Shelley Munro Blog

I mentioned in my post yesterday about how I wear my iPod while walking the dog. It helps pass the time. I love music and have a selection of both New Zealand and Overseas artists playing on mine.

Here’s a mini selection:
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Like most people, I love music. There’s nothing better than driving along with music blasting, walking briskly with music playing through a set of headphones or just sitting and dreaming while listening to some favorite music.

The music scene in New Zealand is blooming with lots of new bands and some great music releasing during the last ten years. In 2000 New Zealand music was given approximately 10% of the airtime with music from overseas (USA, UK & Australia) making up the rest. In 2005 this figure had risen to 23% and I suspect that now in 2008, the percentage of New Zealand music played on radio stations is even higher.

My favorite New Zealand band at the moment is OpShop. Their newly released album is called Second Hand Planet, and if you check out their website you can listen to tracks from the album. Here’s a YouTube of their most recent hit, One Day. It’s number one on itunes in New Zealand.

And here’s a second song, Maybe, from the album with a more interesting video.

Happy listening. I hope you have time to pop back later in the day when I’ll post another He Said, She said - on Playing to Win. The first one is here.