by JAK | Nov 19, 2012 | culture, music
Mainstream TV in New Zealand seems to think that besides cooking shows, building renovations and talent shows we need to see X factor, Idol, the Voice and various other talent shows. Luckily there is lots of great music around and if you have ears to hear it is easy...
by JAK | Feb 27, 2011 | culture
As a music fan, I love it when I get to work with musicians on their websites. I like it even better when I find a service that really helps musicians in practical ways. Bandcamp is that service. The music industry business model which was really a distribution...
by JAK | Oct 25, 2010 | culture, music
There are many old jokes about music but in my family the one I liked was how “Johnny likes both kinds of music – country & Western. ” So the good news growing up in my house was that we were all drenched in music – the bad news is that...
by JAK | Jan 1, 2008 | big ideas, culture, music
The tradition at this time of the year is to make some kind of predictions. My thesis is that we already know enough about our own history to not only make predictions but to set directions and see them come true. The thing is that most of the time we are not entirely...
