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New Zealand actor, director and playwright Alison Quigan is a class act and an absolute professional. Best known for her seven years playing Shortland Street receptionist Yvonne Jeffries, Allison has an impressive and varied career and we had an immensely enjoyable conversation with her. This is a good one!

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Michael Bennett is a writer and director who’s work includes Matariki, Outrageous Fortune, The Lost Children, Kerosene Creek, Cow and Street Legal. We discuss his approach to his craft, his early years as well as his involvement with wrongly convicted Teina Pora. This was a really interesting conversation. Enjoy!

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We caught up with Nick Granville before a show in Wellington. Nick is a professional guitarist who has forged a career in the music business through innovation, strategy and determination. We discuss his beginnings and the ins and outs of how he’s approached his career. This is definitely a guy to learn from. Great chat. 

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It’s our 20th episode and we have a great guest to celebrate. Karl Steven rose to fame as singer for Supergroove. These days he writes movie sound tracks and performs with his new band The Drab Doo-Riffs. We discuss the process of writing for screen, the beginnings, endings and re-beginnings of Supergroove and a lot more. 

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Today we talk to producer and engineer Nick Poortman. Nicks passion and dedication to his work is evident. We discuss his time at York Street Studios, working alongside Greg Haver and Clint Murphy, the time he accidentally deleted a job, entitled attitudes, his entrepreneurial approach and playing the recorder to win girls. Do it!

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Joe Bagale is a professional musician based in San Francisco. He’s a multi-instrumentalist with a wide music vocabulary and a great attitude towards life and music. We chat about music, running bands, growing up in a musical family, getting lessons from Steve Gadd and jamming with Stevie Wonder. 

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Dr. Mike Ashby is an author and a business expert. He’s also a huge music fan and plays in a band on the side. We thought it would be interesting to sit down with him and discuss music and business and the business of music - and we were right. We talk time management, record contracts, Uber, Spotify, his new book and a whole lot more.

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In this episode we chat to guitarist Ty Tabor from legendary US band Kings X. Ty Tabor and bandmates Doug Pinnick and Jerry Gaskill started Kings X in the early 1980s and became one of the most innovative and respected bands in modern rock. We discuss their early years, paying their dues, his approach to soloing, his guitar tone, The Beatles and his love of vinyl.

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Justin Maclaren is the dynamic and energetic frontman and manager of the touring show AutoMatic 80s. This is a really fun and interesting conversation, recorded in front of a fireplace just before we headed off to play a show. We discuss the behind the scenes of Automatic 80s, touring with Alanis Morissette and Garbage, building stage props and there’s even a special appearance by the babysitter!

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Today we talk to legendary jazz and fusion musician Nathan Haines. We discuss his open minded approach to music, the pointless concept of ‘genre’, playing at Ronnie Scotts, John Scofield, seeing Miles Davis live, writing and recording, balancing his career and family life and his background growing up in a very musical family and his natural progression in to music. 

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