyen (pronounced Ver-high-in) at Village Recorders in Santa Monica, where he was working on and producing an album for Felipe Tarantino. ...
13/04/2018
“What the world needs now, is love sweet love. That’s the only thing that there’s just too little of” – thanks Hal David. It’s a universal truth, especially applied to our relationships with voice and creative ...
24/04/2017
The mix is close to being finished and it’s time to add the final touches. Time then to talk mix-buss or mix-buss processing – the plugins that are often used to finish off your mix. The overall approaches to the ...
29/03/2017
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Is it confidence that makes you capable of performance, or performance the gives you confidence? I believe it is the latter. Confidence is NOT a prerequisite for singing well. ...