09/02/2016

Valere: Knowing Me, Knowing You

Shana Llorando, it seems, has a winning way. 2015 has seen her complete a BMus (Popular Music) degree, just a few months ...

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20/12/2015

Deep Thinking: Chris Squire – Godfather of Prog Bass

Deep Thinking is making a brief return to the world of progressive rock in this issue to make a tribute to the great Yes ...

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18/12/2015

On Foreign Soil: Joe McCallum

Joe McCallum has been the regular drummer guy in the wave of popularly alternative musicians who have emerged from Christchurch's ...

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Guitar Cool: Escaping Mediocrity

Many music teachers will have students who say they want to be great guitar players, but have no idea how to escape mediocrity, ...

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Tutors’ Tutorial: Handling Power Fluctuations

Sometimes as musicians we just expect things to work and to work properly. I plug in my gear and it should just go. But, ...

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17/12/2015

No Broadcast: Designed To Rock

Christchurch trio No Broadcast have slowly but surely been building a strong following for their inspired vision of indie ...

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Fragile Colours: Tickled Pink

With a few more radio hits it could be the album story of the century – well two centuries actually, given that it was ...

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Ill Semantics: Changes of Meaning

Incredibly the story of Ill Semantics runs over more than two decades – albeit with an eight year break ahead of their ...

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Building Blocks: Status in the Scene Part 2

In my last Building Blocks article I charted the path that it took for a breakout band to establish itself in a local scene. ...

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