Music Industry News
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:33 pm

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Here are the highlights from the last Music Industry News bulletin, if you would like to see the full bulletin, flick through an email and I'll send it your way.

Talent Search for Pasifika Festival 2006

Up and coming performers are invited to audition on Saturday 26 November for next year's Pasifika Festival.

The audition - called 'Expressions Pasifika' - is a chance for performers to show the judges why they should be performing at next year's festival.

Audition application forms can be downloaded from http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/whatson/events/pasifika/ or by contacting Rick Tuiasau on (09) 353 9533.

All contestants will be given a scheduled audition time on receipt of a fully completed application form.

Expressions Pasifika - Auditions:
Date: Saturday 26 November
Time: 10am - 6pm
Location: Mt Roskill War Memorial Hall, 13 May Road, Mt Roskill.

The Pasifika Festival 2006 will be held at Western Springs Stadium and lakeside on 10 and 11 March 2006.



Artists Wanted to perform @ the Arc Cafe, Dunedin

Arc Cafe is looking to book as many shows & musicians as possible for November & December 2005.

Arc Cafe is an excellent place to play with full PA facilities and an excellent alternative atmosphere.

Contact Sean Norling/Venue Manger Arc Cafe for details
Phone: (03) 474 1135
Mobile: (021) 167 3418
E-mail: [email protected].

Pianist Wanted

A Pianist is wanted to work with a professional singer/actor from Auckland. Must be versatile and an excellent reader: from Jazz to Musical Theatre.

More Info:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (09) 372 2905

Deadline for SXSW 2006 is the 24th of October, 2005.

Apply online at http://2006.sxsw.com/music/showcase/

Writing Musician Course

Now you can learn basic or complex music composing and arranging techniques in Auckland.

Start: Monday 31st October 2005
Each of the three stages are held Mondays and Thursdays (6.30pm - 8.30pm) over 3 weeks.

Stage 1 ($450) for people with little or no theory.

Study scales and harmony up to four part chords and write for drums and the bass.

Stage 2 ($600)

Write for and have played at the next session, music for flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet and trombone. The jazz/rock horns night is a highlight!

Stage 3 ($750)

French horn, voices and strings. The harmony is advanced at this stage. The group situation enables students to hear their music played and creates valuable dialogue and interaction.

Website: http://www.nzfilmcomposer.com/
Phone: (09) 379 8793
Email: [email protected]

Musician Workshops in Wellington

Acoustic Routes - The Wellington Folk Centre Inc. will be running a series of workshops to increase confidence in performance. The workshops are aimed at helping people towards performing floor spots and short concert sets.

They will cover instrument technique, extending your performance range and style and on-stage presentation. There will be a series of nine workshops covering: singing - solo and in harmony whistle fiddle guitar - for beginner performers and the more experienced accompaniment, chords and arrangement using sound equipment.

The workshops will be held on Saturday afternoons.

Location: Wellington Arts Centre, 67 Abel Smith St, Wellington
Dates: 5 to 26 November 2005 and 11 February to 11 March 2006. Admission: $20 per workshop ($15 for club members and CSS card holders).
Workshops will be limited to 20 participants each.

Further information on the workshops will be sent out in October and posted on the Acoustic Routes website: http://www.acousticroutes.org.nz/

Contact David Earle, Secretary, Acoustic Routes:
Phone: (04) 478 0678
Email: [email protected]

Job: Phantom Billstickers

Phantom Billstickers are looking for someone to place posters, fliers and postcards into Cafes and retail outlets in the Hamilton area. This position has flexible hours and would generally be on a part time basis. Own transport is required.

You will be paid on a contract by contract basis. Meticulous and prompt reporting of campaign placement will be required via email and digital photos.

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 09 846 5827 or 0800 PHANTOM (0800 742 686)

Apply by Friday 28th October 2005



The Groove Guide looking for new contributors

The Groove Guide, NZ's weekly music magazine, is looking for new contributors to join our team, right across the country. We have grown to a massive 32 full colour gloss pages and want to get more people involved in what we are doing. We need people to review gigs, CDs, movies and DVDs, as well as doing interviews with nationally and internationally recognised musicians and DJs.

We are also interested in hearing from people who have good ideas for a regular column. The work will not be paid, but this would be very good experience for anyone looking at getting into music writing. For any reviews, the writer will get to keep the product they are reviewing, and double pass tickets to gigs and movies for review will also be free.

Email [email protected] with a sample of your writing - we suggest a review of a gig you have been to recently. up to 300 words is fine. Include some details about yourself - full name, age, where you are based and any relevant experience you have had.

Coke Rhythm Nation

Mai FM 88.6 and Coke are fostering local talent by giving you the chance to professionally record one of your own songs. "plus, you'll get to film your very own music video for your single!"

All you have to do is send in a CD, tape or MP3 of your best original singer/songwriter effort.

Website: http://www.maifm.co.nz/



FREE: Promote your gigs in Hamilton

New website at http://www.hamilton.co.nz/ going live soon.
Send info to [email protected]

Listings in the NZ Music Services Directory

This is a call for entries in Edition 14 of the NZ Music Services Directory. Deadline for listings and advertising bookings is 20th October 2005. A standard listing costs $20 inclusive of GST. For your $20 you get a listing in Edition 14, plus a copy of the publication posted to you on release, and your listing gets published in the cyber edition with active links and email addresses for the year 2006.

Listing information can be found online at http://www.musicnz.co.nz/listings.html

Email [email protected]
Phone (09) 630 1289 for more details.

Advertising rates are also online at http://www.musicnz.co.nz/adrates.html

Are you a manager or do you know a manager?

The NZ Music Industry Commission is putting together a managers database NZ Music Industry Commission is currently constructing a database for NZ Artist Managers which will appear on our website (http://www.nzmusic.org.nz/) as a resource to musicians and people in the industry.

It is free to appear on the database, with no strings attached and you get to help out NZ Music. Send Company Name and contact details (include e-mail and website info). Some Artists who are/have been clients: Description of service: Preferred music/specialisation. Contact Person: If you like, you can include a small jpeg of the company logo that I can put up in your section

Contact Maria Anderson on (09) 376 0115 or [email protected].

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