N.Z. record industry goes to Cannes
N'ZPA stall correspondent ■ ■ London ;■ The New Zealand record industry’ is- preparing " to follow (lie lead set, by the country's iilt'n industry and nromote ' itself internationally. ■ For the first time five companies- under the auspices ol the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand are taking part in the'international record and' music publishing market. Medium, uhe abbreviation of the.title in FrenchkycCannes later this month Medium, th" most import-', 'ant international gathering- : fpr; promoting music,.'artists,-. and records, is for recording what Cannes and Mit-TV are. to films and television: Although a few New Zealand companies and individuals have previously participated in Medium, this is the first time there has been a New Zealand stand pro-
moling New Zealand music generally. , As well as the general promotion, the companies . hope to interest overseas recording companies in the rights to their songs, music, and artists. Four of the five companies are promoting popular and middle-of-the-road music and representing a range of local artists, but the other, a Wellington company, is offering a selection of traditional Maori songs and brass band music. A New Zealand Embassy official in Paris told NZPA that by attending this trade fair the New Zealand record industry was trying to get itself known internationally as well as sell its songs and music. "They are following the lead of the film industry who have acquired an international reputation by attending the Cannes film festival and Mit-TV festival."
she said. "People now know that New Zealand produces films and it is hoped this will happen to the record industry as well." The New Zealand group is being lead by an Aucklander. Mr Terence O'Neill-Joyce. of the Ode record company. Other members include two well known faces from the New Zealand music scene, Mr Ray Columbus, for South Pacific Music Associates, Ltd, and Mr Glyn Tucker, for Mandrill recording studios. Mr Rocky Douche, of Marmalade records, and Mr Keith Southern, of Viking Seven Seas, Ltd, will represent Wellington-based companies. and the rest are from Auckland. The market will run from January 24 to 28 and is the seventeenth international record fair. I
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