sam and sophie live gig at the tuning fork

Sam Charlesworth is a fresher studying Studio Production, Marine Science, and Te Reo Māori here at Otago. With just “a few mics and an interface,” he has recorded a huge amount of music and has recently started playing gigs around Dunedin.

Sam records all of his songs without using a studio, opting to record in his Selwyn college bedroom. “I’m doing studio production here to try to get studio quality music in my bedroom and save a shit ton of money. You don’t have to pay for an engineer and a producer and all that shit,” he says

After RNZ's Jim Mora overheard some teens raving about Kiwi musician Sam Charlesworth, he wanted to check him out.

The 18-year-old singer-songwriter, who grew up on Auckland's North Shore, is now studying music, te reo Māori, and marine science in Dunedin.

BFM- First Fancy New Band back in what feels like a lifetime! We had the pleasure of having Sam Charlesworth in studio today to tout a few tracks from an already bulging discography. Some good tunes for a sunny Friday Morning.

For this competition, the theme of peace and non-violence may be interpreted broadly from inner personal peace, peace in the home and among families to peace between people of the world.

This is New Zealand’s national secondary school songwriting competition, and has yielded thousands of entries from around the country over the past 15 years.

The competition is open to all secondary school students, years 9 to 13, in New Zealand.

This competition celebrates and embraces the voice of our youth through song.