14/05/2025
Navigating Friendship, Funding, and Heartbreak in the Music Industry
In Aotearoa’s passionate, close-knit music scene, connection is everything. Our community is small - sometimes wonderfully ...
READ MORE >03/10/2018
No Budget DIY Music Videos
Originally hailing from Blenheim, Rose Muollo-Gray, aka Hybrid Rose, is a musician, artist and producer who is keen to progress ...
READ MORE >29/06/2017
Guitar Cool: The Lead Guitar Player’s Role
In the last issue I wrote about the role of the rhythm guitarist, so this month I will give you some cool ideas to use when ...
READ MORE >14/06/2017
Building Blocks: Stage Trek Ep 6 – Club Gigs
This column has covered club gigs several times in the past, but here I want to focus on three important points that fit ...
READ MORE >18/04/2017
Building Blocks: Stage Trek Ep 5 – Weddings
My last article left us orbiting Planet Party, and away missions visited a few lucrative locations; playing at private events, ...
READ MORE >18/01/2017
Finding Your Voice: How Aotearoa Is Perfect For Touring!
I had the great privilege of recently touring Aotearoa with Arts on Tour and experienced tour veterans The Alpaca Social ...
READ MORE >07/12/2016
Deep Thinking: Keyboard Bass + Bass Guitar = Huge Bass!
This Deep Thinking bass lesson concerns how two sources of bass in a band can sound big and grunty (is that a word?). I did ...
READ MORE >16/11/2016
How To Be The Only Band In The World
Blinding white lights illuminate a crowd of thousands, every band in the world playing simultaneously. The noise is deafening ...
READ MORE >05/10/2016
Building Blocks: Street Fairs & Festivals – Stage Trek 3
The last stop in our quest was the unpredictable but often quite fun planet of All-Ages & School Gigs. Now let’s journey ...
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