By amuseinterviews
The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.
In episode 16, I sit down with Dity Maharaj from Coridian. This is the second member of the band to feature on the show. The great thing for this one is that he is the singer and we talk about his approach to write melody and lyrics to music. Check it out!
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In episode 15, we sit down with TeMatera Smith and discuss music in a very detailed conversation that covers a lot. It was an absolute blast speaking with him!
Label Owner / Director AllGood Absolute Alternative Records Ltd (AAARecords) www.aaarecords.com
Studio Owner / Director Red Room Studios NZ www.redroom.co.nz
Production Company Owner / Director Luma Audio Visual Creative www.lumaavc.com
Episode 14 is a goodie! Steve Shyu is not only a music reviewer, but he also has his own radio show along and plays the guitar for 'Fire For Glory.' His attention to detail is honestly awesome. We had such a great chat, this episode went on a little longer than normal!
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Reviews by Steve: https://www.muzic.net.nz/articles/authors/32654
In episode 13, we sit down with songwriter Nur Peach and discuss her passion for music. Such a great conversation was had here! ------ Nur Peach grew up surrounded by music and has been singing all her life. Born in New Zealand’s beautiful Coromandel Peninsula, and having lived there all her life, she has always been surrounded by the inspiring beauty of nature. As the daughter of a professional musician, there were always musical instruments around and performance opportunities since a very young age. At the age of five, Nur began to write her own songs. By the time she was nine years old, Nur had already performed in many places in New Zealand and around the world, including Israel and busking on the streets of Paris, accompanied by her father Dylan Wade on guitar. It was at that age that Wade began to teach his daughter how to play guitar herself, and that same year when she began piano lessons. Today, Nur writes and accompanies herself on both guitar and piano. In 2013, Nur won the Intermediate section in the Purple Cake Day “Kenya Song Challenge,” and in 2015, she was the Waikato regional winner for the APRA Lyric Award at the Smokefreerockquest. In 2016, Nur was the Waikato regional winner of the Play it Strange “Get Connected” song writing competition for her song “Feel the Sun,” which she recorded at Roundhead Studios. Her four-track acoustic EP, “Hello World,” released in 2015, is much played on many people’s stereos. She is currently studying towards a Bachelor of Music (specialising in popular music) at The University of Auckland. Nur combines folk, pop and rock into her own distinctive sound. Her songs' inspirational and uplifting lyrical content is both personal and universal. Her mission is to inspire people to create positive changes in both the world and themselves. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nurpeachmusician/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nurpeachmusic/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa1pXUyWIcO5ROS95yP0mBw Tumblr: https://nurpeachmusic.tumblr.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nurpeachmusic SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-899012847 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0X6gyIJT3PVqVmxpwFZTK9 Bandcamp: https://nurpeach.bandcamp.com/releases
Episode 12. I sit down with one of my former students, DANI. Her songwriting was an inspiration to a lot of other students at school and I discuss a couple of the tracks she wrote towards the end of her time at Waiuku College. Check this episode out!
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A blossoming Contemporary Christian artist from Auckland, New Zealand. An ordinary girl expressing her love for God and music to connect with a wider audience. From the beginning of her songwriting, DANI would find herself experimenting with different genres of music, finding different ways to speak her mind. She often speaks about real issues that occur in her life or finds inspiration through others.
“It’s a waste of a song if you’re just in it for the beat”.
DANI has always been serious about lyrics as she believes words impact other people. She strives to write songs that inspire or raise conversations. Diving deeper into her music, DANI narrates life and faith through its raw essence.
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In episode 11, we sit down with another teacher at Waiuku College, Mr Mulligan. Not only does he teach Math, but he is also passionate about music!
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In episode 10, I get to have an extended talk with both Jonnie and Mikey from the Auckland band, "Outside In". Not to be missed!
Auckland prog-rockers Outside In invite you on an engrossing journey through a spectrum of emotions and sounds – from intense grit, gloom and poignancy to potent and climatic psychedelic euphoria.
In episode 9, we sit down with Chris Moutter of Cafe Fistfight. There is a lot we discuss here with some great answers.
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In episode 8, we talk to Sophie Hamer who was also a former student from Waiuku College. Sophie is now part of the Dunedin Symphonic Orchestra while also starting her Honours degree at Otago University.
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In episode 7, we sit down with Shannon who is also Head Of Music at Birkenhead College to talk about his band Swerve City. Since he is also a music teacher, like myself, Shannon discusses some key points that I believe will resonate with a lot of students and musicians.
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The new single “Sink Like Stones” is a scathing attack on the leaders of the world, for their mishandling of climate change issues to date. Fierce guitars scream like Valkyries, the rhythm section pounds like war drums, the bass line infiltrates your senses, while the vocals and lyrics cry out like a megaphone in protest, that something has to change.
Adam Forsdyke (Drums) hopped into an Uber one night, driven by the unsuspecting Kevin Ashby (Lead Guitars, Vocals). Around the same time, Shannon Coulomb (Bass) and JP Carroll (Guitar, lead vocals) were toying with the idea of creating something new, to accompany the pair’s respective solo projects (Imposter Syndrome, Arrays). JP and Kevin shared the stage when their former bands (Armed In Advance, Fire At Will) had played shows together several years prior. At Swerve City’s first band meeting it was discovered that, unbeknown to them both, Shannon’s parents had purchased Adam’s grandparents’ house. The scene was set.
Swerve City is on a mission to create music that is a salve for life’s problems. The band stands for loyalty, camaraderie and humility; Four would-be comedians on the same page, one where openness to opportunity is valued, and the word ‘no’ has been removed from the vocabulary.
The sound is one of blistering and melodic leads, expressive and composed bass lines, jack-hammer drum arrangements, thunderous guitar riffs, and emotive vocal melodies and lyrics that tackle everything from fear of the future to ancient philosophy.
Thoughtful and ambitious, vehement and assured, Swerve City is a band with a plan, and all the pieces are falling into place.
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The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.