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NZ Music Month seminar series
NZ Music Month seminar series

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.

Getting your music out there – music promotion in New Zealand?
Getting your music out there - music promotion in New Zealand?

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.

Online resources – Music industry advice blogs you should be reading
Online resources - Music industry advice blogs you should be reading

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 – the insiders guide to funding
NZ On Air - the insiders guide to funding

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.

Creative New Zealand – the insiders guide to funding
Creative New Zealand - the insiders guide to 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 [...]

Insiders guide to funding, label deals and working as a professional musician

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 [...]

Digital promotion strategies – MySpace to monetizing
Digital promotion strategies - MySpace to monetizing

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 [...]

Album promotion in New Zealand – it’s all about the plan
Album promotion in New Zealand - it's all about the plan

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 [...]

Tour promotion in New Zealand
Tour promotion in New Zealand

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 [...]

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