Musician releases album inspired by life under Taranaki Maunga
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Michael Llewellyn released an album which he wrote and produced while living in Taranaki. He’s doing a sold-out show at Ahu Ahu Villas on November 11.
When injuries prevented Michael Llewellyn from doing the physical activities he loved, he turned that energy to creating music inspired by life under Taranaki Maunga and the Te Henui Creek walk.
The musician will now return to the inspiration for his music, presenting a little sold-out show at Ahu Ahu Villas in Oakura on November 11.
Llewellyn grew up skateboarding, snowboarding and surfing, but in 2016, while in his final year of study at Dunedin, his body completely collapsed and he couldn’t get up. his arm above his head.
While Llewellyn believes the pain was a combination of past sports injuries and a student’s lifestyle, he said doctors couldn’t diagnose anything.
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“I saw specialists, had injections, had MRI scans and no one had any idea what was wrong with me, during this time I was in pain and my neck was completely seized up. “
Llewellyn changed his lifestyle, exercised more, ate better, and embarked on a healing journey, he said.
Most of them took place in Taranaki where he lived for some time in Merrilands and worked part-time at Inglewood Elementary School as a teaching assistant.
He now lives in Wellington where he combines music, part-time work in schools and learning te reo mÄori.
After four years, his health returned, and although Llewellyn is still not at 100 percent, his pain does not stop him from doing anything.
“I will always wear the tension, I will probably wear it for the rest of my life.”
“Since I wasn’t able to do the things I loved to do and I couldn’t do anything physical, I think all of this energy went into writing and poetry and that drove me to write music.
This music became the album Oh my darling, which was primarily written and produced in Taranaki.
It was released last month and Llewellyn is currently touring the North Island to perform it.
Seeing the Taranaki show sell itself was a lesson in humility, he said.
“It was a pretty nice feeling.”
Oh my darling is available on Spotify, Bandcamp, SoundCloud, YouTube and for purchase on CD.
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