A Fat Freddy’s gig, an hour in the company of Radio NZ‘s best and brightest, and a well-timed care package from a member of my whanau (by choice rather than by birth) and I’m right back in a cafe on Ponsonby Road sipping a long black and humming an SJD tune. You can take the [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
Well, I suppose since I’ve received the official word, it’s safe to make it public. From August, I take up a new post at UCE: Senior Lecturer and Degree Leader in the Music Industries. It’s a busy time of year at UCE. We’re wrapping up the marking, getting things organised for Exam Boards and so [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
I received a message from a MySpace ‘friend’ who is an independent artist working on his third album – a two-disk concept album (remember those?). We’ve been having an ongoing discussion in which I wondered aloud whether CD was the right format. He’s now thinking about making his music available for download – but wondered [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
Web 2.0 is all about leveraging user-generated content. It’s a great strategy and there are many who do it – from Amazon to del.icio.us. But I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen a fan written script make it to production by the object of the fandom – and that seems like an [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
