MTV Kickstart Is Back For 2008!

7th April 2008
Hey guys and girls, MTV Kickstart is back for 2008 and is bigger and better – and we want you there! Firstly the team from MTV would like to thank all that entered Kickstart 2007. We really valued your music and would love to see entires into this years comp. We’ve managed to amp up the comp by landing some amazing prizes which will literally give your band/act a kickstart into the music industry where the skies the limit!

MTV ARE INVITING YOU TO KICKSTART YOUR CAREER
MTV Kickstart is offering young up and coming Kiwi bands an amazing opportunity to launch into the music industry.

The winner will receive:

o $10,000 worth of flights
o A $5,000 NZ On Air music video grant
o $1,000 funding to professionally produce their single
o Video clip airplay on both MTV NZ and MTV Australia
o 1 month on-mtv exposure via MTV’s ‘This is my MTV’ campaign
o A performance on MTV Australia’s live music show ‘The Lair’
o B-Net prize pack inc airplay & interviews etc
o MySpace prize pack inc band profiling and advertising
o Media planning session with MTV, NZ On-air and NZ Music Commission
o A slot on a NZ On Air Kiwi Hit Disc radio promo sampler for the winning band's single
o A single distribution deal with EMI MUSIC NEW ZEALAND
o NZ Music commission support pack inc legal advice & one year’s membership to Music Managers Forum

To get amongst this kickass opportunity, all you have to do is enter via www.myspace.com/mtvkickstartnz between April 2nd and April 27th. This year the comp is open to any artist/band irrespective of genre so make sure you get onboard for what’s going to be an epic event! The only criteria being that you have to be unsigned (if you haven’t already cracked it!)

A series of closed auditions will be held across NZ in Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington and Dunedin in conjunction with NZ Music Month. Industry judges will then select the top 5 bands from these auditions that will go on to compete against each other at a final event in Auckland on Friday May 30.

So if your up for it, get onto www.myspace.com/mtvkickstartnz and enter for what could really kickstart your music career!

www.myspace.com/mtvkickstartnz