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Minisnap at The Dux - free beer with CD's!

29th July 2010
The Dux are offering a free beer with any CD's sold at Saturday's Minisnap and Luc Arnault gig. Minisnap's 7" single, out on USA label Cloudberry, will be available at the Dux gig along with Minisnap T-Shirts and their Bounce Around CD...

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Scribe and the Natural Glow Ho (Video)

29th July 2010 - By Vicki Anderson c/o www.stuff.co.nz
Scribe and the Natural Glow Ho Somebody poke out my eyes, for I have just watched the most vile thing on YouTube...

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Maitreya, Chris Cree Brown, Julia Deans and Anika Moa Finalists for the APRA Silver Scroll Awards 2010

29th July 2010
APRA (the Australasian Performing Right Association) is proud to announce the finalists for the 2010 APRA Silver Scroll Award; New Zealand’s most prestigious award recognising outstanding creative excellence in songwriting and composition. A New Dialogue by Julia Deans, Running Through The Fire (Storm) by Anika Moa and Jamie Greenslade with Sin City (feat. Awa) by Maitreya...

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Featured Artist

CRAIG SMITH - Featured Artist July 2010

Folk / Children's Music
Contact: Craig Smith Ph +64 273 433 537
www.craigsmith.co.nz

July means Kidsfest so we thought we'd take a look at the mysterious world of NZ children's music. Craig Smith is currently one of NZ's most popular children's music artists with his APRA award winning song The Wonky Donkey which has evolved into a best-selling book with over 40,000 copies sold to date. We have a chat to Craig about his inspirations, the phenomenon which is the Wonkey Donkey and his other solo projects...

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New Opportunities

There Is No Recession In New Zealand songwriting competition

29th July 2010
Ok, so New Zealand along with the rest of the world is going through a bit of a rough patch... again. At KIWI FM they want to prove that just because there is an economic recession; it doesn't mean there has to be a creative recession. With the like minded heads at York Street Recording Studio, they came up with a little competition...

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Opportunities for musicians, artists and performers during 2011 Festival

28th July 2010
To all performing artists, artistic directors, arts managers, venue managers, theatre, drama, dance, inter- and multi-media artists, amateur or professional groups...A nationwide festival is being organised for September/October 2011 to coincide with the Rugby World Cup event. It's NOT just about rugby...

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Announcing the ASB Queenstown JazzFest ‘Jump Start’ Youth Competition

qtown asb jazzfest jumpstart competition

28th July 2010
The ASB Queenstown JazzFest invites talented young musicians from around New Zealand to enter the 2010 Jumpstart Jazz Competition which is to be held on 23-24 October 2010. The competition is open Nationwide to competitors aged 12-17 and 18-25, who can demonstrate their understanding of, and proficiency of the key elements of Jazz...