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  • Early Access: “The Weird Ones” — Sofar Global Communities

    I wanted to share this with you here first, before tomorrow’s public release. Sofar Global Communities will be releasing a live performance of my song “The Weird Ones” — a song from my forthcoming Elodie songcycle — recorded in 2024. For those unfamiliar, Sofar Sounds (Songs From A Room) is a global community built around…

  • From Nature to Nature — Part 1: The Quarry Gardens

    From Nature to Nature — Part 1: The Quarry Gardens

    The last two weekends have felt like a quiet kind of triumph — moving from a sort of caged stillness into something unexpectedly powerful. The weekend before last, I wrapped up the first ever acoustic music series in the Whangārei Quarry Gardens’ abandoned tunnels. It felt like stepping into a held breath. Months of preparation…

  • Opening the Floodgates: Blue Skies Ahead

    I have been away too long. My Patreon tab has been open in my browser for months. I’ve started more than fifty blogs and closed every one of them. Not because I didn’t have anything to say — I had too much, and I didn’t know whether it was appropriate to share it. Or fair.…

  • Just an update!

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  • Science for Sociopaths feat Natasha Hine: A Gallery

    ✨ Welcome, new patrons! ✨
I’m so glad you’re here. Whether you’ve just joined us or have been along for the ride for a minute, thank you for supporting this ever-evolving journey of music, exploration, and brave-making. Your presence allows this work to deepen, reach further, and be shared with care. This time last week, I…

  • Heartbeat & Hustle: Festival of Consent & NZ Music Month

    Heartbeat & Hustle: Festival of Consent & NZ Music Month

    Taking a moment to pause, breathe, and connect with you—my closest friends and allies here on Patreon. I’ve just wrapped up ArtBeat, a month-long celebration of the arts in my small adopted hometown of Whangārei, where I had the huge honour of organizing the main music events – Festival Stage, Instrument Petting Zoo, & more.…

  • Anchored in Music & Community: Finding My Place Without Ancestral Roots

    I was born in the United States, where ancestry is often a casual identity marker for long-assimilated immigrants. Even as early as elementary school, peers will ask, “What are you?” The expected answer isn’t “human” or “American,” but rather something like “Polish and Italian.” It is a unique shorthand for heritage, even as many of…

  • Spinning Plates & Holding Space: Valentine’s Day Livestream

    Dear friends, I haven’t written in a while. The past eight months have demanded more of me than I ever anticipated—managing the #MeToo style sexual harassment situation in our community has taken all my mental and emotional energy. But I feel like I’m finally stepping up (or more like leveling up, Yu-Gi-Oh style) into the…

  • Reflect. Celebrate. Optimize: A Year in Review with Maggie Cocco Music

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  • The Cab Driver

    For a moment yesterday I found myself a captive audience, having unwittingly provoked the cab driver. He asked where I was from, and I’d followed up by asking how he liked living in this city. His response was sharp: he’d loved it when he moved here twenty years ago, but now it was “ruined” by…