http://kristieaddison.com Music by Kristie Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:48:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://kristieaddison.com/transit-of-venus-presents-nosferatu/ 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 ... http://kristieaddison.com/2am-ramble/ 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! :D  Our excuse was the very limited ... http://kristieaddison.com/amperzahn-reunion-gig-on-you-tube/ http://kristieaddison.com/the-rock-factory-5th-birthday-party/ 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 ... http://kristieaddison.com/2008-a-post-mortem-and-goals-for-2009/ 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 ... http://kristieaddison.com/recording-update/ 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 ... http://kristieaddison.com/drum-tracking/ 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 ... http://kristieaddison.com/im-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 ... http://kristieaddison.com/im-playing-a-gig-on-sunday-2/ 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 ... http://kristieaddison.com/guitar-strings/