21/09/2023

My Song: Flying Man – Make A Living

Flying Man is the stage name of Irish-born guitarist and singer-songwriter Alan Ned Gray. Sitting firmly in an intelligent ...

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23/08/2023

Deep Thinking: An Exercise For Both Hands

An exercise for both hands with some sight reading thrown in! Over the last few NZM issues, we’ve been looking at building ...

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06/06/2023

Industry: MAINZ To An End

Back in the 1990s, the tiny Greymouth-based Tai Poutini Polytechnic was offering a unique musician and audio engineering ...

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01/02/2023

Deep Thinking: Building Basslines – Part 2

Following on from the last two Deep Thinking online columns here we continue the quest to build a unique bassline, whether ...

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15/09/2022

South Island 2022 Arts Excellence Awards Winners

Coloratura soprano Calla Knudson and composer and musicologist Ihlara McIndoe are the winners of the 2022 Arts Excellence ...

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10/08/2022

Mild Orange: Finding Space For Each Other

Four new friends from different corners of Aotearoa came together during their time at Otago University to form a band. Sound ...

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03/05/2022

Mild Orange: Looking For Space

Starting off the year with a dreamy new album titled ‘Looking For Space’, Mild Orange further expand their familiar bedroom ...

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09/03/2022

NewTracks New Artist: Miakie

Napier-born artist Miakie has struck gold with her first introduction to collaborative songwriting. Moving away from her ...

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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 ...

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