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MakingTracks Grants - February
29 February 2012
NZ On Air will fund 33 new music projects from its February MakingTracks funding round.
The 33 projects were selected from a field of 151 applications.
Eighteen are $10,000 grants for recording a song and making a music video to back up the release of the song and 15 are $6,000 grants for making a music video only.
This means NZ On Air has funded 196 projects since the MakingTracks scheme was launched in July (from 761 applications).
Decisions are based on the broadcast, music and audience merits of the songs that have been submitted. An independent panel of broadcasting and music professionals makes the recommendations.
The list of 33 February projects follows -
(a) Funding of up to $10,000 for each of the following 18 MakingTracks projects in the February round, comprising up to $4,000 for recording a song and $6,000 for making a music video of that same song -
• Artisan Guns/It Pulled You In
• Avalanche City/Sunset
• Dear Time's Waste/Heavy / High
• Gemma Copas/Hey Boy
• Home Brew/Dedicated To
• Illegal Banditz/Bring Me Back
• Junica/Stay
• Jupiter Project featuring Nipsey Hustle/The
Celebration
• K.One/All Over Again
• Knives At Noon/Handshake For The
Heartache
• L A Mitchell/Apple Heart
• Outsiders/My Answer
• Parallel Dance Ensemble/Mind Free
• She's So Rad/Confetti
• The Babysitters Circus/No More
• The Heavy Metal Ninjas/M45
• The Veils/Train With No Name
• Unknown Mortal Orchestra/So Good At Being
In Trouble
(b) Funding of $6,000 for each of the following 15 MakingTracks projects in the February round, being funding for making a music video only -
• Concord Dawn featuring Thomas
Oliver/These Prison Walls
• Dead Fools Fiesta/Bedroom Eyes
• DJCXL featuring J Williams, K.One & Tyson
Tyler/Stuck On You
• Erakah/Everyday
• Julien Dyne featuring Ladi6 & Parks/Who
Are You
• Late Nyte Hype/We All Are
• Lawrence Arabia/The Listening Times
• Opossom/Blue Meanies
• PNC featuring Awa/I'll Be On It
• Sola Rosa/Spinning Top
• The Black Seeds/Pippy Pip
• The Eversons/Creepy
• Trei featuring MC Tali/Homecoming
• Vince Harder/Far From Here
• Von Voin Strum/Shiver Roses
The February MakingTracks panel was -
Leon Wratt [The Edge; and Mai FM;
Auckland]
Manu Taylor [95bFM; Auckland]
Grant Hislop [Juice Music Television;
Auckland]
Jasmin Zeidan [Base FM; Auckland]
Trevor Reekie [Radio New Zealand; Auckland]
Duncan Greive [ex-Real Groove, music writer;
Auckland]
Ross Herrick [Dux Live; CHART; Christchurch]
The next MakingTracks funding round closes at 5.00pm on Thursday 01 March. Applications can be made online at www.kiwihits.co.nz.
