by JAK | Jun 17, 2024 | culture, music
Back in the 80’s one of my flatmates worked for a high end audio store. He would sell Linn turntables and similar for what seemed like an absolute fortune. The payoff for our house was that we got to try out some great speaker / amplifier combinations of all...
by JAK | Apr 28, 2018 | culture
There is a family story about the Von Tempsky violin which had been owned by my great grandfather Tim Howard until 1898. Apparently the violin was a 1625 Maggini*. Howard had been a policeman and a farmer near Invercargill and by all accounts a good violinist or...
by JAK | Dec 21, 2016 | culture, music
Imagine if we lived in a country where 160,000 kids learned songwriting each week and a few hundred of them even got paid and made a living at it? Sounds far fetched? Apparently around 160,000 New Zealanders play rugby every weekend. I’m guessing most of them...
by JAK | Sep 9, 2015 | culture, industry futures, music
Ever since technology disrupted the distribution business that the music industry had become many have wondered what the future of music looks like. Among the good changes is that many musicians can use social media to engage and represent themselves much more...
by JAK | Dec 21, 2012 | culture, music, TEDx
Here is the 2min TEDxAuckland highlights clip. 17 talks and now its up to you share these ideas with your friends as you see fit. And here is the full music clip free to download if you like it. While checking out Rhian Shian I heard the next clip in that list Enjoy a...
