MAINZ Graduation

[click on photo for a big one to 'Save As' onto your computer and print out]

I had my MAINZ Graduation ceremony last night - this was for the Diploma in Audio Engineering & Music Production (DipAEMP). Yey feels good to have come to the end of it - I really enjoyed doing the Diploma, although it became quite stressfull with the large amounts of assessment at the end.

I also managed to pick up two other awards within the Diploma;

Excellence in Academic Achievement - over 85% in 16 out of 18 subjects - wow
Excellence in Multimedia Production

It was a great informal do - no caps and gowns for this Graduation as they don't really go with the creative bunch at Tai Poutini Polytechnic.

Well we're gonna celebrate with a holiday in the van (with Stella!!!!) and a meal at Fleur's Restaurant - with lots of beach walks, some native bush and river swims for Stell-Pants (yep that's her nickname)


Graduation Photos - All of them!! - they are free to download for a while so save the ones you want (the single me shots are at the start of the collection - there are also some Diploma Group shots Numbers 199-204)

Love from Stew & Alexia XXOO

Moa's Ark

HiYa Jess & Dana

Here is the first in a wonderful Nature programme series by David Bellamy on New Zealand

Click on the link below;

Moa's Ark

It's 40 minutes long, and split into 5 short episodes (clips). If you enjoy this one there are another 3 programmes in this series.

I like David Bellamy aye - do you know who was one of his biggest fans? - Steve Irwin - they've both got a really fun and down to earth way of teaching science to us lay-people.

Try the 'full screen' mode if your computer can handle it - and turn up the speakers or headphones - if the programme starts to stop and start, set the video player to 'lo' resolution and watch it small (like You Tube) - don't I waffle on!!!!!!

Lurv ya both XXOO

Dana - Guitar Lessons!!!!!

Hiya Dana

Here's a really useful website to start learning your guitar

I'd start by tuning your guitar - use the online tool - then your chords will sound the same as the website (and most other recorded songs on CD etc.)

Click on the link below then bookmark it ;O)

http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/index.php

Lurv ya

Drum Tutorial

Here's a DVD project that I created at MAINZ (Music & Audio Institute of New Zealand) - it's theme is an instructional DVD on putting drums to a click track (computer recording)

I'm co-presenting with Shaun, a fellow Diploma student - I also created the theme tune (only 5 seconds on this vid!!) and the song were working on is one of 3 for my EP (Extended Play single) with a singer song writer called Steven Joy

Had to post this bit of non-sense

OK it's a year old - but it was just silly and made us giggle when we made it :O)

Dad has finished his Diploma - YEY!!

Hiya Daughters and Family - first of many videos and blog posts for 2009-10 ;O)

Dad's Gonna Use the BLOG Again

Hello patient viewers of the BLOG - yep I'm gonna spark up the old blog again - at least once a week depending on events down here in Christchurch

I'm gonna start with video updates too now that the webcam and PC are set up

Keep this site bookmarked and visit once in a while to keep in touch - add a comment too if so inclined or send an e-mail if you want to keep it private

jungy@paradise.net.nz