Angus has many years experience in the audio industry, and is regarded as one of New Zealand's top mastering engineers. He joined the teaching staff at MAINZ full-time in 2002.
Daryl has been a professional musician for 13 or so years in Grindcore legends "Malevolence" as well as various side projects including Prisondethfux, Masters of Metal, Lagerwerfer, Diswomble and 2-Days-Old. He started recording 4 and 8 track demos at high school many moons ago, and having completed a Diploma of Audio Engineering in 2000 started freelancing in various studios for a variety of bands. In addition to studio engineering he has toured the country extensively as a musician and as livesound engineer for international acts and has been the official "Sound Engineer for Satan" at the annual Satanfest in (Anti-) Christchurch for the last few years.
Prior to joining MAINZ at the start of 2002, Dave was a freelance live sound engineer, having toured the length and breadth of the country for more than 20 years. He has worked with countless acts including: the Exponents, Greg Johnson, Sir Howard Morrison, John Rowles, Garageland, Breathe, Savant, Tadpole, and betchadupa. During that time he also owned and managed PA hireage and flightcase manufacturing companies. Dave remains current in the industry by working part-time for College Hill Productions, one of New Zealand's largest sound companies, as well as freelance sound engineering for local acts.
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TUTOR - CERTIFICATE LIVE SOUND AND EVENT PRODUCTION
Dave is a highly experienced event manager, musician and teacher. He managed the Auckland "Music in Parks" series, and has been producing major events for 15 years. Dave is an accomplished guitarist and has taught guitar professionally for five years.
A native West Coaster, Erik has moved to Auckland to take up the position of IT Engineer. Previously he had been studying and working at Tai Poutini Polytechnic in Greymouth for a number of years. He is a good example of our training programme in Greymouth, producing industry-ready experts.
Evie moved from South Africa to New Zealand in December 2007. In South Africa she worked in Government, Health & Welfare, and in admin roles. She is happily married with 2 children and loving her new home. "Coming from a musical family, working for MAINZ is awesome and like coming home!"
Gretchen has worked within the realm of alternative and commercial radio, retail and hospitality. Alongside being the Campus Administrator at MAINZ in Christchurch, Gretchen hosts and produces Girlschool on rdu 98.5FM - Christchurch's student radio station. Previously Gretchen was Programming Assistant for rdu during a very busy transitional time. She worked as a Personal Assistant for BRAT, a support centre for Christchurch musicians, and assisted in the production of BRAT 3, a compilation of Christchurch music. Gretchen has DJed at private functions and enjoys many genres of music.
Harry has been a guitar player with Hello Sailor from its inception in 1975 and is a songwriter with credits that include "Lying In The Sand", "Dr I Like Your Medicine", RIANZ Single of the Year (1981), The Legionnaires Top 20 Single "You Bring Out the Worst in Me" and "Muscles", that featured on Midge Marsden's 'Burning Rain' album, on the soundtrack of French film 'Through the Fire' and was a 1991 APRA Silver Scroll finalist.
Harry has recorded at all the top NZ recording studios and has experience in Australia, L.A. and New York, where Sailor mixed an album at the legendary Electric Lady Studios. He worked as a freelance writer and producer of radio and television commercials with the major advertising agencies for clients and squeezed in an acting career, appearing in several TV ads, as the lead male in the feature film "Should I Be Good", shot in NZ, Hong Kong and Thailand, and television productions like "Heroes II", "Plainclothes" and "Hercules".
Outside of MAINZ Harry still performs with Hello Sailor and is busy with voice-over work.
Ivan came to New Zealand from Kiev, Ukraine, in November 2002 and was instantly snapped up by MAINZ. Ivan begain his pro-audio career in 1996 as an engineer at one of the mos successful studios in Ukraine - "Arkadia". He has engineered top Russian musicians, and is a Protools specialist.
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PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATOR - CERTIFICATE IN AUDIO ENGINEERING AND MUSIC PRODUCTION
Jean began performing with Red Mole theatre as an actor and musician, and travelled with them to the United States in 1978. The Drongos formed out of that alliance with Red Mole and played the streets and clubs of New York and the Northeast of America for the next seven years. Since 2000 she has sung in Jubilation, an à cappella gospel choir which performs regularly, and released a CD in 2009: Shout and Never Get Tired. The choir can also be heard on Bathe in the River, Don McGlashan’s 2006 song from the film No. 2. She has taught at MAINZ since 2004.
Originally with the Bongos and Big Sideways, John won the New Zealand Music Award for best song and new group in 1987. These days John continues his passion for performing and writing original acoustic music and songs with his group the Nairobi Trio of which he is a founding member.
John’s qualifications include an MBA and several years teaching experience, and as guitar player and manager for the well known Nairobi Trio, he has the practical experience that MAINZ likes to bring to all its programmes.
Johnny is one of New Zealand's top guitarists, and a specialist on the Chapman stick. He joined the teaching staff of MAINZ in 2002. He has played with Greg Johnson and Dave Dobbyn.
Julz arrived at MAINZ in 2007 with a plethora of skills and more than fifteen years of IT experience. She was the Computer Deployment Specialist at SKYCITY, before jumping ship and making the move to save our computers, and our sanity. She also teaches components of the Cert Audio & Live Sound programmes here at MAINZ. Julz is a qualified Audio Engineer, with her own recording studio, and enjoys playing the guitar, drumming, singing, and song writing. She is always happy to help with any technical issues you have.
Leiana has been a musician in the Reggae and Hip Hop music scene for 25 years. Her concern at the increase of youth crime led her to complete a Bachelor of Maori Development (BMD) majoring in Social Services, to assist youth - through music - to make positive changes in their lives. She still performs, and looks forward to recording a solo album.
The Student Support Liaison service endeavours to resolve any issues or problems that students may encounter during their time at MAINZ. Leiana offers confidential advice and support.
Marcus has been a very active sound engineer in Christchurch and New Zealand since completing a Certificate in Audio Engineering and Music Production at Tai Poutini Polytechnic in 1993. Most experience has been as a Live FOH and Monitor Engineer working with top New Zealand acts such as Salmonella Dub, Elemenop, The Clean, The Brunettes, Pine and Degrees K. Marcus has also managed a performance venue, worked in studio radio and produced his own music. Besides teaching, he is currently playing music in three groups that are all actively performing, recording and releasing music. Marcus and accomplice run a small project recording studio and record label dedicated to promoting Christchurch's underground rock music scene.
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PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATOR - LIVE SOUND AND EVENT PRODUCTION
Matt is a MAINZ graduate who has worked in many areas of the industry, predominantly as a music composer and sound designer for television and advertising.
Merrie has worked at MAINZ for several years, initially as the Office Co-ordinator, and this year as Marketing Co-ordinator. Previously has worked in administrative roles combined with both teaching and playing various instruments. Currently she sings 4-part harmony with friends.
An award winning engineer and a producer, arranger, composer and musician, Paul has 30 years experience in the professional recording, music, broadcasting and live sound industries in New Zealand and the UK.
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TUTOR - AUDIO ENGINEERING AND MUSIC PRODUCTION/FOUNDATION SOUND AND MUSIC
Paul Wilson has been Chief Executive since January 2007. He is a professional engineer by background and all his early training was with the Royal New Zealand Navy. He has had almost 15 years in the education sector and has held tutor positions at AUT and CPIT, and educational management positions at CPIT before taking up the CE role at TPP. He still carries out educational related activities for the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand and is actively involved in competency assessment of professional engineers, standards setting for the education of engineers, and accreditation of engineering programmes for them.
Prior to joining Tai Poutini Polytechnic in 1995, Richard owned and operated Newsong Recording Studios. He has also designed, constructed, repaired, or modified most items of audio equipment. In 1985 he set about building Newsong Recording Studio to combine his technical skills and musical talent. In 1999 he was awarded a scholarship to study recording in the U.K.
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PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATOR - DIPLOMA IN AUDIO ENGINEERING & MUSIC PRODUCTION
Roy has a Diploma in Audio Engineering, a Certificate in Production and a Masters Degree (Hons) from the University of Auckland in Film, Television and Media. He has worked as a freelance engineer throughout the Auckland area. He has recently worked on album projects with American band Trans Am & local artists Badtown. Along with Chris Knox he is a member of Auckland band The Nothing. His latest project was the Top Ten album 'Stroke - Songs for Chris Knox' . Roy is currently working on projects with The Nothing & the Tall Dwarfs.
Tom is a musician whose experience covers most dimensions of music production. He is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist (guitars, basses, saxophones, flutes, percussion, keyboards), and has written, played on, produced and released multiple albums for Alloy, Bluespeak, the Inner City Jazz Workshop, and Trip to the Moon (new album "Lucifer’s Intemission" out in February 2010).
In recent years he has composed and produced music for multiple documentary films broadcast on national television. When not teaching at MAINZ he runs the Jazzscore label and website. Among the resources Tom brings to MAINZ is a Ph.D. (Auckland 1981) and 15 years experience as a university teacher.
Tony began his career as a professional musician in the '70s playing bass guitar with "Hello Sailor", "Alistair Riddell" and "Red Mole Theatre" before moving to New York in 1979 and forming "The Drongos". In 1986 Tony went on to work at two New York studios "New Breed" and "Water Music".
In 1988, Tony returned to New Zealand and managed and performed in his band "The Rockafellas" whilst operating his own PA and home recording studio working on a variety of projects. In 1994 Tony was engaged by Auckland City to develop the successful "Music in Parks" programme, which he is still involved with, as well as doing live sound for "Hello Sailor" and the "Jubilation Choir". He plays bass guitar for Midge Marsden and also "Rick Bryant and the Jive Bombers".
Tony was founder of NZ band 'The Narcs' who earned five RIANZ Awards including 'Single of the Year' for their Top Ten hit 'Heart and Soul'. Tony wrote the single 'Abandoned By Love' which won the 1986 APRA Silver Scroll. The 90s saw a move to Australia where he continued to play and record with artists such as Wayne Gillespie, Nigel Gavin and Mal Green (Split Enz). Setting up his own marketing company Tony won various awards including two 'International Marketing' awards from USA Pro Audio manufacturers Mackie, and PreSonus. Tony is an in-demand bass player and has also produced the 'Best of the Narcs' album and the double CD 'Christchurch The Music' compilation.
Tony is a professional musician and has many years experience in the music, event and live sound industry. He has also worked in retail, TV and theatre.
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TUTOR - CERTIFICATE IN LIVE SOUND AND EVENT PRODUCTION
Trinity wasn't sure which career in the music industry she was interested in, so in 1998 decided to enrol into the Diploma in Contemporary Music Performance and MAINZ in Auckland. Soon after, Trinity ventured back to Dunedin to complete a Bachelor of Music degree and formed a band called "Sanka". After completion of her degree Trinity travelled to Auckland to pursue a career in music. Now a tutor on the Foundation Sound and Music programme at MAINZ and Trinity is enjoying it thoroughly.
Zed has been involved in the music industry for over 25 years, including a background in radio production and designing and operating recording studios. He recorded much of "Katchafire's" first album, and has mastered projects for artists such as "Dark Tower" and the "Datsuns".
Zed has over 18 years experience designing and delivering audio, production and multimedia-related courses up to post-graduate level. He is currently working on a solo album and working at advancing his own qualifications.
