27/07/2022
In this instalment of Deep Thinking we are looking at a way you can use different scales when confronted (or even challenged!) ...
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You could look at 2020 as a terrible time to think about your music career. Tours are cancelled and venues either shut down ...
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Hi everyone! Many movies have a prequel delivered after the main feature has been released, but this article is the other ...
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For this issue, I have transcribed the opening bass part on the seminal Weather Report track Birdland from the band’s 1977 ...
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A few days ago I submitted a writing pitch to a women's business and lifestyle website and received a positive response, ...
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Hi Everyone, this issue’s challenge is to play some Jimi Hendrix. I have transcribed the introduction to Purple Haze as ...
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Tattletale Saints’ bass player and singer Vanessa McGowan has previously provided NZM readers with insightful lessons and ...
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Kevin Haines is a double bass player who has played in the New Zealand jazz scene for over 50 years. After a long and continuing ...
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Just as I had finished writing about the mathematical complexities of Meshuggah and Tessaract in the last edition, the news ...
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