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07 June 2014 - 0 Comments
Trifecta
The biggest New Zealand song on radio at the moment is Holding You, the duet from Stan Walker and Ginny Blackmore (pictured), followed by Lonely, the third single from X Factor finalist, Benny Tipene. Third most-played is Bad Philosophy, the debut solo single from Jeremy Redmore who used to front Midnight Youth. It’s a Making Tracks trifecta.
According to the latest report that we have from RadioScope, New Zealand music content on all radio – including commercial stations, student radio, iwi stations, etc – was 18.29% in the week to 1 June.
Making More Tracks
We have completed nine Making Tracks funding rounds so far this funding year with one more to go. So far, we have taken in 1,169 applications and funded 206 projects.
In the latest round – the May round – we took in 132 applications and funded 22 projects. It's another quality mix of brand new and tried and true. Like Shihad, who we have supported for pretty much all of our 25 years and who are still making the best loud rock, and the mighty Shapeshifter, through to debutantes like The Heart Of Katherine and Imagine This.
There are a couple who are making some waves internationally like Janine and The Mixtape and Strange Babes (pictured), Sam McCarthy from Kids Of 88’s new band who are supporting The Naked and Famous on their current American tour. In the mix there's also Jason Kerrison going solo and the coourful and innovative Orchestra Of Spheres from Wellington.
We are in the middle of the June round now. Decisions are out on 26 June. The July round closes on Tuesday 01 July.
Applications online only at makingtracksfunding.co.nz
Difference & diversity
We have just confirmed the sponsorship of New Zealand music shows on independent alternative radio stations around the country for the next 12 months.
These stations are champions of difference and diversity in New Zealand music and are incubators for new New Zealand music. They are important partners in our quest to celebrate diversity and get more New Zealand music out to the audience.
You will find these great music programmes on bFM and Base FM in Auckland; The Most FM in New Plymouth; Radio Control in Palmerston North; Radio Active in Wellington; RDU in Christchurch, Radio One in Dunedin and of course, Kiwi FM in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
This year we have brought a new station into the funding fold. We will sponsor a new show called Grid City Grooves on Pulzar FM in Christchurch.
Tune in … on air and on line.
It’s about theaudience
We have also confirmed funding for theaudience, the new music discovery website run by the good folk at Amplifier.
theaudience is two years old now. It’s a one-stop-shop for new and unsigned artists to showcase their music and build their audience.
After two years, the site has 2,153 artists represented and has 65,758 registered users. In the 12 months to June 2014, page views were up to 1.6 million and 195,667 votes have been cast for the monthly Wildcard Making Tracks grant.
May = Music Month
NZ Music Month has come and gone again. The annual celebration of all things good in New Zealand music launched with a free Lawrence Arabia (pictured) show in Takutai Square in The Britomart on 01 May.
NZ Music Month is the NZ Music Commission’s gig but NZ On Air pitches in. This year, we did NZ Music Month promotions with Radio Hauraki, The Edge, Mai FM, ZM and Radio Rhema. We also partnered with the RBA (Radio Broadcasters Association) and The Radio Bureau to do a special NZ Music Month radio showcase at The Nathan Club in Auckland featuring Christchurch’s Doprah, Jeremy Redmore (ex-Midnight Youth), Lizzie Marvelly, Benny Tipene and last but not least, the loud Villainy.
A couple of NZ Music Month highlights for us - the awesome Beck’s “playable posters” in 150 public places around the country and Recorded Music New Zealand’s digitisation project, Tied To The Tracks, which has seen 231 New Zealand albums reissued and available for the first time for digital download and streaming.
And a highlight closer to home - NZ On Air was presented with an Industry Champion award at the annual Music Managers Forum Awards at The Vector on 16 May. The Music team is proud and humbled.
Winners
The awesome Lorde added the 2014 Taite Music Prize to her slew of trophies in April. The Taite acknowledges an album of exceptional artistic merit and her Pure Heroine was a most worthy winner. Congratulations, Ella and Joel and the Lorde entourage.
At the 10th annual Pacific Music Awards, David Dallas was presented with the NZ On Air Radio Airplay Award for his song, Runnin’. The award goes to the most-played song on radio by a Pacific artist in the last year. King Kapisi won the NZ On Air Best Pacific Music Video for his song, Crush.
We were chuffed to see Mark Vanilau win the APRA Best Pacific Song for the exquisite Giant Of The Sea. The song was the winner of our Making Tracks Wildcard through theaudience new music discovery website in August 2012 and so it is special to us.
And it was wonderful to see the legend, Che Fu receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. Che has been a big part of the NZ On Air music story over the past 25 years. Che got his first NZ On Air funding (when he was with Supergroove) in June 1992 and he featured on the first of our Kiwi Hit Discs in 1993 with Supergroove’s second single, You Gotta Know.
And while we are talking winners - how about the enterprising Katie Thompson (pictured) winning the May Making Tracks Wildcard through theaudience. Her song Leave Your Hat On picked up the most points from fan votes, streams, shares and playlisting in the 31 days of May. Katie, originally from the West Coast but now based in Christchurch, fan-funded her second album through Sellaband, the first New Zealand-based artist to use crowd-funding to make a record and through May, she recorded a cover of a New Zealand song a day for YouTube as her contribution to NZ Music Month.
Funding Decisions
Making Tracks - May - Recording and Music Video - $10,000
ATP • Boss’n Up featuring Ill Semantics
Cairo Knife Fight • Rezlord
Jason Kerrison • I Don’t Care What They Think
Jonathan Bree • IBlur
J Williams • Breathe featuring Brooke Duff
K.One • Love Don’t Live Around Here
Luke Thompson • Keep Rolling On
Shapeshifter • Beat 25
Shihad • Song 2
Strange Babes • Come Back Around
The Impending Adorations • The Best Is Yet To Come
Making Tracks - Music Video - $6,000
Aldous Harding • Stop Your Tears
Drew • Next Time featuring Sid Diamond
Electric Wire Hustle • Bottom Line
Imagine This • Find A Way
Janine & The Mixtape • Walk Away
Jesse Sheehan • Meredith
Orchestra Of Spheres • 2,000,000 Years
Sid Diamond • Show Me The Paper
Team Dynamite • Coconut Lime featuring Che Fu
The Heart Of Katherine • Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind
Thanks to www.nzonair.govt.nz for this story.
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