Hummingbird Recording studio

So cool to see the young bands perform at the Rockquest regional final this evening!

Happy to share this new track made in the studio called "Looking South" by Norm Lovelock. Norm played Ukulele and sang. Great songwriting and it paints a picture of what it might have been like in the old West Coast Goldrush days.

https://open.spotify.com/track/0b3viAoPSgvNVTddVDkGb9?si=9a959e365fcf4aea

Proud to share the latest song produced in Hummingbird Recording Studio! Shenae.music wrote this a few years ago and won a songwriting award at Rockquest.

It's her first single and there's more to come. Give a talented and hardworking local artist a like, follow and a play!

She's be fun to work with and we look fwd to playing some more of her songs this coming Sunday at the NZ Music Month gig.

https://open.spotify.com/album/7g8apHGVCVb6d7vLMBsHSW?si=FKrPxf1yRk-oaGKgEv34Aw&fbclid=IwY2xjawR8is5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFnTFlUUTFWTVYwbm5XdEZRc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHjC5pmlDIjrjj1iO2UyAj0JwDMEDdWcq5nPgH1k-Cqmb_jcRIcQetUfw1dU7_aem_LqRBBXVGt6kqcE3ZN2a6Fg&nd=1&dlsi=acd832a13f1e4c13

The Ballad of Miss Mary Jones - Single by Shenae | Spotify Shenae · single · 2026 · 1 songs

Enjoying working with such talented kiwi artists. Helping them shape a song into a beautiful recording.

The first step is always the same… play the song to me on guitar or piano. From this I can tell if the song is ready or needs work.

Shenae Speedy writes great songs and is working towards releasing some singles before she travels to USA then finishing off an EP when she returns.

Proud to share this song we finished this week in the studio. Powerful songwriting!

https://open.spotify.com/album/3RrS2bym1VHkbYASgKnEx3?si=m3SQif4pRWex1lUFCmrjow

Anzac Cove - Single by Wild Rose Chance | Spotify Wild Rose Chance · single · 2026 · 1 songs

Interesting article in Stuff. Artists beware what you are expecting when you sign with record labels. These days it’s really up to the artist to do the promotion and management (unless things are so hectic and you’re in hot demand of course!)

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360962859/death-thousand-cuts-jazz-musician-claims-nz-record-label-promised-lots-delivered-little?fbclid=IwZnRzaARIHSBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeiy2fEfz1dqRYk2Hd_Iiu5DZkMCubO0I7hopNkXW8yurqzOP-T_Rhfh5e0Mc_aem_0sDLrofFFo_-sUiRijT5wg

‘Death by a thousand cuts’: Artist hits out at NZ record label Kelvin Roy says Do It Management’s pedigree working with major international artists excited him, but things turned sour soon after he signed his music over.