Articles tagged with: Music
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 219 – JGeek and The Geeks – The Next Phase of Maori Music – Ka Pai!
“J GEEK ETHOS. 7 generations ago, we travelled across the great oceans in wakas. Now we struggle to drive to the dairy. Society offers an unrealistic unhealthy lifestyle for all ages and races …
Littletunes Studio
I’ve got a mate who is a gifted musican. He has set up Littletunes which is a great concept. Take a group of young people for a couple of days, get them playing instruments, writing …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 206 – Music Takes Over
I write this as my son tries to remove my skirt so that that he can wear it (“It’s not fair!” He rightly proclaims). He’s three and I suppose I’m now going to have to …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#192 – Charlotte’s Music Revival Continues
Come with me to band practice!
We’ll head to Anna’s place. She’s got this great stucko, white washed fifties home with a huge, yes ENORMOUS lawn that she intends to turn into a full scale permaculture …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#187 – Music Making Returns Like a Spring Tide
I was raised by two traditional parents. Maybe it was the influence of Christianity – which permeated my mother’s life, and was the bur in the hide of my father’s childhood so that he grew …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#184 – The Science of Sound-Checks
Today I went to Nelson’s Granary and hung out watching a band sound check. We ate gorgeous chocolate brownie and lemon shortbread and exulted in the decadence and excitement of being in a beautifully decked …
University Students Create Campaign to Make Young People Listen
16th September 2010
University students create campaign to make young people listen
Students at AUT University in Auckland collaborate with technicians and the National Foundation for the Deaf (NFD) to introduce a giant model Ear and iPod …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#145 – Effortlessly Cool Teenager Inspires Joy in DVD Store
Teenagers. They have this ability to appear effortlessly, casually, you-can’t-touch-me cool. I think I may have once been the same. This is how I know damn well the casual appearance takes some work, and that …
VOTE: Te Kaea Beri to be New Zealand’s New MTV Presenter
Happyzine has been following Te Kaea Beri’s progress towards becoming a mega super-duper film star. Here’s a Q&A we ran on her a few years ago called ‘Te Kaea Beri – Daring to Dream Out …
Audio to Visual – NZ Musicians Help Kiwi Youth
Youthline Press Release
From audio to visual – NZ musicians help Kiwi youth
Hollie Smith, Julia Deans and Riki Gooch have more than just Kiwi music in common.
Along with 13 other local musicians, they’re switching mediums to …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#77 – Rockstar Practice for Mums
Tonight three mothers gathered for their first ever session of rock star practice. Our young children played around us, on us, below us, beside us, and somehow, we actually managed to to play five songs. I …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#74 – Grant Knowles of Tribull Drums
Today I had the pleasure of being interviewed for Fresh FM by the Golden Bay-famous Grant Knowles. Grant is a local drum maker – he founded Tribull Drums – where he makes, repairs, and teaches people …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#50 – Some Country Style Lov’n on Commercial Street
(While I raise my son and grow my good news website)
There was a country music show-down on Commercial Street, Takaka today. Apparently we are currently hosting the annual Golden Valley Country Music Awards. I was …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#37 – Matariki Morning
(While I raise my son and grow my good news website)
Here’s some music to listen to while you read this blog.
Tina Bridgman. If you haven’t heard of her, you will soon. Tonight I fare-welled her, …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#31 – My First Rock-Concert (Again)
Tonight as I write this it’s late, it’s dark, it’s been pouring for days, the Takaka Rivers swollen, many are experiencing cabin fever, and I’m rather tired. The parents out there will understand, I’ve …
Kiwi Music Fans Get to be the Judge – Voting Underway for the 2010 Juice TV Awards!
New Zealand music lovers will get to have their say on just who’s best with voting for the 2010 Juice TV Awards now underway at Juicetv.com.
The Awards celebrate and acknowledge the best music videos New …
Student Music and Dance Performance at Chinese Festival
Music and Dance students from The University of Auckland will be showcasing New Zealand arts and culture this May at the Beijing Modern Music Festival.
Representing New Zealand for the first time on the large international …
The Cook Island Beat
The Pacific Ocean is vast, but if you flew overhead you’d see amidst the brine a multitude of small islands. Last weekend at Auckland’s Western Springs, the Pasifika Festival celebrated these islands. Creating a microcosm …
Auckland’s 10th Annual Busker’s Festival Set to be a Ripper
The Auckland International Buskers Festival is one event that really needs no introduction! Expect to be stopped in your tracks when walking the streets of central Auckland this Anniversary Weekend, because you will more than …
Summer Six – Nelson – 9th January
SUMMER SIX features eight hours of entertainment for all ages at Saxton Field Cricket Oval, Nelson, from mid-day on Saturday 9 January.
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