It’s long past time for a return to a reoccurring topic in my writing - discussing the band King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard at length!1
This time I thought it would be a good excuse to continue developing the visual channels of Mt Noise by setting up the GoPro and filming my brain dump. The resulting unedited sprawl was over 40mins long lol.
I wouldn’t subject you to that unless we were a few Milk Stouts deep with nowhere to be. Which new aren’t. We could be though?
Anyway, I continue to believe that there is an incredible amount every musician and band can learn from the Australian powerhouse.
In this episode I discuss the core concepts of:
Predictability & Ease of Categorisation
Scarcity Selling v Abundance
The Lack of Trust in Audiences by Bands.
I also use the words ‘hegemonic’ and ‘embodiment’ entirely earnestly.
If you’re an artist or music industry adjacent human bean who consumes Industry Advice then you’ll most likely enjoy this episode, and possibly hear some things on the topic that aren’t traditionally talked about in NZ Music Month panels.
If you prefer you can also watch / listen to this episode on the More Noise YouTube channel.
And if you’d like to connect musically with King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard I would recommend watching any one of their recent live shows they’ve been filming and posting on YouTube.
They also have an entire second Spotify account called ‘Bootleg Gizzard’ that hosts the live albums of almost every set they play.
I recommend getting into the band through their live material however if you do want to listen to something from the studio my personal go-to records are ‘Polygondwanaland’, ‘Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms & Lava’, or ‘Im In Your Mind Fuzz’
Rock on, and thanks for being here!
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