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May is New Zealand Music month and this year the CPC is putting on a series of seminars aimed at bands and musicians who want to learn more about developing a sustainable career in the music industry.
With more music now available online than ever and 85% of the music available not actaully selling 1 copy it seems that one of the biggest struggles for independent artists is to actually gain some exposure for their music.
Every month we’ll be sharing a list of websites offering help and advice to musicians covering specific topics from social media tips to recording advice.
NZ On Air offers artists four funding scheme’s including New Recording Artist funding, Music video funding, Album funding and Radio Hit Rebate funding. Download the seminar presentation for tips on applying for funding.
In November 08 the CPC presented a seminar focusing on funding options for bands in New Zealand – “The business of music – the insiders guide to funding”. We invited Gretchen La Roche from Creative NZ to come along and talk about the new contestable funding criteria which is being implemented from Feb 09 and [...]
This recording is taken from the panel discussion at our recent seminar focusing on funding for musicians in New Zealand. We invited Mark Kneebone (IMNZ, Isaac promotions, Tardus music) and Chris Chetland (Kog studios) to join me in a discussion covering a range of topics including; how to fund your first release; how to approach [...]
In July 08 the CPC presented a seminar focusing on music promotion in New Zealand. This podcast is the final part in a series of three recordings from the day and features Matt Turner from Kurb promotions focusing on the topic of digital promotions. Kurb is an online promotion company specialising in digital music marketing [...]
Back in July ‘08 we presented a seminar focusing on music promotion in New Zealand, this podcast is the second in a series of three recordings from the In this podcast Lauren Clough from Maiden New Zealand spoke about Album promotion and focused on the planning involved in a traditional album launch.
“Over my 8 years [...]
One of the most common questions I get asked when working with bands is ‘How do promote my music?’ or more precisely, how to promote music effectively. In July 08 we ran a seminar focusing on “music promotion in New Zealand” and decided to break the topic in to three key areas:
Tour Promotion
Album Promotion
Digital Promotion
We [...]