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Did you see this?
http://tvnz.co.nz/tvnz-news-at-8/thursday-ow-video-2727581
(it's the second story in Pt 1 - they don't give running times or story index)- apparently we're all a bit too dumb to understand MMP, so shouldn't we just make it easier? - like FPP! winners/losers - easy!
- Nigel Roberts excellent as usual. -
I'm totally keen and committed to paying artsists and their investors who help get the music made and out there - I spend a lot of my time (far too much, because it is actually very hard to do) trying to make sure artists might what is due to them.
Reading this, however, give me the heebees:
http://www.torrent-invites.com/bittorrent-news/120166-wikileaks-us-offered-bankroll-new-zealand-piracy-crackdown.htmlDo love that era of Aust rock - H&C, Hoodoos... and ANZus band The Johnnys - Live at the Cricketers Arms WN = some of the best gigs ever!
Here they do a Paul Kelly number: -
I agree, Randolf is very great and moving every time. + Peter Jefferies in there too = bonus.
And that whole BoredGames Ep was (personally) important - I got to it a little late due to age, yet the timing was perfect. (re: Joe 90 - I think its the handclaps in the chorus that make it really poptastic...) And SJFits... one of the bands I went to see every time it was possible.
Enough fanboi - Here's the proof of the excellent SJFits reunion 2005 - live in DN:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/national/nrmus/sjf_live_at_sammys
See ya Friday Mr C! - In the mean time I've got a bit of this going on:
http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nn.2726.html -
Oh, and we're planning to record the 'Last Train to Brockville' AK show too.
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Hard News: The Ladi is a champ, in reply to Paul Williams,
Hi Paul,
We did try to get a second Live At Helen's CD produced, but unfortunately it didn't stack up financially - as RNZ is funded to make radio, we could not risk it not covering its costs.
Cheers to those of you who remember and appreciate that golden period of public radio goodness.
Here is what we now do (in place of having a music recording studio): http://www.radionz.co.nz/musiclive
And this one won the 'best recorded live music event' at the recent NZ Radio Awards:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/musicfeatures/20100911
((for the music recordings, click the the second-down link - "APRA Silver Scroll 2010 Performances"))
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NZ on Screen really is leading the way in showing how a lot of uniquely NZ, publicly-funded media content could be made freely available to the public. It would be an amazing thing if (for example) NZoA could support the continuation of this good work across other outlets. yay NZoScreen peeps, you rock.
Also, envious-as of Jose. What a rock'n show.
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I had a little tear at the WN launch too. Very special for mostly the same reasons.
How does it compare with Stranded in Paradise?
- very favourably.
Also the radio programme: Musical Chairs featuring Ian Morris Pt 1&2 (in his own words) which Chris Bourke produced for RNZ in 2002 is available to listen to on the RNZ website here: www.radionz.co.nz/musictalk
filed under ‘M’ for Morris - and including music extracts thanks to Campbell @ RIANZ.The funeral is today.
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@ Simon Grigg
For sure - I was especially trying to make it clear that NZoA are not responsible for the whole change, but that they did contribute to it. I too remember the campainging, petitions, promise of legislation etc (I worked in radio but did a show on Access to get some NZ music heard) pre voluntary quota - but also that the K-MAG (chaired I believe by Brendan + reps from Comm radio + others) seemed to be the round table which came up with a workable solution (starting in 96-97) - Result.
I was also (for sake of brevity) meaning to encorporate other NZoA 'support' of comm radio - music pluggers, Hit Discs, Music week (again not just NZoA) in that sentence... otherwise its a thesis, innit? -
Hi,
late entry - I've been working.
I think its easy to forget (or not know if you weren’t around/interested) how the NZ Music Industry has matured over the past couple of decades –1995 – 2005 in particular was an incredible ‘coming of age’ (not the only one, but the one we are talking about here). Technological improvements made producing and distributing music easier. NZoA (a.k.a. the Broadcasting Commission) started supporting commercial radio to adopt local music which saw that increase from 2% in 1996 to around 20% on air by 2005. The support for video production to get NZ music onto television worked (when there were outlets), AND contributed to professional and business development in that craft area – e.g. would Chris Graham (just as an example) been in a position to help Homebrew for free if there had not been NZOA support for so many of the previous projects he has worked on? (not to mention we would have missed out on one of the most hilarious media campaigns to come out of NZ if NZoA had funded Homebrew – but that’s not the point)
All of those initiatives (and some other stuff) improved the public’s regard for music both as an art or cultural activity and as a business – which was assisted by the New Zealand Music (Industry) Commission’s (as well as some Trade and Industry work) supporting the ‘business’ of music – leading to an increase in the number and abilities of music managers – crucial to making the business sustainable and professional enough to foot it, esp. in other markets.
These factors contributed to a revitalised public pride in local music by 2005-ish, and it became a potentially viable business in New Zealand for the first time in a long time. Musicians have many more options now than 20 years ago.So even if you don’t like all of the music which receives funding and gets commercial radio/TV airplay, having that (ideally) return a profit, but even just creating turnover – allows the other types of (alternative/niche interest – however you want to label your preferred non-pop/commercial) music to benefit from some of that infrastructure.
That’s not to say everyone should agree with all the decisions made – can’t imagine it - or that things couldn’t be better. In some ways NZoA has been a victim of its own success in achieving some goals ahead of schedule, but not being able to (for the legislative reasons RB mentions) and/or perhaps not taking the opportunity to address the ‘now what?’ question. (to be fair NZoA is far from alone within the music/media industries on that.)
And that’s the bit that still needs the hard work… it would be interesting to hear some constructive suggestions to that end.
The most common one is to reduce the $$ funding per album – logical given the actually cost of recording most NZ albums nowadays, and because the current $50,000 threshold must make even the larger NZ Indie labels (which release ~80% of locally produced music) unlikely to be able to match funding 1:1 as is required. But this would undermine the purpose of that NZoA funding, which is to encourage internationally-owned major labels to invest in NZ music (which they have no need or responsibility to do), so that it is available to be played on the radio/tv, and maybe overseas (that last bit hasn't really worked out though).
The advent of C42 (alongside Juice) which will play NZ music videos will re-fresh the video investment for a time – but as we’ve seen, those outlets come and go.
But how to deal with the fact that what plays on the radio, and what music people buy is incresingly less likely to overlap? … you can’t hold back the tide. So how could NZoA usefully refocus? Online will certainly be a big part of that.
Then perhaps the major issue is (still) the challenge of music copyright in the online environment (as detailed in the useful Brown & Dubber report linked above.) … it would be excellent to see NZoA (re-focused towards 'NZOnline'?) or some other body take a leadership role in addressing this on behalf of the NZ public.
It can be done – e.g. what NZonScreen has achieved in making archival NZ audio-visual content legally available to the people who paid for it – amazing. (Larry Parr’s recent related piece is interesting too. http://www.script-to-screen.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/naw_discussion-paper.pdf).
Imagine what could be achieved if online music copyright clearance for non-commercial/public service NZ content was approached in a collective way? We really would be able to see and hear NZ through every screen.
Yeah man, bring it on!
Civilian Disclaimer: it is quite probable that these - my personal opinions - are not held by my employer.
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The TVNZ Archive thing is very exciting. - It is almost as if someone paid attention to this:
http://nzonairgovtnz.webstation.net.nz/files/general/digi_norr-paul_08.pdf
Now, if someone would like to turn their attention to covering off web publishing of music programmes made by PS(Radio)... that really would be Christmas.
For starters I'd post the 50min feature about Eldred Stebbing which I've been listening to today... (short extract on the radio in Music 101 RNZ National after 2pm Sat)btw Russell, I've been reading (studying, actually) your & Dubbers piece in the same collection. Inspirational.