oh man, i am bad at cheese... but i'll try.

i have met alot of awesome people and made some great friends through this website. i like how willing everyone is to help other nzmers out, like how manamana is dropping me, tama, (and carl?) home after the foos gig because otherwise we'd be sleeping in the gutters of k rd like a bunch of hobos (no pressure mana). its like a big family in here. can you feel the love?

nice topic jimi.

Ditto Jimi, I thought it was so cool how we all got on awesomely. About other members? It's also so cool when people defend or back you in the little negative fights ;-)
& on NZ music, I just grin when I see the Cusp photos in Blink's magazine, especially flying Liam Finn, 'cos NZ musicians are so full of energy and passionate about their music and live gigs.

NZMusic.com has been awesome for me, a wicked resourse on every possible nz band i've wanted to know about and whiling away the time when I was in hospital by posting day in and day out in the forums. Honestly it kept me sane.

I've also met alot of great NZM people at gigs, who have introduced me to other bands that I may not have ever known about.

Cheers NZM!:)

wow.

what a cool thing to stumble into this morning and read. makes me feel very stoked. I almost feel like the community is coming of age, speaking with a sense of its own heritage. unreal.

it's especially cool as we are rushing around to get stuff done before our plane for the 'rock n roll tour of a lifetime' boards tonight.

it's especially cool also as we are going to hit the 5000 kick-arse NZMusic-addict members mark (in the words of D4 - party - yes, the 5000 party, its just gotta happen...)

its especially cool as its probably the last post i'll read until Queens play on my 30th b'day in Sydney. a great buzz to fuel the plans for the future and keep us stoked IN BETWEEN SEEING THE BEST ROCK IN THE WORLD EVERY NIGHT!!!! OMG *freakin out*

What a couple of weeks its goin to be - a long needed break, but a little hard as NZM is going off.

Everyone be super nice to Joe, who's working through on the really really cool new stuff coming your way soon.

Jimi, great stuff, cheers noizy for that "ramble" -awesome coming from you bro!

I hope we can show the big intake of new members what all this magic in NZMusic is all about, you know that magic that was there before the hype, the deals, the bandwagon etc, it's all good.

velocity you are a model citizen, you should be nominated for honorary kiwi. great post.

Travelling around, I've missed not being able to have access through the day to NZMusic as conversations develop - coming in at wierd times when I have a pause and a net cafe, I feel I've been missing out - I guess that's a pretty good sign that this is a good community and one I feel part of, even if, with one or two exceptions, there's almost no-one my age here. Its great that it exists on fairy dust - there is a lot of love behind the scenes that keeps this place functioning, and I think we all need to acknowledge that.

As for NZ music, there are various grumblers about but I don't know if it has ever been healthier - it seems to be spreading out in all sorts of genres, with new bands/groups/artists popping up all the time, international success, things like the Cusp and other NZ music events, more and more of our own sounds on the radio, and not just student radio.

There are specific individuals here who make a great difference to the place by adding their own particular spark or enthusiasm, and some who have been specifically kind to me - like Jon Jr, aka, iluvtheclean and Heather. And then there's Velocity, who is in a class of her own!

There's no way I would have gotten the chance to meet a lot of you guys, and even if I did, possibly I wouldn't take the time out to get to know some of you, and that would have been a shame. It's been wonderful to befriend people based on our common love of kiwi music, without the extra parameters that affect your perception of a person - age, ethnicity, the clothes we wear, the friends with whom we hang out, whatever.

Probably some of us won't really hit it off if and when we actually meet up. However, the people I've met virtually will always be friends with whom I can laugh and argue and just spend time on these forums.

Love yiz all. myshkin, velocity, Dr Gymkhana, Megaccino, Prozaco, manamana, DJ Will, AchillesHeel, ocphuman, Stefan, Blindspott#1, dust, Teina, blink, Joe, Andoru, chunnsta, tclak, trixie, Tiffany, robyn, escy... you've all had an impact on me. That's just off the top of my head so there are plenty of names I'll have missed out. Don't feel bad...

It's quite weird to turn up at a gig and say "ummm... I've got this problem - a friend of mine is on tonight, however, I've never met her, I don't know what she looks like - as a matter of fact I don't even know her name. Whatever shall I do?" Fortunately for me Dr Gymkhana was the only chick performing last night.