Hamish Oliver
@hamisholiver.bsky.social
Lecturer in Screen Sound, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Composer for games/film/television/theatre, arranger, musical director, performer, music technologist. Winner of APRA Professional Development Award www.hamisholiver.com
Sung to the tune of The Bangles’ classic (that immediately started playing in my head)
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Sung to the tune of The Bangles’ classic (that immediately started playing in my head)
Always a sign of a good time, a melodica.
October 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Always a sign of a good time, a melodica.
It’s beautiful stuff indeed. Hmmm have you come across The Church? (apart from theirs very well-known late 80s song). Another luscious band that’s been around for a lifetime it seems.
October 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
It’s beautiful stuff indeed. Hmmm have you come across The Church? (apart from theirs very well-known late 80s song). Another luscious band that’s been around for a lifetime it seems.
I’ve been so into Slowdive over the last year or so (thanks to my son reminding me about them), and it was VERY pleasing to suddenly hear some coming from my car stereo yesterday - from a RADIO station. Very impressive and unexpected.
October 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I’ve been so into Slowdive over the last year or so (thanks to my son reminding me about them), and it was VERY pleasing to suddenly hear some coming from my car stereo yesterday - from a RADIO station. Very impressive and unexpected.
(oh, shame - climate police sounded potentially useful)
October 12, 2025 at 8:59 AM
(oh, shame - climate police sounded potentially useful)
Yikes. Glad for the warning, will watch out for this person. Thanks all.
September 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Yikes. Glad for the warning, will watch out for this person. Thanks all.
I just had to find out more about this production - an intriguing idea (I read a review).
September 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I just had to find out more about this production - an intriguing idea (I read a review).
Well there's the very famous Billy who I think could be a teenager - "Now Billy, Billy, don't you lose my number 'Cause you're not anywhere that I can find you..."
August 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Well there's the very famous Billy who I think could be a teenager - "Now Billy, Billy, don't you lose my number 'Cause you're not anywhere that I can find you..."
Apart from his on-the-spot wit and eloquence, I enjoyed and appreciated an artist being unashamedly political between songs (I guess artists and performers we see often politely hint at the issues the music might be portraying). Stirring emotions occurred in me upon the strong affirmative response.
August 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Apart from his on-the-spot wit and eloquence, I enjoyed and appreciated an artist being unashamedly political between songs (I guess artists and performers we see often politely hint at the issues the music might be portraying). Stirring emotions occurred in me upon the strong affirmative response.
Yes true (my Town Hall debut was on descant recorder…) - I was thinking that a lot of people in the crowd may NOT have had the experience of group singing, and possibly been stunned by it. 2248 people singing sounded amazing (2 empty seats near us), even if it was likely part-sheepish in projection.
August 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Yes true (my Town Hall debut was on descant recorder…) - I was thinking that a lot of people in the crowd may NOT have had the experience of group singing, and possibly been stunned by it. 2248 people singing sounded amazing (2 empty seats near us), even if it was likely part-sheepish in projection.
And it was because of Anchor Me that I wondered if there’d be a lot of people heading away afterwards feeling like they’d had an unforgettable and unique experience - near the end, Alex van den Broek’s impressive arrangement stripped itself back and Don encouraged us to sing. People sang - a lot.
August 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
And it was because of Anchor Me that I wondered if there’d be a lot of people heading away afterwards feeling like they’d had an unforgettable and unique experience - near the end, Alex van den Broek’s impressive arrangement stripped itself back and Don encouraged us to sing. People sang - a lot.
CAPTCHA: Select the squares that contain only books that look like diffusion panels.
August 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
CAPTCHA: Select the squares that contain only books that look like diffusion panels.
SECURITY ANSWER: reasonably secure, unless your address and alarm code are visible somewhere in the picture.
August 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
SECURITY ANSWER: reasonably secure, unless your address and alarm code are visible somewhere in the picture.
I keep noticing all the back-holding he does during normal handshakes. Seems to be a habit.
August 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I keep noticing all the back-holding he does during normal handshakes. Seems to be a habit.