Interviews

New Zealand Musician magazine
2001

NZ On Air Grant's- Phase 4

Mo' Money

NZ On Air has provided a round up of its Phase Four funding projects for the end of the financial year.

International:

This is where NZOA offer up to $50,000 for the international marketing of an album that has been a radio hits success (and a sales success) on the home front. NZOA has committed to three projects:

-Zed, 'Silencer' (with Universal Music)

-Fur Patrol, 'Pet' (with Wishbone Music)

-Tadpole, 'The Buddhafinger' (with Antenna Records ).

Music manager Brendan Smyth says: "Three albums that have clocked up 16 huge commercial radio hits between them (and still comin'!) and sales exceeding 98,000 (and still sellin'). Three albums by three bands that have proved that they have got what it takes to make more and more radio hits which is what it's all about."

Phase Four Albums:

This is where NZOA offer up to $50,000 for recording and/or marketing a new album by a New Zealand band that has got a track record at commercial radio - which means at least two radio hits under their belt. NZOA committed to 14 projects:

-new albums by betchadupa (with Flying Nun Records)

-Che Fu (with Sony Music)

-Dave Dobbyn (with Sony Music)

-Deep Obsession (with Universal Music)

-the feelers (with Warner Music)

-Tim Finn (with Periscope Productions)

-Garageland (with CRS Records)

-Alan Jansson (with Joy Records)

-Eddie Rayner (with G-Tone Records)

-Bic Runga (with Sony Music)

-Salmonella Dub (with Virgin Records)

-Shihad (with Wildside Records)

-Stellar (with Sony Music)

-Zed (with Universal Music)

"Sometimes it's money for making the record; sometimes it's money for marketing the record; sometimes it's a bit of both. But in every case it's about radio hits - it's about artists that have shown that they have got what it takes to make an impact at commercial radio.

It's about extra investment to make even better records and better market those records. And it's about records that will, between them, work across the major commercial radio formats - CHR, Adult Contemporary and Rock radio," says Smyth.