Jon Jr.

Turns out Tane got his license revoked... The news article is a scream, although the police officer seems a bit munter.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/2422577/Troubled-bar-slapp...

//In a decision released this week, a police officer described Bar Mode as the worst-managed premise she had seen in her 16-year career, and a supporter admitted Mr McLeay was "not the best businessman".//

//Constable Gina Atkinson said she could not understand how Mr McLeay could simultaneously serve at the bar, prepare food, provide security, check identification and fulfil his managerial obligations.//

The cops need to recruit more people with life experience...

Can you guys get the videos back on TVNZ ondemand please? Sunday mornings in bed laughing at the crazy shit on screen haven't been the same since it disappeared...

Ring around your local guitar shops. I don't know about elsewhere, but in Wellington Weta guitars is the one...

Ring around your local guitar shops. I don't know about elsewhere, but in Wellington Weta guitars is the one...

Beyond 2000? Look around you!

WTF? Tane are you trolling to get attention?

Take a risk and cull your songs, to the best of the best. Put out something nice and cheap that people will be willing to shell out for. Offer me an EP for $10 and I'm much more likely to buy it than a $20 album. That's my take on it...

The problem with this as a starting point is that Pirate Bay is effectively a search engine... You can see where that goes.
The other side of this is that the technology becomes sharper and less open. People only get trickier...
From napster to pirate bay?

Totally, wondered where that came from. They had an album recorded just before they broke up, any noise on that?

I loved that album with Rosie Pike on it, was that your last?

Really?

Yeah totally, I was just curious, helping bands heading overseas is a broad stroke...

//Here, Here for your second post on this Jon Jr, totally agree !//

Felt a bit Jeckyl and Hyde there, but I spent $5000 on my course and over 10 K on gear over the last 5 years. I record my friends. I have a PA that my band can practice through in my lounge, but it's the most impressive losing investment i've made. However i'm glad I did it, I quite quickly got my head around it, I didn't want to break up with my girlfriend by going over to Europe and following the scene there, so I made what would in market terms quite possibly be seen as an irrational choice.

Isn't Jake Edwards the (ex) guitarist for Yulia?

Just listening to your myspace. I like bits of what I hear. Why the need to record an album? Tour beforehand, you guys need to play a bit and grow a bit. I like some of what I hear, but anymore than an EP? Sometimes it takes a while to put a definitive album out. I mean Shihad didn't release a first album till 6-7 years into it.

//Did you SEE the state of the toilets at 5am?//

i'm usually gone by 3am, so I guess i've never had that problem...

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/3618565/Steinberg_Nuendo_3.2.0

I'm trained on pro tools. Find something you like and works for you. That's the key.

//If you know any bands that are heading out into the big bad world, then let me know and I'll make sure they get a mention!//

Big call ain't it? And the Koru branch? You're nothing to do with AirNZ?

I was going to diss re: posting an obvious ad, but it actually seems quite good. Do you guys have anything to do with the Bandwagon (local print gig guide)? I know there's competing economies going on, but I like having information as easily at my fingertips as possible.

I've decided to start posting. What's interesting is that since I left nothing has come up to replace NZM. NZM is all about the user generated content. So it starts with me (and you).