As part of the 2014 Melbourne Festival, Sydney’s Shaun Parker & Company presented Am I, an ambitious dance production featuring the music of Nick Wales. Greg Phillips caught up with Nick on the set of the show to discuss the creation of the music and how he tries find that…
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WATCH/NICK WALES – MUSIC COMPOSER – ‘AM I’ Dance production
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Post Date - November 30, 2014
Steinberg UR44 Audio Interface
Posted in Computer (Software, plug-ins), Gear, Sound (PA, mixer, mics, recording)
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Post Date - November 30, 2014
Product: Steinberg UR44 Audio Interface Reviewer: Christopher Steller Distributor: Yamaha Australia Steinberg’s UR-Series interfaces have been around for a few years now, with their higher end units paving the way for the now ubiquitous UR22. I’ve had some students and clients working with the UR22 in the last couple of…
RAILWAY HOTEL BRUNSWICK BACK ON TRACK
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Post Date - November 28, 2014
Great to see that the Railway Hotel in Brunswick (Melbourne) at 291 Albert St, has been back in action for a few weeks now, providing yet another quality venue for artists and punters to enjoy. Next week the hotel will be hosting two record launches; The Horns (Friday) and The…
KINGS OF CHAOS CURRENT LINE UP A SPIN OUT!
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Post Date - November 28, 2014
The new lineup of supergroup Kings of Chaos includes: Steven Tyler, Billy Gibbons, Robin Zander, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum, Gilby Clarke and Nuno Bettencourt. The band are currently at Sun City in South Africa performing the songs of Aerosmith, Guns n Roses, ZZ Top, Cheap Trick, Extreme and more. The…
BEST SINGER/GUITARIST POLL. VOTE FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A YAMAHA GUITAR
Posted in Gear, Special Features
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Post Date - November 27, 2014
Vote now in our Best Australian & International Singer/Guitarist Poll for a chance to win a Yamaha FG650MSLTD Solid Top Acoustic Guitar. We’ve all seen the polls for best guitarist, the shred meisters and tone masters. The best frontman polls have also been done to death. But what about those…
OUR 2014 ARIA AWARDS WRAP
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Post Date - November 27, 2014
by Greg Phillips The 2014 ARIA Awards have been run and won and there’s nothing left to do but examine them, so let’s do that. Arguments about how the ARIAs are televised aside (I’ll get to that in a minute), the awards do spotlight Australia’s increasingly important contribution to the…
HAMISH ANDERSON’S ‘RESTLESS’ YEARS
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Post Date - November 26, 2014
It wasn’t so long ago that singer, songwriter and guitarist Hamish Anderson was hawking his undiscovered bluesy wares on Triple J’s Unearthed. Now he flits between Melbourne and LA, recording and performing with some of the world’s finest musicians. As he tells Greg Phillips, life ain’t so bad at all….
ALLANS BILLY HYDES CEO SPEAKS ABOUT THE $1.5m VAULT COLLECTION
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Post Date - November 25, 2014
Earlier today we announced news of the sale of The 1.5 million dollar Vault Collection of rare guitars. It’s a private collection of guitars compiled over the years by Allans Billy Hydes/AMI Gibson CEO Con Gallin. It’s a collection of limited edition signature guitars and other rarities, some with very…
THE VAULT 1.5 MILL GUITAR COLLECTION FOR SALE
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Post Date - November 25, 2014
Are you a complete guitar nut with a spare 1.5 Million dollars on you? If so, you might want to purchase The Vault, a private collection of some of the most valuable guitars in the world being made available by Allans Billy Hydes. Featured in this collection, which is to…
MATON MANIA AT MALL MUSIC
Mall Music’s Macquarie Centre has an amazing range of Maton guitars on display. Ricky Barton, Mall Music’s resident guitar expert show us what they’ve got in stock. www.mallmusic.com.au