Stuff Tagged ‘New Zealand’

Hiding So Long begins airing on radio in New Zealand with its feature on Classic Hits’ As Kiwi As.

Watch Simon hearing the song’s radio release here.

A trip to Sydney, Australia, last week… At last, a chance to see what all the Guitar Hero hype is about… What now?  Do I dump my axe in favor of a tambourine?

It’s almost release day here in New Zealand! ALL or NOTHING goes into stores throughout New Zealand on August 18th on the Sony/BMG-distributed Rajon label – this is the first domino to fall in the snow-balling ALL or NOTHING tsunami (oh yeah, I think I just combined three metaphors.) I’m fond of lame puns, so [...]

Greetings from New Zealand, where I’m preparing for the NZ launch of ALL or NOTHING (a few weeks yet – not until my next NZ visit – though it’s already available online: iTunes and CD Baby). Last weekend saw the shoot of the music video for Inside Out, which should be available next month (editing [...]

It’s Sunday night on November the 4th, which means two things: one, that it’s my fourth day in my new home; and two, that my new web site (www.simonspire.com) will be launched tomorrow. And on that note, I want to give a short update on some developments over the past few months, since I last [...]

I’m sitting in 31J en route to JFK airport (I’ll be in New York for a week) and doing my best to angle my body in such a way that allows me to type while not waking the guy next to me (people can look so amusing, or innocent if I’m going to be nice [...]

Today was a blast from the past. I’m in New York with Lenedra and meeting some wonderful people – all of them with years of experience in music – so a little nerve-wracking when I’m singing along to my acoustic guitar in front of them. But exciting too. I had some time this morning before [...]

Photo: Consulting the magic 8-ball on a critical decision with Lenedra. So the low-down on the down-low is that I’m booking flights for some travel later in May which I’m sure I will talk about when it happens; I saw a seal at the beach the other day (it was in the water, I was [...]