21/02/2022
Guitar Cool: You Can Learn A Lot From A Simple Lick
Many guitar players tend to overlook simple licks or riffs that come their way, not knowing that there is a lot of musical ...
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Finding Your Voice: The Case For Creative High-performance Psychology
The case for creative high-performance psychology. In the merry Music Month of May 2021, Brave Caitlin Smith’s Imaginary ...
READ MORE >02/02/2022
Deep Thinking: Weather Report’s Teen Town (Part 2)
Admittedly it's been a while now, but in the last NZM issue we tackled one of Jaco Pastorius’ compositions for Weather ...
READ MORE >28/07/2021
Finding Your Voice: The Whole Body
As a singer our body is our instrument. We must be entirely sovereign over how we take care of our inner landscape. If the ...
READ MORE >10/06/2021
Soundcloud – How To Share Your Music Discretely
There are a number of reasons why you might want to make some of your new music discretely available online – peer feedback, ...
READ MORE >04/05/2021
Building Blocks: Scheduling Creativity
Over the years my Building Blocks contributions to New Zealand Musician have focused mainly on sharing band management tips ...
READ MORE >24/03/2021
To The Front Pōneke 2021 Applications Open
Applications are open online for To The Front Pōneke 2021. Previously called Girls Rock! Pōneke, To The Front Pōneke ...
READ MORE >16/02/2021
Deep Thinking: Black And White Boy… On Bass
As we’ve spent the last few issues doing some tricky stuff more suited to solo bass performances, I thought that this issue’s ...
READ MORE >03/02/2021
Guitar Cool: Soloing With 4ths
Soloing With 4ths - Among the questions I get asked a lot is how do I make my solos, fills, or improvisations sound more ...
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