Wellington Guitar Luthiers put on a great exhibition last week at Thistle Hall in Wellington. The Rock Academy has had a great...

Newtown Tuesday had their last gig this weekend at Longbush Festival before they head in the studio to record this debut E.P. Part of the...

What guitar is the right guitar for me? Great question and if you have never played guitar before the information you get can vary...

Microphone helps singers busk. Adding the portable P.A and microphone to the busking during our school holiday programmes has been a...

We are running two-holiday programmes in the last two weeks of January. JANUARY 2020 Week 1 👨‍🎤 Wednesday, 22nd, Thursday 23rd and...

Omar and Luke had a great 3 days at our school holiday programme last week. Omar played the bass guitar for the first time and fell in...

Amazing young guitarist This young guitarist hasn’t shredded his music so to speak. The term ‘shred’ when referred to a guitarist...

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Live performance is great for kids suffering from every day anxiety. Otto plays guitar in one of our young bands (10 years old) and his...

Live performance tips: The main thing to focus on is having fun. It doesn’t matter how many people come to your show all that matters is...

Tuning a guitar. There are a few ways to tune a guitar and today we are going to look at three of them.. 1. From an instrument like a...

Putting a bit of graphite or pencil lead in your nut can really help with tuning. The strings slide through the nut uninterrupted making...

Are guitarists the coolest of all the musicians or is it all in their heads? Interesting belief but really the coolest of all the...

Holidays are just around the corner! Do you have any young guitarists, singers or keyboardists keen to play some music in the holidays?...

Practice what you preach. The owner of The Rock Academy is still playing live and doesn’t intend on stopping anytime soon. Oh and he...

Nick V one of our fantastic guitar teachers here with the busking group during the school holidays. Nick is amazing and can play/teach...

Luke has been busking a few times now and is ready for the next challenge…joining a band! It is something every young musician should...

Six sing bass? Why not? It’s lots of fun playing a six string bass as apposed to a four stringed bass. More strings, more notes, more...

Liv Calder is a young singer headed for the top. This girl has a great future with her voice. A very relaxed mature disposition and a joy...

Music Lessons Wellington – The Rock Academy focuses on finding the offer a half price trial lesson to make sure the pupil and the tutor...