First of all i must apologize for my lack of postings of late, but i do have a valid excuse. Honest. So you might remember when this site launched last year we kicked it off with a series called 'Beats In Our Backyard'. The series profiles different ethnicities that live in New Zealand and more importantly their music culture.
Remember when you'd be at your family reunion and your Uncle busted out a Conga Line, and you got so embarrassed ? Or that time you went to that dodgy club on holiday with your family back in the mid 90's and it was full of drunk germans doing the Macarena and it made you cringe so bad you felt a little bit sick? Of course, you do.
So another one of the lectures that I was lucky enough to host in Madrid at the Red Bull Music Academy - and this time with one of the coolest ladies I know - Merrill Nisker aka Peaches.
So i've just been back less than a week from what was without a doubt the most inspiring two weeks of my life at the Red Bull Music Academy which was in Madrid, i've been lucky enough to be in attendance at a few academies now - starting with Sao Paulo in Brazil in 2002 and every academy up to the Melbourne edition back in 2006.
So as of Sunday night the second term of the international Red Bull Music Academy kicked off at a former slaughterhouse called the 'Matidero' in Madrid Spain. It's been a few years since i've been asked back to be a part of the team here, and I gotta say it's pretty cool to be back.
So you know how everyone always goes on about how the 'travel' part of travelling sucks and being in airports is horrible and why is New Zealand so far away etc etc - I was always the guy that didn't mind the travel part, I always managed to find some adventures in there and you generally always meet some interesting people that have some pretty cool stories to tell.
