Transit of Venus presents Nosferatu

TRANSIT OF VENUS PROJECT presents ‘NOSFERATU’

A special screening of the original vampire classic with new music written and performed live by Transit of Venus.

Auckland rock band Transit of Venus are performing a very special one-night show on November 26th where they provide an all new soundtrack to F.W. Murnau’s legendary silent vampire [...]

2am Ramble

I am well and truly back in work mode after a fantastic and long overdue holiday in Dubai. I arrived home a couple of weeks ago and cleared (but not necessarily filed) a huge backlog of paperwork. Then got to work on various more serious things for a while. Not until the [...]

Amperzahn Reunion gig on You Tube

Last June my former band Amperzahn reformed for a one off gig for Keyboardist Michelle’s birthday party, and the set was caught on camera.  I have finally got around to uploading the videos onto YouTube and here they are…  Stuff ups and all!   Our excuse was the very limited amount of practice we [...]

The Rock Factory 5th Birthday Party!

2008 – A post mortem. And goals for 2009

Just a quick post as I’ve run off my feet trying to get things finished before I take off to Dubai for 3 weeks.  Last year I didn’t set any New Years resolutions again, but if I could go back in time and set some these are what they’d be
1.  Leave my job [...]

Recording Update

Here is a sneak preview for Meatmarket.  This is just a premix so don’t start getting all picky on it just yet
It’s 7:30am on a Saturday morning.  I resisted the urge to sleep till 11 since I have a friend coming to record some bass tracks this morning and I need time to [...]

 
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Drum Tracking

Spent a large part of the weekend recording drums for my album.  Got in Tory Staples, the drummer from my old band Amperzahn.  He’s currently playing for a few other artists including one of my fav NZ bands ‘Battle Circus‘.  I had planned to record drums at our fav recording studio The Rock Factory, but [...]

I’m playing a gig on Sunday

Theoretically I’m spending Sunday afternoon and Sunday night recording Tory Staples on drums for my album.  However in reality we will be escaping the studio for a while for a gig.  The gig is at The Crib Bar 151 Ponsonby Road, Auckland New Zealand, kicks off around 6pm and I’d love to see you there! [...]

I’m playing a gig on Sunday

Theoretically I’m spending Sunday afternoon and Sunday night recording Tory Staples on drums for my album.  However in reality we will be escaping the studio for a while for a gig.  The gig is at The Crib Bar 151 Ponsonby Road, Auckland New Zealand, kicks off around 6pm and I’d love to see you there! [...]

Guitar Strings

How important are guitar strings when it comes to getting the sound you want?  I’ve always thought it rather daft to own a nice guitar but leave it strung up with old dull strings. During my time working as a guitar tech I would get very frustrated with the customers who came in wanting their [...]