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Who's the band,
thanks brendan
the band played at the chart burning questions concert. your team should have reported back to you on them. I'm not putting any band names on list cos some people are tossers and prejudice their opinions on internet chat.I doubt they've ever applied for anything but unfortunately that's the feeling for most of the bands down here, they don't consider that anyone will help so they keep their heads down play gigs to their friend and vanish into thin air, another kiwi classic lost.
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UK campaigns (respectively).
if only those pesky visa requirements didn't get in the way. a little embarrassing.
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We don't consult or get feedback from radio when we are tracklisting the Kiwi Hit Disc.
the quote I consulted from your original post
The reality is that when we are making decisions about which songs to fund, we research those songs with the broadcasters. Yes ... that's true. We do not exist in a vacuum. We consult the broadcasters and we get their feedback on the “airplay potential” of the song from their programming point of view as part of our research.
so what's the consulting broadcasters and getting their feedback bit about if its not about consulting and getting feedback?
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tell us about SJD's beautiful haze and the latest phoenix foundation tracks. 2 songs I think exhibit large amounts of kiwiness in them.
I haven't heard them played much outside of kiwi.
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Oh ... I don't claim credit for their life's work. It's just a statement of fact.
its part of the story, sure, but to assess the true effect of it on their present success we'd need more info than that band at the top of the charts got nz on air help. you dropped their names to support your argument. Knowing a lot more about music and what it takes to get it heard than most PA readers I thought the matter needed clarifying.
I recorded hayley westenra's first album, I'm not claiming I put her at the top of the charts. all I intended to do was help some kid make some money busking through selling cds.
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No ... I'm saying (in my original too long post) that we don't poll commercial radio when we are tracklisting the discs.
you get 'feedback' as in you ask them what they like and then act accordingly. that's got to shape the disc don't you think?
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Now I'm confused. You're saying we are not doing our job by not exercising judgment and when I say we do, you tell me off again?
no I'm saying NZ on Air "the organisation" should exercise judgment but that I lack faith in the present staff. That you should have consultation and representation from the music community.
Where are the chris knox's and nick bollingers, the jody lloyds, and the simon griggs in your decision process (and one of dubmuggas mates too) -
just reading the nz radio charts, simon would be much better at interpreting the data but the top nz song appears to rate at slightly better than half the top overall track. opshop coming in at 14th most played then down to 20th place for good night nurse, 22nd anika moa, 23rd & 25th for shihad,
12 in the top 100, -
few years back and merged
and I take it now student radio pds don't get asked anymore, since you're picking the tracks yourself after polling commercial radio?
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Unfair ... I do ... !
I've never read it in your interviews. perhaps the media edits it out.
I wouldn't expect to read it either as I'm sure you have to justify your performance and to undermine that with "we hardly did anything, it was all channel z and shihad" wouldn't be that smart.but in independently assessing the success of nz on air funding one would have to take other factors into account, its only fair, right?