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Kasey Chambers

earthman — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:47:07 GMT

Heres some Kasey Chambers, shes not a Kiwi but shes from our west island (Australia), Rumor has it she grew up traveling the outback with her family, sleeping on a van. Her Dad was a fox hunter. Hes also a great country musician along with her brother. She has played with some of the great muso's of the world and recently released an album with Shane Nicholson but heres a few of her earlier tunes. I cant find a vid of the one I like the best called "we're all gunna die someday"

ragamuffin children

earthman — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:38:40 GMT

These young ladies are another great team coming up through the mist over here in Aotearoa, Ive seen them live a couple of times as a duo and with a band, they do a great performance, very convincing, kinda reminds me of early T.Rex, lyrically they take you into a world of fairies and pixies and all things magical.

Chanelle Davis and Daniel Munro

earthman — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:26:05 GMT

I met these two very talented young people at some songwriting awards last year here in Aotearoa, Chanelle won the awards and Daniel came second. They were both extremely good. I met them at the same awards again this year as we all had songs in the top 10 again. No luck for any of us this year but I'm keen to see these two get some traction, Daniel has opened for Eric Clapton on tour over here and Chanelle has represented the NZ music industry at the Sydney song summit this year. They are solo muso's and sound great together and seem like great young ambassadors for Kiwi music so I thought I would give them a plug. Heres a pretty honest impromptu home vid of them both

Independent Music Awards

earthman — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:33:39 GMT

Hey my song "the gas is gone" just got voted by the people out there as the best song in the social action section of the Independent Music Awards in the Vox Poll so if any of you guys voted for it or know someone that did Im saying thank you! Take a listen if ya wanna

shaynmo

earthman — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:50:13 GMT

This line up is Shayn Wills guitar, Harmonica and vocals, Freddie Limbert drums and Bullfrog Rata bass, these guys are working what I call the coal face of the NZ music scene, that is Pubs, Parties, cafes, festivals and anywhere else they can. They can go at that pace for many hours and each of them is a legend over here in their own right. they once played for 5 hours non stop at my roof on party, nearly blew the dam roof back off! I will post a vid of Bullfrog next up. sorry for the bad quality vid but it was all I could find

Athur brown

earthman — Sat, 10 May 2008 19:17:50 GMT

I remember as a kid going into the record shop and sing the first few lines of this to the owner to try and identify the song, he thought I was nutty, as you do.

Blindspot

earthman — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:42:59 GMT

Heres a track from Blindspot, another Kiwi treasure, this one is a few years old and was written for one of band members brothers who was dieing from cancer. These boys blend a wide variety of styles

Darcy Clay

earthman — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:44:04 GMT

Well Ive been pretty quiet lately so I thought Id drop this one on ya's Darcy Clay was reputed to be a pretty crazy guy and died not a long time after this was taken I belive. It got very popular over here for a while

Dave Dobbyn

earthman — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:10:13 GMT

I thought Id post you this guy, hes been writing these mighty ballads since I was about 18. The first one is not the original vid but its got some nice scenery from the south island down here in NZ. The next one is another of my favorites, this guy has come out with anthem after anthem, many of them reflecting Kiwi isms hes one our greatest muso's in my opinion

No Woman No Cry

earthman — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:01:08 GMT

I was on you tube watching this to try and learn it for a music club thing and I felt compelled to post it.

Ryan Adams

earthman — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:19:35 GMT

Just finished soaking in a full hot bath, lying back listening to Ryan Adams. Lavender oil in the burner, candles burning and a beer. I dont think a week has gone by with out 2 or 3 listens to Ryan Adams in the two or three years since Ive was introduced to his stuff. I bought all the CD's I could find of his. This one of my favorites, it misses Emmylou Harris as on the Cd version but its raw and real. Cant remember or find which Cd its off right now.

Bic Runga

earthman — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:05:07 GMT

Heres another one of our Kiwi singer songwriters, shes done some great stuff over the years and she has a sister who's pretty good as well.

Headless Chickens

earthman — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:52:52 GMT

Heres another kiwi favorite of mine,from the 80's. I met the Gas guy in a pub one night, he had just done a really bizarre poetry gig. I was telling him about a movie I had seen, he interrupted me to tell me that he was the main actor, that kinda floored me, I stood back and sure enough, how bizarre. Anyway he turned up in this music vid a year or two later.

Just a counrty boy

earthman — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:42:10 GMT

I just finished extracting honey and I'm all sticky all over, solar panels haven't heated the water enough for a warm shower yet so I'm surfin. I grew up in a small rural area and over the years the farms have been subdivided up and urban folk have migrated into the fields, it causes a bit of grief as we all try to adjust to each others reality but the land usually wins the battle. Heres a song I wrote about that transition called walking into you. Maybe I posted it before, cant remember. Heres a pic of us practicing in my dirt house.

Fish and chip friday

earthman — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:24:49 GMT

Heres another Katchafire Vid for you guys, Fish and chips is a common friday dinner down here. look out for katchafire at the South by southwest festival in Austin Texas. Take your skankin shoes, they can move a crowd like a good dog moves a herd of cattle

Who are we?

earthman — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:04:44 GMT

I want to say thanks to all you people who wade through the music of the world and have the courage to say "here listen to this". You get an insight into people from their music and their words and I reckon their are some pretty cool people out here in MOG land. You could be axe murderers for all I know but I get the feeling not! I came here after finding out Fox owned myspace, I came here to move away from my creativeness being stifled by profit strategies. I have a feeling the Rhapsody connection is on the same path, even if I wanted to pay to have this music I cant because Rhapsody doesn't operate in NZ. As some of you are aware I am a musician, I don't believe in stealing stuff but I do believe that musicians are not "GODS" they are people painting a musical picture of what they see out there in the world, our world. I appreciate both the giving and receiving and one is not possible without the other and that is the yin and yang of it. If I like a song or two off a CD I will seek it out and buy it or preferably go to a live performance. We are doing some great advertising and this is part of the trade off. What really gets up my nose is middle men, money counters that have big bank accounts and no soul, who feed off real people like parasites. Im asking you all are they driving this MOG thing? I will leave you all today with a poem I wrote a few years back.

Obituary for truth

Lets have three minutes silence For our friend the truth Beaten into submission Battered beyond recognition Committed to the institution Of denial and obstruction Reluctantly succumbing To the systematic destruction Once know to all humanity As the pinnacle of honesty Finally destroyed By the manipulation monastery

ps. My name is Dean Murray, I live in the country in New Zealand where I grow my own fruit, veges and meat, Ive got four great kids and a lovely wife. I have a really slow "high speed" internet connection and deep love of community both local and global

Andrew White

earthman — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:06:09 GMT

Went off to my little old music club last night and Andrew White was the guest artist. Hes about the best guitar player I have seen up close so Im giving you a couple of different vids of him. If your interested in the club check out "Kapiti Live music club", if your coming over to New Zealand then let me know and come and stay with my me in our earth house and play for us!

D Dub - Maori Boi

earthman — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:48:44 GMT

Blowing in the wind. Try this one, id call this pretty well pacific styles. this reminds me of all the locals singing around the guitar in the local pub

The phoenix Foundation

earthman — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:39:28 GMT

Heres another Kiwi band, The Phoenix Foundation. They played at the Organic River festival a year ago. Great variation of sound from these guys,kinda like Pink Floyd meets the country

fishing song (CD Version)

earthman — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:44:54 GMT

Heres the finished version, yeah I know I put them back to front but Im a country guy and its late. Groon this is all for you dude

watching the baby grow

earthman — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:40:42 GMT

Heres the first cut of "the fishing song" followed by the finished version, off my Yeah Nah CD Mainly because I haven't done anymore work on the recent stuff but its coming. by the way Brya and Jacko are my two youngest kids

Shayn Wills

earthman — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:36:01 GMT

This guy is good buddy of mine hes the real Mc Coy, recently moved down my way and its a real pleasure to have around. Shayn lives on a small block of land beneath the Akatarawa ranges with his partner and two children, building himself up cool lifestyle, Nick named "hurricane" because he can blow you away. We are working on a filtering plant for used vege oil to run our diesels on, mine trucks already done and Im helping Shayn convert his, thats what happens when you mix country boys with the hippies

Anika Moa

earthman — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:05:26 GMT

Anika Moa is one of my favorite female NZ artists, she was signed by a major label a few years back, went off to USA, didn't like it and told me to stick it and came home. These days she can be seen at many festival and music events, real down to earth young woman, this is off her first album, Kei te Mihi

Once

earthman — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:57:02 GMT

Just got in from the Movies, A mate recommended this movie, you all may have seen it, we get the releases a bit late down here if they arnt huge blockbusters. Anyway this was a great movie with excellent music,it nailed me, I came home and found this on the net.

Reggae revolution

earthman — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:30:06 GMT

heres another great Reggae band form Aotearoa, these guys made it without a recording deal if I remember right. Fat Freddy's Drop, dont ask me abou the name but they do a great show

I just wanna be a muso

earthman — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:55:11 GMT

Often musicians and artists who haven't become "Gods" are supported by their partners, or family or work days in the factory and play for love in the nights. Sometimes if you have a smart government you can get funded by them. In New Zealand we have a few schemes where you can apply for funding, but there is not much to go around a heap people. I recently spent 3 whole days stuck at this dam computer writing two funding applications, Im a song writer not a report writer and man they are a mile apart, lucky for me a friend changed my words from a story to a pretty smart application, it wont know for 3 months if the very slim chance I have will pay off but at the end I did begin to understand why you have to write what seemed like total obvious crap, they cant see whats going on in my head (luckily) and they don't know me from a bar of soap. Last of all I gave them my MOG address and one of them may check this out so I better be nice, well I am nice but right now I feel like some one has pulled a garden rake over my brain and writing that report did it. Anyway heres Lou Reed look at him long enough and he might smile

Memories of the mid 70's New Zealand music

earthman — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:29:12 GMT

When I was 14 years old in 1974 I remember these guys coming on the newly bought colour TV, I was totally blown away by these guys, Space waltz, Ive still the vinyl in my collection, looks a little dated but then so do I. I Ive also posted the earliest Splitenz Video I can find, they were a couple of years latter in 1976, they have some really bizzare videos,I read somewhere that and Auntie ofone of the band members used to come during their early shows and tap dance, check em out, I showed it to my son and he laughed and said yeah they're Emo's, I suppose all you guys know about Emo's, well I do too now.

One more for the weekend

earthman — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:43:52 GMT

I meet a lady Jane who turned me on to T Rex in about 1980, I bought all his records and thought he was just the man, anyway heres him doing one of his most famous songs, Telegram Sam. Many years later Bauhuas did an awesome cover so Ive put then right next to each other for a little contrast

Good sounds from the west island

earthman — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:07:02 GMT

I stumbled on this guys cd in a music shop,I had heard Powderfinger(the ausiie rock band he sings with) but I was more than surprised to hear what he did in his solo career tea and sympathy is a great cd, filled up with love my baby songs that I would usually take the piss out of but they are done so well. Anyway I caught him live in a small pub in Wellington and it was one of those shows that will always stick in my mind, bloody awesome

U turn time

earthman — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:55:29 GMT

Just when you thought it was safe heres one Aotearoa's great rock bands, Great album "General electric" you got have it as loud as you can stand it and I promise it will take you somewhere

Reggae revotution Katchafire

earthman — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:31:21 GMT

Heres another great Reggae band from Down in Aotearoa.

reggae revolution

earthman — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:14:44 GMT

Over her in Aoteroa(New Zealand we have a really strong reggae movement,it has flavoured many a muso's set list and most are political to some degree. Im reluctant to select any in particular as most are very good but Ive seen these guys a few times and their live show is outstanding so Im starting with them. KORA! this one of their slower more traditional reggae songs, they are touring the world so catch em if you can

watching the baby grow

earthman — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:56:16 GMT

Heres another one of my recently recorded songs that has some growing to do. "Every bodies famous" was inspired by the culture we have in may towns in NZ of waving at the locals as you drive past and often it extends to waving at who ever drives past which can confuse visitors. Its a great custom though and Im sure it happens in many other small towns around the world. Ive have been in other towns in a vehicle that must be similar to a well know local and had every other car waving out, it was so cool when I saw the same old van as mine parked on the hill when I left. Ive got a bit of harmonica to add to this next time I visit the studio

flight of the conchords

earthman — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:00:58 GMT

take a look at these crazy men, they hail from Down here in New Zealand. Unlike Dei Hamo they couldnt get any funding from the government so the split to USA and Ive heard they are doing really well. I just wanna say we do have a sense of humour, the government doesnt, like many other countries eh. Anyway they have heaps os stuff on youtube so check em out You cant beat a laugh

watching the baby grow

earthman — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:01:23 GMT

Well hey, Ive been working on some new recordings and to start with I go off to the studio and record just me and the gat and then Ian from Muddyboots records and I see what jumps to mind for the next step. Sometimes we have done nothing else but usually they take us on a real journey, its hard for me personally to know where that journey might go. I don't often have much more than what I call the bones, the bare melody and words and Ian takes them on the next part of the journey, I get involved when I hear something I like or don't like or get an idea but he's got skills for growing the song and I trust him. Anyway Ive decided that Id like to share the bones with anyone who's reading this and from time to time I'm gunna give you an update on the songs journey. Even better if some of you muso's out there have and idea and a half decent recording device why don't you add something on and send it back to me at murrayz@clear.net.nz Anyway heres my first go at watching the baby grow

reviewers review

earthman — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:00:21 GMT

Here we are all listening to stuff and sharing our thoughts about it. When we stand together and look at the sky do we see the same thing? no one knows but when you see or hear something you think is really cool you want to share it. I want to say thanks to all those people who take a risk and say what floats their boat so the reader can go take a listen or look or taste or whateva All of a sudden I feel Im running out of hours to go meet all the cool people in world. What a time to be alive

The New Gods

earthman — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:39:29 GMT

Have we replaced our old gods with new musical gods? Places like this are full of very interesting stuff about what the new gods are up to. These gods are a little easier to communicate with than the traditional gods, they sing to us, they sleep with each other, they get stoned, arrested, shot, divorced, they get themselves into places we can only dream of, they give us something to look up to. The new gods have lots of power and some of them try to save the world or feed the world and we look further up to them. They write songs about the emotional things that move us. Its not just music either there are sporting gods as well and many others. I wonder if they realise how many people are praying to them and what that means I wonder if they want the job? They do their thing and we pay for it and hang off every word, try to figure out what makes them tick in the hope that its the same thing as us or something similar. They get to play music and make heaps of money. Sounds like a good plan to me but then I like planting the garden and moving the cows, watching my son playing football and lots of other stuff too but I still keep writing songs and secretly deep down inside I hope one day I might be a new god. Anyway heres my Christmas song to cheer you up........................... knot Hey by the way if anyone wants to have the whole "Yeah Nah" CD in electronic version just let me know and I will cyber post it to ya email me at murrayz@clear.net.nz

Andrew White

earthman — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:36:10 GMT

I rolled into the Levin folk club last night, its an old style folk club with old style people in there. They are very passionate about folk music and the room is usually quite full. You put your name on the list if you want to play and they have about 15 of those guys then a main act. Last night they had this guy called Andrew White and Im telling you if you get a chance to see that guy and his viola playing partner do it! He was a guitar maestro, he gave us two hours of breath taking guitar playing. It was like sitting in room with Al Demiola or someone of that caliber. The word was out as there were people on the street and the little old scottish hall was jam packed and silent. Now and again you find your self somewhere pretty special and last night it was my turn

Festivals

earthman — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:27:36 GMT

Over here in Aotearoa (New Zealand) we have some great festivals and two of the better ones are The Organic River Festival and The Parihaka Peace Festival, both of these have a mixture of music, politics, workshops and they are family shows. A family show means to me a place you can cut your kids loose and they are safe. The music crosses all genre and usually you paid bugger all for playing unless your some hot shot act with a good manager. Personally I like to negotiate tickets for my family and go hang out camping for a few days with some mates and I dont care if I get paid but then Im not relying on the money to pay bills in fact music owes me way more than Im likely to ever make out of it but man its given me some out there character building experiences and those are priceless. Ive also been heavily involved in the management of one and I can tell you that can take you to some new places as well, not all good either but then Im guessing all festivals have the politics,lack of money and big ego's to deal with and at the good ones the punters dont notice. One other cool thing is you dont get enough of any muso to get sick of them. support your local festivals, thats one of the places where the music culture is grown

organic river festival 2007

earthman — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:04:26 GMT

Heres a quick look thru the river fest in 2007

nobodies hearing your cries

earthman — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:14:36 GMT

music festivals

earthman — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:11:03 GMT

Just recovered after two weekends camping out at two music festivals. Thats the way to hear music, there will always be a little gem or two in there. Over here most of the performers camp out too so it feels like a little village after a day or so and there is a social aspect to it and that gives the musicians an opportunity to mingle and can reduce the "GOD" effect that listeners often elevate their favorite performers to. anyway heres a vid of me at last years Organic River Festival object width="425" height="355">

live music

earthman — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:34:44 GMT

Theres a big push over here in New Zealand right now to stop people copying music and even thought I spent some serious buck making a CD I gotta say I find it hard to agree with. The recording is a by - product of a decent musician or group of musicians, part of what makes a muso good is their ability to rise up on the stage and deliver something memorable. Most people know when they see it even if they cant quite describe it, or haven't felt it before themselves. I saw Johnny Cash once and I only went because Willie Nelson was there but the truth is Johnny had a buzz going on that I will never forget, so did Willie but Johnny was the head man and everyone knew it. Most of the recordings of his I have heard dont even come close to what he dealt out that night. Record companies have money as their first interest, the more the artist makes the more they make and they are mostly interested in repeating the recipe not growing the artist or nurturing them, of course this is not always the case but mostly. These days a decent recording can be made on a home computer, enough to get the message out, its hard to beat the top vocal mics but the Beatles didn't have such awesome gear but they did ok with the early recordings by being innovative, the rest of the buzz was done on the stage live, so I say record you songs and give em away! heres 1 of mine called the blink of an eye

Its rainning and Im house bound

earthman — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:50:13 GMT

Me and my family just got given a ride home in the neighbors 4x4 cause the roads flooded, I have a song called rain on the roof but we've had enough now thanks, heres one more off yeah nah anyhow

Some more off my Yeah Nah CD

earthman — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:16:31 GMT

Yeah Nah is a saying that I often hear here over here in New Zealand.Its used like " that was a great song and the reply may be yeah nah we thought it could be a winner". So I named my CD that only to find out its a common saying globally??? anyway heres another political song from it, copy it and give it to who eva you like!

Just the beginning

earthman — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:27:08 GMT

Ok so Im 47 and I might be a cyber-dinosaur but I can write stuff, Ive got spell check and man Ive got stuff to say. My best discovery so far this century has been Ryan Adams but I gotta say theres so much awesome music out there you can get dizzy looking. Music and art have always given the makers the freedom to point out what really sucks out there without getting hung and what is totally awesome and everything in between, Im a third generation monetary reformist and I feel compelled to challenge the dictators, war mongers mad capitalists and any other thing or person that looks like wrecking the joint and write a bloody song about it! By this way the first one is me!