25/10/2017
Back in February, I had an accident that every musician dreads – I cut the tendon and nerves that control my left index ...
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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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In this issue we are going to look at polymetric basslines and drum patterns that have been recorded by two bands described ...
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After close to 30 years of publication NZ Musician Magazine has today released its final bi-monthly issue. Rather than ...
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In this issue I am looking at a tune from a musical I saw when I was 15 years old. It was one of the reasons I became a professional ...
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The Verlaines have been a musical force for 35 years (in various guises), and intriguingly currently exist in two versions, ...
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As it’s the Christmas period, I thought I would do some shameless marketing. There is a new album, ‘Dunedin Spleen’ ...
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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 ...
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Not many local drummers will have built their own acrylic drum kit, or constructed a vintage drum machine. Stuart Harwood ...
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