Wednesday, 13 April 2011 / Published in Scott Campbell, World Record

New world record holder in need of a nap

 Scott Campbell  IMAGE: Jonni Pannekoek

News Wire.co.nz – It took 185 sleepless hours filled with stress, wet wipes and the occasional hallucination, but a determined DJ has officially broken a world record.

Scott “Snap” Campbell achieved his goal of racking up more than 183 consecutive hours on air, at the same time raising more than $7600 for Christchurch, his hometown.

“I’m definitely relieved it’s over,” Campbell says.
“It was honestly the hardest thing I’d ever had to do in my life and it was a bit touch and go at times, but I’m proud we got there in the end.”
The Guinness World Record previously stood at 183 hours.
Showering was replaced by a quick, partially-clothed scrub down with wet wipes performed on the studio webcam, and limited opportunities for sleep occasionally resulted in hallucinations.
“There were times when my crew would wake me up and I’d get up, but I wasn’t really with it so I’d still be kind of dreaming. One morning I was convinced two of my best mates were trying to kidnap me and kill me, and I was just sort of playing along and saying what they wanted me to say on air until I could find a way to get away from them,” Campbell says.
“Coming out of that and realising I’d been basically hallucinating the whole thing was completely bloody terrifying.”
Campbell will use his experiences later this year when he attempts to break records for longest team radio show performed while suspended upside down, and the longest show done while naked.

He was disappointed they weren’t able to raise more money, blaming lack of mainstream media coverage for people not being aware of the project.

The money raised for World Record for Christchurch will be donated to the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal.

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Wednesday, 04 August 2010 / Published in New Plymouth, World Record

New Plymouth to host the loudest guitar lesson

CAMERON BURNELL/The Taranaki Daily News

Parents around Taranaki will be covering their ears this weekend as a New Plymouth musician attempts to create a Guinness World Record. On Saturday, West Coast School of Rock director Rimu Tahuaroa will endeavour to generate the loudest guitar lesson in the world.

“There is the world’s loudest band, audience and guitar player so we thought we would give it a go,” Mr Tahuaroa said.

The music teacher has been chatting to Guinness officials about the attempt and all signs so far are positive.

“We have been emailing and while I am not paying for an adjudicator to come down, we have noise scientists.”

Mr Tahuaroa has already busted a speaker on a practice run, which saw levels reach 118 decibels, but he has a heavy duty one for the real deal.

“We are obviously doing the attempt in our sound-proof room and we are wearing ear plugs and acoustic earmuffs.”

He says the lesson will only be about five or 10 minutes as he is not looking to bother neighbours and their pets. His mate and The Rock disc jockey Paul “The Axeman” Martin will be receiving the lesson for the record. The level he wants to achieve is 120 decibels which is intolerable to the human ear.

“At that kind of level, you can feel your insides moving.”

The independent noise scientists will provide the equipment needed to measure the decibels for the record attempt. Mr Tahuaroa says he plans to make the record and will be prepared to defend it in the future, even if it does not end up an official record.

“Guinness is very interested in it and I would be challenging other music teachers to take on the challenge.”

Once the lesson is complete, noise scientists will collaborate the data and take it to Guinness officials.

“If they tick all the right boxes then we have set a record but if not, at the very least we have set the New Zealand record.”
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