18/05/2016
The Guardian published an interesting article on why repetition in music - and pretty much everywhere else - is so popular ...
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The band name is a reflection of its multi-island make up on the one hand, and its musical sense of purpose on the other. ...
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Looking at the NZ music Top 20 (NZ artists ranked by sales) singles chart recently I couldn’t help noticing that it looked ...
READ MORE >Let’s start by getting this out of the way. OpenSide’s members Possum Plows (vocals), George Powell (drums), PJ Shepard ...
READ MORE >09/05/2016
Never mind the spelling, rhyme Hiest with Feist, as Isiah Ngawaka evidently intended in adopting the name. Rhyming is his ...
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It doesn’t matter how great a recording or publishing deal you think you might have been offered, getting paid is undoubtedly ...
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Charlotte Forrester will be known to many through her work with her former band Athuzela Brown, created with her twin brother ...
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Adding weight to the belief that Kiwi musician success can spring from anywhere (so long as it’s original), sisters Clementine ...
READ MORE >28/04/2016
In the last few articles I’ve been talking about certain things that can slow or stall a guitar player’s musical growth, ...
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