Wellington Guitar Luthiers @ Thistle Hall
Wellington Guitar Luthiers put on a great exhibition last week at Thistle Hall in Wellington. The Rock Academy has had a great...
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Geoff Day
Mar 2, 20201 min read
Newtown Tuesday announce plans to record their first E.P
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...
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Geoff Day
Dec 13, 20191 min read
The right guitar to learn on
What guitar is the right guitar for me? Great question and if you have never played guitar before the information you get can vary...
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Geoff Day
Nov 15, 20191 min read
School holiday programme buskers are heard…
Microphone helps singers busk. Adding the portable P.A and microphone to the busking during our school holiday programmes has been a...
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Geoff Day
Nov 5, 20191 min read
School holiday programmes Wellington January 2020
We are running two-holiday programmes in the last two weeks of January. JANUARY 2020 Week 1 👨🎤 Wednesday, 22nd, Thursday 23rd and...
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Geoff Day
Oct 8, 20191 min read
Boys jamming with their bass and guitar on the streets of Wellington
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...
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Geoff Day
Jul 22, 20191 min read
Young Guitarist Shreds
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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Geoff Day
May 22, 20191 min read
Band school and guitar lessons Wellington
For more information about our band school please contact us now: geoff@therockacademy.co.nz
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Geoff Day
May 13, 20191 min read
Live music performance helps with anxiety
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...
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Geoff Day
May 6, 20191 min read
Live performance tips for playing music on stage
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...
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Geoff Day
Apr 29, 20191 min read
Three ways to tune a guitar
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...
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Geoff Day
Apr 21, 20191 min read
Making it easier to play guitar: blog 1
Putting a bit of graphite or pencil lead in your nut can really help with tuning. The strings slide through the nut uninterrupted making...
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Geoff Day
Apr 15, 20191 min read
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Are guitarists the coolest of all the musicians or is it all in their heads? Interesting belief but really the coolest of all the...
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Geoff Day
Apr 8, 20191 min read
Young Wellington guitarists busking during school holiday program April 2019
Holidays are just around the corner! Do you have any young guitarists, singers or keyboardists keen to play some music in the holidays?...
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Geoff Day
Mar 19, 20191 min read
Practice what you preach…
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...
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Geoff Day
Mar 13, 20191 min read
Next generation guitar teachers in Wellington just keep getting better…
Nick V one of our fantastic guitar teachers here with the busking group during the school holidays. Nick is amazing and can play/teach...
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Geoff Day
Feb 28, 20191 min read
Ready for the next challenge…joining a band!
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...
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Geoff Day
Feb 18, 20191 min read
Six string bass? Why not?
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...
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Geoff Day
Feb 12, 20191 min read
Young singer headed for the top
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...
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Geoff Day
Feb 6, 20191 min read
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Music Lessons Wellington – The Rock Academy focuses on finding the offer a half price trial lesson to make sure the pupil and the tutor...
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