In 2002 at The package, we published Fine Tuned, a compilation of Christchurch music.
P-Money explains how creative things happen in NZ.
A short history of rap songs that confront the nature of commercial rap and the record industry, amongst other things.
Kiwi music legend and humorist Chris Knox has suffered a major stroke. We all hope he’s ok.
Trent Reznor says some things at a gig in Sydney that aren't exactly going to win him any friends on high but he is totally right. Over the last five years, I have taken great pleasure in watching…
Algorithms are thoughts, chainsaws are tools, and the triumph of the cyborg composer.
Charles Limb and Allen R. Braun have been observing the brains of jazz musicians when they improvise.
How an indie musician can make $19,000 in 10 hours using Twitter says it all.
Still hard to believe that I actually witnessed this. One of the highlights was the band taking to the prelude from Bach's Cello Suite in free jazz fashion - completely unexpected and completely amazing,…
I guess this is only relevant for Illicit headz or my generation of Welli kids who remember Switchblade being quite possibly the best Package cover of all time, but hot damn... Looks like the new…
How David Bowie and the Grateful Dead predicted the arc of internet influence.
“We decided what MySpace would become. They set up a social networking platform, but we as users decided to use it as a music platform.”
‘Respecting Creativity’ encourages teachers to introduce the concept of intellectual property and the debate surrounding copyright issues to a classroom discussion.
Many of us are still conditioned to think of design frameworks in terms of grid systems, Swiss graphic design, and rigid corporate identity systems. The problems with these are similar to the problems…