NZ On Air Next Funding Round
NZ On Air has dipped into the purse for the final time in the current financial year and found a bit of cash for the country’s music and video-makers.
An all-time-record 113 applications were received for video funding, of which 20 could be selected:
– ‘As I Fall’ by Aerial (Aerial)
– ‘Sort It Out’ by The Black Seeds (Capitol/EMI)
– ‘Fiji Baby’ by Goodshirt (Cement)
– ‘You Don’t Know Me’ by Autozamm (Flaming Pearl)
– ‘Silver & Gold’ by Herman (Heart)
– ‘Scribble’ by Lazrus (Lazrus)
– ‘Beers’ by Deja Voodoo (Liberation)
– ‘Take It From Me’ by Confucius feat. Sarah Brown (Loop)
– ‘Sunshine’ by Rhian Sheehan feat. Jess Chambers (Loop)
– ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Riot’ by The Have (Shock)
– ‘Close The Door’ by Amber Claire (Sony Music)
– ‘Except You’ by Minuit (Tardus)
– ‘Sick Of It’ by The WBC (WBC)
– ‘When I Return’ by Shapeshifter feat. Ladi Six (Truetone)
– ‘Claim To Fame’ by Elemeno P (Universal)
– ‘Get Ready’ by Concord Dawn feat. Scribe (Uprising)
– ‘Gold’ by Verse Two (Verse Two)
– ‘Longtime’ by Salmonella Dub (Virgin/EMI)
– ‘Weapons Of War’ by The Feelers (Warner Music)
– ‘Into The Sun’ by 48May (48May)
In the Phase Four New Recording Artist application mailbag were 192 brand new demos, of which 12 could be chose:
– ‘Nobody Knows’ by Niki Ahu (Mai Music)
– ‘I Wonder’ by Aly Cook (Lefthander)
– ‘Baby It’s Over’ by Naomi Cramer (Independent)
– ‘Maybe’ by Die! Die! Die! (Independent)
– ‘Play My Music’ by EPR (Independent)
– ‘Innocent Love’ by Flow On Show (Mai Music)
– ‘Taking Over’ by Goodnight Nurse (Independent)
– ‘Truly Mine’ by JCK & The Dirty Ho Bags (Antenna)
– ‘Wonderful’ by Mars (Independent)
– ‘Say What You Want’ by Sommerset (Kafuey)
– ‘Do You Feel The Cold’ by Tourist (Independent)
– ‘Over You’ by 4Eulogi (Legend Records)
Five songs which had not previously been given any NZ On Air funding were eligible for the Significant Airplay rebate:
– ‘Not Many’ by Scribe (Dirty)
– ‘Lifeline’ by Brooke Fraser (Sony Music)
– ‘Urban Getaway’ by Elemeno P (Universal)
– ‘Stop, Drop & Roll’ by Mareko & Deceptikonz (Dawn Raid)
– ‘Motherf**ker From Hell’ by The Datsuns (Hellsquad)
