10/04/2024
Fresh Talent: Ray Leslie
Philippine-born artist Marie Gaabucayan has released music under several different names in the past, but having settled ...
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On Foreign Soil: Nathan Haines In China
China has always held a great fascination for me. My grandfather Yee Jeng Keng was born in Ghangzhou in 1915 and came to ...
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Fresh Talent: Allophones
Ben and Barney Connolly, along with Tane Cotton hail "pretty much from Ōtepoti". Devolving from various prior bands with ...
READ MORE >19/03/2024
Expat Files: Jupita
The offspring of Kiwi pop royalty in musician/producer Ian Morris and singer Kim Willoughby, Julia Morris and her twin ...
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Finding Your Voice: Your Voice = Your Truth
‘Finding your voice' is just as much about what you're saying or singing, as what you sound like. I'd like to unpack the ...
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Industry: Songwriters 4 Climate Action
What better way to release some of the anxiety in these crazy times than through music? And as an artist, why not scream ...
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Fresh Talent: Esbee
Deriving their name from the guitarist/lead singer's nickname at school, S-B (for Alex Scott-Billing), charismatic and eccentric ...
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Guitar Cool: Simple Ways To Harmonise Guitar Parts
Simple ways to harmonise guitar parts: The concept of instrumental harmonising is certainly not new, it has been a compositional ...
READ MORE >06/03/2024
Flaxxies: Striking Out Towards The Sun
When two high school friends started jamming at Saint Kentigern College in Pakuranga, Tāmaki Makaurau, little did they suspect ...
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