Kiwi Talkz

Mark Hadlow is an NZ Actor & Comedian and is well known for his work with Peter Jackson particularly for his role as Dori the Dwarf in The Hobbit Films.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Instagram - @therealmarkhadlow

Twitter - @mark_markhadlow

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:52 - Having A Good Work Ethic/Peter Jackson & His Effect On NZ Economy

02:52 - Hobbiton Being A Huge Tourism Attraction

04:02 - WETA/Richard Taylor/NZ Keeping Up With Overseas

05:20 - Bringing Back The Live Theatre Experience/Hamilton Film Vs Live

08:05 - Reece Speaks On His Brother Doing Live Theatre

09:13 - Film & Television Vs Theatre

12:15 - NZ Are As Good At Theatre As Everyone Else/Theatre Not Funded Enough In NZ

13:06 - NZ’s Handling Of Covid/How Film & Theatre Can Prosper Here

14:13 - Climate Change

16:32 - Travelling Expands Your Horizons/Tackling Poverty

18:24 - NZ’s Reliance On Farming

19:35 - Politics Being Tribal/Personal Attacks In Politics

21:29 - How Covid-19 Affected Mark & His Business/Wage Subsidy

23:25 - Preparations Mark Made After Lockdown

26:03 - Billy T James/What Mark Learned From Billy T James

29:03 - Working On The Hobbit

31:00 - Bonding with Jed Brophy & Adam Brown

33:22 - Martin Freeman As Bilbo

34:47 - The Dori Prosthetics & Make Up

36:47 - Dwarf Bootcamp

38:20 - Green Screen & The Burt Troll Motion Capture

41:25 - The Barrel Chase

43:40 - The Hobbit Shoot Was A Year

44:37 - Watching The Amazing Actors Work

46:24 - Staying Grounded Despite The Fame Of The Hobbit

49:13 - People Stopping Mark In The Streets

50:49 - Working On Mortal Engines

54:15 - Mark Got Autograph From Les Dawson

54:50 - Accents

57:31 - Voice Acting/Radio Ads

1:00:53 - Mark Loves An Acting Challenge/Preventing Tunnel Vision/Emails

1:02:33 - Emotional Communication Is Being Lost Due To Social Media

1:06:17 - The Older & Younger Generations Can Learn From Each Other/Hand Signal For Being Grumpy Old Men

1:07:28 - Yes People

1:08:12 - Mark Gets Anxiety About Auditions/Theatre Auditions

1:09:50 - Mistakes That Actors Make At Auditions/Musicals

1:11:50 - Jesus Christ Superstar Story/Mark Cant Do Rhyme

1:14:40 - Where To Follow Mark Hadlow

1:16:08 - MAMIL

Linda Young is a voice actor for Funimation who is well known for playing the villainous Frieza from Dragonball Z during its original English Dub.

Twitter - @LindaYoungVA

Instagram - @lindasorta

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:40 - How Covid-19 Has Affected Linda’s Work

02:03 - Working With An Agent/Comic-Con

05:00 - Singing In A Band

06:04 - Linda Always Wanted To Be An Actor & Singer/Linda Didn’t Know What Anime Was

07:10 - How Linda Got The Role Of Frieza

08:14 - First Day Of Work As Frieza/The Direction Frieza Got For The Character

11:02 - Process Of Recording Voice/Vocals Recorded One Line At A Time

13:15 - Yelling And Not Hurting Vocal Chords

15:10 - Losing Your Voice Well Your Recording/How To Keep Your Vocal Chords Clear

16:52 - Avoiding Foods That Affect The Voice/Linda’s Allergies

18:58 - Linda Tells Story Of Losing Her Voice And Getting A Steroid Shot

20:15 - Recording With The Script

21:13 - Repeating Lines Over And Over

22:02 - Different Variations Of Frieza’s Voice From Transformations

23:08 - Funimation Are Great At Directing Voice Actors

26:00 - Enunciating With Voice Acting

27:02 - Alternating Between Baba & Frieza/Set Times At Work

29:05 - Particular Scenes Linda Remembers From DBZ/Lines Linda Would Mess Up All The Time

31:09 - Linda Never Believed Frieza Was Dead After Goku Killed Him/Baba Voice

32:10 - Why Linda Stopped Doing Frieza’s Voice From DBZ KAI Going Forward/Linda Was Sad When This Happened

33:25 - Comic Con Came Up After Stopping Frieza Role/Reece Wants To Try Get Linda To NZ

34:50 - Signings/Strange Fans

39:18 - A Lot Of Linda’s Friends Didn’t Know She Did The Voice Of Frieza/Linda Doesn’t Really Talk About Herself

43:21 - Linda’s Hobbies

44:52 - Mass Exodus From California To Texas/Funimation Primarily Based In Texas

46:40 - Evolution Of Funimation

48:04 - You Always Voice Record By Yourself

50:05 - Difference Between Original Dub And DVD Dub In Terms Of Linda Redubbing

52:13 - Memory/Same Process From Show To Show

54:00 - Linda Doesn’t Audition Much These Days/Fanmail

57:14 - Linda Would Like To Do Some Voice Work For Disney/Lobbying For Acting Roles In L.A.

59:05 - Linda Speaks About Her Kids

1:00:27 - Normality Has Returned To NZ As Covid Isn’t In The Community

1:01:30 - Where To Follow Linda Young On Social Media/Twitter

1:03:33 - Linda Does The Frieza Accent Thanking Kiwi Talkz 

1:04:11 - Fans Putting DB Super Scenes With Lindas Voice/Dedication Of Fans

1:06:00 - Reece Plans To Visit Dallas At Some Point

Grant Kirkhope is widely regarded as one of the greatest video game composers of all time for his work on such games as Banjo Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64, Goldeneye & Perfect Dark. He recently became the first western composer to work with Nintendo on Super Smash Bros Ultimate & Mario + Rabbids

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter - @grantkirkhope

Instagram - @grantkirkhopecomposer

Facebook - GrantKirkhopeComposer

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/grantkirk...

Goldeneye OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oL7V...

Perfect Dark OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3jID...

Banjo Kazooie OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQNAV...

Donkey Kong 64 OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9hUx...

Kingdoms Of Amalur Reckoning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68VE8...

Mario + Rabbids OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOGgI...

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro About Technical Issues

01:05 - Crazy Times/American Elections

01:32 - Green Card/How Long Grant Has Been In America

02:17 - Indie Films Grant Has Been Working

03:10 - Agents/Struggles Of Breaking Into The Film Industry

04:55 - Game Composers Looked Down Upon Compared To Film Composers

05:33 - Only Way To Get Film Composing Roles Is Through The Director/Fierce Competition For Film Composers

07:00 - Younger Directors Have Played Video Games So More Of A Chance Of Them Knowing Grant

08:26 - Films Not Having Memorable Tunes These Days/Games Now Having Music Cinematic Sequences

10:24 - Grant’s Process Of Composing

11:52 - Grant’s Work On Goldeneye 007/How He Composed For Goldeneye 007

14:41 - Grant Only Got Small Notes About Levels He Was Composing For

15:10 - Grant Got A Few Visuals For Banjo, Donkey Kong & Perfect Dark/Approach To Composing For Them

17:07 - Spiral Mountain/ Treasure Trove Cove/Mumbo’s Mountain

18:50 - Grant Didn’t Get Told Much To Rewrite Tunes At Rare

20:22 - Working With Nintendo For Smash Bros Banjo Arrangement/Banjo Kazooie Smash Bros Trailer

23:50 - Grant Is The First Western Composer To Work On Mario & Smash Bros

24:35 - Grant Has Better Communication With Nintendo Now

24:43 - Reece Thinks Grant Could Compose For Metroid Based On Perfect Dark OST

25:22 - To Be Employable You Have To Diversify As A Musician

26:09 - Working For A Company Vs Freelancing/Living In L.A.

28:05 - Grant Is Good With Money

28:55 - Grant Works Well Under Pressure/Grant Doesn’t Get Writers Block

31:05 - Grant Doesn’t Toss Away Work/Learning To Do What Your Told By Your Boss On Rewriting Tunes

33:30 - Employment Laws In UK Vs America

34:25 - Grants Friends Losing Jobs For Arguing With A Creative Director/Creative People Are Sensitive

35:45 - Genres Grant Is Not Good At Composing/How He Researches New Genres

37:10 - Instruments Grant Can Play/Working With Midi & Live Orchestras

40:05 - Donkey Kong 64 Rap

44:17 - Competitiveness With Dav

Sara Wiseman is a well known actress who has been numerous Australian and New Zealand films and television.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Instagram - @sarawiseman__

TIMESTAMPS

00:40 - Working During Covid-19

01:32 - Auditioning Process

02:43 - Trying To Prevent The Nerves Overwhelming Herself During Auditions

03:26 - Sarah Impressed By Reece’s Research/Mercy Peak

04:59 - The Evolution Of Filming For Television

05:49 - Hyper Realness Of HD/Hobbits 48FPS 

07:00 - Sara’s TV/1080p Vs 4K 

07:46 - Sara’s Early Days As A Stuntwoman

09:43 - Meeting Kate Winslet/Working On Heavenly Creatures/Crews Work Very Hard

11:04 - Working With Peter Jackson

12:40 - Heavenly Creatures Laid The Foundation For LOTR

13:29 - Upcoming Work For Sara

14:37 - One Lane Bridge/Permanently Shooting In Queenstown

16:31 - Sydney Vs Auckland

17:20 - When Sara Is Going Back To Sydney

17:59 - Voice Over Work

20:26 - Being Paid Well For Voice Over Work

21:11 - Agent Finding All Lines Work

21:35 - Chasing A Role

22:40 - Initially Trying To Find Work In Sydney

23:35 - Craig & Sara Auditioning For A Place To Call Home At Different Times

24:20 - People On A Place To Call Home Not Knowing Craig & Sara Were Married

24:50 - Working With Husband Craig Hall

25:35 - Memorising Scripts/Shortland Street Actors

27:00 - Time On Shortland Street

27:19 - Working Well Under Pressure

27:12 - Vaparshna/Meditation

30:27 - Shooting Love/Sex Scenes/Preparing For These Scenes

34:10 - Duration Of Sex Scenes

35:19 - Getting Along With Your Partner In Those Intimate Scenes

36:08 - Sara Loves Greats Writing And Great Teams/Joy Comes From Creating On The Day

37:28 - Sara Does Teaching/Sara Unsure If She Would Want To Directing

38:21 - Watching Herself On Screen

39:10 - Improvising Vs Following The Script

41:31 - Shifting Between Accents/Sara Naturally Puts On Australian Accent When In Australia

43:02 - Researching For A Character

44:10 - Disconnecting With Carolyn 

44:54 - Sara Having Anonymity/Offshore Celebrities Being Worshipped By Kiwis 

46:03 - Sara Would Be Famous For An Amazing Paycheck

46:33 - How Sara Got Home Before Lockdown/Surviving Lockdown

48:55 - Introverts & Extrovert/Zoom Parties 

50:22 - Sara Is A Morning And Evening Person

50:57 - Sara Had Her Own Driver For A Place To Call Home

52:00 - Arts Still Needs Funding

53:54 - Social Media Is A Double Edged Sword

55:03 - The Social Dilemma/Growing Up With No Social Media

56:50 - Where To Follow Sara On Instagram

Craig Hall is a well known NZ actor who has been a plethora of TV Shows (A Place To Call Home, Outrageous Fortune etc.) and Films (World's Fastest Indian, King Kong.)

SOCIAL MEDIA

Instagram - @craigalanhall

TIMESTAMPS

00:55 - How Covid Has Affected Craig’s Work

01:55 - Working Between Australia & New Zealand

02:57 - Craig & Sara Wiseman Working On The Same Projects

04:21 - A Place To Call Home Time Period

05:05 - Differences Between Television & Film

07:40 - Waiting For The Next Project

09:06 - Being Prepared For An Audition

10:30 - Not Hearing Back After An Audition

11:59 - Chasing A Role

13:28 - How Craig Got Role In Worlds Fastest Indian/King Kong

18:19 - Work On World’s Fastest Indian

19:19 - Working With Anthony Hopkins

22:38 - Ad Libbing Vs Following The Script

24:10 - Thinking A Time He Was Amazing Then Sees His Performance And Thinks Its Terrible

25:50 - Over Analysing Performance

27:30 - Following The Script On A Place To Call Home/Throwing Off Other Actors

29:25 - Working With Taika Waititi

30:36 - Working With Peter Jackson On Lord Of The Rings & King Kong

33:40 - Constantly Screwing Up The Same Scene

34:36 - Not Being In Avatar/James Cameron Being An Advocate For NZ

35:50 - NZ Crews Vs American Crews

36:25 - Not Much Difference Between NZ & Australian Crews

37:33 - Learning The Australian Accent

39:36 - Taking The Piss Out Of The Australian Accent

40:50 - Accent Randomly Coming Out

42:29 - Learning Accents Under Time Constraints

44:19 - Accents/Key Accents Actors Should Learn

47:07 - Film Companies Pay For Actors Living Expenses Well On Project

49:34 - Low Budget Productions You May Need To Find Your Own Accomodation

50:57 - Networking And Being Linked Up With Friends During Certain Projects

51:57 - Learning Lines Well Driving

52:43 - Memorising Scripts

55:12 - Memorising Script Under Strict Time Conditions

59:06 - Motion Capture & Green Screen

1:01:51 - Reece Explains Virtual Sets

01:03:15 - Where To Follow Craig Hall

Duane Mutu is the Director & Founder of LPL Studios the biggest E-Sports league in Oceania.

SOCIAL MEDIA

WEBSITE - https://letsplay.live/welcome/

FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/letsplaylivehq/

TWITTER - @LetsPlayLiveHQ

TWITCH - https://www.twitch.tv/letsplaylive

LINKEDIN - https://www.linkedin.com/company/letsplay.live/?originalSubdomain=nz

TIMESTAMPS

00:38 - Reece’s Previous Gaming Guests/Gamers Being Introverts

02:09 - How Duane Got Into The Gaming Industry

06:10 - The First Major Gaming Event And Takings From It & How LPL Studios Was Founded

07:28 - Embracing Gaming Communities

08:41 - Covid’s Effect On LPL Studios & Positives That Came From It

10:41 - Preventing Hackers In The Digital Environment

11:59 - NZ’s Great Internet Infrastructure

13:51 - Lag/Disadvantages Competing On American Servers/Competing Via LAN

15:45 - Online Vs LAN Environment

17:02 - You Cant Beat Gaming In Person As Opposed To Online

18:05 - How LPL Runs A Tournament

19:32 - Audiences At LPL Studios Events

20:37 - Celebrities Working With LPL Studios

22:15 - David Dallas Was A Game Reviewer (24min mark fly)

24:33 - Working With Nintendo/Japanese Business Culture

27:00 - Publishers Being Spooked By Reviewers/How Publishers Would Market Games Before Social Media

30:47 - Duane Doesn’t Play Games Anymore/Scribblenauts 

32:07 - What Duane Loves About The Gaming Industry/Gaming Business People Don’t Play Games

34:11 - LPL Studios Day To Day Job

37:25 - Duane Found It Hard To Attract Sponsors 5 Years Ago In E-Sports

38:53 - Rob Campbell & Others Not Understanding E-Sports But Still Investing In It

40:03 - How Duane Got LPL More Awareness/The Pitch To Skycity To Collaborate

42:10 - N.S.O/Speaking To Government About Funding Into Gaming

45:46 - E-Sports In The Olympics/The Decline Of The Olympics/Gaming Is Bigger Than TV & Film

48:10 - Gamepass The Netflix Of Gaming/Cloud Gaming

50:35 - Publishing Rights/Future For LPL Studios

52:19 - Why CSGO Is The Biggest Game In LPL

53:50 - Broadcast & Wagering Is How E-Sports Makes Money

55:38 - Publishers Dont Like Wagering For Ethical Reasons

58:35 - Keyboard Warriors Against Wagering/Pros & Cons Of Wagering

59:58 - Location Of LPL Studios

1:00:57 - PS5 Vs Xbox

1:02:18 - Where To Follow LPL Studios

Rob Campbell is a successful businessman who now is chair for big companies like Skycity & NZ Tourism Holdings.

TIMESTAMPS

00:39 - Being Chair Of Skycity & NZ Tourism Holdings During Covid-19

02:54 - Being Forced To Make Decisions Is Sometimes Easier/Fatigue & Uncertainty

04:30 - Their Is No Certainty In Business/Auditing In Public Companies

06:48 - Diversifying Skycity & NZ Tourism Holdings To Cope Without Tourism

08:48 - What A Chairperson Actually Does

10:53 - Divided Boards/Stakeholders

12:34 - Rob Is Very Opinionated/Businessnesses Develops To Much Of Formal Patterns

14:20 - Making Judgements About People That Were Incorrect

15:47 - Business Leaders Try To Influence Government Policy That Benefits Them

18:01 - Good & Evil Both Comes From Business

19:23 - Objective Reality

19:52 - Why Rob Likes Working With Younger People/Younger People Need More Leadership Roles

21:39 - Generational Divide

23:19 - Learning To Trust Younger People/Young People Are More Flexible

25:36 - LPL Studios/How It Was Created/Older Heads Don’t Understand How To Monetise E-Sports

28:41 - How Skycity Decided To Invest In E-Sports

29:49 - E-Sports Is Huge Worldwide/E-Sports In Olympics

30:25 - Building LPL Studios For Live Events

31:28 - Government Funding For Gaming/Rocketwerkz Leasing The Most Expensive Commercial Property In Auckland

34:10 - Gaming Wont Need Taxation Like Film Does

34:55 - Complexity Of Capital Gains Tax(CGT)

37:26 - Social Equity/Housing Problem Is Because Of Supply & Demand

39:16 - Auckland’s Infrastructure Problems

42:01 - Capitalism Caused Environmental Crisis

43:26 - Fixing Auckland Requires Less Immigration & More Regional Development

44:33 - More Central Government Funding Needs To Happen In Auckland

45:59 - More Investment In Whangarei, Hamilton & Tauranga

48:34 - Electricity & Health Backwards Distribution Centres

49:49 - Auckland Is Starting To Build Up

50:46 - Building Up Has Less Red Tape But Planning Is Still Involved

52:56 - What Sort Of City Will Auckland Become

53:03 - Rob Would Never Get Into Politics/Admiring Politicians

53:49 - Landlords Vs Tenants Discussion

57:02 - Some Landlords Are To Entitled

58:57 - It Is Always Someone Else’s Fault/Privileged People Making Stuff Up On Social Media

1:01:11 - Echo Chambers/Privileged Peoples Echo Chambers Actually Hurts People

1:02:12 - Rob Tells Story Of How He Had His Bubble Popped

1:03:54 - Rob Being Self Aware Of His Ignorance/South Auckland

1:06:33 - Rob Believes Pakeha Still Dont Understand Maori

Mike Smith, Scott Morgan & Julius Dobos composed a majority of the English Dub of Dragonball Z produced by Funimation(Yes, Bruce Faulconer is not the main composer and composed less than 1% of the score.) These 3 have now formed a band called SSJ and perform live versions of the DBZ Soundtrack across America.

Mike Smith handled over 70% of the soundtrack from the Ginyu Saga all the way to halfway through the Buu Saga, highlight tracks from him include Vegetas Themes, Goku SSJ, Perfect Cell Theme, Hyperbolic Time Chamber, The Dragon Theme and more....

Scott Morgan worked on the show from the episode Fighting Power One Million until the end of the Otherworld Tournament and a majority of the guitar work on the show was handled by him but he fully composed the Garlic Jr Saga and his highlights include Androids 17,18,19 & 20, Imperfect Cell Theme, Destruction Theme, Pikkons Theme and more....

Julius Dobos started work on the show from the Otherworld Tournament and stayed until the very end of the series so he composed a majority of the Buu Saga, his highlights include the SSJ3 Theme, Super Buu, Buu Is Fighting, Mystic Gohan and more....

SSJ BAND

YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXJkNDtZ4VCZUDhkht19qw'

FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/SSJ-598921027132860/

JULIUS DOBOS/FORGOTTEN FUTURE

JULIUS DOBOS WEBSITE - https://www.juliusdobos.com/?fbclid=IwAR1w0In1ezyFtvu32JLqNrdIsqjmft9qorBFecJ8Cjz91BjSkNA3W_DYBAM

FORGOTTEN FUTURE WEBSITE- https://forgottenfuturemusic.com/?fbclid=IwAR1w0In1ezyFtvu32JLqNrdIsqjmft9qorBFecJ8Cjz91BjSkNA3W_DYBAM

TWITTER - @juliusdobos

INSTAGRAM - @forgottenfutureofficial

SCOTT MORGAN

WEBSITE - http://morganstudios.com/?fbclid=IwAR1w0In1ezyFtvu32JLqNrdIsqjmft9qorBFecJ8Cjz91BjSkNA3W_DYBAM

YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/morganstudios? 

TIMESTAMPS

01:11 - Sampler/Samples Mike Used When He First Worked On DBZ

02:38 - Directions/Script From Funimation

04:19 - How The Guys Scored Music To The Episodes

06:28 - How The Guys Go About Composing/Time Constraints On DBZ

09:23 - Recording Sounds As SFX/Violin SFX Being Used In DBZ

11:31 - Keeping The Music Seamless Between All 3 Composers

14:45 - How Much Time They Had To Work On Each Episode

17:36 - Vegeta’s Hells Bells & Super Saiyan Themes

19:16 - Mike Only Realised Recently How Iconic His Themes Are

19:57 - Scott Thought People Hated The Score Until He Went On Youtube

21:08 - Super Saiyan 3 Theme/Drum Loops

25:25 - Julius Approached DBZ As Just Another Job/Core Importance Of Scoring

26:44 - Scott Morgan Foresaw The Big Themes Popping Off

28:29 - Ben Kasparek The Music Editor/Save The World Episode Ben Got It Perfect

30:14 - Episodic Trunks Theme/ How The Destruction Theme Came About

33:05 - Ginyu Voice Actors Worked On DBZ Movies Music

33:36 - Recording Destruction Theme So Loud

35:11 - Pikkons Theme

36:22 - Phillip Glass

36:52 - How Mike Wrote Buu/Cell & Frieza Themes

38:16 - Buu’s Themes

41:34 - Challenge Of Scoring To Reaction Shots

42:39 - Scott Doing The Ultimate Perfect Cells Theme

43:38 - Imperfect Cell Theme

44:54 - Experimenting With The Non Big Themes

46:30 - Great Saiyaman Theme

47:17 - Space Room

Andre Rowell has been managing Editor at M2 Magazine for over 14 years and has done of different articles and podcasts for the publication during his tenure there.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Website Men - https://m2magazine.co.nz

Website Women - https://www.m2woman.co.nz

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/m2magazinenz/

Twitter - @M2magazineNZ

TIMESTAMPS

00:51 - How Andre Got Job At M2 Magazine

02:55 - How To Write An Article/Short Opinion Piece

04:55 - Sharing Ideas

05:39 - How Reece Got Into Podcasting

07:16 - Reece Has Learned A Lot From Podcasts

08:00 - Being A Product Of Your Environment

09:09 - General Public Being Influenced By Media

11:58 - Media Being Monetised By The Audience/Validating A View Poiont

13:12 - Researching Before Writing An Opinion Piece/M2 Magazine Is Pro Business

14:09 - Negativity Becomes A Self Fulfilling Prophecy

14:56 - NZ Doing Well On The World Stage/Questioning The Government

16:45 - Negativity From Social Media

17:31 - Size Of Andre’s Team/Discussions Within The Team

18:40 - Is Printing Money Bad?

20:12 - How A Decision Is Made As To Who Is Featured In M2 Magazine

21:47 - NZ Are Underdogs

22:50 - Tall Poppy Syndrome/Praise To Someone Doesn’t Diminish Your Potential

24:50 - Failure Is Important/Andre & Reece Critique There Podcasts

26:29 - What Happens At The M2 Summit  

29:59 - Andre’s Favourite Interview & Article Piece

31:30 - Celebrities Are Normal People

33:52 - Monks Dealing With Politics

34:53 - Andre’s Time In Antarctica

39:00 - M2 Summit Brings Different Walks Of Life Together

40:39 - Feeling Dumb Compared To Intellectuals

42:42 - Flying To Mars

43:18 - Spontaneity Vs Analytical

44:41 - Passion Project To Help The Cook Islands

50:45 - Fishing Industry In The Cook Islands

53:25 - Cook Islands Being Affected By Covid-19/Diversifying An Economy

56:14 - Governments Think Short Term As Opposed To Long Term

57:54 - Andre Goes To The Cook Island A Few Times A Year

59:30 - Supporting Local Economies

1:00:56 - Countries Will Change Post Covid-19/ Cause And Effect

1:02:26 - Opportunity For Business To Do What Government Doesn’t

1:03:21 - Reece Thinks Andre Is Very Genuine

1:04:00 - Where To Follow M2 Magazine

1:05:20 - Physical Vs Digital Magazines

Chad Nicholas is the founder of clothing brand Zerofux Clothing and has been operating for 4 years.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/zerofux/

Instagram - @zerofuxclothingco

Twitter - @zerofuxclothing

Website - zerofux.co.nz

TIMESTAMPS

00:36 - Why Chad Started Zerofux Clothing

02:12 - How Chad Came Up With The Name Zerofux/Clothing Brands

04:14 - Evolution Of Designs

05:20 - How Long It Takes To Make A Design

06:39 - Cost Of A Printing Machine/Vinyl Cutters/Graphic Standouts

08:30 - Effort Involved With Starting A Clothing Brand

10:17 - How Rappers Started Marketing Zerofux

12:57 - Reece Thinks Its Weird Kiwis Rocking New York & L.A. Brands

13:30 - People Not Paying For Quality But Paying Because Of The Brand

14:33 - How Chad Markets Zerofux/Social Media Marketing

16:36 - Zerofux Demographic

17:43 - Not Capitalising On Cancel Culture/Covid-19/Not Making Masks

19:43 - Mockup Designs That Get Scrapped

21:16 - Caps Dont Sell That Well/Shirts & Hoodies Sell Well

22:26 - Different Suppliers/China Pricing Compared To NZ

23:14 - Pricing Clothing Correctly

24:20 - Scrbbibe Wears Zerofux/Supporting People On The Come Up

25:45 - Life In Timaru/Aucklanders Not Knowing Where Timaru Is

27:36 - Chad Doesnt Sell Much Clothing At Hip-Hop Gigs

29:21 - Chad Wants To Do Zerofux Full Time

30:35 - Zerofux Podcast

31:30 - Printing & Packing Orders

33:16 - Chad Is Non-Stop Working/Time Vs Dollar Figure

34:56 - Broke Artist Podcast’s Exposure Of Zerofux/

36:37 - Engaged Followers As Opposed To Vanity Metrics

38:52 - Being The Face Of The Brand

40:30 - Doing Posters/Wanting To Hire People

42:58 - Tall Poppy Syndrome/Kiwis Easily Influenced By Americans

44:38 - Talkback Radio/Negativity Is Everywhere

45:40 - Ryan Lovins

47:50 - Not Wanting To Live With Regret

49:09 - Positive People

50:31 - Being Influenced By Your Environment/Breaking The Negative Cycle

53:14 - Venturing Outside Of Your Comfort Zone

54:56 - Everything Is Possible But It Requires Time & Patience

55:54 - NZ Rises To The Occasion

56:43 - Zerofux Receives Orders From Overseas

57:24 - Where To Follow Zerofux Clothing